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Knowledgebase: Nutritional Information
 What do minerals do in the body?
Posted by Stephan Mackenzie on 22 April 2011 11:18 AM
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| Minerals have very many important functions. Iron is required for the manufacture of the chemical hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in the blood to all the cells of the body. Calcium is necessary for strong bones, and for transmission of messages within cells and from cell to cell. Magnesium is required for production of energy from the food you eat; and a selenium-containing molecule protects the body from damage by free radicals. | |
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