Subtle yet Substantial Part 2

As promised I will talk about the other Micro-nutrient Minerals today

So, what are Minerals? What do they do? Why do we need them? and where do we get them from?

Minerals are used within our bodies to help with metabolism (how many calories we burn at rest and when exercising), hormonal regulation and nervous interactions. In very simple terms. Minerals help out bodies to function correctly from day-to-day.
Minerals don't in fact give us an energy, but allows us to utilise energy. If you think about minerals as the key to our body, it allows us to open up the cells in our body to absorb and use our main energy sources, so we can actually perform the day to day tasks we need without feels under fatigue all the time.
Minerals in fact make up around 4% of our overall body weight, which is pretty crazy considering they only help other nutrients and enzymes in our body to work!
Minerals as you may or may not have guessed are found within plants, the plants will extract the minerals from the soil they are planted in, which means that when we then eat these plants the minerals will be transferred into our own bodies. So when looking at what fruit and veg we are buying in the supermarket, although it will be slightly more expensive! we should really look at getting organic fruit and veg, as this means the soil they are planted in and surrounded by is not tainted with all the pesticides and chemical rubbish which can then be transferred onto and in to the plants themselves if not careful. You can find 29+ different minerals in foods and hundreds of different trace minerals, but obviously i'm not expecting people to go out, research each of them, find where to get them from and then go out and buy them, because, well, that's just a hassle! What I will do however is quickly give you 7 macro minerals (minerals you need in slightly larger quantities then anything else) and where you can get them from!

Calcium :-Dairy Products/Fish/Green Leafy Vegetables 
Chloride :-Natural Unprocessed Sea Salt/ Coconut Flesh
Magnesium  :- Natural Unprocessed Sea Salt/ Fish/ Dairy Produce/ Nuts
Phosphorus :- Animal Produce/ Whole Grains/ Nuts & Legumes
Potassium :-Natural Unprocessed Sea Salt/ Nuts/ Vegetables
Sodium :- Natural Unprocessed Sea Salt/ Meat Broths/ Zucchini
Sulphur :- Cruciferous Vegetables/ Eggs/ Dairy Products

Now its quite nice when you think, oh! I actually eat most of those things! If you don't, don't worry! You aren't going to fall apart over night! Just try adding them in slowly with you diet. If you have salt with your dinner, try replacing your normal table salt with some Natural Unprocessed Sea Salt (it will taste much better! and is better for you!...2 birds=1 stone).

If people have any queries our questions about anything that has been written, or would like to give an opinion or even want to request the next topic to be spoken about! Please leave a comment and I will get onto it straight away!

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-Matthew Grant