Minerals complete the Nutritional Requirement of the body

 Human body is a complex structure which needs different elements in order to work properly. Elements that make our body functioning are vitamins and minerals, both elements are equally important for us. Minerals are basically helpers of vitamins, without minerals vitamins in the body would not work properly in the body. Deficiency of mineral is equally dangerous as deficiency of vitamin. In this article we will discuss about minerals and its importance for the body. Calcium

• Helps in contraction of nerve impulse and muscles
• Provide strength to bones and teeth
• Good for functioning of heart
• Helps in blood clotting

Magnesium

• Helps in maintaining the alkaline balance of the body
• Help in proper activity of neuro muscular
• Helps in transferring intra muscular water for bones and liver

Sodium

• Helps in maintaining balance of fluid in the body
• Maintain electrolyte balance in the body
• For nerve impulse condition it is important mineral

Potassium

• Good for rhythm of heart
• Helps in maintaining balance between base and acid
• Helps in providing potential to membrane of body cell
• Good for conducting impulse of nerves

Selenium

• Synergist of Vitamin F
• Scavenger of peroxidase
• Work as an anti carcinogeniz
• Work as a glutathione peroxidase

Silicon

• One of the important minerals for cartilage tissue
• Helps in providing elasticity to tissues of the body
• Helps in formation of bones and collagen

Iron

• Helps in transporting electrons in the body
• Helps in transporting oxygen in the body
• Works as an enzyme activator
• Helps in forming hemoglobin in the blood

Zinc

• Important for synthesis of protein
• Helps in transportation of carbon di oxide
• Helps in storing insulin in the body
• Helps in metabolize carbohydrate in the body
• Good for proper functioning of sexual organs
• Helps in healing wound of the body

Tin

• Helps for proper growth of the body
• Helps for synthesis of protein

Nickel

Activate enzymes of liver

Chromium

• Helps insulin for proper activity in body
• Helps in utilizing cholesterol and glucose in the body
• One of the good minerals for heart muscles

Boron

Loss of calcium can be prevented by using this mineral

Molybdenum

• Works as an oxidative enzyme for the body
• Works as an enzyme activator for the human body
• Helps in formation of Uric acid

Vanadium

• Helps in synthesizing cholesterol of the body
• Strengthen bones and teeth of the body
• Reduce blood lipids from the body

Copper

• Produce RNA
• Oxidize enzyme activator
• Utilize body cholesterol
• Elasticity of formation of body tissues
• Increase level of haemoglobin in blood

Phosphorus

• Provide energy to the body
• Form membrane of body cells
• Increase metabolic rate of the body
• Balancing base and acid of the body
• Build bones and teeth of the body
• Helps in absorbing calcium of the body

Manganese

• One of the important mineral for nerve tissue and connective tissue
• Proper utilization of vitamin B1
• Produce joint fluids
• Metabolize carbohydrate