Minerals are the constituents which remain as ash after the combustion of plant and animals tissues.
Minerals are inorganic elements required for a variety of function including giving structure to the skeleton, muscle contractions, blood formation, the synthesis of protein and the production of energy.
Minerals are divided into:
Main elements
Trace elements
Ultra trace elements
In addition to the better known major minerals and the less known trace minerals, there is a class of elements called ultra-trace minerals, including vanadium, silicon, tin, nickel, arsenic, and boron.
Ultra trace minerals present in foods and human bodies have been found to be essential nutrients for animals and may be essential for humans.
However, the fact they are not need in substantial amounts does not mean they are unimportant.
Although they are poorly understood, since the early 1970s it has been theorized that these substances are essential for human nutrition and deficiencies of them contribute a variety of diseases.
The importance of ultra trace elements
