Just like vitamins, minerals help your body grow, develop, they are also important for your body to stay healthy. Your body uses minerals for many different jobs, including building bones, making hormones and regulating your heartbeat.

Below we you can find some general information on the type of minerals your body may require they are broken into two groups; macrominerals and trace minerals.

Macrominerals are minerals your body needs in larger amounts calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride and sulfur. Your body needs just small amounts of trace minerals iron, manganese, copper, iodine, zinc, cobalt, fluoride and selenium.