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**Nightmare** · 05-27-2006, 09:12 AM

There are six nutrient groups:
Water
Vitamins
Minerals
Fats
Protein
Carbohydrate
All groups are necessary for complete body function.
The necessity for minerals is a recent historical discovery, only about
150 years old. In the 1850s, Pasteur's contemporary, Claude Bernard,
learned about iron. Copper came about 10 years later, and zinc about the
turn of the century. With the discovery of Vitamin A in 1912, minerals
were downplayed for about 50 years in favor of vitamin research. By
1950, after about 14 vitamins had been discovered, attention returned
once more to minerals when it was shown that they were necessary
co-factors in order for vitamins to operate. Minerals are catalysts for
most biological reactions. Soon the individualfunctions of minerals in
the body were demonstrated:
Structural: bones, teeth, ligaments
Solutes and electrolytes in the blood
Enzyme actions
Energy production from food breakdown
Nerve transmission
Muscle action
Table of minerals with the specific functions most commonly agreed upon
today
Calcium
Muscle contraction
Bone building
Sodium
Cell life
Waste removal
Potassium
Nerve transmission
Cell life
Normal blood pressure
Muscle contraction
Phosphorus
Bone formation
Cell energy
Magnesium
Muscle contraction
Nerve transmission
Calcium metabolism
Chlorine
Digestion
Normal blood pressure
Sulfur
Protein synthesis
Copper
Immune system
Artery strength
Forms hemoglobin from iron
Chromium
Insulin action
Immune function
Iron
Blood formation
Immune function
Selenium
Immune stimulant
Fight free radicals
Activates Vit E
Nickel
Immune regulation
Brain development
DNA synthesis
Iodine
Thyroid function
Vanadium
Circulation
Sugar metabolism
Molybdenum
Enzyme action
Silicon
Enzyme action
Tin
Enzyme action
Manganese
Enzyme action
Fluorine
Teeth enamel
Larry Berger, PhD
Mineral deficiency means that some of these jobs will not get done. The
body is capable of prodigious amounts of adapting, and can operate for
long periods of time with deficiencies of many of the above. But someday
those checks will have to be cashed. The result: premature aging. Cell
breakdown. Without minerals, vitamins may have little or no effect.
Minerals are catalysts - triggers for thousands of essential enzyme
reactions in the body. No trigger - no reaction. Without enzyme
reactions, caloric intake is meaningless, and the same for protein, fat,
and carbohydrate intake. Minerals trigger the vitamins and enzymes to
act; that means digestion. In general, most discussions about calories
are without content.

05-27-2006, 09:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
Nightmare Golden Poster ++ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The deep south Nightmare is a glorious beacon of light!! My Mood:	Re: Minerals( continued 2) There are six nutrient groups: Water Vitamins Minerals Fats Protein Carbohydrate All groups are necessary for complete body function. The necessity for minerals is a recent historical discovery, only about 150 years old. In the 1850s, Pasteur's contemporary, Claude Bernard, learned about iron. Copper came about 10 years later, and zinc about the turn of the century. With the discovery of Vitamin A in 1912, minerals were downplayed for about 50 years in favor of vitamin research. By 1950, after about 14 vitamins had been discovered, attention returned once more to minerals when it was shown that they were necessary co-factors in order for vitamins to operate. Minerals are catalysts for most biological reactions. Soon the individualfunctions of minerals in the body were demonstrated: Structural: bones, teeth, ligaments Solutes and electrolytes in the blood Enzyme actions Energy production from food breakdown Nerve transmission Muscle action Table of minerals with the specific functions most commonly agreed upon today Calcium Muscle contraction Bone building Sodium Cell life Waste removal Potassium Nerve transmission Cell life Normal blood pressure Muscle contraction Phosphorus Bone formation Cell energy Magnesium Muscle contraction Nerve transmission Calcium metabolism Chlorine Digestion Normal blood pressure Sulfur Protein synthesis Copper Immune system Artery strength Forms hemoglobin from iron Chromium Insulin action Immune function Iron Blood formation Immune function Selenium Immune stimulant Fight free radicals Activates Vit E Nickel Immune regulation Brain development DNA synthesis Iodine Thyroid function Vanadium Circulation Sugar metabolism Molybdenum Enzyme action Silicon Enzyme action Tin Enzyme action Manganese Enzyme action Fluorine Teeth enamel Larry Berger, PhD Mineral deficiency means that some of these jobs will not get done. The body is capable of prodigious amounts of adapting, and can operate for long periods of time with deficiencies of many of the above. But someday those checks will have to be cashed. The result: premature aging. Cell breakdown. Without minerals, vitamins may have little or no effect. Minerals are catalysts - triggers for thousands of essential enzyme reactions in the body. No trigger - no reaction. Without enzyme reactions, caloric intake is meaningless, and the same for protein, fat, and carbohydrate intake. Minerals trigger the vitamins and enzymes to act; that means digestion. In general, most discussions about calories are without content.