Mineral salts in nutritional supplements
According to generally accepted standards a healthy and varied nutrition provides the body with all necessary nutrients, minerals and vitamins in sufficient quantities.
The additional supply of minerals through food fortification may become necessary due to several causes:
- One-sided, unhealthy and nutrient-poor food
- Living in a deficiency regions (mostly iodine)
- Illness and anastasis
- Blood loss (Iron)
It depends on various factors which sort of mineral salt is used for deficiency treatment or deficiency prevention, for example on:
- Compatibility
- Metal content
- "Pharamceutical" form
- Bioavailability
- Solubility
- Pharmacopoeia
- Price
- Taste and color
Mineral salts fulfill manifold vital functions in the body:
Calcium
Most of the Calcium in the human body is localised in the teeth and bones, for the most part in the form of Calcium Hydroxyl Apatite. Furthermore, Calcium is an important signal molecule that controls the stimulation of nerves and muscles and is involved in numerous secretion processes, blood clotting and the stabilization of cell membranes.
Magnesium
In the human body, Magnesium is mainly present as Hydroxyl Apatite in the skeleton and in teeth. It is an essential co-factor in more than 300 enzymatic reactions, plays a major role in the muscular metabolism, is a physiological Calcium antagonist and thus regulates calcium-triggered excitation processes.
Iron
Iron is an essential part of oxygen- and electron-transferring groups in hundereds of proteins and enzymes. The most prominent function of iron is the transportation of oxygen in the blood.
Zinc
The effect of Zinc is based on the participation in more than 300 enzymatic reactions, where it functions as co-factor, but also as integral part. In the active center of enzymes, Zinc enhances their reactivity.
Trace elements
Active mineral nutrients that occur in the body in concentrations of less than 50 mg/kg of body weight are called trace elements. These include, for example, selenium, manganese, molybdenum, copper and chromium as well as iron, iodine and zinc.
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