Minerals
Minerals are essential to allow your body to function correctly. They regulate your hormones, metabolism, and your nerve functionality. Minerals are taken from your food and used to release energy from the nutrients you consume.

Your body needs all of the minerals to be in balance (flushing your body with calcium for example, isn’t going to make your bones stronger). Magnesium and phosphorous help you to absorb calcium whereas too much zinc can interfere with copper absorption. The best approach is to eat a wide variety of foods to prevent deficiencies.

Without vitamins and minerals there would be no active enzymes. Enzymes are chemical reactions, which keep you alive. Every step you take requires an enzyme.

Minerals are responsible for nearly four percent of your total body mass, the totals being made up as follows:

The highest: Traces only approx 0.1% for all:
Calcium 1.5% Aluminium Boron
Phosphorus 1.0% Chromium Cobalt
Potassium 0.4% Copper Fluorine
Sulphur 0.3% Manganese Molybdenum
Chlorine 0.2% Selenium Silicon Tin
Sodium 0.2% Vanadium Zinc
Magnesium 0.1%    
Iodine 0.1%    
Iron 0.1%    

You need sufficient quantities of all of these in your diet to function. They each have specific roles:

Chromium helps insulin to transport glucose from your blood and into your muscles.
Selenium Silicon is needed for your immune system.
Magnesium is essential for energy producing processes and growth and repair.
Potassium is essential for your nerves, normal cell function and controlling your blood pressure.
Iron is essential for transporting oxygen from your lungs to your muscles.
Calcium is essential for bone formation, heart muscles and nerves.
Zinc is essential for over one hundred enzymes and for your immune system.