Health Benefits and Sources of Minerals

• Minerals are elements that originate in the soil and cannot be created by living things, such as plants and animals. Yet plants, animals and humans need minerals in order to be healthy.
• Plants absorb minerals from the soil, and animals get their minerals from the plants or other animals they eat.
• Most of the minerals in the human diet come directly from plants, such as fruits and vegetables, or indirectly from animal sources.
• Minerals may also be present in your drinking water, but this depends on where you live, and what kind of water you drink (bottled, tap). Minerals from plant sources may also vary from place to place, because the mineral content of the soil varies according to the location in which the plant was grown.

List of minerals with their benefits and sources  :

Calcium

Copper

Iodine

Iron

Manganese

Magnesium

Phosphorous

Potassium

Selenium

Zinc

Sodium

Reference United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food & Nutrition Center.
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