What are the functions of vitamins and trace minerals in the body?
Vitamins and trace minerals are called co-enzymes and play an important role in activating the functions of enzymes (discussed below), which include synthesis, decomposition, transportation, discharge and detoxification and supplying energy to the materials in the body that are necessary for us to live. In books such as the Kyoi no Koso Power (The amazing power of enzymes, published by Heart Publishing), and Tanpakushitsu/Aminosan no Kagaku (The science of proteins and amino acids, published by Kogyo Chosa Kai), we learn that, “In Alzheimer’s disease, for instance, there are spots in the brain called old age spots and these are due to decreased function of the enzyme proase. Proteins do not decompose well and become deposited as spots in the brain. Even though we cannot clearly say that unactivated enzymes are the direct cause of Alzheimer’s disease they seem like they are one part of the cause.” It is natural then to see insufficient vitamins and trace minerals as an important cause o
