What is the Definition of MINERALS?
If we are to expect longevity in our life, we must have all the building blocks required to keep our physical mechanisms running successfully. Metallic, non-metallic, even semi-metallic mineral elements are required for construction and replacement of used “parts” in our body and in our mind. In fact minerals are an integral part of all vitamin dependent organisms. Before we can even assimilate and utilize vitamins in the first place, a complete balance of minerals must be available. When we speak of minerals required for animal growth and repair, we refer to organically bound minerals, not to rocks labeled “minerals that are good for animal consumption.” Mankind and most animal organisms require the minerals to have come from an organically based substance, not from inorganic minerals, like rocks. Actually, plants take up the inorganic minerals (from rocks and dirt) and pass them on to us in a form easily assimilated by animal organisms. In the natural world there are actually more th
