Why are vitamins and minerals important?
Vitamins and minerals are essential for health. Some may even have pharmacological properties, i.e., they can help to treat diseases or conditions. Vitamins are organic compounds and most can easily be destroyed –- by cooking or processing foods, for example. Minerals are simple chemical ‘elements’ that are naturally found in water and soil and enter food chains via plants, which take them in by their roots. If you eat a healthy nutritious diet with lots of variety then you should get all of the vitamins and minerals that you need.
