Structural Performance Podcast

  ·        Minerals are just as important as vitamins to the proper function of the human body ·        There are 7 Macro minerals (major minerals) and at least 27 trace minerals (30 total) currently recognized as critical to human functionality. ·        An insufficient supply of any one of these 30 minerals can impact the health of the body resulting in disease (if not immediately, then chronically)   ·        Minerals can be ingested in a number of different forms- the two best, and most effective forms of mineral ingestion are ingestion of food based minerals (in whole foods) and ingestion of mineral salts (that disassociate in ionic solution)   ·        Minerals must be digested in a highly acidic environment in order to ionize them so they can be absorbed by the gut   ·        The Gut produces mineral specific binding proteins in response to internal need of specific minerals.   ·        The internal biome (bacterial balance of the gut and body) helps to determine the health of the gut AND whether cert