Introduction
Everyone knows that vitamins and minerals are important to their health. Pretty well everyone also knows that ideally, these are best obtained through a healthy diet.
Unfortunately, beyond that, there is a great deal of misunderstanding, misinformation, and simply, a lack of knowledge.
Vitamins and minerals are not simply important to health, they are essential to health. Without them, we cannot survive. In a multitude of ways they support and protect our very lives.
Good health requires much more than simply ingesting large amounts of food, in the clinging hope that our nutritional needs are being met. We require specific nutrients.
We also need to acquire them within particular ranges for each. While these are not exact, there is a range for each that our bodies demand. Extreme excesses can be just as harmful as extreme deficiencies.
There is also an interplay between these nutrients. Some minerals are virtually inert or inactive unless other specific minerals or vitamins are also present to enable them.
Further, there are different dietary requirements for different demographics, such as age, gender and specific lifestyles.
