I mineral salts are substances of an inorganic nature whose functions are essential for the life of the human organism: in fact they participate in important cellular processes such as formation of teeth and bones, represent determining factors for the growth and development of different tissues and organs and are involved in the activation of numerous metabolic cycles.
These substances come taken by introducing into the body of food and water: living beings are in fact unable to independently produce any mineral. Since they come continuously eliminated with sweat, urine and feces, must be constantly employed through a correct and balanced nutrition.
Unlike the Vitamins, the mineral salts contained in foods do not alter or disperse during baking or heating food; however, it should be borne in mind that in part they can melt in the water used for cooking.
I mineral salts - unlike carbohydrates, lipids and proteins - they do not provide directly the energy, but they are essential to give life to those processes within the organism that produce the energy that our organism needs to live.
