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Minerals are essential nutrients that your body needs in small amounts to work properly. We need them in the form they are found in food. Minerals can be found in varying amounts in a variety of foods such as meat, cereals (including cereal products such as bread), fish, milk and dairy foods, vegetables, fruit (especially dried fruit) and nuts.
Minerals are necessary for three main reasons: 1) building strong bones and teeth 2) controlling body fluids inside and outside cells 3) turning the food we eat into energy |