November 9th, 2008
Minerals For Weight Loss
Minerals are required for many body processes, including making and maintaining bones and soft tissues, keeping the nervous system in operation, and clotting blood. Unlike vitamins, some of which are made by the body, minerals must be supplied by foods or as supplements.
Essential minerals are calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, iodine, potassium, copper, cobalt, manganese, fluorine, and zinc. You need traces of other minerals as well.
How to read a food label
By law, all packaged and prepared foods must carry nutritional labeling, but how many people actually read the labels? There’s a whole lot of valuable information to be found there. Lets look at the label on a box of cookies, for example.