Such specific and subtle properties recall the alchemist's teachings about the power of the metals. In any event, the inner workings of a cell reveal reactions between the trace elements that would cause even a medieval alchemist to raise his eyebrows in disbelief. The result is that each is broken into one water and one carbon dioxide molecule. Only because of the rapidity of the enzyme's action can the carbon dioxide be freed fast enough from its compounds to leave the blood during that moment in the alveolus when it is separated from the air by only the thinnest of membranes. Our ability to rid ourselves of CO2 through the exhaled air is then utterly dependent on the presence of these critically located atoms of zinc.
Minerals have two functions.
They are used to make up the building blocks of many tissues such as bones, teeth, hair, nails, and muscles. Secondly they are used in many metabolic reactions within the body such as water balance, oxygen transportation, protein metabolism, hormone production, nervous system communication, and digestion to name a few. One of the first things you notice when you take mineral supplementation is greater energy.