The Earth is a vast ball of coagulated elements, or minerals. If you have had any chemistry at all, you are probably familiar with the table of elements. The Earth is made up of the elements listed in that table. Man is made up of the elements from the Earth. So it would appear that man is made up from those elements listed in that table as well, according to either the Bible or science.
Minerals are the basic building blocks of the human body.
The human body is a complex, living organism with cells growing, replicating, living and dying all of the time. These cells grow and replicate themselves using the building blocks of humans, or minerals. Minerals are essential to the growth and vitality of the human body. Without minerals, there would be no body. They are also beginning to understand that there are many other minerals that are just as essential, such as chromium, selenium, vanadium, manganese, and more.