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If we are to expect longevity in our life we must have all of the building blocks required to keep our physical mechanisms running successfully. From the very moment of our inception electrolytes or minerals both macro and trace influence every aspect of our lives. Minerals have many roles and each one is as important and influential as the next; they work together with one common goal 'Supporting All Your Biological Functions'. Minerals enable your cells through electrical impulses to communicate with one another and thereby assisting you with every function whether it be simple movement or immune response to injury or disease. You could say that they keep us 'wired'.
Minerals help to regulate the fluid within our body and help regulate blood pH. They assist in directing the two-way traffic of getting oxygen into the cells while at the same time aiding in the export of carbon dioxide. Minerals also help to regulate nerve impulses and muscle reflexes. Minerals are essential in the building of teeth the skeletal system and soft tissue and are known as the building blocks of cells. They are absolutely essential in human development from the foetal stage right through to maturity. Minerals both Macro and Trace are essential in maintaining our immune systems and offer vital support from the very beginning of life right through to our senior years helping us to mature gracefully as opposed to aging rapidly.
If one had to seek out a universal catalyst to life they need look no further than minerals as every known lifeform requires them to exist. A good example of just how influential minerals are is that Magnesium just one of the essential elements is required by every lifeform known to man. Without minerals our brain heart and other organs would soon cease to function. Traditionally we used to obtain minerals and trace elements from the food and fluids that we consumed. Unfortunately this traditional source of essential minerals is no longer a satisfactory one. The standard for agriculture has rapidly shifted from sustainable chemical-free organic farming to one where chemical fertilisers neurotoxic herbicides and pesticides have replaced the safe and nourishing organic farming methods that have sustained mankind for thousands of years.
This has resulted in the standard that has been practised for thousands of years being overtaken by one that has been practised for only a few decades. Today the food we consume has on average only 25% of the mineral value of the food that our ancestors consumed.
This situation has in a very large way contributed to a sluggish and sickly society that is increasingly more depressed less productive more overstressed and overmedicated and as we get more obese and sickly we are drawn more than ever before to a seemingly simple solution to this problem taking more and more medications. It is now the norm for many people to take several medications for several different conditions.
Many medications have adverse side-effects and can cause the body to lose essential minerals and trace elements. The body needs minerals and trace elements to enable communication to take place on a cellular level for fluid regulation blood pH and organ functions. It also needs these essential minerals as they are a catalyst for other nutrients that are just as essential and are an integral part of the immune system. Minerals are also lost during periods of physical exertion such as exercise and training. This occurs when we sweat as a result of work or play.
We can also lose minerals during periods of illness; for example large volumes of minerals can be lost as a result of a fever. Caffeine is a well known diuretic and as such one can expect to lose minerals whenever one consumes tea or coffee. Alcohol consumption is by far the biggest culprit and causes the body to lose minerals at a highly unsustainable rate. So we need to replenish these minerals in a way that can be most beneficial to our bodies. | 
