A Potent Multiple Vitamin And Mineral Formula With Extra Calcium

A multiple vitamin and mineral formula with extra calcium is essential to ensure that our body operates at maximum efficiency. Why? On a very simplistic level, without vitamins and minerals it would be impossible to convert the food that we eat into hormones, tissues and energy.

Vitamins are organic compounds (produced by both animals and vegetables) whose function is to enhance the actions of proteins that cause chemical reactions such as muscle building, fat burning and energy production. There are two types of vitamins:

• Fat-soluble vitamins - get stored in fat and therefore if taken in excessive amounts will become toxic. These include vitamin A, D, E, and K.
• Water-soluble vitamins - are not stored in the body and include the B-Complex vitamin and vitamin C.

Minerals are inorganic compounds (not produced by animals or vegetables) whose main function is to assure that your brain receives the correct signals from the body, that muscular contractions happen and that energy production runs at peaks efficiency. In addition, they are also responsible for building muscle and bones. There are two types of minerals:

• Bulk minerals: are named Bulk because the body needs them in great quantities ( in the order of grams). They include calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium and phosphorus.
• Trace minerals: are named trace because the body only needs them in minute amounts, usually in the order of micrograms. These include chromium, copper, cobalt, silicon, selenium, iron and zinc.