Collecting the Proper Concentration of Chloride

Chloride is an essential mineral for humans and other animals that occurs primarily in body fluids. A small percentage of about 15% of chloride in the body is located inside cells, with the highest amounts in red blood cells.  Chloride is also present in very small amounts in bones. On average, an adult human body contains […]

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Making Sense of Minerals

Dietary minerals are chemical elements required by living organisms, other than the four elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen that are present in almost all organic molecules. Many elements are essential in relative large quantities: you need to consume 200 milligrams or more of them each day. These “bulk minerals” or macro-minerals in order of […]