08/27/2026
Minerals, proteins, and vitamins are essential nutrients for our body.
All these nutrients are naturally occurring in food and/or produced by our body.
Minerals...
calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sulfur, potassium, sodium, chloride, iron, zinc, selenium, copper, iodine, magnesium, manganese, potassium, chromium, molybdenum, etc...are essential for optimal body functions
[https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/minerals-and-the-body.html].
Top proteins (aka amino acids)...
phenylalanine, valine, threonine, tryptophan, methionine, leucine, isoleucine, lysine, histidine
and secondary proteins (aka amino acids)...
alanine, cysteine, aspartate / aspartic acid, glutamate / glutamic acid, glycine, asparagine, proline, glutamine, arginine, serine, tyrosine..help rebuild body structure
[https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/essential-amino-acids -many-are-there; https://www.bioinformatics.org/tutorial/1-3.html]
Vitamins...
Retinol [vA], Ascorbic Acid [vC], Calciferol [vD], Cholecalciferol [vD], ergocalciferol [vD], Tocopherol [vE], Phylloquinone [vK1], menaquinone [vK2] antihemorrhagic factor [vK], phytonadione [vK], Thiamine [vB1], Riboflavin [vB2], Niacin [vB3], Pantothenic Acid [vB5], Pyridoxine [vB6], Biotin [vB7], Folate [vB9], Cobalamins [vB12]..are also essential for optimal health
[https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002399.htm]
Any imbalance in minerals, proteins, and vitamins can lead to dis-ease.
Things as subtle as irritable mood to as severe as torn ligaments, hormone dysfunction, and immune dysfunction.