minerals

• Calcium is needed to form and maintain strong bones.
• Iron-Carries oxygen in red blood cells.

  • Anemia - reduced number or size of the red blood cells.
  • people with anemia grow weak and tired quickly
  • -Worldwide, as many as half of all people-especially children, teens, and females suffer iron deficiency
• Electrolytes. Help maintain the proper balance of fluids in the body.

  Sodium, chloride and potassium serve as electrolytes.

  Nerve to nerve communication, heartbeats, and contraction of muscles are regulated by electrolytes.

  When fluid is lost through sweat, blood, or urine, electrolytes are lost.