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What do minerals do in the human body?


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Minerals:

  1. These are metallic and non-metallic nutrients that are essential for the body.
  2. They perform several different physiological functions in our body like fluid balance, muscle contraction, and nerve transmission.
  3. They also play a crucial role in the functioning of various enzymes as a cofactor, an electrolyte, part of proteins, blood clotting factors, etc.

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