Resources including a bit of information about vitamins and minerals, portion sizes, conversions and BMI testing!
Vitamins and Minerals
Introduction
Vitamins are dietary substances required by the body in very small amounts for normal function. As well as proteins, fats, carbohydrates, calories and water there some 45 different vitamins, minerals, amino acids and essential fatty acids required by our bodies to be healthy.
There are two major groups of vitamin, water soluble vitamins (Vitamin B and C) and fat soluble vitamins (Vitamin A, D, E and K). Minerals or elements are a major group of vital substances necessary for normal life. The essential elements can be categorised in different ways: the micro-minerals, the trace minerals, the ultra-trace-elements and research-trace-elements. On our website we only discuss the most common minerals.
