Raena Morgan: Max, we all hear about taking our vitamins but we don’t hear that much
about minerals. What are minerals and why are they important?
Max R. Motyka: Well, you know it’s interesting you mention that about vitamins because
minerals are every bit, if not more critical to your health than vitamins and
a variety of other nutrients that people try to take in. Minerals are the
homogeneous, inorganic materials that exist basically in the earth’s
crust…..
Raena Morgan: Are they in rocks and things like that?
Max R. Motyka: Rocks contain minerals, absolutely. That’s the thing about minerals; they
really are metals and rock-like. Because of that, [they’re] typically
difficult to absorb.
Raena Morgan: Okay. So, can you get them from food sources?
Max R. Motyka: Yes, you can. You can get them from foods, but most recent U.S.D.A.
studies have shown that the typical American is lacking, really, in
minerals more than anything. The big culprits are, of course, magnesium,
calcium and zinc, in terms of being the higher percentage of the populous
being deficient. It’s interesting on the magnesium—not only do we not get
the R.D.I., but we don’t even get 70% of the R.D.I., which means that
you’re already at a critical stage in terms of your magnesium.
Raena Morgan: Isn’t magnesium involved in energy metabolism?
Max R. Motyka: Oh yes, absolutely. All your ATP, which is the energy building dynamo in
your body, requires magnesium. Without magnesium, you’re not going to
go far.
Raena Morgan: And, what about zinc, for example, if you don’t have enough zinc are you
going to be catching everything that comes down the pike?
Max R. Motyka: Well, that’s it, you know, zinc is critical to the immune system, and
anything that comes home—a bug maybe your children have or
whatever—if you’re zinc deficient you’re probably going to catch
everything. Zinc is important for other things, but certainly the immune
system is a critical thing for zinc.
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