Minerals
The miraculous aloe leaf has been found to contain more than 200 compounds, including 20 minerals, 18 amino acids and 12 vitamins.
Minerals play such an important role in the health balance of your body. Once, we could get all our minerals just from our diet. But with the modern practice of buying our produce from the supermarket, where foodstuffs can come from all over the world, combined with the general mineral depletion of our soils, sees our diets sadly deficient in many of the minerals our bodies require for optimal functioning.
Aloe Vera contains many of these essential minerals:
Calcium, as we all know, is important for the formation of strong teeth and bones. Calcium is also very important in nerve conduction, so it is necessary for a healthy heart and digestive system. Calcium is also essential for the making and clotting of blood, and regulating your blood pressure.
Potassium works in balance with Sodium, and assists in muscle contraction and maintaining the fluid in your cells.
Magnesium is needed in conjuction with Calcium for strong bones, and also dampens the irritability of your muscles and nerves.
Sodium is a much talked about mineral, and is often maligned. It does, however, play a key role in the normal function of both nerves and muscles.
Iron is another mineral we hear alot about - important for carrying oxygen in the blood cells to the muscles and brain where it is needed. Also important in many other cells in the body, and has a role to play in the energy centres of your cells.
Zinc is known to be an important mineral for supporting your immune system, and is needed to make many enzymes.
Manganese assists your body to detoxify down to the cellular level. and is used as a cofactor in enzyme driven reactions in the body.
