Ngokukhawuleza ku funeka kuqatshelwe ukuba ukubonelelwa kweemfuno zomntu ngamaminerali athile kubaluleke kakhulu ekusebenzeni phantse zonke iinkqubo zesebe. Kanye kunye nama-proteins, amafutha kunye nee-carbohydrates, i-saleral mineral must be present in foodstuffs, apho sisenza khona ukutya. Iimpawu zeekhemikhali ezenza izimbiwa zamaminerali ziqinisekisa umsebenzi we-enzymes yokugaya; khuthaza ukugcinwa kwe-oxidation yezondlo kwinqanaba elifanelekileyo; ukuthatha inxaxheba kwiindlela zezinto eziphilayo, apho amandla okufunekayo kuthi akhululwe emzimbeni.
Zonke izinto ezimbiwa ngamaminerali zingabelana ngamaqela amabini: izinto ezincinci kunye nezikhulu. Isidingo somzimba womntu kwizinto ezininzi (i-sodium, i-potassium, isinyithi, i-magnesium, i-phosphorus ibhekisela kubo) iiligidigram okanye igrama ngosuku. Kodwa umlinganiselo ofanelekileyo wezinto ezilandelelanayo (ubhedu, iodine, i-fluor, i-zinc) kwisondlo sethu sesondlo siyancinci kwaye sinokuba yi-microgram ezimbalwa kuphela. Nangona kunjalo, nangonahluko phakathi kwamakhulu amaxesha phakathi kweemfuno zemihla ngemihla kwizinto ezincinci kunye nokulungelelaniswa, ukubaluleka kwondlo lomntu kunye kunye namanye amaqela amaminerali kakhulu kakhulu. Ngenxa yokunqongophala kwezi zinto kunye nezinye izinto ezimbiwa ngamaminerali, ukuphazamiseka okuhlukeneyo ekusebenzeni kweenkqubo zesebenzi kunokwenzeka. Ngokomzekelo, ukuba kukho ukungenakwanela kokudla okunjalo njenge-iron kwimeko yethu, i-anemia ikhula, kwaye ekungabikho kwe-fluoride ekudleni, umntu uhlakulela kakhulu amazinyo.
Unganelisa njani isidingo somzimba samaminerali? Ewe, ukubala kwansuku zonke kwimizuzu emininzi ye-micro-or macronutrient ekuqwalaseleni umxholo wayo ekudleni akunakwenzeka - kuya kuba nzima kakhulu kule nkqubo. Nangona kunjalo, kulezi zibalo akukho mfuneko kuzo zonke, ekubeni ukubonelela umzimba ngezinto ezimbiwa ngamaminerali, kunele ngokwaneleyo ukuhlukana nokutya kwethu kangangoko kunokwenzeka kwaye kufaka iimveliso zendalo. Ebusika, xa umveliso wezityalo ungafumaneki kuwo wonke umntu ngenxa yamanani aphezulu, ungathenga amayeza akhethekileyo kwii-pharmacy, ezizinzileyo ezixubileyo zamaminerali. Ezi zilungiselelo ziqulethe izinto ezininzi ngokulinganayo. Ngokuqhelekileyo, i-capsule eyodwa kuphela inika isidingo somntu malunga nazo zonke iziseko zamaminerali. Ixabiso lezo zinto zinkqantosi zezinto zamaminerali ziyahluka kakhulu, kodwa nabantu abanemivuzo encinci bangakhetha umkhiqizo mveliso kubo.
Ngaloo ndlela, ukubaluleka kwezinto ezincinci ekudleni kwethu ukugcinwa ngokuqhelekileyo kweenkqubo zemizimba kukhulu kakhulu. Kubaluleke ngakumbi ukunyamekela ubukho bezinto zokumbiwa kweemigodi ngexesha lokudlalwa kwezemidlalo, ekubeni imfuneko yalezi zixhobo zokutya kwizondlo zondlo zandisa kakhulu.