Purpose Nutrition s

Minerals are obtained mainly from plant sources, especially organic plant sources.  Deficiencies in minerals are becoming more prevalent in Western diets and have been associated with many common disorders and disease symptoms.  Many processing techniques employed today in modern food preparation deplete foods of vital nutrients which include minerals and is one of the main reasons processed foods have to be fortified with minerals.  Zinc is one of the most dominant minerals used in the fortification of foods these days due to it being deficient in most processed foods.