Today we take you on a back-to-basics chat about the role of some important vitamins and minerals for our health.We look at this for both our general health and in relation to specific diseases and conditions.

 

This is Part 1 of a 2 part series where we will work through the importance of some essential nutrients.

 

It is definitely hard to pick to favourites when we are talking about vitamins and minerals, as they are so broad in the impact that they have. Without vitamins and minerals so many parts of us don’t function properly. But today we have decided to start with magnesium and zinc. We will cover what do these vitamins and minerals do? how do you know if you are deficient? And, what can you do about it?

 

Links mentioned in this episode:

The Good Doctors Ross Walker episode: 4: Cholesterol: Your Heart, Your Health | Dr Ross Walker

Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine website

 

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16: Minerals: Must-Have Minerals Part 2: Selenium & Iodine | Dr Carole Hungerford

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18: Soils & Foods: Healthy Soils Make Healthy Foods | Dr. Maarten Stapper