Ngokushesha kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi ukuhlinzekwa kwezidingo zomuntu ngamaminerali athile kubaluleke kakhulu ekusebenzeni cishe zonke izinhlaka zomzimba. Kanye nama-protein, amafutha kanye nama-carbohydrates, usawoti wamaminerali kumele kube khona ekudleni, okuvela kuyo lapho silungiselela khona ukudla. Izakhi zamakhemikhali ezakha ama-mineral compounds ziqinisekisa umsebenzi we-enzyme yokugaya ukudla; ukugqugquzela ukugcinwa kwe-nutrient oxidation ezingeni elifanele; bahlanganyele emisebenzini yezinto eziphilayo, lapho amandla okudingeka khona akhululwe emzimbeni.
Zonke izinto zamaminerali zingahlukaniswa ngamaqembu amabili: izakhi ezincane nezincane. Isidingo somzimba womuntu ezakhiweni ezinkulu (sodium, potassium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus ibhekisela kubo) yizigidigidi noma amagremu ngosuku. Kodwa inani elidingekile lezinto zokulandelela (ithusi, i-iodine, i-fluorine, i-zinc) ekudleni kwethu kwansuku zonke kuncane kakhulu futhi ingaba micrograms ezimbalwa kuphela. Kodwa-ke, naphezu kokuhluka kwamakhulu emkhatsini wezimfuneko zansukuzonke zemvelo ezincane nezibalo, ukubaluleka kokudla komuntu kanye nelinye iqembu lamaminerali likhulu kakhulu. Ngokuntuleka kokubili lezi zinto nezinye izakhi zamaminerali, ukuphazamiseka okuhlukahlukene ekusebenzeni kwezinhlelo zemizimba kungase kwenzeke. Isibonelo, uma kunokudla okwanele kwe-macronutrient enjenge-iron emzimbeni wethu, i-anemia iqala, futhi lapho kungekho khona i-fluoride ekudleni, umuntu uhlakulela ngokweqile.
Unganelisa kanjani isidingo somzimba samaminerali? Yiqiniso, ukubalwa nsuku zonke komthamo wansuku zonke kumuntu ngamunye noma macronutrient ngokucabangela okuqukethwe kwayo ekudleni akunakwenzeka - kuyoba nzima kakhulu le nqubo. Kodwa-ke, ezinkalweni ezinjalo akudingi nhlobo isidingo, ngoba ukuhlinzeka umzimba ngezinto ezimbiwa ngamaminerali, kumane nje kukwanele ukuhlukanisa ukudla kwethu ngangokunokwenzeka futhi kufaka imikhiqizo yezitshalo. Ebusika, uma ukukhiqizwa kwezitshalo kungatholakali kuwo wonke umuntu ngenxa yentengo ephakeme, ungathenga imithi ekhethekile ekhemisi, enezindinganiso ezilinganiselwe zamaminerali. Lezi zilungiselelo ziqukethe izakhi eziningi ezilinganisweni zomunye nomunye. Ngokuvamile, i-capsule eyodwa kuphela inikeza isidingo somuntu cishe kuwo wonke amaminerali ayisisekelo. Amanani ezinkimbinkimbi ezinjalo zezinto ezimbiwa ngamaminerali ahluka kakhulu, kodwa ngisho nabantu abanemiholo ephansi bangakhetha umkhiqizo wekhwalithi.
Ngakho-ke, ukubaluleka kwezinto ezimbiwa ngamaminerali ekudleni kwethu ukulungiswa okujwayelekile kwezinqubo zomzimba kuhle kakhulu. Kubaluleke kakhulu ukunakekela ukutholakala kwezakhi zamaminerali ekudleni lapho udlala imidlalo, ngoba isidingo salezi zingxenye zokudla ezingxenyeni zokudla ziyanda kakhulu.