What are the benefits of minerals? What is the daily intake and what are the problems caused by a mineral deficiency or excess? What foods are minerals found in? As a sequel of the book concerning vitamins of the “Nutrition, Health, and Longevity” series, this book is the last of a series dedicated to micronutrients, vitamins, and minerals. Assimilated through food, they play a part in various physiological processes that are important for the proper functioning of the human body and are therefore essential for our health.