THE 4-1-1 ON MICRONUTRIENTS The Best Way to Get Your Vitamins and Minerals
When it comes to micronutrients like vitamins and minerals, your body only needs small amounts of these nutrients to enjoy the health benefits. There’s a fine line between getting a healthy amount and getting too much. The best source of vitamins and minerals is through food. If you’re getting vitamins and minerals from foods, then you’re probably eating a safe amount. However, if you take supplements, it’s important to make sure you’re not getting too much of a good thing. When taking supplements, it’s very easy for fat- soluble vitamins, like vitamin A or vitamin D, to build up to toxic levels. Likewise, taking too much of certain minerals can cause an imbalance due to the way minerals interact with one another. For example, even a minor overload of manganese can magnify an iron deficiency. Before you start taking vitamin or mineral supplements, talk to your doctor about the potential risks. If you are worried that you may have vitamin or mineral deficiencies, look into getting a blood test before making changes to your diet. about money that comes out of your bottom line. Every year my CPA and I negotiate a number for the giveaway column. I ask for a lot, he pushes back, and we negotiate until we reach a number. Once that number is settled on, I go over it. That’s the game we play. There’s some thought that goes into it, but not a lot of rigorous planning. At this point, we’ve done it long enough to know where we’re going to land.” Mark’s a genuine world-class guy, and our community is lucky to have him. I encourage everyone to check out his interview at Bit.ly/MarkSmithInterview . It’s a great reminder of how one person really can make a difference. Thank you again to everyone who donated during our fundraiser for ASK and to all of my guests who have been part of these videos. It’s been a great experience, and I look forward to doing more interviews in the future. –Randy Sklar
vitamins are organic compounds and minerals are inorganic compounds. While vitamins can be broken down, minerals will retain their chemical structure regardless of what they are exposed to. There are 13 vitamins. They fall under two categories: water-soluble vitamins and fat-soluble vitamins. Water-soluble vitamins dissolve in water and are easily dissolved in your bloodstream. All of the B vitamins and vitamin C are water-soluble vitamins. Fat-soluble vitamins don’t dissolve in water and are best absorbed by the body through fatty or high-fat foods. Vitamins A, D, E, and K are all fat-soluble vitamins. For the human diet, there are 16 essential minerals. They’re classified as macrominerals, like calcium and potassium, which you need quite a bit of, and microminerals, like iron and fluoride, which you need very little of. While your body needs larger amounts of certain minerals than others, all essential minerals are necessary to maintain good health.
You’ve heard it for years: If you want to be healthy, you need to get enough vitamins and minerals. The words “vitamins” and “minerals” are paired together so often that people assume they’re the same things. In reality, vitamins and minerals are very different. This month, let’s revisit your freshman health class to get a refresher on the difference between vitamins and minerals — and the best way to make sure your body is getting enough of both.
Vitamins and minerals are micronutrients that support your overall health. The difference is that
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about half an hour to work out the technology kinks before the interview, but it was worth it. I touched on this interview briefly in my last newsletter, but I wanted to elaborate on why I enjoyed this conversation so much. Mark is a well-respected member of the community. He runs four Midas locations in the Richmond area, but he’s more than just a car guy who changes oil and aligns tires. His business is more like a company that finds ways to give while fixing cars on the side. Mark continuously hosts blood drives (even during the pandemic) to help keep the blood bank full. Recently, he has given free car maintenance to local health care workers and grocery store employees. A lot of people want to give back. Over these last few difficult months, we’ve seen so many people step up to give back to others. I asked Mark how businesses and entrepreneurs can give back and make a positive impact in their communities. “Learn the ropes first,” Mark advises. “Understand the impact you want to make and understand what the economics of that impact are. You’re talking
sidearm and you walk into someone’s restaurant, that restaurant can say, ‘No thank you. We don’t want that in here.’ If you walk into a restaurant and you’re barefoot, they don’t let you in, right? I think what you’re going to see is an absolute sea change in the manner in which we go out in public to assure others that we are relatively safe.” As a business owner, I really enjoyed getting to talk to Chris. He had great insights into the decisions made around the pandemic. If you’re a business owner — and especially if you’re a business owner who took out a PPP loan — then you’re going to want to hear what Chris had to say. You can find the full interview at Bit.ly/ ChrisSaxmanInterview or head over to my Facebook page.
What’s your opinion on competition? — Live Interview With Mark Smith
Of all the Facebook Live interviews I’ve done, this was by far my favorite. I was really glad that Mark Smith took the time to sit down with me. It took us
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