Minerals

are elements that originate in the soil and cannot be created by living things, such as plants and animals. Yet plants, animals and humans need minerals in order to be healthy.
Plants absorb minerals from the soil, and animals get their minerals from the plants or other animals they eat.
Most of the minerals in the human diet come directly from plants, such as fruits and vegetables, or indirectly from animal sources. Minerals may also be present in your drinking water, but this depends on where you live, and what kind of water you drink (bottled, tap).
Minerals from plant sources may also vary from place to place, b
ecause the mineral content of the soil varies according to the location in which the plant was grown.
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CALCIUM
Adults need 1000 mg/day.

Children need 800 to 1300 mg/day.
Calcium eases insomnia and helps regulate the passage of nutrients through cell walls. Without calcium, your muscles wouldn’t contract correctly, your blood wouldn’t clot and your nerves wouldn’t carry messages.

If you don’t get enough calcium from the food you eat, your body automatically takes the calcium needed from your bones. If your body continues to tear down more bone than it replaces over a period of years in order to get sufficient calcium, your bones will become weak and break easily.

Deficiency may result in muscle spasms and cramps in the short term and osteoporosis.
Fruit Sources
Most fruits contain some calcium, these have a bit more than usual:

Blackberries
Blackcurrants
Dates
Grapefruit
Mulberries
Orange
Pomegranate
Prickly Pears

Vegetable Sources
Most vegetables contain some calcium, these have a bit more than usual:
Amaranth leaves
Bok Choy
Brussels Sprouts
Butternut squash
Celery
Chinese Broccoli
French Beans
Kale
Okra
Parsnip
Spirulina
Swiss Chard
Turnip
Nut/GrainSources
Almonds
Amaranth
Brazil Nuts
Filberts/Hazelnuts
Oats
Pistachios
Sesame Seeds
Wheat – Durum
Wheat – Hard White