Minerals, usage trace

Usage of mineral supplements in western coimtries often prevents deficiency of minerals. However, effectiveness of bioavailability of some mineral supplements has been considered as insufficient. Natural sources of many trace elements are seaweed from all algal groups. Seaweed has the enormous ability to absorb minerals from a growth medium which results in high mineral concentrations in seaweed tissues often exceeding their concentration in the seawater, especially iodine and iron occurs in very high levels. 

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