Vitamins play an important role in carrying out bodily functions such as the production of red blood cells, synthesizing bone tissue, nervous and immune system function, and play a role in our vision (Green & Shallal, 2020).

Vitamins can be separated into two categories: water-soluble or fat-soluble.

Water-soluble vitamins: vitamin C and all B vitamins. B vitamins include thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, biotin, folate, and cobalamin.

Fat-soluble vitamins: vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, and vitamin K.

Minerals are crystals formed from solid inorganic substances. They regulate our body processes, are necessary for proper cellular function, and comprise body tissue. Some minerals are extremely important for enzyme function. Others are important for maintaining fluid balance, to build bone tissue, synthesize hormones, transmit nerve impulses, contract and relax muscles, and to protect us against harmful free radicals in the body that cause serious health problems like cancer (Green & Shallal, 2020).

They can be classified by the amount of each mineral our body needs: trace minerals, and macro-minerals.

Trace minerals: minerals that we do not require a lot of; we can intake them in only a few milligrams or less. For example, molybdenum, selenium, zinc, iron, and iodine.

Macro-minerals: minerals that we take in large amounts; required to be taken in hundreds of milligrams. For example, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, and phosphorus.