Njengoba sibonile phambilini, amaminerali ayinto okumele ngabe ikhona emzimbeni womuntu ukuze asebenze kahle. Wonke amaminerali ajabulisayo njengamanje ahlukaniswe ngamaqembu amakhulu amabili, lawa angama-macrominerals kanye nama-micro-minerals.
Manje, kubaluleke kakhulu ukusho ukuthi ukuze umzimba womuntu ube namaminerali adingekayo namanani afanele, bonke abantu kumele benze ukudla okunempilo nokuhlukahlukene ngokuya ngokudla inyama, imifino nezithelo.
Okulandelayo, ukuhlukaniswa kwamaminerali:
> Ama-macrominerals: isibabule, i-calcium, i-sodium, i-potassium, i-phosphorus ne-magnesium.
> Ama-Microminerals: i-zinc, i-iron, iodine, i-selenium, i-chromium nethusi.