What forms amino acid chelated minerals better than others

Question

What forms amino acid chelated minerals better than other kinds of minerals?

Answer 1

In order to be absorbed, minerals, whether from foods or in supplements, have to be joined with a "carrier" molecule. Whenever this molecule is a fragment of protein (that is, an amino acid), and the mineral-amino acid compound makes a stable molecule, it is termed to as an amino acid chelate. Since the body is very proficient at absorbing amino acids, chelated minerals are more simply transported across the intestinal wall as compared to non-chelated minerals.