NORTHERN FARMING LIFESTYLES SEPTEMBER 2013
Rural Women
Minerals are essential
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Minerals are inorganic, naturally occurring compounds. There are over 70 compounds classified as minerals of which about 20 are identified as essential for our bodies to function. If we have inadequate mineral intake, or our mineral intake is out of balance, this can have disastrous effects on our health. While food from the sea has excellent mineral balance, many of our soils are deficient in minerals. NZ soils contain very low levels of the cancer protecting trace mineral selenium. This is especially important for those in the South Island as the bread produced from Canterbury grain has low selenium. The NZ Government agency MedSafe (2103) commented “South Island bread is made predominantly with wheat grown locally in lowselenium soils.” Some minerals have multiple functions and low levels can cause many problems. For example zinc is known to participate in over 300 enzymes. Low zinc levels can cause diverse problems from poor immune function, eye problems, hair loss and skin problems. Many people take mineral supplements to maintain health or as part of a treatment programme for specific conditions. These can be single minerals, such as iron, iodine or calcium, small groups such as magnesium, calcium and potassium or as multi-mineral complexes. My view is the single or small groups of minerals should only be given under professional guidance. For example single iron supplements should only be taken after blood tests show low iron levels. The same applies to iodine and some other minerals. For most people, most of the time the best way to get minerals from supplements is as modest dose multi-mineral preparation. This will ensure you are getting the minerals in the correct form and correct balance. My preference is for chelated minerals whereby the mineral is bonded to amino acids (the building blocks of protein) to provide optimum absorption with the minimum risk of tummy upsets. Give me a call if you need further information. John Arts (B.Soc.Sci, Dip Tch, Adv.Dip.Nut.Med) is a Nutritional Therapist and founder of Abundant Health Ltd. Contact John on 0800 423 559 or email john@johnarts. co.nz. For product information visit www.abundant.co.nz
Making life a little easier by Alison Lemon, Director, PKF Poutsma Lemon Limited
My husband and I own a small farm and I am a partner in a chartered accounting practice in Kerikeri. The farm’s book work has always been my responsibility, whilst my husband worries about whether it is going to rain and whatever other jobs need doing. One of my favourite stories was when I was marshalling the invoices to take to our accountant, there was one I couldn’t find anywhere. So I naively asked my husband who replied without hesitation “it was on the dash of the truck and we were travelling down the road when it just flew out the window.” I was not an accountant when we were married. But having to get everything ready for our accountant certainly was a catalyst in my becoming one. A few years later we bought our first computer, a farm accounting programme and things started to change. We could now provide our accountant with a profit and loss account. We started to better understand our finances and we were able to prepare budgets. As I became busier in my business and the demands of the family grew we moved away from the accounting program to BankLink. However, this year I changed again and I am now using Xero. Like BankLink, Xero gets the records directly from my bank accounts but on a daily basis. Because it is cloud based I can access it from home, from work or from my iPhone. The other really great thing about Xero for me and for my clients is that I can also see how their business is tracking. Another big plus is that if they want some help with anything I can fix it on the spot without long explanations. As in farming, technology has made some jobs easier and
allowed us more time for other things. Technology has made it easier for me to look after our farm’s financial accounts and to be relevant and helpful to my clients when they need it.
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