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Arsenic
Of course the industrial arsenite form of arsenic is fatally toxic in the
tiniest amounts, yet nutrition studies have shown that cell health declines when
entirely deprived of naturally occurring dietary arsenic. A small trace in this
biologically useful form may actually help displace the toxic industrial
(arsenite) form. Almonds, Eggs, Sea Plants and Sea Foods are food sources of the
useful form.
Boron
Boron is quickly depleted from soil. It is essential for plants, though not
yet recognized as essential for people. U.S. Department of Agriculture research
suggests a bone maintenance benefit similar to that of estrogen. Supplemental
Boron also boosts serum levels of estradiol and testosterone yielding enhanced
sex drive. Grapes and Apples are good food sources. Supplemental Boron increases
Calcium and Magnesium recycling inside the body, thus decreasing dependency upon
outside sources.
Calcium
Calcium is essential for bones, teeth and nerves. The world?s largest human
nutrition study indicated that vegetarian diets are a more effective source of
Calcium. Need for supplementation has probably been exaggerated - Ignoring the
need for Strontium and Silicon. Studies indicate that crude Calcium mineral
supplements and dairy-form may actually interfere with assimilation of the
plant-form of dietary Calcium.
Carbon
Carbon is foundational to all food and biological structure. Yet there is no
evidence of any deficiency in any reasonable diet. Therefore, carbon is not
pertinent to discussions about supplementation.
Chlorine
Chlorine is essential for cellular function and cleansing and is found
throughout living things in natural compound form with Sodium and Potassium.
Plentiful throughout the typical diet and as salt (sodium chloride). Kelp and
Dulse are beneficial food sources. (The isolate mineral form of Chlorine as
added to city water is highly reactive with other substances and creates toxins
destructive to living systems.
Chromium
Chromium is essential for certain enzymes, synthesis of proteins, supporting
the pancreas and balancing of blood sugar. Life-created GTF form is important to
avoid toxicity, and assure assimilation and utilization. The typical diet in
North America falls short due to soil deficiencies. Beets and Nutritional Yeast
are rich sources.
Cobalt
Cobalt is essential because it is integral to vitamin B-12. Land crops are
totally devoid of B-12. Sea Plants and Nutritional Yeast are good sources of
Cobalt and B-12. Beneficial intestinal microorganisms utilize dietary Cobalt to
make B-12 for your benefit.
Copper
Copper is essential for utilization of vitamin C and iron, energy, enzymes
involved in healing, nerves and RNA (longevity). Most ?dietary? Copper comes
from water pipes and is poorly and improperly utilized.
Food sources are best as Nutritional Yeast, Whole Grains, Green Leafy
Veggies, Almonds, Lentils, Garbanzos, Spirulina, Kelp and Dulse.
Essential for utilization of iron in the production of good blood, thus
critical to energy. Many copper-dependent enzymes are involved in healing. Also
involved in forming the myelin sheath which assures proper nerve function and
good signals from the brain to all systems.
Necessary for production of RNA making copper an indirect force for youth and
longevity. Copper deficiency is not rare as once thought. Poor utilization of
the crude supplemental forms confuse the issue. Plant-life-created? sources are
safe and well-utilized.
Copper deficiency is correlated with birth defects in animals and people.
Other signs of low copper include elevated cholesterol, anemia and weakened
immune system.
Adequate copper availability is related to vitamin C utilization and
formation of elastin. Copper is involved in bone structure and the dark color
component of skin and hair.
Fluorine
Calcium fluoride as found naturally in mother's milk, goat's milk, cheese and
tea must never be confused with the toxic chemical form, sodium fluoride as
added to city water.
There is great debate as to the potential toxicity and usefulness of the
industrial sodium fluoride form as added to city water (The Soviets dosed
political prisoners with sodium fluoride to assure lack of drive, lack of
self-direction and an early death of ?natural? causes.)
Human Mother?s Milk, Goat?s Milk, Seafood, Kelp, Dulse, Nutritional
Yeasts, Whole Grains and Organic Veggies are rich food sources of the beneficial
organic calcium fluoride form. The ratio of ?bad? fluoride to ?good?
fluoride in our bodies has increased dramatically over the last 100 years.
Most plants contain some calcium fluoride as may be available from the soil.
Too little in the diet can result in poor tooth and bone formation, and weak
bones and dental cavities.
Several highly regarded health foods are meaningful sources of calcium
fluoride. These include chlorella, spirulina, kelp, dulse, nutritional yeast,
whole grains and sprouts, wheat grass and barley grass juice.
Germanium
Germanium is abundant in soil, yet poorly taken up by most plants. Among the
popular healing foods, Garlic, Ginseng, Chlorella, Barley, Nutritional Yeast,
Spirulina, Aloe and Medicinal Mushrooms are dozens of times richer in Germanium.
On a cellular level, Germanium is a catalyst in oxygen utilization and immune
function.
Gold
Traces of Gold are available in sea vegetables such as Kelp and Dulse.
Supplemental Gold is sometimes used to relieve joint pain. (Iridesca provides a
trace.)
Iodine
Iodine is essential for humans. Soil and diets are seriously deficient.
Supplementation is essential to assure a calm disposition, proper thyroid
function, energy production, burning of fat, normal mental functions and healthy
skin, hair and nails. People wisely avoiding table salt in their diets are
particularly vulnerable to iodine deficiency.
Airborne radioactive iodine is a deadly toxin produced by nuclear power
plants and was the primary toxin released at Chernobyl. Generous food sources of
non-radioactive iodine such as Seafoods, Kelp and Special Nutritional Yeast help
prevent uptake of radioactive iodine. (Iridesca provides 130% of the RDA.)
Iridium
The biological values of Iridium, and other members of the platinum group of
elements, are just now beginning to be realized thanks to breakthroughs in
high-temp chemical analysis techniques. Monatomic forms of Iridium, and its twin
Rhodium, are now thought by some researchers to account for some 5% or more of
the dry weight of the brain. They apparently perform essential tasks as
superconductors in a sort of nutrient-of-consciousness role. The
monatomic form of these minerals are thought to be the secret of European
alchemists?, Indian holy men, and Hebrew and Egyptian priests. Their ?white
powder of gold? or ?verbuti? is an Iridium-rich mineral ash used to
achieve states of super-consciousness.
Iridium is scarce in soils, except certain volcanic soils and those near
ancient, major meteor strikes. The utilizable monatomic form of Iridium is even
scarcer. Exceptional sources of Iridium In the necessary form include Aloe Vera
grown on volcanic Caribbean soil, Grapes, Watercress, Burdock Herb, Sorrel Leaf
and Turkish Rhubarb Root. The legendary healing nature of these plants (all
found in Iridesca) hints to an overall health tonic benefit with Iridium, and
especially to Its relationship with the immune system (health and longevity).
Iron
Iron is essential to health and several body systems, though way oversold by
iron tonic manufacturers. Now fallen to some disfavor as a supplement, since it
seems to antagonize vitamin E (an essential antioxidant) thus doing as much harm
as good in any excessive amounts. A good diet contains just enough, and that is
exactly what you want and not very much more. A well crafted daily supplement
should probably contain no more than 30% of the RDA, and best in a plant
complexed form. Raisins and cherries are especially rich sources.
Lithium
Lithium is the least common recognized nutrient in the body, and not readily
available in the diet, though drinking water does contain minute amounts.
Lithium can disrupt herpes-type viruses. Lithium is regarded as a mineral
contributing to a calm and considerate manner. Apparently most diets are only
just barely at adequate levels. Some researchers have noted a correlation
between the low-lithium content of city water in certain cities and their higher
than average rate of violent crimes. In his book ?Love, Sex and Nutrition,?
Dr. Bernard Jensen mentions Lithium from the Sea Vegetable Dulse, as a source of
composure lending to romantic mood.
Magnesium
Magnesium is an essential mineral for bones, teeth, metabolic enzymes, muscle
activity, regulation of body temperature, and assimilation and utilization of
Calcium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Sodium. Fresh Green Vegetables, Seafoods,
Soybeans, Special Nutritional Yeasts, Seeds, Apples and Whole Grains are rich
sources.
Most Americans are marginally deficient in Magnesium. Crude mineral Magnesium
is poorly absorbed and utilized. Plant-complexed forms are superior but quite
bulky to supplement. Including green vegetables in your daily diet is by far
your best option.
Manganese
An activator of numerous enzymes including those involved in utilization of
biotin, thiamine and vitamin C. Often lacking in soil and diet, then further
depleted by food processing. Supplementation is advisable.
Molybdenum
Molybdenum is an essential part of an enzyme needed to convert fat to energy.
It is also involved in Iron metabolism and tooth enamel. Supermarket diets can
easily be low in Molybdenum even to the point of contributing to impotence.
While soil Molybdenum has continued to decline, functional impotence of college
age men in America has risen 400% from 1 in 20 in 1955, to around 1 in 5 today.
Cats fed Molybdenum deficient school lunch diets, lost their sexual
differentiation within a few generations and became unable to reproduce. Green
Leafy Veggies, Special Nutritional Yeasts and Whole Grains are dietary sources.
Nickel
Nickel is Important for longevity due to its role as a stabilizer of RNA and
DNA. It is connected to fat and carbohydrate metabolism. It is an activator of
certain enzymes and supportive of healthy cellular membranes. Nickel is regarded
as essential in tiny, plant-complexed amounts. Nickel can potentially be a
problem in cruder forms or as industrial toxins. Form and correct potency are
critical to optimum utilization of nickel.
Osmium & Palladium
These are members of the Platinum group of elements. Traces may be useful in
that context. See Iridium for comments.
Phosphorus
The body?s second most abundant mineral, it is widely essential to
virtually every process in the body. For example, it is necessary for
utilization of Niacin and Riboflavin, and for nucleoproteins during cell
division. It is also essential for bones, teeth and proper functioning of
nerves.
Phosphorus is particularly useful in the phospholipids of lecithin to balance
cellular and blood acidity and to help break up and transport cholesterol and
fats. The brain and nerves are composed primarily of phospholipids indicating a
clear, proven connection to mental stamina and intelligence. Useful quantities
of phosphorus are bulky and not optimally employed as an isolate supplement.
Food sources of phosphorus are best. Lecithin, Nutritional Yeast, Eggs and
Whole Grains are primary sources. While phosphorus is generally plentiful in the
diet, delivery of phosphorus in the phospholipid form as in these foods seems
especially beneficial to the brain, heart and circulation, longevity,
youthfulness and health in general.
Platinum
Platinum is a member of the Platinum group of elements.
Traces may be useful in that context. See Iridium for comments.
Potassium
Potassium is the essential mineral necessary for regulating the tidal flow of
fluids in and out of the cells. Without sufficient potassium, the balance is
disrupted and health suffers by every measure. Potassium is involved in
carbohydrate to energy conversions and storage.
It is involved in enzymes and in protein synthesis. It is critical for the
heart, muscles, kidneys and oxygenation of the brain.
Potassium is bulky and not optimally delivered as an isolate crude mineral
supplement. It takes a handful of potassium supplement pills to be equivalent to
the Potassium of a good diet. Potassium is best delivered in a good diet
including Green Leafy Vegetables, Oranges, Fruit Juice, Bananas and Potatoes.
Rubidium
Rubidium is a rarely mentioned life-supporting mineral. It is shown to be a
transporter of other minerals into the cell, especially some of those minerals
most deficient in cancerous cells. While it is not regarded as a cancer cure,
some researchers are starting to seriously study its role in cancer prevention.
Rhodium & Ruthenium
Members of the Platinum group of elements. Traces may be useful in that
context. See Iridium for comments.
Selenium
Selenium is a key element for longevity. It is not reliably available in
soils or in the diet. Chemical fertilizers block uptake of selenium by plants.
Selenium is essential for its abilities as an antioxidant and synergist to
Vitamin E. Selenium is a key player in the production of foundational hormones.
It helps keep arteries clean and flowing.
Selenium supports energy production and oxygen delivery. Researchers have
noted a correlation between poor cellular oxygenation and cancer, and between
low dietary Selenium and increased cancer rates, and between optimum dietary
Selenium and reduced cancer rates. Studies have also related low Selenium to an
increase in crib death.
Large amounts of Selenium are lost in semen, thus men typically need more
Selenium than do women.
Selenium should never be taken in excessive amounts (700+ mg) for extended
periods. A responsibly crafted supplement will provide Selenium in reasonable
potencies and in the less toxic forms. Grains, Nutritional Yeasts, Seafoods and
Dairy products are food sources. Excessive Selenium intake slows assimilation of
Fluoride.
Silicon (silica)
In 1878, Louis Pasteur declared that In the future, Silica would become an
optimal therapeutic agent. In 1939, Nobel Prize winner, Professor Adolf Butenant
found Silica to be essential to human life. In 1972, Columbia University
scientists confirmed that Silica must be continuously supplied from food
sources, yet there is still no official RDA for Silica forthcoming.
Silicon is never found alone in nature. Silicon dioxide or Silica, is
comprised of Silicon and Oxygen. This is the form found in plant fibers. Food
processing strips away fibers. Much of the little Silica that is left remains
locked-up in fibers and is poorly assimilated.
Algae. Special Nutritional Yeasts, Oats, Barley, Whole Wheat and the herb
Nettles (all found in Iridesca) deliver approximately 100 times the Silica of
other foods.
Silica is important for utilization of several other nutrients including
vitamins B-6, C, D, K and Folic Acid as well as the minerals Boron, Copper,
Fluorine, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Strontium, and Zinc.
New research is showing Silica is every bit as important to bone health as
Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Boron and Strontium. Researchers in Germany have
noted a correlation between higher than average levels of Silica intake and
reduced rates of cancer. Silica is synergistic with Vitamin C and Bioflavonoids
(including Pycnogenols and Bilberry) for collagen production and the protection
of beautiful radiant skin. According to Klaus Kaufman, a leading Silica
researcher, Silica is the most important antioxidant.
The level of body declines with age, falling to only 7% as much in a 50 year
old with heart disease as he had at a healthy age 10.
The health foods, algae, oats, millet, barley and whole wheat contain
approximately 100 times the silica of other foods.
Silica is integral to the formation and maintenance of strong bones, teeth,
gums, hair and nails.
Silica is synergistic with vitamin C and bioflavonoids (especially pycnogenol
and bilberry) for the collagen production of firm, youthful skin. Collagen, the
glue which holds us together is under continuous assault by oxygen
free-radicals. Silica's affinity for oxygen is of interest. Some researchers
consider silica to be the most important antioxidant. Silica levels are highest
just before birth and decline each year as you age.
The aorta of a 50 year old contains only half the silica as it did at age 10.
Wrinkles are the outward indicator of failing collagen and poor access to
silica.
A University of California study showed twice the collagen in bones with
sufficient silica over that of bones with low silica. More women are dying of
complications of brittle bone fractures than cancers of the breast, cervix and
uterus combined. Collagen holds calcium, magnesium and phosphorous in place
giving the bone strength yet flexibility to resist fracture.
The famous China Diet Study found that osteoporosis is very rate among
vegetarians getting only 544 mg. of calcium daily, while osteoporosis is quite
high among meat and dairy products consumers getting over twice as much calcium
(1143 mg.). While the vegetarians didn't get as much calcium, they did get
plenty of plant-grown silica that way more than made up the difference. Most of
us easily get the 544 mg. of calcium. What we are less likely to get is the
silica which is tougher to find in the right form and assimilate.
Notable concentrations of silica are found in the brain, pancreas, arteries
and eyes, especially in the iris and cornea.
Silver (10 mcg)
The direct benefits of silver for human nutrition remain elusive. However,
while non-toxic to humans, silver does seem to be disruptive to bacteria,
creating an environment less inviting to them.
Sodium
Sodium is generally abundant in nearly any diet as a component of most foods
and as salt (sodium chloride). Sodium supplementation is not desirable on a
daily basis and it is too bulky to be practical in a plant complexed supplement
form. Dietary sources are more than sufficient, except in salt restricted diets
in combination with excessive perspiration situations, where addition of a
little salt to food and beverages quickly remedies the deficiency.
Strontium
Though virtually unheard of as a nutrient, Strontium exists in substantial
amounts in healthy bones and teeth. In a 1959 Mayo Clinic study, 85% of
osteoporosis sufferers who increased Strontium in their diets reported a marked
reduction of pain.
Early research indicates Strontium to be a protector of life-energy
production within the cell. Despite its proven safety and important benefits,
research and supplementation of Strontium has been inexplicably neglected.
Sulfur
Sulfur is regarded as nature?s ?beauty mineral? because of its role in
young, healthy-looking skin and glossy hair. Sulfur is an integral component of
protein. It is assumed that a diet with sufficient protein automatically
delivers sufficient sulfur. It may not be so simple. Sulfur is also involved in
functions outside of its structural protein - Cellular respiration, life-energy
and oxygen utilization, to name a few. Thus supplementation may be useful.
Sulfur is found in insulin and is synergistic with B vitamins and lipoic acid
for metabolism and nerves. Some forms of arthritis may be indicators of Sulfur
deficiency Sulfur may also be useful in making the body undesirable to worms and
parasites. Colloidal supplements can contain 29 times the sulfur as the typical
diet. However, an excessive intake of crude sulfur may also result in toxicity.
Tin
Tin was only recently identified as essential, but its precise function
remains elusive. Scientists noted a 24% to 59% acceleration in growth when tin
was supplied to baby rats on tin-deprived diets. This hints of some very
important role for Tin and a possible relationship to growth hormone. Thus, Tin
may be a player in our struggle to trade fat for muscle. Dietary intake of tin
has been sharply reduced over the past 20 years. Supplementation is desirable.
There has been a tremendous amount of interest lately over the relationship
of adult production of growth-hormone, and quality of life and longevity. It
seems that the same hormone that helps kids grow, also helps adults defy their
chronological age and take on youthful characteristics of a much younger
biological age and level of cellular activity.
While most of the attention is focused upon the amino acid portion of the
growth hormone equation (and while most of us get plenty of protein) it should
be noted that young lab animals deprived of Tin failed to grow - so there may be
a GHT in relationship. Also, as discussed above, Boron is useful for providing
these same youthful hormone type benefits. And for serious longevity
enthusiasts, it should be noted that Coenzyme Q-10
extended the lives of lab animals to the human equivalent of 150 years while greatly
extending the quality of life to match that added time.
Vanadium
Vanadium has an essential relationship to Iron metabolism, red blood cell
growth and health of bones, teeth and cartilage. Vanadium supplementation has
been known to lower cholesterol.
Dietary Vanadium has been on the decline due to food processing and because
It is not replaced in soils. Vegetable oils are the one remaining significant
source, yet ironically everyone is cutting back on fats to lower their
cholesterol. Fish, Organic Whole Grains, Special Nutritional Yeast, Dulse and
Kelp are also notable sources of Vanadium.
Zinc
Zinc is one of the most obviously essential trace elements. Zinc is necessary
for insulin and for 25 enzymes involved in digestion and metabolism, and for
utilization of B vitamins.
Zinc is intimate to synthesis of DNA, longevity, reproduction, the immune
system, a healthy circulatory system (synergistic with Copper and Vanadium).
Zinc helps the body eliminate excess cholesterol. Zinc supports a more rapid
rate of healing and even has a role in night vision. Zinc?s benefits are all
encompassing.
The industrial toxin cadmium is antagonistic to Zinc. Your Zinc is severely
under attack since your body contains approximately 700 times as much cadmium in
this industrial age as in people in ancient times - and since the Zinc content
of soils, and the utilizable-plant-complex form of Zinc, has been declining.
Zinc mineral isolate supplements are not ideal for the delicate system of
nutrient assimilation and can result in undesirable reversals of benefit at
levels only double or triple the RDA. The plant-complex form is far preferable,
better utilized and excesses are easily disposed.
Organic Whole Grains, Special Nutritional Yeasts and Pumpkin Seeds are
meaningful food sources of Zinc in the most desirable food-complex form.
Consistent inclusion of these foods and supplementation of plant-life-complexed
TM Zinc is essential for optimal health and longevity - and especially for the
prostate gland.
Required for DNA synthesis Master substance of life.
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