Not all minerals are created equal!
Organic vs. inorganic minerals

People always ask, “Are the multi mineral supplements I’m taking daily enough to keep my skin healthy and meet my daily essential mineral requirements?”

My answer to the question is no. When you see the impressive mineral list on the label of your multi mineral supplements such as calcium, zinc, magnesium, iodine…etc., you would think you are getting your daily essential minerals requirements. But these isolated minerals in your supplements are actually leading to mineral imbalances in your body.

Why is it that your body cannot utilize the impressive list of minerals found in your supplements?

The answer is because these minerals are inorganic minerals. Inorganic minerals are not the same as organic minerals found in natural foods like fruits, vegetables and sea vegetables. The way elements of a compound are connected determines whether it is organic or inorganic. The elements of organic minerals as found in fruits and vegetables are loosely held together. The constituent parts of inorganic minerals are held together tightly; they have strong bonds that the body cannot break easily. This means that such minerals do not have the nitrogen bond attached to them in order to break them down easily and make them accessible to the body’s cells.

Minerals are found in nature in the soil or in sea water. These minerals are hard minerals such as rocks or sand. Objects in the mineral kingdom are made up of substances like carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, manganese, and a vast assortment of other elements. Elements in this kingdom are held together by very strong bonds. The scientific terms for the strong, inorganic, mineral kingdom bonds are “electrovalent” or “ionic”. You can consume inorganic minerals, but your body will either store them as toxins or eliminate them. Your body does not have the physiological capabilities of easily converting inorganic minerals into usable organic materials, but plants do. That’s the beauty of plants as food. A plant will process these hard minerals through the photosynthesis process in order to turn them into organic minerals (soft minerals). Plants can take minerals from the soil, break the strong bonds, and incorporate the minerals into their physical structure. When we eat the plants (fruits and vegetables), our bodies can utilize these soft essential minerals. The plants make the minerals soft or accessible to the bodies’ cells. Plants “eat” the mineral kingdom; we eat the plants.

In addition, the relationships of minerals to each other are very precisely calibrated when they are in foods. So, if they are offered to the body as a single mineral or isolated inorganic minerals as found in man-made supplements, it is easy to throw the complex system of minerals out of balance in the body.

Quoting from the book, Natural Healing with Foods by Nancy Appleton, pgs. 11-14:

“Let’s look at two important minerals that work in direct relationship to one another: calcium and phosphorus. These minerals work best in the bloodstream in a relationship of 2.5 parts calcium to 1 part phosphorus. Normally, the calcium level in the bloodstream is about 10 milligrams per deciliter, and the phosphorus level is 4 milligrams. This means that your ability to use the calcium in your system is phosphorus dependent: no matter how much calcium you have, you can only use it if there is enough phosphorus present to go with it.

For example, if you upset your body’s chemistry and your phosphorus level drops to 2 mg per deciliter, rather than the normal 4, only 5 mg of calcium can be used by your body - the ratio must be 2.5 times as much calcium as phosphorus for the minerals to function optimally.

Any additional calcium you may have will either be excreted in the urine or it may stay in the body and become what I call “toxic” excess and nonfunctioning calcium that can cause a number of problems. For instance, the excess calcium may form hard deposits that irritate soft tissue. The plaque on your teeth that irritates your gums is an example of this. Or the toxic calcium can go to your joints and be a part of the arthritis process. In the arteries, toxic calcium can be a factor in arteriosclerosis. It can also contribute to kidney stones, bone spurs, gallstones, and cataracts.

But what if you have less calcium than you need? For example, if your calcium levels drop to 5 mg, then only 2 mg of phosphorus will be used. This could leave an excess of phosphorus, which also is either secreted or retained. If too much is retained, it, too, can become toxic. And that’s not all! When there is an excess of phosphorus-to-calcium in your bloodstream, a message is sent to your body that calcium is needed - and your body will pull that calcium right out of your bones - causing osteoporosis, among other things.

It’s a complex balancing act. These minerals do not work by themselves but work only in relation to each other. This means that the whole system can be immobilized if one of the minerals becomes deficient, even if the other minerals are present in the bloodstream. For instance, no matter how many units of calcium you have in the bloodstream, if you don’t have enough phosphorus to make that 2.5:1 mixture, the calcium is not usable. So you can actually have an excess of calcium in your bloodstream and still be effectively deficient in usable calcium……

Copper and zinc are two other minerals that work in direct relation to each other. If the zinc becomes deficient, the copper can become toxic and vice versa. This is true of all the different minerals in the body; they all work in relation to one another. Therefore, directly or indirectly, all of the minerals can be affected if one of them becomes deficient or excessive”.

The only way you can guarantee that you are creating a state of homeostasis in your body at all times is that the nutrients, especially minerals, come from a food source, not the man made inorganic minerals found in most supplements.

Mineral rich foods are: Wild-crafted organic blue green algae, all types of sea veggies like kelp, wakame, nori…, vegetables and fruits. Through these foods, your body will get its daily essential organic minerals the way mother nature prepared and intended them to have it.

Donia
Organics USA, Inc.
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