Minerals are the foundational building blocks
of all forms of matter and life.
Discover the role that minerals and mineral-rich
superfoods play in building high levels of physical health!
Did you know that most of America's agricultural
land was documented to be depleted of the majority of essential
minerals and nutrients as early as the 1930's? Senate document
no. 264 of the 74th congress, second session, 1936, states:
“…Commercially grown food today has
almost no nutritional value. The fruits, vegetables, and grains
we eat today are starving us to death; no man of today can eat
enough fruits and vegetables to supply his body with the minerals
he requires to stay healthy.”
Partially due to the rapid rise in health complaints
in America traceable directly to mineral deficiencies, the role
of minerals, trace minerals and M-state elements in maintaining
health is now a widely studied science. Why are minerals so
important to physical health?
The Building Blocks of DNA and RNA
The Periodic Table of 117 Elements form the basic
building blocks of Nature. They are the physical foundations
of both basic and complex forms of matter. Our DNA and RNA are
built solely of just a few of these elements -- phosphate, carbon,
nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen.
Varying combinations of just four of the five
elements -- carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen, are used
to construct the amino acid chains that form our DNA and RNA.
Phosphate, in combination with a sugar made up of these same
four elements, form the structural spiral that holds the various
chains of amino acids together. Amino acids form the basis of
proteins which in turn build a cell.
An interesting side note is, that a single cell
(which is less than a millimeter long) contains two meters of
DNA! http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/dna/dna.htm
Proteins, chromosomes, genes, cells, tissues,
organs, glands and bone are further developments of the DNA.
They are built by forming more complex structures using additional
elements of the Periodic Chart.
What does this mean? Our body is a highly developed
combination of the Period Table of Elements. If our body were
to be in short supply of one or more of these elements, particularly
the 5 basic building blocks of the DNA, isn't it likely
that a few basic body functions could begin to deteriorate?
Minerals
There are 117 known elements related to the Periodic
Table, of which 94 are comonly found on the earth. Minerals
are typically either pure forms, or combinations of, the 94
common elements. There are over 4,000 minerals known to exist,
with more being discovered all the time.
Minerals are recognized as essential to the construction
and performance of thousands of chemical, hormonal and enzymatic
processes in the body. Silica, the most essential macro mineral,
for example, is required for all connective tissue development.
Silica is also required to make other minerals more bioavailable.
Without a sufficient supply of minerals, the body
is limited in its ability to manufacture these essential body
builders and regulators. To not supply the body with an adequate
stock of bioavailable minerals is like asking a mason to build
a brick wall without providing the bricks. Bring the bricks
on site and the building of the wall can begin. Stock the body
with an adequate supply of minerals, then thousands of biological
processes can move forward with ease and efficiency. The body
will simply clean house and heal itself.
My Personal Success with Minerals and
Overcoming Hypoglycemia
In the mid '90's I was still dealing with a severe
case of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) which I had had my entire
life. My mother was diabetic and on insulin, my father was hypoglycemic
with a history of fainting spells under stress, and I had been
a major sugar consumer from early on. I suffered from a number
of low blood sugar and candida related health complaints.
During my search for an answer to this condition
I heard that chromium and vanadium would assist in the reversal
of both high & low blood sugar conditions. I thought to
myself, "Well if this is true, why take only two minerals?
Why not take them all?" So I went down to the local
health food store and picked up a bottle of the fullest spectrum
of minerals I could find, in this case it was a source of ancient
fossilized plant minerals taken straight from the earth and
ground up. I took 20-30 of these very large pills every day
for 7 days. By the seventh day all of my low blood sugar symptoms
had completely disappeared. Prior to this, if I did not eat
meat by 10 AM, I would begin to get spacey and weak. After a
week on the minerals, I could go until 3:00 in the afternoon
without eating anything and still have focus, vitality and grounded
presence.
A week of minerals alone however, did not immediately
repair the decades of abuse to my pancreas and adrenals from
refined sugar consumption, coffee and stress, but it did help
to bring about some stability and the reduction of sugar cravings.
Over the next several years I made steady improvements in my
diet, studied the amazing powers of herbs, and developed several
herbal formulas that eventually led to a complete restoration
of my pancreas and adrenal functions (these are the primary
organs responsible for blood sugar regulation).
Today, at the age of 54, I am in remarkably better
health than I was at 20, and in the last couple of years, have
begun to feel as though I am actually getting younger by the
year! I consume a large spectrum of minerals every day in the
form of Himalayan Salt, seaweeds, my own superfood blend (Pure
Greens), Sacred Clay (a pyrophyllite clay), and a natural form
of M-state elements derived from Black Manna and Mineral Manna.
I generally have energy from early morning until late at night,
sleep great, wake early, engage in a demanding schedule throughout
the day running a growing business, and attend to the occasional
needs of several thousand clients.
Due to the health that I enjoy today, I am a strong
proponent of full spectrum mineral complexes designed by no
one but Nature herself. I do not advocate the use of individual
minerals (i.e. isolated calcium, zinc, magnesium, copper, etc.)
taken out of context from their original full spectrum source
(clay, coral, seaweed, ocean salt).
Science is discovering more and more everyday
about the role of minerals in health, yet even if the best of
today's science thinks it knows better than Nature, there is
a greater chance that it doesn't. Current medical science on
the subject of biological health is a mere century or two old
(to be generous). Nature has been manufacturing her healing
resources for more than 5 billion years! I trust the discernment
of Nature more than the best of medical science today, even
more than the best of today's natural sciences. There is so
much we have yet to learn to catch up with the wisdom of Nature.
Why take apart something that has worked so well for billions
of years, thinking that we can do better? We are better off
just discovering the healing resources Nature has to offer in
their most whole forms, containing all the nutritional, biological
and energetic components that Mother Nature in her great wisdom
put into them, and simply enjoy the benefits. In my opinion, Mother
knows best!
Just a Few of the Functions of Minerals
In the Body
Minerals are the building blocks of the physical
being. Vitamins are merely combinations of minerals. Lacking
vitamins, the human body can make some use of individual minerals,
but lacking minerals, vitamins can be neither manufactured nor
utilized. As stated before, minerals are involved in the construction
and functioning of not only vitamins, but also of DNA, RNA,
genes, amino acids, proteins, hormones, enzymes, and all organs
of the body as well. Every metabolic function of the body uses
minerals in some manner.
Here are a few examples of the more commonly known
functions of minerals in the body:
- The mineral phosphorus is
the gatekeeper that allows nutrients through
the cell walls and into every cell of the
body. Phosphorus is also the gatekeeper that
allows toxins to leave the cells during detoxification.
Phosphorus is essential to regulating the
rhythm of the heart and is involved in virtually
all physiological chemical reactions.
- Calcium and magnesium are
utilized in the contraction and relaxation
of muscles. Calcium is also essential to
the delivery of electrical signals throughout
the entire nervous system.
- Silica is utilized in
the elimination of heavy metals (especially
aluminum) from the system. Silica is also
required to build bone, cartilage, connective
tissues and to develop healthier hair, skin,
nails and arterial walls. Silica is central
to inhibiting the aging process and improving
skin elasticity.
- Copper is involved in
energy production, as well as hair and skin
coloration.
- Sodium is essential to
maintaining normal fluid balance, as well
as normal muscle & speech coordination.
Sodium is also essential to maintaining normal
alkalinity in the body.
- Manganese is utilized
in the proper digestion and assimilation
of food, balancing blood sugar levels, increasing
protein and fat metabolism, regulating thyroid
hormone production, and is involved in numerous
enzyme systems.
- Chromium and vanadium are
primary minerals in the the balancing of
blood sugar levels and the metabolism of
fat. Chromium is also involved in the reduction
of clogged arteries.
- Iron is essential to carrying
oxygen into every cell of the body.
- Boron is vital in the
utilization of energy derived from fats and
sugars.
- Potassium & calcium are
central to the regulation of heart rate and
blood pressure.
- Magnesium is foundational
to converting blood sugars into calm, sustained
energy, burning fat, maintaining normal heart
rhythm, blood pressure, strong tooth enamel,
and a positive mental attitude.
- M-state elements are the
smallest version of pure source minerals,
smaller than both colloidal and ionic. M-state
elements include monatomic (single atom)
and/or diatomic (double atom) forms of an
element. Elements commonly found in the m-state
are gold, silver, rhodium, iridium, indium,
platinum, iron, and copper. I suspect the
entire Periodic Chart of Elements can be
found naturally in the M-state, but only
a few have actually been discovered. M-state
elements, particularly rhodium & iridium,
are believed to make up a significant portion
of the brain (possibly as much as 5% or more)
and are likely to be involved in a vast array
of brain functions including cognitive ability,
intelligence, emotional development, memory,
melatonin production and the regulation of
sleep, immune enhancement, Human Growth Hormone
(HGH) production, tissue regeneration, DNA
patterning, and the extension of youthfulness.
Even though references to M-state elements
can be found dating back thousands of years,
modern science has only been taking a serious
look at them for the last 20 years or so. http://www.subtleenergies.com/ormus/tw/overview.htm
Minerals are vital to overall mental and emotional
health, physical vitality, a balanced sense of well being, and
the maintenance of health at every level from the very construction
of the DNA, to the development of hormones, enzymes, amino acids,
proteins, organs, bone, and skin, to the regulation of every
metabolic function of the body.
Minerals are THE most important foundation of
physical health. For this reason, minerals are THE most important
component of a solid nutritional program focused on creating
maximum health.
Proper Mineral Ratios
It is very important to get the fullest spectrum
of 94 basic mineral elements in the body -- and not just the
full spectrum, but a spectrum that is balanced and proportioned
by Nature. Proper mineral ratios are the key to effective
utilization of minerals. Too much calcium, for example, leads
to magnesium deficiencies, even if adequate magnesium levels
exists in the bloodstream. Calcium and magnesium are antagonists
to each other (cancel each other out), and must coexist in
a specific ratio to be most effective. The same is true of
almost all other minerals. They depend on each other according
to very exact ratios, ratios which will vary from person to
person, from plant to plant, from soil to soil.
When minerals have been formed, balanced and proportioned
by Nature, the body, (also a natural organism), can utilize
the nutrients efficiently and draw from them what it needs most
in the moment. Isolated nutrients, or laboratory concocted designer
combinations of minerals, vitamins, enzymes, amino acids, etc.
are more likely to throw off the body's very delicate balance,
causing greater problems in the long run. More often than not,
due to their inherent incompleteness, these imbalanced combinations
will fail to solve the underlying cause of a problem, which
is often, at the physiological level, just a nutrient deficiency
or improper ratio. Give the body a buffet banquet of all the
wholesome natural resources it could ever desire, designed and
proportioned by the great wisdom of Nature, and let the body,
in its own natural wisdom, select what, and how much, it really
needs.
Nature knows best when it comes to designing the
proper ratios. Whole mineral sources, unheated and unaltered,
are the most trustworthy sources of complete mineral nutrition.
Clays, seaweeds, full spectrum mineral salts (Himalayan, Celtic,
Real Salt™, etc.), humic and fulvic acids, mineral rich
herbs (nettles, alfalfa, horsetail, etc.), coral, superfoods
(blue-green algae, chlorella, spirulina, alfalfa, barley and
kumut grass juices, etc.) are some of Nature's best mineral
and nutritional resources. In their whole forms they give us
the very best that Mother Nature has to offer.
Take your minerals and enjoy the best of health!
Michael King
G. Michael King is a Life Enrichment
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