When we consider the number of elements on the periodic table, it’s amazing that farmers restore only a handful. We see where lime, or calcium is added, along with nitrogen, sulfur, iron, phosphorous, and magnesium. These are the only ones you will see on fertilizers for your lawn or garden. What about all the others?
Vitamins get lots of attention, but should be viewed more as the elements which drive the metabolism and use of minerals. The structure of vitamin B12 requires the mineral cobalt. Without cobalt vitamin B12 can’t exist. So, how much cobalt is in your garden soil?
Inorganic minerals are mineral substances in the form which occurs before they’ve been acted upon by living cells. Plants absorb minerals in the inorganic form and are changed after absorption into organic forms, which are then useable in our metabolism. Since plants are required to convert these minerals into useable nutrients for our body, simply buying a bottle of inorganic minerals at some store doesn’t get the system nourished.
This is why I insist on food based nutrition and supplementation over the bulk of what’s available over the counter in health food stores and grocery stores.
The four general classifications of minerals are inorganic, organic, colloidal, and crystalloidal. Organic minerals are in a combinations which may be either colloidal, or crystaloidal. These are specific to the normal reactions within living cells.
Colloidal minerals have been altered so they no longer pass through cell walls or other organic membranes. Minerals that form crystals are known as crystalloid. The crystalloid form is the pure mineral. To create a colloidal form, other materials must be present. Pure crystalline minerals can help your garden, but are a very poor source of nutrition for your body.
Living cells must convert crystalloid forms into colloidal to prevent them from diffusing out of the cells. Glucose is a crystalloid molecule and glycogen is colloidal. It’s believed that insulin is responsible for the conversion of glucose into glycogen to prevent it from diffusing out of the muscle and back into the blood. When we look at diabetes and the function of insulin, we see that minerals are frequently the missing element in type 2 diabetes. This is an acquired condition in which insulin your body makes, fails to be utilized by the cells.
The bulk of colloids in living cells are found in proteins. In the plant, the ability to retain minerals involves the plant attaching mineral molecules to proteins. Because of this, plant juice contain both free minerals and protein bound forms. Milk contains the colloidal form of calcium bound to proteins. This makes it fully usable by the body. When heated, in the process of pasteurization, proteins are destroyed leaving calcium unusable and totally useless.
Since heat destroys protein, the cooking of foods destroys plant minerals which were in the colloidal form. This is one reason you should consume an abundance of fresh raw organic vegetables in your daily diet.
Many crops, even those labeled organic, are grown on soils which are lacking in many trace nutrients, I’ve seen a need to include food based minerals in my own diet, and those of patients who’ve displayed symptoms of nutrient deficiencies.
Standard Process put out a daily fundamental packet which has the time tested multi-vitamin, Catalyn, along with a clean fish oil and their broad based trace mineral support. This is a foundational support for any healthy individual who desires to stay that way. As a foundation, it’s a powerful platform to build on with any specific health challenge.
Our endocrine (hormone) system requires many specific trace minerals to remain healthy. With the abundance of thyroid, adrenal, pancreatic, and reproductive problems on the rise, it makes sense that mineral depletion in the American diet is a major contributing factor. If you have a garden, building up the soil with mulched sea vegetation can fortify your soil. Avoid killing your soil with chemicals. Those earth worms are great garden helpers.
Vitamins get lots of attention, but should be viewed more as the elements which drive the metabolism and use of minerals. The structure of vitamin B12 requires the mineral cobalt. Without cobalt vitamin B12 can’t exist. So, how much cobalt is in your garden soil?
Inorganic minerals are mineral substances in the form which occurs before they’ve been acted upon by living cells. Plants absorb minerals in the inorganic form and are changed after absorption into organic forms, which are then useable in our metabolism. Since plants are required to convert these minerals into useable nutrients for our body, simply buying a bottle of inorganic minerals at some store doesn’t get the system nourished.
This is why I insist on food based nutrition and supplementation over the bulk of what’s available over the counter in health food stores and grocery stores.
The four general classifications of minerals are inorganic, organic, colloidal, and crystalloidal. Organic minerals are in a combinations which may be either colloidal, or crystaloidal. These are specific to the normal reactions within living cells.
Colloidal minerals have been altered so they no longer pass through cell walls or other organic membranes. Minerals that form crystals are known as crystalloid. The crystalloid form is the pure mineral. To create a colloidal form, other materials must be present. Pure crystalline minerals can help your garden, but are a very poor source of nutrition for your body.
Living cells must convert crystalloid forms into colloidal to prevent them from diffusing out of the cells. Glucose is a crystalloid molecule and glycogen is colloidal. It’s believed that insulin is responsible for the conversion of glucose into glycogen to prevent it from diffusing out of the muscle and back into the blood. When we look at diabetes and the function of insulin, we see that minerals are frequently the missing element in type 2 diabetes. This is an acquired condition in which insulin your body makes, fails to be utilized by the cells.
The bulk of colloids in living cells are found in proteins. In the plant, the ability to retain minerals involves the plant attaching mineral molecules to proteins. Because of this, plant juice contain both free minerals and protein bound forms. Milk contains the colloidal form of calcium bound to proteins. This makes it fully usable by the body. When heated, in the process of pasteurization, proteins are destroyed leaving calcium unusable and totally useless.
Since heat destroys protein, the cooking of foods destroys plant minerals which were in the colloidal form. This is one reason you should consume an abundance of fresh raw organic vegetables in your daily diet.
Many crops, even those labeled organic, are grown on soils which are lacking in many trace nutrients, I’ve seen a need to include food based minerals in my own diet, and those of patients who’ve displayed symptoms of nutrient deficiencies.
Standard Process put out a daily fundamental packet which has the time tested multi-vitamin, Catalyn, along with a clean fish oil and their broad based trace mineral support. This is a foundational support for any healthy individual who desires to stay that way. As a foundation, it’s a powerful platform to build on with any specific health challenge.
Our endocrine (hormone) system requires many specific trace minerals to remain healthy. With the abundance of thyroid, adrenal, pancreatic, and reproductive problems on the rise, it makes sense that mineral depletion in the American diet is a major contributing factor. If you have a garden, building up the soil with mulched sea vegetation can fortify your soil. Avoid killing your soil with chemicals. Those earth worms are great garden helpers.
RSS Feed