Full Spectrum Minerals - 120 Caps

Minerals: Vital for Health
Minerals are of cornerstone importance to human function, and work synergistically with the vitamins in our body to normalize metabolism, growth, development and cellular activity. Deficiency of only milligrams in just one mineral can often lead to serious health problems. As a chief component in both enzyme and coenzyme function, the minerals in our body play a key role in speeding up the chemical reactions that take place in our body.

What are Trace Minerals?
These minerals are needed by the body in very minute amounts. They perform a variety of functions, mostly having to do with the exchange of materials across the cell's membrane and the speeding up of chemical reactions in the body (enzymes).

Are We Mineral Deficient?
In general most individuals are deficient in trace minerals for two reasons. The first is that our food supply is deficient in minerals. Our farms' soils are depleted after years of farming without allowing fields to lay fallow and replenish themselves. The second is that many people consume filtered water. In order to remove contaminants, some of these processes also must remove the trace minerals. Distilled and reverse osmosis water are two examples of water that have had all of their minerals removed.

Even those who are seemingly without any signs or symptoms of mineral deficiency will most likely benefit from replenishing their minerals. Health practitioners recommend trace mineral therapy to those individuals who drink reverse osmosis or distilled water, those with hair and nail problems, those with cardiovascular diseases, like hypertension and those with neurological or emotional problems.

You Can Increase Your Mineral Intake By:

• Steaming your vegetables
• Buying Organic Foods
• Adding Liquid Minerals the your drinking water.
• Eating more raw foods
• Eating a balanced diet
• Consuming a greens drink
• Eating more sea vegetables

Bone Health
Bones are important storehouses of minerals, including the major buffer, calcium. They also contain an inner core of marrow that produces blood and immune cells. Most people do not think about bone health until they are in their later years. This is a mistake because significant increases in bone density can only be made in childhood or early adulthood (up to age 30). For the remainder of our lives the goal is to maintain our bones.

Stay active to increase your bone health. Immobility and insufficient weight bearing exercise cause bone loss. Gravity puts a stress on the bone and the body responds by increasing the density of the bone. Exercising in youth actually increases bone density above normal and exercise throughout life protects against bone loss. Maintain appropriate weight because people that are underweight also are at a greater risk for osteoporosis. Their bones are not stressed as much as the bones of people who are of normal weight.

A healthy diet, with sufficient protein intake, is one protective factor against bone loss. Dietary deficiencies of protein cause bone loss because the bone is constantly remodelling itself. Up to 7% of our bone mass is turned over every week. Choose lean meats, fermented dairy products and legumes to fill your daily protein requirements. Supplement with protein powder or amino acid complex if you cannot consume enough protein. There are a multitude of minerals that form the matrix of the bone. Deficiency in any one of these nutrients can lead to bone loss. Minerals can be lost in the cooking process so eat your vegetables and fruits raw or lightly steamed. Drink filtered or spring water. If you drink reverse osmosis or distilled water replace the missing minerals with a supplement. Vitamin D helps bring calcium into the bone. It is one of the fat-soluble vitamins that are poorly absorbed through the digestive process as we age. In areas away from the equator, skin production of Vitamin D is limited during certain times of the year. Eating vitamin D rich foods like fish and egg yolks, and taking vitamin D supplements, will maintain your bone density.