All functions including the formation of blood, the performance and maintenance of the nervous system, and the formation and fortification of bones, teeth, skin, hair and nails require minerals. In addition, the body also requires minerals to effectively utilize vitamins and other nutrients.
The human body, as all of nature, must maintain its proper chemical balance. This balance depends on the levels of different minerals in the body tissues and fluids. A delicate balance exits in the body between different minerals, (especially the body fluids) therefore the levels of one mineral, is affected by the levels of every other mineral. So if one mineral is out of balance, all mineral levels are affected. If the imbalance is not corrected, this can start a chain reaction of imbalances which leads to illness.
Most trace elements need to be in ionic form to be well absorbed in the intestine. This means that they need to be dissolved in liquid (water) in order for them to be available to the body. Mineral deficiencies are generally due to a nutrient poor diet or an inability to absorb ingested minerals. Enzymes also depend on minerals for their function. In a state of mineral deficiency, the enzymes become sluggish or paralyzed, enzyme detoxification systems are impaired, and a state of disease develops.
“This is the beginning of many chronic disorders. Since the early clinical symptoms of mineral deficiency actually appear as enzymatic dysfunctions, they often go unrecognized. A good example of this is the pervasive magnesium deficiency among Americans. If not reversed, this state of absence of health evolves into a full expression of clinical disease”. (Professor Majid Ali).
The macro minerals: This means the body requires these minerals in large quantities. These include calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and chlorine of which dietary supply is crucial because they are not universally distributed. When we look at the trace elements, dietary supply is just as crucial because some of the 16 are very scarce in food. We need only a tiny amount few thousandths of a gram of some trace elements, and a few millionths of a gram of others, such as iodine selenium, and the far lesser known trace elements, it may be thought that they are less important than say calcium, which we need in gram amounts, but this is not so. Recent science shows conclusively that if even one of the essential minerals is inadequately supplied, then the others cannot do their proper work. It is therefore best to find a product which has a broad spectrum of minerals and trace elements and that their presence can be verified by an independent laboratory analysis.
Although modern medicine does document basic mineral deficiencies in the population, it generally overlooks their significance. Instead of first respecting the natural alchemy of minerals and health,(and restoring the optimal mineral nutrition of the body) it employs powerful but inappropriate drugs to treat disease.
Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body, making up about 2% of an adult’s body weight. In humans most of the calcium is found in bone and in the dentine and enamel of teeth. Scientists agree that the more acidic the body becomes, the more likely it will suffer from disease. Calcium has an important role in alkalizing the body fluids. Minerals are generally difficult to absorb and you need enough stomach acid to ionize them. It is therefore not appropriate to neutralize the stomach acid with any base substances. The minerals in seawater and coral-calcium occur in an ionized form which makes it very absorbable. Ionized calcium and mineral supplements can make a significant difference to your health, especially when taken together with all 75 minerals and trace elements.
A simple pH saliva test can determine the acidity level in your body fluids and indicate if you are calcium deficient. Alkaline minerals such as calcium will be leeched from the bones to buffer and neutralize any excess acidity in the body fluids around the cells, leading to serious degenerative diseases such as cancer and osteoporosis.
