Colloidal Minerals 

LIFE GIVING MINERALS DEPLETED!
It’s not a secret our soils have been depleted of essential, trace and rare minerals so vital to health and life. Sixty years ago in 1936 the United States Department of Agriculture issued U.S. Senate Document 264, stating "that virtually all soils in the United States were mineral deficient. Scientists at the 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil submitted documentation that soils world-wide were depleted of minerals. The United States soils rated as one of the most serious with 85% of essential minerals depleted.

WHERE HAVE THE MINERALS GONE?
Minerals are basic elements of the earth and universe. They cannot be created or destroyed. Soils once rich with life sustaining minerals are now becoming depleted because they were absorbed into the vegetables and fruits. Once eaten, they are gone forever from the soil. While a plant can create proteins, carbohydrates and many other nutrients, it cannot create minerals. They are in the soil or they are not.

Most soils have produced food for hundreds of years. The minerals in those foods were eaten generations ago. Now depleted, the produce grown is less nourishing and healthy. Fertilizers may increase growth rates, but the produce has become a hollow food. In addition, synthetic fertilizers may convert mineral ions into insoluble complexes, making it difficult for the plants to absorb these essential minerals. Pesticides and herbicides may kill or greatly inhibit the micro-organisms in the soil responsible for solubilizing minerals so the plant roots can absorb them. Literally, the minimal amounts of minerals left in the soil may become, to a large part, insoluble and unabsorbable due to modem agricultural practices.

MINERALS ARE VITAL

OUR FOOD IS DRAMATICALLY LACKING IN NUTRIENTS
Enzymes, hormones, immune system and almost all biological activities absolutely demand wide varieties and amounts of minerals. For example: magnesium is the activator for over 300 enzymes and for producing AIP, the energy currency of the body. Magnesium is seriously deficient in the avenge diet and yet the mainstream of medical doctors give little attention to our body’s critical need for it. Zinc is a component of all cells, with significant benefits for the immune system, growth and development of muscular and skeletal structures, tissue repair and a cofactor in about 70 different enzymes. Yet foods generally contain much less than we need, especially for children.

Scientists theorize that mineral deficiency subjects us to more diseases, aging, sickness and destruction of our physical well-being than any other factor in personal health. A great many known aliments, around 60, are directly linked to mineral deficiency.

Afflictions like osteoporosis, heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, liver disease, birth defects and impaired mental functions are but a few examples. Our health, energy and vitality is more dependent on minerals than the amounts of protein, carbohydrates or calories we consume. From vitamins to almost every process in the human body, mineral complexes are indispensable. However, if minerals are not in the soil, they can’t be in the food. If they’re not in the food....they can’t be in you! No amount of fertilizer, water or cultivation can change that!

LOW MINERAL LEVELS STARVE THE BODY & IMMUNE SYSTEM 
The World Health Organization estimated there are around two million children a year that die from health problems caused by mineral deficiencies. Many of us could have seriously deficient diets, since many vegetables, produce, fruits, grains and even meats are shockingly low on minerals. Minerals freely circulate through our body and are readily taken up by organs, bones, tissues to build, repair, heal, create health and energy, and a myriad of other vital functions. Scant levels of minerals are starving our biological health and may contribute to health risks accompanying obesity. Research suggests that some of our appetite is controlled by how much and the varieties of trace minerals we get in our diet. University studies indicate we may over-eat until our trace mineral levels get high enough. Sensors for trace minerals in the stomach are thought to be wired directly to the brain.

You may have heard about all the excitement About "Colloidal Minerals" recently. Actually, true colloidal minerals really don’t work. Even when chelated with carbohydrates, sugars or amino acids, colloidal minerals do not work very well. The claims of 95% absorption are sheer fantasies and smack of snake oil marketing.

Organic colloidal minerals are such large molecules; their ability to penetrate through the digestive tract is very difficult. Getting them delivered to and into the cell is even more of a problem. The real secret of the colloidal minerals’ ability to penetrate and be utilized is due to an almost unknown biofactor known as Organic Fulvic Acid. Most so-called organic colloidal mineral solutions contain small amounts fulvic acid. It may be such a minuscule percentage, unstable or so inconsistent as to be unnoticed even by most researchers, as perhaps one of the most important ingredients in the biochemistry of life. Most mineral supplement companies are totally unaware of fulvic acid or its tremendous abilities.

Scientists postulate fulvic acid may be the elixir of all life, and without it, virtually nothing may survive. 

What an incredible statement about an unusually named product, so universally unknown even in science. There will be more about this remarkable compound later on, but first, let’s look at the massive problem facing all mankind: mineral and nutrient deficiency, the cause, and what can be done about it.

COLLOIDAL MINERALS ARE INEFFECTIVE
You may have heard all the excitement about colloidal minerals lately. But actual true colloidal minerals really don’t work and there can be some possible toxic effects with these kinds of minerals. Alternative health advocates have extolled the benefits of colloidal minerals. However they are not readily usable by the cells.

First, lets find out what a colloidal mineral really is. It is the largest cluster of atoms or molecules forming one compound that can remain in a solution without settling out by the forces of gravity. The colloidal mineral is dispersed rather than dissolved. Dissolved minerals would be in smaller forms such as a crystalloid or the very smallest form known as an ion. Colloidal minerals can range in size from 1 to 1,000 nanometers. (A nanometer is one trillionth of a meter) It’s easy to see, there can be a great difference in the colloidal size of even the same kind of mineral. Even the smallest colloidal mineral size is thought to be much too large for easy absorption through the intestinal wall.

It is speculated that the absorption can be improved if an organic compound is attached to the colloidal mineral. Since the lining of the intestine and the cells themselves are biologically receptive to absorbing organic compounds, the minerals are passed through also. Hence, the name ‘Organic Colloidal Minerals’ is commonly used. However, even with an organic compound attached, colloidal minerals are not thought to be easily absorbed because of their very large size.

In reality, within the stomach, hydrochloric acid breaks minerals down that are not organically bound into small ionic or crystalline sizes. This reaction then allows an organic compound to attach and become a cationic (positively charged +) organic mineral. Alter leaving the stomach it is attracted to the negatively charged (-) wall of the small intestine, then absorbed into the blood system and circulated throughout the body (Much as opposite ends of a magnet are magnetically attracted and bonded together).

Now, perhaps it is easy to see why large organic colloidal minerals do not absorb well. Think of it as trying to put a tennis ball into a golf ball hole. It might fit, but it could take some effort. Whereas a golf ball or a marble pass through with less energy or effort.

CHELATION - CHELATED MINERALS
The process of bonding an organic compound to a mineral is called chelation. Certain organic compounds chelate best and others to a lesser degree. Generally, polysaccharide sugars and carbohydrates work best. Amino acids are still scientifically questionable. There are a few manufacturers claiming amino acid/mineral chelates are effective usually by their "patented" and "unique" method.

Scientists researching chelation in the scientific community state chelation by sugars and carbohydrates are well proven and amino acids are not. Amino acids are easy to chelate, but their absorption is unproved (except to those selling amino acid chelates). Usually these amino acids have a neutral ionic charge. This neutral charge should keep them in suspension and pass through the digestive system without being drawn to and attaching to the negatively charged (-) intestinal villac wall lining. Cationic organic carbohydrate and sugar ionic mineral chelates, on the other hand, are positively charged and are strongly attracted and rapidly absorbed into the blood system.

Often, companies selling organic chelated colloidal or amino acid mineral products fabricate stories, of how early settlers were lead to a miracle spring water by some Indian chief. Often they will refer to the water of one of the three areas in the world where people have extra ordinarily long lives, claiming their product closely matches the water in content. These claims are laughable to the researchers studying these cultures. Their long life comes from great genetics keeping their bodies producing youthful amounts of hormones and antioxidants. The water mineral content is not a factor or the reason. Still, it makes for good advertising by the "snake oil" merchandisers of this industry.

SAFETY OF COLLOIDALS IS QUESTIONABLE
While organic colloidals are promoted as being safe and scientifically tested, this is a serious misconception. In fact, there may be a real danger from toxic heavy metal accumulation. Proponents say the organic bonding prevents this from happening, but within the stomach many colloidal compounds can be very large. The majority of the colloidal mineral is continuously attached together in a large mineral molecule (not to an organic chelation). Acidic reaction breaks the mineral bonds and releases ionic sized heavy metal and toxins, a real potential danger.

TOXINS AND HEAVY METALS
While there are methods of removing toxins and heavy metals from mineral deposits, to do so is expensive, time and resource consuming. Few companies will commit to this exercise. They often promote a "special" method of chelation such as: amino acid chelated minerals in various forms from ionic to colloidal, as superior. The facts are, organic chelates of carbohydrates and sugars are very effective in ionic sizes, and less so as they approach or become colloidal. Amino acid chelates are suspect.

WHY MAXIMUM LIQUID MINERALS IS DIFFERENT

1. The much smaller ionic sizes are relatively easy to absorb, in comparison to Colloidal minerals which are larger and much more difficult to absorb 2. Toxic heavy metals are removed 3. The formulation is standardized  4. Vitamin complex added 5. Amino Acid complexes added 6. 30 Enzymes added 7. Organic chelators added 8. Patented liposomal multi-lamellar (layer upon layer) delivery system dramatically increases the absorption 9. Tastes great 5. Fulvic Acid is included for cellular life