“Mineral” is another word for “element,” the very same elements that are in the periodic table of a high school chemistry text book–chromium, magnesium, iron, zinc, etc. They are the elements that comprise the entire universe, this earth, and everything on it, including your body.

Your body is truly a masterpiece formed from these same elements (Genesis 2:7). As such, it is important to constantly replenish your body with the elements it uses on a daily basis.

Chemical and electrical processes occur in your body at every moment. These processes only function correctly if the proper balance of minerals is continually supplied to your system. Iron for blood, sulfur for muscles, calcium for bones, and an aggregation of many other elements in balanced trace amounts provide the proper function of your body.

Ions

An ion is an atom or molecule in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons, giving the atom a net positive or negative electrical charge, the element has either too many or too few electrons. This unstable ionic state allows the element to bond readily with water, making it possible for the body to absorb it. In this state, an element has specific positive or negative electrical signatures that cause a dynamic equilibrium to take place. The body can then facilitate changes to move nutrients to the areas that need them.

Trace Minerals

Silver coins, a platinum ring, and a gold filling–each are made of minerals. You’ve likely had tea poured from a copper kettle, eaten a cookie from a tin container, or traveled on an airplane made of titanium. These same elements and many others—in very small, balanced trace amounts—are critical to your health. Although trace minerals are no longer as plentiful in the foods you eat, they exist plentifully in their proper proportions in the mineral-rich waters of the earth’s oceans and seas.

The earth contains all the nutrients humans need to be healthy and happy. The problem is soil-nutrient depletion. Over the years, soil erosion and aggressive farming practices have depleted the essential nutrients in crops, and human nutrition has suffered.

Synthesized fertilizers are routinely applied to farms and fields where minerals have been depleted. But man-made fertilizers are formulated to support basic plant life. Numerous trace minerals essential to human life don’t get replenished.

Mineral Imbalance

Because your body requires nearly two thirds of all the elements currently known to man in order to maintain health, keeping these minerals in balance is a complex, yet incredibly vital task. The events of everyday living demand a continual ingestion of minerals.

There are 92 known elements, 22 hypothesized others, and hundreds of isotopic variations. It’s no wonder that scientists are only now beginning to discover the effects and interrelationships of minerals in our human systems. How minerals help maintain a healthy balance, and what adverse effects are created by a mineral imbalance, are important areas of concern. Experts estimate that 90 percent of Americans suffer from mineral imbalance and deficiency.

If you are one of them—whether because of frequent exercise, stress, or a diet of overly refined, nutrient-poor foods—your body will attempt to correct the situation in futility, usually resulting in food cravings, muscle cramps, and general fatigue.

Absorption

The absorption of minerals primarily takes place within the small intestines. As food matter passes through the intestines, minerals transfer into the blood stream through the walls of the intestines by way of the villi. This can only happen if the minerals are in an ionic form. Although stomach acid helps ionize the minerals in foods, a mineral supplement should contain already naturally ionized minerals to be fully absorbed.

“Trace minerals do not exist by themselves but in relationship to one another. Too much of one trace element can lead to imbalances in others…Most trace elements need to be in ionic form to be well absorbed in the intestine.” —Alexander G. Schauss, Ph.D.

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