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Minerals and their functions What are minerals and where do they come from? Minerals are inorganic elements which means that no living thing, plant or animal is able to manufacture or create them. Minerals have to be obtained externally from the food of the plant, animal or human. For plants, the minerals have to come from the soil in which they are grown. As human beings and animals cannot readily absorb minerals directly from the soil, their minerals have to come from the plants and foods they eat. There a basically two types of minerals. Metallic Minerals and Colloidal Minerals. Metallic Minerals Metallic Minerals are inorganic and come straight from the ground or soil needing to be processed by plants before they can become a good nutritional fit for humans and animals. These metallic minerals can be toxic to the human body. Dangerous levels of these metallic minerals can accumulate in tissues and organs creating serious health problems. However, some metallic minerals taken in by the body can be broken down by the acids in the stomach and a small amount will become available to the body. In most cases these should be avoided to prevent heavy metal build up. Many mineral supplements available on the supermarket shelf are metallic minerals that have been processed by chemicals or another process, but they are still inorganic minerals. Colloidal (Plant Derived Minerals) Plant derived minerals come from plants. Plants get their minerals from the soil and through a natural process these minerals are transformed into organic minerals and become much more available to the body. The role plants play to convert inorganic minerals to organic minerals should not be under estimated because it is while minerals are going through that important transformation that other essential nutrients are added. Plants can process and store as many 80 or more minerals if they are available in the soil. One of the most important things a plant does to a mineral is change its polarity (electrical charge). It is believed that this is how the body recognises the organic minerals and absorbs them as they pass through the colon. The colon wall produces the opposite polarity and this attracts the organic minerals to it. This polarity is also important in detoxifying the body of heavy metals. Inorganic minerals (metallic) and other elements that are not absorbed by the body can build up and be difficult to flush out. This is where plant derived minerals (organic) play an important role. Having the opposite polarity or charge, it has been shown that by ingesting slightly more organic minerals than the body needs (and therefore not absorbing the excess), the excess organic minerals will attract the metallic minerals and help drag them out of the body. It is also important to keep in mind that heavy metals and other pollutants can be absorbed every day through the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the many other products that we either use or come in contact with on a daily basis. This is why Paradise Nutrients is committed to both manufacturing and marketing non-toxic and ecofriendly products to give you an eco-friendly home environment and providing a superior mineral range for your detox assistance and general well being.
Sea Minerals are another form of organic and non-organic minerals, but largely in an organic state. This includes the hormonal form of Vitamin D, essential for bone building. An appropriate marriage between these two sources of minerals supplies the widest spectrum of minerals known. In early days our soils may have been rich and fertile but over the thousands of years a lot of the minerals in our soils have been eroded away and washed down the rivers into the sea including plant mater and heavy metals. Once these minerals and nutrients do find their way into the sea there is another process that takes place. Continuous churning and breaking down of nutrients and natural chemical reactions allow these important mineral nutrients provide the life in the sea with much needed energy. Sea plants, kelp forests and grasses all need these minerals for their survival and thus the food chain starts. In recent years it has been discovered that some sea mineral extracts contain a combination of both organic and inorganic minerals giving a widely generous range of minerals. Why can't we get the minerals from our foods? Australia was once a country with rich fertile valleys and forests; our soils were bursting with minerals and soil life that kept replenishing and feeding itself and the life it supported. But over thousands of years our soils have changed through weathering and acts of nature but even more so in the most recent 200 years. Since Europeans came to Australia many of our soils were farmed and grazed extensively using techniques and practices from the country from which they came. Not understanding these soils caused problems like erosion, soil compaction and fertility loss. Then there was the chemical age. While it seemed to be good in boosting production and growth, the use of these high nutrient fertilisers and pest controlling chemicals have mined our soils like no other time. Like all minerals once they are mined they are gone forever. Now, with a populated hungry world, farmers and food producers are looking to get more from their soils at the best economical price and the cheapest way is to use chemicals. Our soil once carried over 75 minerals and now only contains about 20 minerals. Why do we need minerals? Minerals play an important role in almost every function in the body. The human body must maintain a proper chemical balance. This balance depends on the levels of different minerals and the ratio of these minerals one to another. What we need to be conscious of is that, not only are other minerals affected when our mineral balance is a little tilted, but other essential nutrients as well. The fact is that without all of the essential minerals, the body cannot properly utilise important nutrients like vitamins, amino acids, fatty acids and hormone production and this can start a chain reaction of imbalance that can lead to illness. Minerals have an impact on many areas of our bodies. Some examples are: the formation of blood and bone, the proper functioning of body fluids, the maintenance of a healthy nervous system, the regulation of muscle tone, the regulation of the cardio system, energy production, healing and growth, enzyme production and they play a critical role in DNA synthesis. Minerals also help balance Ph levels and assist in maintaining a healthy immune system. Taking the right minerals will assist in detoxifying our bodies of excessive heavy metals or metallic minerals,the formation of blood and bone, proper composition of body fluids, the maintenance of a healthy nerve system, the regulation of muscle tone, the regulation of cardiovascular system, used for healing and growth, to utilise vitamins and other nutrients, for the production of enzymes, Is essential for hormone structure, critical in DNA synthesis, helps balance Ph levels, helps neutralize toxic metals, assists the immune system, assists with fatigue management, keeping a healthy reproductive system and sexual performance.
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