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Ionic Minerals vs Colloidal Minerals – Definitions and Hype
Are ionic minerals or colloidal minerals better? What do those terms mean anyway? Marketers of both types of products make claims that they are “more absorbable” than other mineral forms. But are they really? In this article, we examine definitions, how well the claims stack up, and what is just hype. This article begins each section with definitions, followed by discussion in conversational terms.Minerals and Trace Minerals: [...]
Liquid trace minerals – how to judge a mineral product
What are the ways you can judge liquid trace minerals? This article examines criteria to tell whether you are getting the best trace minerals available – and what to avoid. Written by Mineral Resources International President, Bruce H. Anderson.1. Liquid Trace Minerals in BalanceThe first criteria to use in judging a liquid mineral and trace mineral supplement is balance. It is interesting to note that the seas [...]
Trace Mineral Deficiency – 9 Facts You Need to Know
Unless you’re a health expert you might not know much about the mineral content of the foods you eat or the effects of a trace minerals deficiency. After all, if you were to ask a server how much copper you would be getting from a meal, you would probably get a bewildered stare. Just because trace minerals are only needed in small quantities, doesn’t mean they aren’t [...]
Magnesium Deficiency – Needs for Magnesium not Met in Most People
It may be shocking but magnesium deficiency affects 68% of Americans! Magnesium deficiency is common since the American diet is rich in proteins, carbohydrates, and fats but it is generally poor in magnesium (Mg). Additionally, most vitamin and mineral supplements taken to ensure adequate nutrition provide magnesium in only minimal amounts, if at all. Magnesium is a mineral that is essential for health in optimal quantities, if [...]
Selenate, The Most Bioavailable Form of Selenium
a company that sells a wide variety of supplements “backed by science.” Their article on comparing different forms of selenium was written in November of 2019 and yet they cite a study from 2006-16 years ago! In this study, lambs were poisoned with massive doses of selenium far in excess of a therapeutic dose, and then euthanized and necrotized. This study was used to support the [...]
How to Get Rid of a Charley Horse – 4 simple fixes
How to get rid of a charley horse: This problem plagues athletes and sedentary folks alike. If you’ve ever been jolted out of sleep by a searing pain in your leg that leaves you gasping for breath, you know all too well how painful a muscle cramp can be. If you’ve never experienced a charley horse (sometimes misspelled as Charlie Horse), you can count yourself lucky. In [...]
16 Causes of Magnesium Deficiency
Out of the positively-charged minerals in the body, magnesium is the fourth most abundant after calcium, phosphorus, and sulfur, and the second most abundant inside cells, following potassium [1]. Very little magnesium circulates in the blood as a good 60% of bodily magnesium is held in the bones, with another 20% residing in muscle tissue [2].The importance of magnesium to our health is becoming more widely understood, [...]
Are supplements needed to prevent mineral deficiency?
There have been longstanding discussions as whether vitamin and mineral supplementation is needed to prevent mineral deficiency and the role they should play in health. This short article, written by a pharmacist, addresses the issue.By Chad Campbell, Director of Pharmacy, PharmD, Rehabilitation Hospital of Northern ArizonaVitamins and minerals have been utilized for improvement of general health and wellbeing as well as directly used in the treatment of [...]
Finding Relief from Constipation
By Karie N. Anderson - posted without recent editingIt’s a subject not often spoken about openly in mixed company, but there is confusion about what is considered “normal” regarding the frequency of bowel movements. While some experts state that two to three bowel movements a day is “normal” and recommended, not having a bowel movement each day doesn’t necessarily mean, and should not be assumed as such, [...]
Mineral Resources International – 50 years of improving global health
The history of Mineral Resources International began in 1968 when Hartley Anderson read a series of newspaper articles written by Dr. George W. Crane Ph.D. M.D., who published the amazing results people received from drinking small amounts of seawater daily. Dr. Crane theorized that the abundant minerals and trace minerals contained in seawater played an essential role in maintaining optimal health. These articles struck Hartley like [...]