1. Without minerals vitamins have no function in the body
Vitamins and minerals are essential to life. They act as cofactors or prosthetic groups for most enzymes, thus making biochemical reactions possible. These are the facts – there is not one enzymatic process inside the human body that does not demand a mineral for its process. Some Minerals are necessary for virtually every single metabolic process that happens in the human body. Some vitamins need minerals to work effectively, Vitamin C needs iron as a co-factor to metabolise and Vitamin D is usually taken alongside calcium, to name just a few.
2.Protection against serious illness
A deficiency in any major or trace mineral can lead to poor health and serious illness that affects numerous body systems. The body needs many minerals; especially “Essential” minerals. “Essential” minerals are minerals the body needs but cannot make. Also, minerals are divided up into major minerals (macro-minerals) and trace minerals (micro-minerals). These two groups of minerals are equally important, but trace minerals are needed in smaller amounts than major minerals. The amounts needed in the body are not an indication of their importance. Minerals play a role in nearly every human bodily function from building healthy bones and teeth to energy production, to immune support. Minerals are so crucial to our health that even slight imbalances of some minerals can have major consequences; ranging from low energy levels to gastrointestinal issues. Deficiency causes disease, plain and simple.
3.Humans cannot produce minerals
There is not a single plant, animal or human that can
produce even one mineral. Minerals are in soil and rock, if minerals are not in
the soil they are not in the plants and therefore not in our food.
Here’s how it’s supposed to work.
1. The plant digests the metallic minerals from the
soil.
2. The plant adds a hydrogen atom and completely changes the
molecular structure of the metallic minerals. (The metallic minerals are
transformed into ‘food state’ minerals).
3. The human or animal eats the plants containing
‘Plant-Derived Minerals’.
4. The human or animal can absorb nearly 100% of the
plant-derived minerals that all the cells in the body need for them to work
correctly.
Plant-derived minerals are truly the most efficient way to get
our minerals because our bodies are designed to absorb almost 100% of this type
of mineral.
Interestingly Organic doesn’t mean the minerals are present in the food. It just means free of chemicals and pesticides.
So after reading that, you will see that we humans need plant based minerals. They are easy for our body to digest, and then our body will get rid what it does not need and will not store in the body. If you find all this interesting and what to learn more, please check out my free webinar, by clicking on the link below.
I was walking along the beach this morning on the Sunny Gold Coast and while walking I was thinking and wondering about how the sea air was affecting me and I asked myself, “what are the benefits of walking on the beach”. I did some research and the following paragraphs are what I came up with.
The sea has Negative ions. These Negative ions are believed to produce biochemical reactions that increase levels of the mood chemical serotonin, helping to alleviate depression, relieve stress, and boost our daytime energy. So walking on the beach is a great way to get negative ions into our body. Our body’s magnetic field/environment is made up of both positive and negative ions. Too much positive ions, through electrical equipment such as computers and mobile phones, can affect our magnetic field and drain energy, making us feel tired and lethargic. So it is important we get these Negative ions to try and counteract and balance out the Positive ions.
Negative ions enhance our mood, stimulate our senses, improve appetite and sexual drive, provide relief from hay fever, sinusitis, bronchial asthma, allergies, migraines, even post operative pain and burns. Negative ions stimulate the reticuloendothelial system which is a group of defence cells in our bodies which marshal our resistance to disease. The body is better able to absorb oxygen into the blood cells, oxidize serotonin and filter airborne contaminants.
Just walking on the beach can not only relieve stress, but it is beneficial for people with skin issues because of the salty sea air. Walking on the beach is a great way to get your Vitamin D naturally and of course it is good exercise just to walk on the beach.
Salt water also has an osmotic effect in as much as it draws water from the body. As a result, those people who always have some excess fluid in the legs will feel considerably better after bathing in the sea.
So as you have read, walking on the beach can be very powerful. If you are lucky enough to live near the sea then take some regular time out and visit as it has some great benefits on our health. I am so grateful that I live by the beach and I will never take it for granted.
Things are not how they use to be when it comes to eating healthy nutrition. Hundreds of years ago our the soils were farmed differently and were full of minerals. Therefore, there are 3 reasons why we must be supplementing:
Firstly, minerals
are not in our soils or are getting scarce in our soils though intensive
farming practices. So if minerals aren’t in our soils essential plant minerals are not in our food, although plants can
make vitamins but they cannot make minerals they must absorb them from the
soil. Also most food producing areas in the world are naturally deficient in
several minerals as minerals are not spread evenly around the world.
Secondly, without minerals, vitamins are useless because minerals are needed to absorb vitamins. Because they are inorganic substances, minerals can’t be synthesized by the human body. They must be obtained from the foods we eat. The food we eat today is highly processed and are stripped of the nutrients they may have contained. Vitamins are destroyed when foods are cooked or boiled.
Thirdly, we need to protect our immune system. It is our immune system that helps us to recover from sickness. For our immune system to work at 100% to fight off sickness, it needs the right nutrients every day, and if they are not in our soil, they are not in our food and therefore our body is not feeding it to our immune system. The human body needs 90 essential plant minerals every day to fight off diseases. And the shocking truth is that millions are suffering around the world because of mineral depletion in the soil in which we grow our crops and this has been confirmed by the World Health Organisation, the UK Ministry of Agriculture, UNICEF and The Royal Society of Chemistry. Tests have shown a massive 85% depletion in most soils and this is devastating to our health.
Conclusion – after reading these three steps you have now got a better understanding of why it is important to be taking supplements. Please feel free to reach out to me if you would like more information.
