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Although some are very rare, there are more than 100 mineral elements found on earth. Four of these, oxygen, hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen make up 96% of our body. The remaining 4% of our body is basically made up in part of 70 or more minerals, most of which are no longer readily available in our soils. The world governments and scientific communities have grouped minerals into two categories. Those that are considered to be required in our diets in amounts greater than 100 milligrams per day are called major minerals. Those that are considered to be required in our diets in amounts of less than 100 milligrams per day are called trace minerals. Both major and trace minerals are in the same class. The only difference is the name and the recommended daily amount (RDA) required according to the World Health Organization. There are only seven major minerals. They are calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, sulfur, sodium and chlorine. Our bodies should contain significant amounts of each! Trace minerals, on the other hand, are present in the body in very small amounts. It is thought that each makes up less than one hundredth of one percent of our body weight. All the minerals listed were available in our soil during prehistoric times. As we are seeing, this is not the case today. Maybe this is the reason nutritional experts who represent world governments point to only 12 or 13 minerals as being necessary for average health and to another 8 or 10 minerals as possibly providing some benefit. I have always wondered why they have never studied the probable necessity of the other 70 or more minerals on earth! Is it possible these other minerals were, and continue to be overlooked because they just aren't available in the surface soil where plants grow? In my opinion, this is a very interesting question and one that could be answered with a resounding "yes"! Most physicians and many persons live with the mistaken notion that the average recommended diet of 2,000 calories somehow magically supplies all the nutrients essential for a healthy life. If you believe that, you will die prematurely and never enjoy the good health God intended for you to enjoy. I hear all the experts basing good health on a 2,000 calorie per day diet. Several times in the past, I have offered a reward to any physician or person who can supply a diet averaging 2,000 calories per day that also supplies all the RDA of essential nutrients. I was never challenged because it cannot be done! When you think about it, minerals are bound to play an important part in our lives. After all, rocks are the parent material for soil that is the main source of nutrition for plants, animals and ultimately humans. While deficiencies of a single mineral are quite common, what happens if we are marginally low in a number of minerals? We have less energy, we are rundown, we have headaches, we feel bad and we appear haggard. These effects can be easily seen when studies are conducted on those persons who are pure vegetarians, those who consume a large amount of junk food in absence of adequate mineral supplements, or those with poor diets in the absence of adequate mineral supplements. Also, it is a known fact the absorption of many minerals declines with old age. As the body ages, the assimilation process slows down. Additionally, extreme exertion, stress and exposure to environmental pollution raises our requirements for minerals, especially zinc, calcium and iron. In my own personal research I found and I am amazed at the number of people who are not aware of the importance of minerals relative to good health. Most of them seem to have resigned to the fact that you've lived a full life if you die at the average age of 76 after suffering from several diseases for years prior to death. This is a pity! |
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