So
how do we get the proper nutrition, if we
can't get it from our diet? What is wrong with
the vitamins I'm currently taking, and how do I know what to look for
in a vitamin?
Eniva's
Vice Chairman and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Benjamin Baechler explains
it like this:
"To
understand the INEFFECTIVENESS of the majority of current mineral supplements
and to LEARN what our bodies are REALLY looking for when it comes to supplementation,
all we need to do is look to nature. For years it has provided us with
the perfect blue print for the form and design of our nutrition. When
this blue print is not followed, supplements have very little or no impact
upon improving health, and even worse, can actually contribute to harmful
toxicity conditions!
The
presence of nutrients in plants has been known for centuries. As simple
as it sounds, minerals are rocks. The natural process is for minerals
and other nutrients to be absorbed from the soil by plants. Humans then,
consume the plants--after the plant has changed the metallic compound
into a design that is usable by the body In this way, through the miracle
of Mother Nature, we receive our mineral nutrition
Now
there are 3 basic requirements for mineral particles to be effectively
ABSORBED
and used by the cells of our bodies. 1) Correct
particle size,
2) a water-soluble
form, and 3)
an ionic
charge."
You see, most
of the mineral supplements on the market today do not meet these 3 basic
requirements, but lets take a look into each of these requirements individually
so that you may learn why these requirements are so important.
1)
Correct particle size: As Dr. Baechler
mentions above, minerals are rocks. The pills, tablets, or colloidal minerals
you take contain minerals that are crushed up into a certain sized particle.
If the particles are NOT the correct size, they may actually contribute
to conditions or diseases you're not even aware of.
"Can
incorrect particle size really cause problems in my body?
What is the correct size, and what does that have to do with the vitamin's
effectiveness?"
Think about it
this way, if I gave you a watermelon and asked you to squeeze it through
a keyhole, what would you say? You'd think I was crazy, right? Now think
about how small a cell of the body is. In order for the body to be able
to USE the minerals, they must be SMALLER
than the cells because the human body CANNOT digest rocks
(remember that minerals are rocks?). To be precise,
the minerals need to be angstrom-sized (4 times smaller
than the cell) or smaller.
Almost
all of the vitamins on the market today, including colloidal minerals,
are using minerals the size of 1 micron or LARGER.
For the sake of
comparison, a micron is the size of the tip of a split human hair,
and it would take 10,000 angstrom on a horizontal plane to cover the distance
of one micron. This means that micron-sized minerals are thousands of
times to large to be absorbed by the CELLS of the body.
Instead of being
absorbed by the CELLS of the body, minerals that are micron-sized and
larger get absorbed into the blood stream. What happens then is that,
since they're too large to be absorbed into the cells, they float around
in the blood stream until they are deposited into the soft tissues of
the body. The unnecessary accumulation of the minerals in these tissues
increases the likelihood of devastating health conditions! That's right,
they really can cause problems in the body!
"Everyone
knows too much of a good thing is a bad thing. At the same time, too much
of a good thing, in the wrong form, can be even worse!"
"So
what kind of problems can these too-large minerals cause?"
Calcium in the wrong
particle size can result in bone spurs, calcification of joints, kidney
stones, and combined with cholesterol, it hardens arteries—one of
the leading causes of heart disease.
Iron particles that
accumulate in the body can cause a disease called hemachromatosis, where
individuals often need to be bled, through a procedure called flabodomy,
every couple of weeks to remove the iron particles accumulating in their
bloodstream. Iron toxicity is very dangerous, especially for men, where
it directly contributes to cardiovascular disease.
Even
colloidal multi-mineral drinks can be toxic!
Chromium
in its colloidal form causes hearing loss and liver failure.
Selenium
in its colloidal form can be fatal
Copper
in its colloidal form causes metal disorders and violent rages, vascular
collapse, and induces coma!
Mineral
supplements in tablet and pill forms can be even worse because they generally
use minerals with even bigger particle sizes!
Remember:
Minerals
are ROCKS. They DO NOT break down. They CANNOT be digested.
In
order for mineral supplements to be used effectively, they MUST
be the correct
particle size.
2)
A water-soluble form:As I've mentioned before,
minerals are
rocks. Rocks by nature, are not soluble. If you put a rock into a glass
of water, or even acid, and leave it there for 100 years, it will still
be there, undissolved. Rocks are in-soluble. I've also mentioned that
the human body cannot use rocks, even if they're crushed up into micron-sized
pieces, they're still crushed rocks.
Plants have the
ability to take minerals and transform them into a design that is water-soluble,
which is usable by the human body. Nutritional supplements that are able
mimic this plant process, that are in an aqueous or water-soluble form,
meet the body's requirement for proper delivery to all organs, tissues,
and cells.
The textbook Pharmaceutical
Dosage states:
"Drugs or nutrients administered in solution are absorbed
much more rapidly than those administered in solid form, since the process
of (digestion) is not required"
it also states:
"...water-soluble solutions are in a form most conducive
for absorption into the bloodstream..."
Unfortunately,
tablets, pills, chelated, and colloidal mineral supplements do not mimic
the plant's process and DO NOT contain minerals that
are water-soluble, and because of this, supplements
in tablet or pill form are only 10% absorbed by the body!
This
means that if you've been spending $100 per month on nutritional supplements,
a minimum of $90 is literally going straight down the drain.
Many
people notice that when they take nutritional supplements, their urine
becomes discolored and cloudy. This "cloud" in their urine is
the unusable mineral particles being excreted. If you want to literally
see this for yourself, swallow a tablet or pill, wait a couple of hours,
and then retain some of your urine in a clear cup and place it in the
refrigerator. Wait an hour and then look at the solution. You will be
able to see sediment at the bottom of the cup. There's your $90.
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