| Calciums |
| Calcium
Acetate - Calcium acetate is 23% calcium. |
| Calcium
Carbonate - Calcium carbonate is 40% calcium. The rest
is carbonate. Of that 40% calcium only about 2% is small enough
to be used by the body. |
| Calcium
Citrate - Calcium Citrate is a chelated mineral. It is
basically calcium wrapped with a covering derived from citric acid.
Calcium citrate is 21% calcium. Because of the chelation it is better
absorbed than calcium carbonate. |
| Calcium
Gluconate - This is calcium combined with glucose or blood
sugar. This form of calcium is superior to calcium lactate but it
is only 9.3% calcium. |
| Calcium
Lactate - Calcium Lactate is 14% calcium. About 10% of
that is usable. It is the calcium found in dairy products. Infants
and small children are able to digest lactose (milk sugar); adults
cannot. When lactate remains undigested, the complex calcium lactate
molecule does not get broken apart in the body. It remains in large
molecules, most of them too big to enter the body's cells.
|
| Calcium
Phosphate - Calcium phosphate is 8% calcium and 92% phosphate.
|
| Coral Calcium - Coral Calcium
is calcium carbonate that is naturally balanced with magnesium and
trace minerals. The absorption rate of the minerals contained in
coral calcium is up to 50%, depending on the strength of one’s digestive
system. |
| Water-Soluble
Coral Calcium - The minerals in water-soluble
Coral Calcium have been broken down into their pure elemental form.
The individual molecules are each small enough to easily enter our
cells. Therefore they don’t even need digesting. They go right from
the upper stomach into the bloodstream where they are available
for immediate use. Water- soluble Coral Calcium is 100% useable
(bioavailable). |
| Minerals |
| Mineral
- a solid homogeneous crystalline chemical element
or compound that results from the inorganic processes of nature. |
| Chelated
Minerals - Better than other mineral types. During the
chelation process an enzyme, protein or amino acid gets wrapped
around a mineral. When a cell is in need of one of those nutrients,
the mineral wrapped in that nutrient is taken into the cell. The
outer coating gets digested and guess what? There was a mineral
hidden in the center! The body was tricked but our goal was achieved;
the mineral was taken into the cell. Chelation sometimes increases
the bioavailability (useability) to 30 or 40%. The useable portion
still remains a small percentage of the total intake though. |
| Colloidal
Minerals - These are sometimes mineral compounds: others
are elemental in nature. Colloidal minerals keep their own identity
and are suspended in water. The molecules tend to group together
into clusters. Some colloidal minerals are quite large when compared
to the size of cells in the body. |
| Ionic Minerals
- These are generally elemental in nature. This type of
mineral forms a long chain that is attached to a water molecule. |
| Metallic
Minerals - Some examples of metallic calcium are eggshell,
oyster shell, calcium carbonate, dolomite, calcium salts and certain
antacids such as rolaids and tums. The bioavailability (useability)
of metallic minerals is approximately 8-12% in young people. After
the age of 35-40 years, useability within the human body drops to
3-5%. |
| Organic
Minerals - Minerals that are useable. Organic is by far
the preferred form for mineral supplements. They are fully water-soluble,
small enough to enter cells and are in a form the body can use without
changing them. Therefore, organic minerals are instantly absorbed.
University studies have shown that this type of mineral is absorbed
within 30-45 seconds after entering the upper stomach! They don't
even go through the digestive tract. And here's a bonus... if we
satisfy our bodies with minerals that are useable, our bodies tend
to release the large size minerals. Over time those unwanted mineral
deposits may gradually disappear allowing comfort levels to improve. |
| Pure
Minerals - Anything a cell takes in for the purpose of
metabolism must be organic. An organic mineral is elemental in nature
and small enough to go inside the water molecule. It is actually
encapsulated by the water. Compared to ionic, the organic mineral
is like a single boxcar of a train and the ionic is like the entire
train - engine, boxcars, caboose and all. |
| Trace
Minerals - Minerals that occur in tiny amounts or traces.
They play a major role in health, since even minute portions of
them can powerfully affect health. They are essential in the assimilation
and utilization of vitamins and other nutrients. They aid in digestion
and provide the catalyst for many hormones, enzymes and essential
body functions and reactions. they also aid in replacing electrolytes
lost through heavy perspiration or extended diarrhea and protects
against toxic reaction and heavy metal poisoning. |
| Miscellaneous
Words |
| Element <chemistry>
One of the 103 known chemical substances that cannot be divided
into simpler substances by chemical means. A substance whose atoms
all have the same atomic number. |
| Essential
- Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment
of an object; indispensably necessary. |
| pH
- The proper acid-alkaline balance within the
cells of the body. The main mineral used to maintain the ph balance
is calcium. |
| Vitamins
- Any of various organic substances that are essential in minute
quantities to the nutrition of most animals and some plants, act
especially as coenzymes and precursors of coenzymes in the regulation
of metabolic processes but do not provide energy or serve as building
units, and are present in natural foodstuffs or are sometimes produced
within the body. |
| Conditions,
Diseases, & Illnesses |
| Alzheimer's
Disease - <disease> A progressive, neurodegenerative
disease characterised by loss of function and death of nerve cells
in several areas of the brain leading to loss of cognitive function
such as memory and language. |
| Arthritis -
<rheumatology> An inflammatory condition that affects joints.
Can be infective, autoimmune, traumatic in origin. |
| Cancer -
<oncology> This is now a general term for more than 100 diseases
that are characterised by uncontrolled, abnormal growth of cells.
Cancer cells can spread locally or through the bloodstream and lymphatic
system to other parts of the body. |
| Diabetes
- <disease> Relative or absolute lack of insulin
leading to uncontrolled carbohydrate metabolism. In juvenile onset
diabetes (that may be an autoimmune response to pancreatic _ cells)
the insulin deficiency tends to be almost total, whereas in adult
onset diabetes there seems to be no immunological component but
an association with obesity |
| Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome - <syndrome> An unusual illness,
of uncertain cause, that is characterised by unexplained fatigue,
weakness, muscle pain, lymph node swelling and malaise. |
| Eczema
- <dermatology> A pruritic papulovesicular dermatitis
occurring as a reaction to many endogenous and exogenous agents.
|
| Fybromyalgia
- <rheumatology> A disorder characterised by muscle
pain, stiffness and easy fatigability. The cause is unknown and
an estimated 3 million are affected in the USA. |
| Gout -
<rheumatology> Recurrent acute arthritis of peripheral joints
caused by the accumulation of monosodium urate crytals. Often presents
as pain and swelling confined to one joint. The big toe joint is
commonly affected.
The arthritis occurs secondary to an inherited abnormality of
purine metabolism, resulting in the deposition of uric acid crystals
(sodium urate) within the joint space and articular cartilage.
Usually due to overproduction of uric
acid but may be a result of under excretion. The problems partly
arise because neutrophils release lysosomal enzymes as a result
of damage to the phagosome membrane by ingested crystals: colchicine
acts to reduce the attack by inhibiting lysosome phagosome fusion. |
| Hypertension-
<cardiology> Persistently high arterial blood pressure.
Hypertension may have no known cause (essential or idiopathic hypertension)
or be associated with other primary diseases (secondary hypertension).
This condition is considered a risk
factor for the development of heart disease, peripheral vascular
disease, stroke and kidney disease. |
| Kidney
Stones --> nephrolithiasis - <nephrology, urology>
The presence of calculi in the kidney or collecting system.
The calculi are usually small (2-12mm) solid,
crystalline, concretions that develop in the kidney and eventually
pass through the genitourinary tract. Stones may be composed of
calcium, phosphate or uric acid. |
| Osteoporosis
- <pathology> A reduction in the amount of bone mass,
leading to fractures after minimal trauma. |
