Mineral Balance

Mineral balance, not quantity is a key factor in providing nutrition to our body. Think of a factory assembly line. If the product requires 7 bolts and 8 nuts, but there are only 12 bolts and 3 nuts available, then the item can’t be made properly even though there are 15 parts needed and 15 parts available. It’s the same with our body. If we do not have all the minerals needed in the correct amounts, cells don’t get replenished and minerals go wasted.

Even worse, when there is unbalance, some minerals will take the place of others. For example, we know our cells need more potassium than sodium because more potassium is needed for muscles and nerves to work properly. We also know that we need less magnesium because too much can cause diarrhea and promote calcium loss from bones.

Did you know that both magnesium and calcium are present in bone? However, magnesium is eight times higher in soft muscle tissue than calcium. Low magnesium intake, relative to calcium, can result in calcium being deposited in soft tissues in place of magnesium. This can result in gastrointestinal abnormalities, renal dysfunction, kidney stones and heart arrhythmia.

Many health issues occur because our cells weren’t made correctly. This is often due to the imbalance in our body’s mineral supply. Therefore, we must keep our minerals in balance! Deep Sea Minerals offers a balance of minerals that is very similar to our blood and has almost the same pH.

Rather than supplementing with a single mineral, the wiser choice is to provide the body with an abundance of minerals in a bio-available form allowing the body to use the minerals it needs and ignore the rest. The body will build up reserves of the minerals it needs by storing them for future use. Thus, our real goal is to build nutritional reserves within the body, allowing our bodies to pick and choose exactly what it needs to bring us back into balance.

~Dr. William Kellas, Ph.D.

“Bioavailable minerals, from the sea, are easier for the body to assimilate and use. The minerals that come from surface water, like the Great Salt Lake, are high in aluminum and mercury content. So, we had to go 2,000 feet deep off the Kona Coast in the Pacific Ocean to find the cleanest water in the world. This water hasn’t seen the surface for over 2,000 years! It has no lead or mercury and it has 4,000 times less aluminum content.”

Although minerals make up only 4-5% of total body weight, they are essential for human metabolism. Minerals act as the catalysts for many biochemical reactions within the human body. They are involved in responses of the nervous system and muscles, the absorption and secretions of the body's fluids, and maintain a delicate water balance within the body. Our bones and teeth have high mineral contents which accounts for their hardness and rigidity.  Like vitamins, minerals must also be supplied by dietary means as we are unable to synthesize them in our body.