The Organic Mineral Complex in
Bio-Enhancer,
contains 74 Trace Minerals and Elements.
This material provides an
explanation of the superior qualities of the natural
organic ionic based delivery system
containing all of the major and trace minerals known to be essential for health
plus an additional 44 trace minerals and elements, all of which are contained
in the human body. The possible nutritional
role and purpose of these additional 44 trace elements remains as yet
unknown. Research has continually
expanded the knowledge of the important role of trace minerals and elements and
thus increased the number of these elements added to the essential element
category.
The organic mineral complex is produced from a proprietary extraction of
humic matter. This highly improved
concentrate of the organic mineral complex was developed from newly applied
technology within HealthTech International by HealthTech’s President and CEO,
Raul Fernandez. This technology
isolates the most active and beneficial fraction of these complexes so that it
provides a safe ionic structure that delivers the beneficial minerals and trace
elements within a naturally chelated molecule that is balanced and compatible
and readily accepted into every cell.
What do minerals do?
Minerals provide the basis
structure of all catalyst and enzymes.
Catalyst and enzymes drive the chemical reactions that occur within the
cells that produce energy, form proteins, and maintain all living functions
within the cell. There are many
thousands of these enzymes, composed from the essential minerals. It is estimated that within a single cell
there are 5,000 enzymes in operation, some of these performing chemical
functions in nano seconds or milliseconds.
These are the mechanical systems within our bodies that sustain
life. Without the essential minerals
that form the composition of these enzymes and catalysts these important
functions would simply cease and sickness or death would follow.
The key
minerals of calcium and sodium located in the intercellular and extra cellular
fluids of the body provide the pumping mechanics controlling water inflo and
outflo to the cell. This mechanism
operates by a complex enzyme system.
Another key cellular function provided by calcium with sodium and
magnesium is the pumping of calcium and sodium and calcium and magnesium into
and out of the cell at a rate that maintains electrical balance releasing the
precise amount of electrical energy during this process for the electrical
needs of all metabolic processes within the cells. When you consider that these delicate balances of water flow and
electrical energy transfer and enzyme reactions are continually operating for
each of the more than 100 trillion cells of the body; then you begin to
appreciate just how important these minerals are to the total picture.
Benefits of the major minerals
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Calcium
assists bones, teeth, and gums, regular heartbeat, nerve impulses and
transmissions, lower cholesterol, muscular growth, contraction of muscles,
prevention of cancer, blood clotting, RNA and DNA, protein formation, cell
permeability, healthy skin, inhibits toxic metal absorption.
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Magnesium assists bones and teeth function,
energy production, heart function, muscle and nerve impulse, healthy arteries,
DNA, lower cholesterol, inhibits some forms of cancer and prevents soft tissue
calcification.
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Potassium
assists the function of regular heart beat, regulates nutrient transfer through
cell membranes, stable blood pressure, nerve transmission, muscle contraction
and electro chemical impulses.
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Phosphorus
is found in most foods and assists bone
and tooth formation, cell growth, blood clotting, contraction of heart muscle,
supports heart rhythm, kidney function, utilization of vitamins, energy
production, calcium metabolism, component of many key enzymes, cellular
metabolism, nervous system and cellular replication.
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Iron
assists the production of hemoglobin and myoglobin, oxygenation of red blood
cells, a part of the structure of key enzymes, proper growth, energy production
and the immune system.
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Manganese
assists healthy nerves, strong immune
system, proper blood sugar regulation, bone growth, protein and fat metabolism,
energy production, formation of the lubricating fluid in joints, utilizing B
vitamins and in enzyme composition.
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Chlorine
is generally ingested in more than sufficient amounts as a chloride of
potassium and sodium and assists extracellular fluids, water metabolism,
osmosis and acid base balance.
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Zinc
assists protein synthesis, bone
formation, component of over 70 vital enzymes, constituent of insulin,
neutralizes free radicals, healthy immune system, aid to healing wounds,
collagen formation, supports prostate gland function, growth of reproductive
organs, sense of taste and smell, maintains proper vitamin E content in the
blood and helps in the assimilation of vitamin A.
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Silicon
assists bone and connective tissue, essential for collagen formation, healthy
skin, hair and nails, calcium absorption, flexibility in arteries,
cardiovascular health, stimulates immune system, and slows aging.
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Copper
assists bone formation, hemoglobin, red blood cells, energy production, part of
the formulation of over 10 metalloenzymes, nerves, catalyst in oxidation of
vitamin C, assist joints, forms elastin in combination with zinc & vitamin
C, aids healing, contributes to hair and skin coloring and taste.
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Boron
assists bones, muscle growth, metabolism of calcium, phosphorus and magnesium,
enhances brain function and conversion of energy from fats and sugars.
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Nickel assists cell membranes and replication of RNA,
DNA, and protein.
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Vanadium
assists cellular metabolism, bones and teeth, growth, reproduction and improves
insulin utilization.
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Tin
assists proper growth.
Benefits of the trace minerals
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Iodine
assists hormones, mental development, proper physical development, metabolism,
and maintains the thyroid.
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Selenium
assists immune system, inhibits oxidation of fats, anti oxidant, production of
antibodies, inhibits certain tumors, healthy heart, liver function, pancreatic
function and protects prostate.
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Chromium
assists glucose metabolism, synthesis
of (cholesterol, fats and proteins), maintaining stable blood sugar levels,
insulin utilization and cardiovascular support.
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Molybdenum
assists nitrogen metabolism, a
component of 3 metalloenzymes, supports normal cell functions and a key to
various enzyme reactions.
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Germanium
improves cellular oxygenation, lessons pain, supports the immune system and
helps expel toxins and poisons out of the body.
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Strontium
contributes to strong bones and teeth, resist tooth decay in combination with
phosphorus and molybdenum and contributes in the function of the energy system
within the cell.
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Arsenic
in the organic form has a very low toxicity.
The organic form of arsenic provides a portion of the structure of some
enzymes and helps proper growth.
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Cobalt is an essential part of vitamin B12, a
key to blood formation.
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Lithium
plays a contributing role to reproduction, nervous system, general metabolism,
white blood cell production and intercellular membrane function.
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Rubidium
has been found useful in mineral transport through defective cell membranes and may suppress tumor growth.
Other essential elements
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Sulfur: The body does not use sulfur, in the
inorganic form. However, sulfur, in the
organic state, is a component of five
amino acids and several vitamins, disinfects the blood, resists bacteria,
protects cell protoplasm, aids oxygenation, stimulates bile secretion, protects
against toxins, protects against radiation, slows ageing, essential for
collagen formation, component of insulin, aids carbohydrate metabolism, healthy
skin, hair and nails, and assists in metabolism of fats.
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Sodium
is contained in virtually all foods and most people, except those on low sodium
diets or taking diuretics, obtain more than enough from their foods. Sodium is an essential mineral and assists
in maintaining water balance, the proper pH of the blood, sustains proper
nerve, stomach and muscle function, helps to maintain cardiovascular balance,
with potassium provides electrolytes to body fluids and is one of the major
sources of positive charge in extracellular body fluids.
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Carbon
is a unique element that can combine with other elements in a great
variety. Carbon is capable of forming
approximately 4 million carbon compound combinations. All the other elements and their possible compounds equate to
only about 70,000 inorganic combinations.
Since carbon is consumed by plants in photosynthesis, it is part of the
structure of all plant based foods and thus is within all carbohydrates,
sugars, and almost all other foods that sustain life and supply energy to our
bodies. It is utilized within the body
forming 18% by weight of our total body makeup.
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Oxygen
is an element that sustains our life function and is consumed in the air we
breathe and is part of the molecular structure of the water equally essential
to our life.
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Hydrogen
is an element contained in the water that we must have for our existence.
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Nitrogen
is a component of the amino acids that form the building blocks of proteins and
comprises approximately 2% of our total body weight.
These 30 minerals and elements all
have the nutritional benefits listed and are
essential to our health.
It is also interesting to note that the organic mineral complex from
HealthTech International contains within its natural molecular structure all of
these 30 minerals and elements plus 44 more trace elements. There are almost no other supplements on the
market today that provide this natural organic benefit and potential.
The most important question however with any supplement is
how well can the body assimilate the form of the nutrients ingested. This is the area of our next focus.
Assimilation
Minerals need to be assimilated by
the body. Assimilation can occur at
three levels of intake: insufficient,
optimal or excessive. If intake is
insufficient, the body may develop deficiencies. If intake is optimal, the body will experience the highest level
of benefits minerals can contribute. If
intake is excessive, the body will experience a toxic reaction at some
level. Any substance, if taken to
excess, is capable of causing toxicity to some degree. Research has indicated that only 39% of
Americans living in the United States have an adequate intake of calcium and
only 64% have an adequate intake of iron. These results do not take into
account the absorbability of the nutrients taken.
Absorption
The next process is
absorption. The absorption of minerals
depends on two factors. These factors
are solubility and bio availability. Most
of the mineral supplements purchased on the market today fail the solubility
test. They are either not in a soluble
state to begin with or they do not dissolve into a soluble form when
ingested. When they fail at solubility,
it makes little difference what the mineral content on the label shows. The actual assimilation of essential
minerals with poor solubility is only a small fraction of the minerals that
may be in the capsule, tablet or liquid
supplement.
Bio
availability is an equally important factor in mineral absorption. To be utilized within the body, a mineral
must be in the ionic state. But it must
be in a safe and compatible ionic form.
This ionic state may be a free moving state in the solution or it may be
chelated or complexed within the molecular structure of a chelating agent. A chelated mineral has many times over the bio
availability of a non chelated mineral.
If the minerals we take in a supplement are in a positive chelated form,
they are much more readily absorbed within the body. A person could ingest a small fraction of the total minerals
contained in a tablet of a non chelated supplement and that fraction may
deliver several times the actual absorption of the non chelated minerals.
Chelation
Synthetic chelation
Next is the subject of chelation. Chelation occurs through synthetic processes
and organic processes. There are
several available synthetic chelating agents including citrates, glutamates,
nicotinic acids and polyaminocarboxylic acids.
These agents are capable of complexing minerals into their molecular
structure, but they have different levels of effectiveness in complexing with
the minerals and different levels of effectiveness in delivering the minerals
into the cells.
Organic chelation
Organic chelation occurs in three
areas: plants, the digestive and metabolic processes, and humification.
Plant chelation
Plants may form chelates during their growth process. Chlorophyll is a chelate of magnesium. Many of the minerals obtained through plant
sources have been chelated during the plant growth processes and are more
easily absorbed after ingestion.
Digestive chelation
During metabolic or digestive
processes, the body forms natural chelates.
This captures a very small percentage of crude inorganic mineral sources
that may be ingested with foods. Some
of the non chelated minerals in a food supplement form may be chelated during
these processes, but only a very small fraction of minerals chelate into this
form during digestion.
Humic complex chelation
The organic based chelates formed
during the processes of humification actually combine and synthesize a large
quantity of plant based chelates within the structure of organic carbon based
molecules. These complexes have a
remarkable variety in their structure but are distinguished with a very large
capacity of complexing with a large number of minerals and elements while still
maintaining a total molecular size that is admitted through the cell wall.
These organic carbon based chelates
have some rather consistent features that distinguish them for their positive
effect on all living systems.
Organic carbon based chelates:
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have
a structure that is a very powerful
natural electrolyte contributing to both electrical and chemical balance and
needs inside the cell.
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contain
a balanced spectrum of the major and trace elements essential for maintaining
health.
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contain
a wide range of all the other trace elements found in living systems.
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comprise
the most powerful natural chelating structures known to exist in nature.
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can
complex with key nutrients and act as a transporter to carry the key nutrients
into the cells.
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contribute in a major way to the remediation of toxins,
pollutants and other environmental hazards.
The carbon based organic structure
is the most positive of all organic chelating sources. It is the ideal transport system. It is the most capable process to complex
with supplemental minerals or nutrients and transport these into the cells of
the body.
Highest advantages for assimilation
HealthTech’s organic liquid chelate
solution with all of the positive minerals and elements contained within its
structure present to the body an easily assimilated form of minerals. In a highly proprietary process, this
organic liquid chelate has been extracted and concentrated and contains all
natural organic sources of the positive minerals and elements. This complex was naturally chelated and is
the most positive of all chelated sources now ready to be admitted into any
cell of the body. The minerals and
trace elements in this supplement are available in a dissolved and bio
available state that can be immediately utilized in the body.
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