Minerals – many people are short of them
Minerals – some are needed by the body in larger amounts like calcium, phosphate, potassium and magnesium. Minerals needed in smaller amounts are iron, zinc, chromium, manganese, copper, iodine, selenium, fluoride, molydenum and cobalt. Minerals originate from the soil, they are taken up by the plants and then utilized by us, as the plant has converted them into a form that is bio-available to us (in a form we can break down and utilize). The same goes for animals they eat the plants, providing us with minerals in a form we can readily absorb. Unfortunately many nutrients are lost in food...
Read MoreThe 5 main inflammatory substances the body produces – learn how to quell them.
There are five inflammatory substances the body produces in response to various factors – environmental pollution, metabolic by-products, nutritional deficiencies and poor food choices, structural stress, digestive problems, infections, and pharmaceutical drugs. 1) Histamine – the mast cells produce histamine, I am sure you have heard of anti-histamine medication. Histamine is involved in the immune process for example – asthma, eczema, and hay-fever suffers produce high levels of histamine. To counteract histamine – fruits like black currents, kiwi, and...
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