Do we need to take mineral supplements? 

In a word - YES! Why? Because researchers have demonstrated that it is impossible to obtain the minerals and trace elements that our bodies need to sustain optimum health from the food we eat.

According to a recent study modern farming methods have caused a dramatic reduction in essential minerals and trace elements in our food. The researchers discovered that:

Ø      there is up to 75% less calcium & 93% less copper in fruits & vegetables

Ø      Runner beans which used to contain a significant amount of sodium (vital for nerve and muscle tissue) have almost no trace of it at all

Ø      Broccoli has 75% less calcium (essential for building healthy bones and teeth)

Ø      Spinach has 60% less iron than 50 years ago

Ø      Carrots have 75% less magnesium (which protects against heart attacks, asthma and kidney stones).

Dr. Linus Pauling, renowned scientist and two time Nobel Prize Winner said:-

"You can trace every ailment, every disease, every sickness to a mineral deficiency“

Phillip Day - internationally renowned author and medical researcher. Director of Credence Publications, an independent UK research and publishing organisation that reports on contentious public issues.

“If you start looking at the main killers in our society today, coronary heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and osteoporosis – these diseases are all linked to inadequate nutrition. I defy any properly trained doctor or nutritionist to go against that and to deny it.”

Media articles:
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THE FACTS

Year 1936
“ No man can eat enough fruits and vegetables, fish or meat to supply his
system with the minerals he requires for perfect health, because his stomach isn't big enough to hold them."
US Senate Document No 264 (1936)

Year 1977
"…a varied diet will NOT provide all the ESSENTIAL trace
elements…" US Department of Agriculture Report (1977)

Year 1992
“there is deep concern over continuing MAJOR declines
in the mineral values in farm and range soils,
throughout the world " 1st Earth Summit , Rio de Janiero (1992)

It was summarised by US Congress as
"Never have so many people been so well fed - and yet so badly nourished"

MINERAL DEPLETION FROM SOIL OVER THE PAST 100 YEARS!

Over the past century, intensive farming practices have led to a depletion of minerals from the soil. The minerals have simply been taken but have not been fed back into the soil. There has been a major depletion in mineral content all over the world and, as a result, the food we eat – even organic – does not provide us with sufficient minerals for optimum health and wellbeing. Just look at the figures of mineral depletion:

North America...85% 
South America...76%  
Asia...76% 
Africa...74% 
Europe...72% 
Australia...55% 

 Expert nutritionist David Thomas believes that these reductions are a direct result of modern farming practices  using massive amounts of fertilisers on the soil which encourage plant growth at the expense of mineral content. Mr Thomas said

"We are made up of these substances. if they are deficient then the body cannot cope as well as it would otherwise."

CONCLUSIONS

The conclusions were based on data from a comprehensive study of the contents of all major foods dating back to the 1940's. Certain trends were compared using figures from over a 50 year period. Similar trends were shown in the British food Journal 1997 when data between 1930 and 1980 was compared.

Professor Tim Lang from Thames Valley University , the renowned Centre for Food Policy is quoted as saying that  the results revealed an important trend which needs to be exposed. Plant breeders have been trying to develop fruits and vegetables that look nice, resist disease and can stand being shipped half way around the world without decomposing.

They are less concerned about the minerals in our food and, as a direct result, more and more people are dying from chronic degenerative diseases such as heart disease and cancer.

However, many commercial supplements are made of metalic minerals, and are not supplied in a balanced formulation. Studies have shown that of 1000mg of calcium only 42mg is assimilated. Minerals and trace elements need to be bioavailable.

The best form of mineral is ‘ionic’ - this means that the minerals and electrolytes are suspended in fluid and negatively charged ionically so that they are fully absorbed into the bloodstream - which is how a mineral is found in plants and vegetables (provided the mineral is first in the soil!)

So, what can we do to safeguard our (and our family’s) health and ensure that we receive sufficient minerals and trace elements/electrolytes on a daily basis?

The answer is simple: take a good IONIC mineral supplement. According to independent research at NASA – there is ONE product that stands head and shoulders above the rest – in fact it is 500x (yes FIVE HUNDRED times more effective than the next best product. That product is Xtreme X2O! Read on to find out more…