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Much has recently been
said about mineral absorption in the body, and there are recent
pontifications that the best way to supplement minerals is to take
"Colloidal" mineral complexes, while still others professing that
"Ionic" is the way to go, and that "Chelated" has never lived up
to its promises of bioavailability.
Everything you hear has
some ring of truth to it; each side has a point to make. But unfortunately,
neither side has ever told you the whole story about mineral uptake
and balance in the body, and the limits of all the above methods
of mineral supplementation. This has led to considerable confusion,
misinformation and to the drawing of many inaccurate conclusions.
Now, those who argue
about the inefficiencies of Chelated mineral supplements correctly
point out that generally only half of the Chelated mineral
dose is ever truly absorbed by the body. But what they fail to mention
is that this low rate of absorption has nothing to do with the chemical
mechanism of "Chelation," and how wonderfully efficient minerals
are absorbed by the body once they have been truly Chelated. Rather,
the poor rate of absorption actually reflects how many molecules
of the minerals actually get "Chelated" through the industrial chemical
processing of Chelation itself.
The industrial manufacturing
process of Chelation is very inefficient, expensive and painstakingly
laborious. Generally only half of the minerals by weight which are
put through the process ever really get Chelated properly. The other
half of minerals remain unChelated in their raw state, but remain
mixed together with that fraction which has successfully achieved
Chelation, their mixture being sold as "Chelated minerals."
Therefore, it's generally
true that only half of any Chelated mineral package claim on the
market is actually Chelated. The assertion, then, made by some that
only half of "Chelated minerals" ever get absorbed stems from the
reason that only half of these prepared minerals were ever really
Chelated in the first place. It has nothing to do with the bioavailability
of Chelation. The unChelated half are generally not absorbed quickly
nor completely (unless other steps are taken to further improve
these efficiencies which we will address in a minute).
Thus, the criticisms
leveled against Chelated complexes are based on a misstatement of
the facts, inappropriately leading one to think Chelated minerals
are inefficient, faulty and not bioavailable, which just isn't true.
Quite to the contrary, 100% of minerals which are actually Chelated
are indeed completely absorbed and bioavailable. Minerals which
are properly Chelated are exceptionally bioavailable to the body,
and indeed are more so than either Colloidal or Ionic mineral complexes
by themselves, giving them, as we shall soon see, the "fast track"
to absorption.
While there are certainly
well argued advantages of bioavailability and efficiency in using
either Colloidal and/or Ionic mineral complexes (as V„xa uses) as
compared to straight raw supplementation of trace mineral salts
and alkaloids, there are simply no minerals which are more bioavailable
and efficient than those which have been naturally Chelated
by the body itself with the aid of Free Form Amino Acids. Indeed,
the truth be known, it is through the natural process of Chelation
that the majority of all Colloidal and Ionic complexes are
quickly absorbed into the body, otherwise these must wait
for the tidal infusions of the body to allow absorption to occur,
a passive process which is prone to many difficulties.
It's well documented
that nature has evolved its own exceptionally efficient process
of absorption of free inorganic minerals into living organic organisms...
And it's called natural Chelation. Chelation is simply the process
whereby an organic Free Form Amino Acid picks up a molecule of a
mineral, wraps it within its structure, actually enveloping it,
making it easier for organic organisms then to absorb it.
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