Closing the Nutrition Gap with Trace Minerals
In a perfect world, we would get all our nutritional needs filled by the foods we eat. But the reality is that poor soil quality affects the very foods we rely on for optimal health. Even organic foods might not be providing all the nutrients we need. As a result, many are turning to supplements to ensure they’re getting the daily nutrients they need.
The most common way to address a broad range of nutritional needs is with a multivitamin. Most of us have probably taken a multivitamin supplement at some point in our lives, and most people think their multi is covering all the nutritional gaps in their diets. But often, those multis lack essential minerals—especially trace minerals—as a part of their formulation, and this can leave us just as exposed to deficiency. In fact, all the vitamins in the world won’t do us any good without minerals.
Like vitamins and other nutrients, minerals are vital in the regulation and building of cells which make up the body. Minerals work synergistically with one another to ensure that a proper pH balance occurs within the body. This collaborative relationship also guarantees that the proper absorption, regulation, and activation of other nutrients we consume happens. Remember, minerals are especially important in the conductivity of electrical messages within the body. Muscle contraction, such as the beating of the heart, and brain activity are positively influenced by properly balanced mineral levels.
Luckily, adding minerals into our diets is easy with Trace Minerals’ ConcenTrace® Trace Mineral Drops. This all-natural mineral concentrate contains a full spectrum of naturally occurring ionic trace minerals. Additionally, it complements other supplements that you might be taking by helping with the activation and absorption of those nutrients.
The small size of the ionic minerals in ConcenTrace® allows them to pass through cell membranes, making them the easiest form for the body to assimilate. In fact, the plants we consume as food (fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, grains, legumes, etc.) also require minerals to be in their ionic form before they can use them.
Ionic minerals enter through the plant's root system from the surrounding soil. Soil is made up of water, air, pieces of rock, and humus, which is a mixture of decomposed plants and animals. The top layer of soil is called topsoil and is the most fertile because of the humus. It can take 850 years to form just 2 cm of this soil. Topsoil is the layer that we grow our plants in, and it has many properties, including its mineral composition.
However, when a mineral that is not in its ionic form tries to enter the root system of a plant, the plant puts that element through a process outside of the root that links it to a carbon molecule and then breaks it down into its smallest form: an ion. This process of breaking minerals down into their ionic form must occur before minerals can pass through the plant's xylem.
ConcenTrace® Trace Mineral Drops are easy to use and are the #1 selling trace mineral supplement in the natural channel according to SPINS*. These mineral drops are one of the most powerful natural health mineral supplements in the world and have many uses and applications.
Whether you are a first time user or seasoned supplement taker, ConcenTrace® can easily be taken or added to whatever you are already doing to give you the mineral boost you need. Darrin Starkey, ND is a board-certified naturopathic physician and manager of training and education at Trace Minerals with over 30 years experience in health education.
Darrin Starkey, ND is a board-certified naturopathic physician and manager of training and education at Trace Minerals with over 30 years experience in health education.
