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KONA SEA MINERALS
Introduction
Most of the U.S. population is deficient in the essential trace minerals. Because our soils are not given the opportunity to rest (the price we have to pay for commercial farming to achieve higher yields), and only select few minerals are replaced back into the soil, we have jeopardized the nutrient content of our foods. The life-giving trace minerals that are important to our overall health have become extinct in our daily diets. As a result, the door has opened to the aging process and the opportunity for disease.
Unfortunately, most mineral supplements currently on the market have very low rates of absorption. The much needed nutrients are incapable of reaching the cell level where they are needed. In addition some products have unacceptable levels of heavy metals that can contribute to toxicity in our bodies. All these factors have left health conscious consumers in a dilemma as to what to do. Kona Sea Minerals are harvested 2,000 feet below the ocean surface in the “zone of regeneration” off the Kona coast of Hawaii. Thus there is no toxic heavy metal contamination (such as mercury or cadmium) nor radiation contaminants that are often present in land-based mineral supplements.
Kona Sea Minerals are nature's perfect balance of macro-minerals, micro-minerals, and ultra trace minerals contained in a convenient capsule. Thanks to modern science and ancient nature, secrets of the sea have revealed a nutritional gold mine. Millenniums have passed creating a unique phenomenon in the deep sea waters off the Kona coast of Hawaii. In this ecosystem, where the food chain virtually begins, billions of phytoplankton and algae have predigested and metabolized those minerals during their life cycle. Now science has captured this treasure chest rendering the most bioavailable minerals ever discovered.
The Kona Sea mineral levels are almost identical to the mineral levels found in human blood serum and are in a pH balance very similar to human blood. Unlike land-based and shallow sea based minerals, Kona Sea Minerals are FREE of toxic heavy metals such as Arsenic (As), Cadmium (Cd), Mercury (Hg), Lead (Pb), Radon (Rn), Ruthenium (Ru) and Uranium (U).
Technical Information and Comparative Analysis
YOUR BODY NEEDS AT LEAST DOZENS OF NUTRIENTS PER DAY. TWOTHIRDS OF THEM - MINERALS!
Minerals participate in nearly every one of the thousands of biochemical processes that occur in the body.
When too much may still not be enough - A question of balance
While it's important to have a sufficient absolute amount of each mineral, it's at least as important to have relative amounts of certain minerals in balance. If not balanced, it's possible to have a relative deficiency of one mineral and an excess of another mineral. If you look at a periodic table, sodium (Na) and Potassium (K) are in the same (first) column, and magnesium (Mg) and calcium (Ca) are in the same (second) column.
Minerals in the same column have similar characteristics and functions in cells. Thus, for example, if you take in an amount of potassium that is within the RDA, but also take in a large amount of sodium as with salty foods, sodium will attempt to replace potassium in certain cell functions - rather like a game of musical chairs. The result: potassium deficiency symptoms such as insomnia, rapid heartbeat, stiff cramping muscles and anxiety.
Magnesium and calcium are both present in bone, but magnesium is present in soft tissues and muscle at 8 to 10 fold higher concentrations than calcium. However, low magnesium intake relative to calcium can result in calcium deposition in soft tissues in an attempt to replace magnesium. The result can be gastrointestinal abnormalities, renal dysfunction, kidney stones and heart arrhythmia. A safe and effective mineral supplement will have minerals in balance. For example: There should be a bit more potassium than sodium because cells need potassium for muscles to work properly, and because many people take in more sodium than potassium in the form of salt in foods. There should be a bit more calcium than magnesium because too much magnesium can cause diarrhea and can steal calcium from the bones and the muscles including the heart. However, too little magnesium can also cause heart problems such as irregular heartbeat. Balance is most important!
Heavy metals - why are the bad guys bad guys?
Heavy metals such as mercury, lead, cadmium and aluminum have a number of harmful effects on the body. As they relate to minerals, they can tie up binding sites on cells so essential minerals, especially those in the same row of the periodic table which have similar binding characteristics, can't get in. This is like putting a broken key into a lock: it not only doesn't open the door but prevents a good key from being used.
Some examples of this are mercury (a common source is dental amalgam fillings) and cadmium (found in
cigarettes and elsewhere). These are both in the same column as zinc, a beneficial mineral. These toxic metals can prevent zinc from being utilized, with resulting symptoms of zinc deficiency such as loss of appetite, smell and taste and prostate problems. This is why a person who quits cigarettes often has an increase in appetite even without taking zinc supplements - with less cadmium coming in from cigarettes, more zinc can get to the cells. Zinc, in fact, functions in more enzymatic reactions than any other mineral. The toxic metal aluminum, found in colloidal minerals in concentrations of more than 4,000 times that of Kona Sea Minerals on a per-dose basis!
Proven Bioavailability
Minerals, regardless of their source are only useful and can only function if they can be absorbed from the gut into the blood stream, and ultimately be available for use or storage in specific tissues.1 The bioavailability of a given mineral can be directly determined by measuring the blood or tissue levels after a dose of the mineral,2 or by balance studies which carefully monitor mineral intake, and excretion.
We chose an animal model to assess the absorption and uptake of minerals present in Kona Minerals. The
pig is a particularly good experimental animal since it is like man, an omnivore, with a very similar digestive tract. Studies were carried out at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) by a leading physiologist.
1 Bender, A.E., Nutritional significance of bioavailability in Nutrient Availability: Chemical and Biological Aspects,
2 Southgate, D., Johnson, I., and Fenwick, G.R., Eds., Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, U.K., 1989, 3.
3 Southgate, D.A.T., Conceptual issues concerning the assessment of nutrient bioavailability, in Nutrient Availability: Chemical and Biological Aspects, Southgate, D., Johnson, I., and Fenwick, G.R., Eds., Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, U.K., 1989, 10. Minerals - A Balancing Act
The Rest of the Story:
Low Na (Sodium) causes extreme fatigue, cold extremities, nausea, no appetite
Low K (Potassium) causes fatigue, rapid heartbeat, insomnia, anxiety, cramps
Low Ca (Calcium) causes bone pain, anxiety, insomnia, cramps, nervousness
Low Mg (Magnesium) causes constipation, heart arrhythmia
Low Zn (Zinc) causes loss of smell and taste, low hormone levels
Low Cu (Copper) causes infections, poor digestion, fatigue
Low Ca (Cadmium) causes bone pain, anxiety, insomnia, cramps, nervousness
Low P (Phosphorus) causes weakness, fatigue and lifelessness
After a twelve hour fast, pigs were given either one 800 mg capsule of Kona Sea Minerals, or a similar appearing placebo capsule. Blood samples were taken from an indwelling catheter at time 0, 1 hour, 2 hours, and 4 hours. This procedure was repeated daily of 2 weeks, with all samples being immediately frozen.
Results showed one major mineral, magnesium, and one trace mineral, selenium. Blood levels of magnesium increased rapidly and reached maximum levels in 2 hours. The mineral status was determined by examining blood and tissue levels at the end of the 2 week supplementation when compared to the placebo control. The essential trace mineral status improved for al minerals examined over the 2 week period of the study. Serum and tissue mineral levels increased significantly for zinc, copper, boron, manganese, selenium, chromium, olybdenum and vanadium. Placebo control animals showed no change in mineral status and tissue levels of several trace minerals actually decreased.
WITHOUT ACTIVE MINERALS YOUR HEART CAN STOP. WITHOUT PASSIVE MINERALS YOU CAN FEEL BAD ENOUGH TO WISH IT WOULD!
How do ACTIVE and PASSIVE transport enter the picture?
In passive transport, a substance goes from a zone of high concentration to a zone of low concentration, with the end result of equal concentration in both zones. In active transport, work is done to cause the substance to do what it would not normally do, i.e. go towards an area of higher concentration. Passive transport can be compared to a ball rolling downhill, while active transport is like pushing a ball up the hill. In the case of minerals, other minerals are often needed to achieve active transport; for example, magnesium is needed to get calcium into the cells.
Magnesium enters the blood and cells via active transport. The level goes up more quickly and then down more quickly as compared to selenium, which is a passive transport system. Magnesium, therefore, has a higher turnover rate than selenium and needs to be replenished more often.
Q. What are the first signs of calcium deficiency?
A. Bone pain, anxiety, cramps.
Q. What are often the first signs of calcium deficiency that get noticed?
A. Sudden death from heart stoppage!
Active transport Major minerals and Passive Transport Trace minerals:
Potassium, Zinc, Chromium, Magnesium, Selenium, Vanadium, Sodium, Copper Molybdenum, Calcium, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus, and others.
A CHART OF MULTIMINERAL PREPARATIONS [ PDF ]
Clark Minerals (colloidal), New Vision (colloidal) and Kona Sea Minerals. Units are per portion size of one ounce of the colloidal products and per one capsule for the Kona Sea Minerals. Kona Sea Minerals have more of the beneficial minerals than colloidal products:
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