posted 04-28-2001 10:14 AM            

The author mentions that he has previously discussed the ability of aluminum to greatly potentiate the toxicity of fluoride...

*Zinc is probably involved in more body functions than any other trace mineral. Zinc is also involved in blood pH regulation.

*This abnormality of bone mineralization suggests that zinc plays an important role in endochondral bone formation.

*Of potentially extreme importance to humanity are the findings in test animals that zinc deficiency induced a chronic immunosuppression that persisted through the third generation of their offspring.

*Zinc levels in brain influence other brain metal content. Zinc deficiency caused an elevation in copper concentrations in most brain parts. Levels of calcium, manganese, sodium and potassium, in certain brain regions, also appeared to be altered by the zinc status of an animal.

*In rats fed green tea and black tea... zinc contents in the cerebrum were gradually decreased... While cerebrum calcium concentrations were also significantly reduced, aluminum levels increased.

*Elevated blood copper and decreased zinc levels have been associated with episodic violence, hyperactivity, learning disabilities, and depression in humans.

*Fluorides cause "zinc deficiency".

posted 05-10-2001 09:26 AM            

Excerpts:
The soluble salts of barium, an alkaline earth metal, are toxic in mammalian systems. They are absorbed rapidly from the gastrointestinal tract and are deposited in the muscles, lungs, and bone. Barium is excreted primarily in the feces. At low doses, barium acts as a muscle stimulant and at higher doses affects the nervous system eventually leading to paralysis. Acute and subchronic oral doses of barium cause vomiting and diarrhea, followed by decreased heart rate and elevated blood pressure. Higher doses result in cardiac irregularities, weakness, tremors, anxiety, and dyspnea. A drop in serum potassium may account for some of the symptoms.

posted 05-24-2001 04:11 PM            

Electrolyte Loss
    Electrolytes are mineral salts which conduct electricity when dissolved in solution. In the body, the bloodstream provides the fluid medium for electrolyte formation. Electrolyte deficiency or imbalance results in energy loss and fatigue. The disruption of balance or homeostasis that results leads invariably to disease.
    Nature forms electrolytes through a transmutation process wherein inorganic colloidal minerals are changed into a more usable crystalloid form. This occurs when water cascades over rocks, picking up minerals from the soil, tumbles over the terrain and forms vortexes. Most of us today, however, cannot look to our drinking water as a source of electrolytes. We drink, by and large, from stagnant, polluted sources.

    Such water is not only mineral deficient, but the minerals it does contain remain in the difficult-to-use colloidal form. Therefore, our best bet for obtaining unpolluted water that contains usable (crystalloid) electrolyte minerals is to purify our water mechanically (preferably through reverse osmosis) and add back the electrolytes. Be sure to select a true electrolyte formula, one that contains trace minerals in crystalloid form.
    Replacement of electrolytes will balance pH and stabilize osmotic pressure (the force on the inside and outside of cell walls). This will result in significantly lowering the risk of infection, increasing digestive efficiency, restoring peristaltic action, increasing oxygen to the cells, reducing water retention, correcting neuromuscular imbalances, improving enzyme production, regulating blood sugar levels and hormonal production, "chelating" (removing) heavy metals from the body and increasing energy levels.
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posted 07-25-2001 02:41 PM            

I'm going to order some more K Factors NOW, because this pneumonia is still hanging in, and I am so tired of coughing and coughing and coughing...and of all the bodily reactions that go along with coughing ...if you know what I mean...

A belated "THANK YOU!!", Pen, for offering information that holds the "key" to recovery. Electrolytes to the Rescue!!

MollyGainYa, with love

posted 07-28-2001 08:24 PM            

I have only since taken ONE tablet late on Friday, and I have almost been cough-free since then!! Potassium is a good thing - BUT - too little is BAD, and too much is BAD! Buyer beware!

Well, I have to go now. A big old black and beige spider just landed on my baby-girl's foot, and I have to get on the net and check out what kind it is!! He's waiting all zipped up in a baggie. YUK on spiders!!

MollyGainYa, with love