Dr. Jay Davidson on “Mineral Taste Testing Kits”
September 22, 2016
Dr. Jay Davidson discussed the BodyBio Mineral Taste Test Kit in an online video.
From the introduction to the video:
Clinically, I have found that balancing minerals in the body is extremely important when preparing someone to go through the next steps they will need to take to restore their health. By definition, essential minerals or macro-minerals are those minerals that the body must have more than 100mg of per day in order to maintain proper health. Micro or trace minerals are those minerals that the body requires less than 100mg of per day. Good minerals encourage the bad heavy metals to leave the body. Having the right amount of good minerals in your body is essential when trying to remove such toxins as mercury, lead, arsenic, antimony, aluminum, etc. Scientist don’t yet understand exactly how this process works but we do know that minerals compete with each other. Too much of one mineral affects the other.
To give you a glimpse into the complexity of minerals, let’s look at a few examples. Copper lowers uric acid in the blood while molybdenum raises it. The relationship between copper and zinc has been studied extensively. Researchers are specifically looking to see how they compete and how they cooperate. Studies have shown that low magnesium can lower selenium, but low magnesium will also raise manganese in the bone, liver, and kidneys. When iron stores are depleted in the body the absorption of cadmium rises. A high intake of zinc lowers magnesium, but high zinc does not lower copper. High iron lowers both copper and zinc. While all of the implications of these interactions is not yet known, we do know that the list of the ways minerals cooperate with each other and hinder each other is endless.
I believe that potassium, zinc, magnesium, copper, chromium, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, and iodine are the most important trace minerals. Technically, potassium and magnesium are macro minerals but I’m including them in this list because they work together with this group of minerals and need attention when working to restore your health.
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