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Mineral Depletion of the Soil

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In 1936 the Cosmopolitan Magazine published an article which contained the following:

"Most of us today are suffering from certain dangerous diet deficiencies. The alarming fact is that foods - fruits and vegetables and grains - are now being raised on millions of acres of land that no longer contain enough of certain needed minerals. No matter how much of them we eat, these foods are starving us!... It is
bad news to learn from our leading authorities that 99 percent of the North American people are deficient in (vital) minerals, and that a marked deficiency in any of the more important minerals actually results in disease."

(Webmaster's comment: This situation is far worse today, the top-soil is now severly depleted and our vegetables and fruits are "empty". To the human body vitamins without minerals are useless. It is a proven scientific fact that mineral deficient food leads to disease).

Most likely the above mentioned article was based on Senate Document No. 264,

1936, 74th Congress, 2nd Session

Senate Document No. 264, 1936; A WARNING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FROM 1936!

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Unabridged Excerpts From Senate Document No. 264, 1936

Do you know that most of us today are suffering from certain dangerous diet deficiencies, which cannot be remedied until the depleted soils from which our foods come are brought into proper mineral balance?

The alarming fact is that foods—fruits and vegetables and grains—now being raised on millions of acres of land that no longer contains enough of certain needed minerals, are starving us—no matter how much of them we eat!

A WARNING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FROM 1936!

"Our physical well-being is more directly dependent upon minerals we take into our systems than upon calories or vitamins, or upon precise proportions of starch, protein or carbohydrates we consume.

Do you know that most of us today are suffering from certain dangerous diet deficiencies which cannot be remedied until depleted soils from which our food comes are brought into proper mineral balance? The alarming fact is that foods (fruits, vegetables and grains) now being raised on millions of acres of land that no longer contain enough of certain minerals are starving us - no matter how much of them we eat. No man of today can eat enough fruits and vegetables to supply his system with the minerals he requires for perfect health because his stomach isn't big enough to hold them.

The truth is that our foods vary enormously in value, and some of them aren't worth eating as food... Our physical well-being is more directly dependent upon the minerals we take into our systems than upon calories or vitamins or upon the precise proportions of starch, protein or carbohydrates we consume.

This talk about minerals is novel and quite startling. In fact, a realization of the importance of minerals in food is so new that the text books on nutritional dietetics contain very little about it. Nevertheless, it is something that concerns all of us, and the further we delve into it the more startling it becomes.

You'd think, wouldn't you, that a carrot is a carrot - that one is about as good as another as far as nourishment is concerned? But it isn't; one carrot may look and taste like another and yet be lacking in the particular mineral element which our system requires and which carrots are supposed to contain. Laboratory test prove that the fruits, the vegetables, the grains, the eggs, and even the milk and the meats of today are not what they were a few generations ago (which doubtless explains why our forefathers thrived on a selection of foods that would starve us!) No man today can eat enough fruits and vegetables to supply his stomach with the mineral salts he requires for perfect health, because his stomach isn't big enough to hold them! And we are turning into big stomachs.

No longer does a balanced and fully nourishing diet consist merely of so many calories or certain vitamins or fixed proportion of starches, proteins and carbohydrates. We know that our diets must contain in addition something like a score of minerals salts. It is bad news to learn from our leading authorities that 99% of the American people are deficient in these minerals, and that a marked deficiency in any one of the more important minerals actually results in disease. Any upset of the balance, any considerable lack of one or another element, however microscopic the body requirement may be, and we sicken, suffer, shorten our lives.

We know that vitamins are complex chemical substances which are indispensable to nutrition, and that each of them is of importance for normal function of some special structure in the body. Disorder and disease result from any vitamin deficiency. It is not commonly realized, however, that vitamins control the body's appropriation of minerals, and in the absence of mineral's they have no function to perform. Lacking vitamins, the system can make some use of minerals, but lacking minerals, vitamins are useless. Certainly our physical well-being is more directly dependant upon the minerals we take into our systems than upon calories or vitamins or upon the precise proportions of starch, protein and of carbohydrates we consume. This discovery is one of the latest and most important contributions of science to the problem of human health."

Senate Document No. 264, 1936

Inhibition of HIV-1 in Cell Culture by Synthetic Humate: A Study

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Virology. 1996 Apr 15;218(2):389-95.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgicmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8610466&dopt=Abstract

Inhibition of HIV-1 in Cell Culture by Synthetic Humate

Analogues Derived from Hydroquinone: Mechanism of Inhibition

JOSEF SCHNEIDERa, ROLAND WEISa, CHRISTINE MÄNNERa, BEATE KARYa,

ALBRECHT WERNERb, BERNHARD J. SEUBERTc and URS N. RIEDEd

a Abteilung Virologie, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene der Universität, Hermann-Herder-Str. 11, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany

b Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 51-59, D-63225, Langen, Germany

c Weyl GmbH, Sandhofer Str. 96, D-68305, Mannheim, Germany

d Pathologisches Institut der Universität, Albertstr. 19, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany

Received 5 September 1995; accepted 13 February 1996. ; Available online 19 April 2002.

Abstract

Humic acids are natural constituents of soil and ground water and mainly consist of mixtures of polycyclic phenolic compounds. A similar complex of compounds with a mean size of about 1000 Da, designated HS-1500, was synthesized by oxidation of hydroquinone. HS-1500 inhibited HIV-1 infection of MT-2 cells with an IC50of 50–300 ng/ml and showed a mean cell toxicity of about 600 µg/ml. Inhibition of HIV-induced syncytium formation was observed at 10–50 µg/ml. Treatment of free and cell-attached HIV with HS-1500 irreversibly reduced its infectivity, whereas the susceptibility of target cells for the virus was not impaired by treatment prior to infection. The HIV envelope protein gp120SU bound to sepharose-coupled HS-1500 and
could be eluted by high salt and detergent. HS-1500 interfered with the CD4-induced proteolytic cleavage of the V3 loop of virion gp120SU. Furthermore, binding of V3 loop-specific antibodies was irreversibly inhibited, whereas binding of soluble CD4 to gp120SU on virus and infected cells was not affected. In conclusion, our data suggest, that the synthetic humic acid analogue inhibits the infectivity of HIV particles by interference with a V3 loop-mediated step of virus entry.

MEDICINAL USE OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES

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MEDICINAL USE OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES

Published in Med Chronicle - July 2003

Long before chemical formulas to cure diseases were developed, man discovered the healing powers of plants in nature. Today, the world goes back to Mother Nature and is rediscovering the value of natural products.

Humic acids are formed from the decomposition of plants and occur naturally in drinking water,
peat, soil and brown coal (leonardite and lignite) and have been used to stimulate plant growth for many years. The richest source of humic acid is found in leonardite formed at the bottom of prehistoric lakes and valleys millions of years ago. Humic acid can also be extracted from peat or produced by controlled wet oxidation of bituminous coal.

Mud baths, rich in peat, were used to treat various ailments such as rheumatic conditions, in man during the 19th century. Peat was also used during the First World War to treat wounds and amputations externally in field hospitals to prevent infections, relieve pain and facilitate healing.

It has been documented in scientific literature 38 years ago that extracts of peat were given as a tonic for liver and gastric ailments. Various toxicity studies and clinical trials have been conducted since, indicating that it is well tolerated by man with no serious side effects reported.

Only a few humic acid based medications are commercially available world-wide. Their therapeuti properties have been documented as antibacterial, antitoxic, anti-ulcerogenic, anti-arthritic, anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory. A clinical trial indicated that humates improve the clinical condition of osteoarthritis patients due to its anti-inflammatory and bone regenerating properties. Various studies published in international scientific journals have also shown that humate can absorb toxic compounds such as carcinogens, poisons and toxic metals and is therefore described as an anti-toxin.

A research team, lead by Prof Medlen (publishes as C.E.J. van Rensburg) from the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria has been involved with mechanistic studies on potassium humate the last few years. They have found that this product stimulates specific lymphocyte functions that are important in dealing with opportunistic infections by increasing the production of an important growth factor called interleukin-2. This response was even more striking in the case o lymphocytes obtained from patients with a decreased immunity.

Results by the same team also indicated that humates inhibit the binding of inflammatory cells to specific "sticky" molecules on the walls of blood vessels in the vicinity of inflammation. Another interesting finding by this team was that humates inhibit the release of certain substances by white blood cells that are responsible for the tissue damage seen at the site of inflammation. In this way humates will therefore protect areas of existing inflammation from suffering more serious damage by stopping inflammatory cells from sticking to the nearby blood vessels and depositing toxic substances in tissues already suffering from the effects of previous attacks by these cells.

Research done by Pretoria University as well as various other research teams have pointed out that humates also possess anti-viral activity. This activity has been demonstrated on the fever blister virus, the influenza virus, hepatitis A, B & C strains, as well as HIV. The mechanism by which humates inhibit these viruses is by preventing the adsorption of the virus to cell surfaces.

In conclusion, humates have been shown to stimulate the specific immune system (important in coping with opportunistic infections), inhibit inflammatory reactions, inactivate the growth of certain viruses and protect against environmental toxins. This combination of beneficial effects in one compound appears to be unique and makes it an ideal compound for the protection of man against diseases associated with viral and other opportunistic infections as well as inflammatory conditions such as auto-immune diseases and allergies.

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Regarding the Antiviral Activity of Humic Substances

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Extracts From: "Medical Aspects and Applications of Humic Substances"
Regarding the Antiviral Activity of Humic Substances

Prof. Dr. Renate Klocking & Dr. rer. nat. Bjorn Helbig

Institute for Antiviral Chemotherapy, Friedrich Schiller University,

MULTIPLE VIRUSES INHIBITED

"Preliminary in-vitro studies with Coxsackie A9 virus, influenza A virus and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) have already shown that (Humic Substances) are effective against both naked and enveloped DNA viruses (Klocking and Sprosig, 1972, 1975; Thiel et al., 1977)."

"Further investigations corroborate the ability of (Humic Acid) to inhibit selectively viruses for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and type 2 (HIV-2), cytomegalovirus (CMV) and vaccinia virus (Schols et al., 1991; Neyts et al., 1992)."

VIRAL FUSION INHIBITION

"With most viruses, the inhibitory effect of (Humic Acid) is directed specifically against an early stage of virus replication, namely virus attachment to cells (Klocking and Sprosig, 1975; Schols et al., 1991; Neyts et al., 1992)." "…it appears likely that the poly-anionic Humic Acids occupy positively charged domains of the viral envelope glycoproteins, which are necessary for virus attachment to the cell surface (Neyts et al., 1992)."

HERPES

"The effect of (Humic Acids) on an early stage of herpes virus replication has been confirmed by the results of animal experiments. The number of lesions in the cornea of HSV-1-infected rabbits was strongly reduced when a solution of the (Humic Acid) was applied into the conjunctival sac of the eye along with or immediately after the infectious agent."

"Current interest is directed to the prophylactic effect of (Humic Acids) on recurrent HSV infection." "It is known that topical application of (Humic Acid) may significantly reduce or even ompletely suppress experimentally induced herpes in the mouse ear (Durre and Shindler, 1992), though the mechanistic basis of this effect remains to be elucidated."HIV" low-molecular weight (Humic Acid) (HS 1500, M.W. = 1500 Daltons), was found to srongly inhibit HIV-1 in vitro (Schneider et al., 1996)."

NON-IRRITATING

"Studies on the mechanism of action revealed virus penetration into host cells as the target of the anti-HIV-1activity. (Humic Acid) has passed a panel of pre-clinical tests including eye irritation according to Draize, as well as pregnancy risk in rats. Neither sensitizing nor irritating effects were detectable in concentrations of up to 10% HA (Wiegleb et al., 1993; Lange et al., 1996a,b).'

CONCLUSION

"Taken together, results so far show that HS are promising candidates for prophylactic rather than therapeutic use in the treatment of viral diseases." Editor's Note: This last conclusion is based only on the limited studies referred to above. These studies show that Humic Acid is first a preventative, because it interferes with a virus' ability to attach to a host cell, penetrate the host cell, and reproduce itself. Scientific studies have demonstrated that if a host cell is penetrated before the introduction of the Humic Acid, the reproductive process is not halted. HOWEVER, after the virus reproduces, the host cell releases the new viruses into the bloodstream. At this point, if Humic Acid is present, it can prevent the new generation(s) of viruses from attaching to additional host cells. This is a therapeutic action that the above research has not specifically verified in procedure, hence the above conclusion. Further, the interaction of Humic Acid regarding the aforementioned viral studies would also be presumed to work for most if not all viral diseases. Other studies are currently on going throughout the world.

Humic Substances: Conclusions & Acknowledgements

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CONCLUSIONS

Humic substances are group of organic compounds formed by the association of high-molecular-mass substances from microbiological, vegetative and animal origin. They are organic macromolecules with multiple properties and high structural complexity. They exist abundantly in soil, natural water and various terrestrial and aquatic environments. The humic substances group can be divided into three components based on their solubility: fulvic acids, humic acids, and humin. Fulvic acids and humic acids represent alkali- soluble humus fragments and humin represents the insoluble residue. As for the structure, it is still not known, although there has been a breakthrough by Havel’s research group using CE and MALDI-TOF MS indicating that HAs should not be considered as high molecular weight compounds Regardless of the still unknown structure of humic substances and the great efforts to elucidate, it is known that their major functional groups include carboxylic, phenolic, carbonyl, hydroxyl, amine, amide and aliphatic moieties, among others. Due to this polyfunctionality, humic substances are one of the most powerful chelating agents among natural organic substances. The zwitterionic character of humic substances allows the interaction of anions with positively charged groups of humics and cations with negative charged groups of these substances. The unique chemical properties of humic substance products enable their application in industry, agriculture, environmental and biomedicine. In HAs there are compounds with potentially important pharmaceutical or medicinal properties and the search for or and investigation of these compounds is of great importance for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This work was supported by Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, MSM 143100007 and MSM
143100011, Czech Republic. E.M. Peña-Méndez would like to thank the Canarian Government
(Spain) for financial support.

Humic Substances Articles are all published in the Journal Of Applied Bio Medicine.

Humic Substances, Part 9: Biomedical Applications

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Humic substances produced on a commercial scale are used in veterinary and human medicine. Several studies of the medicinal properties of humic materials have been reported (Mund-Hoym 1981, Brzozowski et al. 1994). It was found that humic acids administered prophylactically to rats decreased significantly the extension of gastric damage induced by ethanol. TPP administered to rats with experimental gastric and duodenal ulcers significantly accelerated the healing process (Brzozowski et al. 1994)
Pflug and Ziechman (1982) reported that humic acids are able to interact with the bacterium Micrococcus luteus. In this case humic materials protected the organism against cell-wall disruption by the enzyme lysozyme. Thiel et al. (1981), who found that preincubation of cell cultures with ammonium humate avoided infection by the herpes virus, noted the function of humic substances as protectors of the organism.

In the last decade there has been an increasing interest in the employment of humic materials in medicine and biology. The possibility of soil humus extract with amino acid complexes and vitamin B analogues being a candidate as a base of cosmetic and pharmaceutical products has been studied. The main reason for the increasing attention devoted to humic acids can be explain by their antiviral, profibrinolytic, anti-inflammatory and estrogenic activities (Yamada et al. 1998). The potential of humic substances to form chelate complexes with heavy metals (such as cadmium) enable them to be used for the elimination of heavy metals from living organisms (Klöcking 1992). Humic materials in aquatic systems and water sediments have been observed to be closely connected with efficacy of hydrotherapy and balneotherapy (Gadzhieva et al. 1991, Hampl et al.

1994). Antibacterial (Ansorg 1978, Skliar et al. 1998) and antiviral (Klöcking and Sprossig 1972, Thiel et
al. 1977 1981, Schiller et al. 1979, Klicking 1991, Klöcking et al. 2002) properties of humic substances represent new possibilities for their medical application.

Of great interest is that hospital studies show that difficult viral respiratory illnesses common in children are readily resolved with fulvic acid dietary supplementation. Fulvic acid is a humic extract common to rich organic humus soil and also certain ancient plant deposits. Many medical studies show that humic substances, especially fulvic acids, have the power to protect against cancer and related cancer-causing viruses. Studies often show reversal of deadly cancers and tumors using special humic substance therapies (Schneider et al. 1996, van Rensburg et al. 2002, Joone et al. 2003).

On the other hand, humic acid has been shown to be a toxic factor for many mammalian cells, but the specific mechanism of its cytotoxicity remains unclear. Its redox properties make humic acid capable of reducing iron(III) to iron(II) in aqueous conditions over a broad range of pH values (from 4.0 to 9.0) and of reducing and releasing iron from ferritin, but this process is partially inhibited by superoxide scavengers. Subsequently, the iron released from ferritin has been shown to accelerate the humic acid-induced lipid peroxidation. Humic acids have the ability to reduce and release iron from ferritin storage as well as to promote lipid peroxidation. Therefore, HAs coupled with released iron can disturb the redox balance and elicit oxidative stress within a biological system. This may be one of the most important mechanisms for HA-induced cytotoxicity (Ho et al. 2003). Humus represents one of the greatest carbon reservoirs on the Earth. Although industrial applications of humus and humus-derived products were a relatively low scale, usage of coal was more abundant and was the basis of the chemical industry in the second half of the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century. Petroleum was also applied and it is considered as the main raw material for the chemical industry of the 20th century (Ghabbour and Davies 2001).

Now it is time for new applications of humic substances in less traditional arenas, mainly in biomedicine (Laub 1999, Laub 2003a, Laub b, Ghosal, 2003).

Humic Substances, Part 8: Environmental Applications

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ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS

Natural organic colloids (humic and fulvic acids) are important because they form water-soluble complexes
with many metals including radionuclides (Lubal et al. 1998, Lubal et al. 2000, Pacheco and Havel 2001, Ghabbour et al. 2001). These organics may therefore be important as radionuclide transport agents through the environment. It is known that the presence of humic substances in natural waters can influence the uptake of radionuclides by natural solids and thus their migration to surface and ground waters (Bondietti 1982, Samanidou et al. 1991). The main task of humic substances in environmental chemistry is to remove toxic metals, anthropogenic organic chemicals and other pollutants from water. Ion-exchange materials based on calcium humate were found suitable for the removal of such heavy metals as iron, nickel, mercury, cadmium and copper from water and also to remove radioactive elements from water discharges from nuclear power plants. Their selective binding capabilities are also exploited for the destruction of munitions and chemical warfare agents (Ghabbour and Davies 1999). Humus-based filters have been developed for sewage purification, with many applications. The filters are useful to clean chromate smelter wastewater, to remove oil and dyes from wastewaters and aquatic systems (Versraete and Devliegher 1997), to filter urban and industrial wastewaters, to remove pesticides from sewage and to remove phenol from water.

Humus-containing materials have been also utilized for sorbing gases, e.g. the removal of waste gases from an animal-carcass rendering plant. Slightly modified humates can be applied to remove hydrogen sulfide and mercaptans from municipal gas supplies, and sulfur dioxide from stack gases (Green and Manahan 1981).

Different groups of compounds such as herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, nematicides, dioxins and also some pharmaceutical products like estrogenic compounds were determined as possible environmental endocrine disruptors. Thanks to their ability to adsorb organic pollutants from the environment, humic substances were found to be useful to remove those contaminants from water, soil and sewage sludges (Shin et al. 1999, Lofredo et al. 2000). The complex nature of the interaction between HS and xenobiotics and their influence in the environmental quality (water, soil, and atmosphere) has been studied by different authors. The study of the acido-basic and complexation properties of HAs with several inorganic and organic compounds has attracted increased attention due to their influence on many aspects of soil and water quality, and industrial processes. Pacheco et al. (2003) found that some inorganic and/or organic pollutants were strongly complexed (bound) only with some of the HAs components. As a consequence of such interaction quite stable entities of the supramolecular kind were formed.

The interactions between humic materials and microorganisms have been intensively studied for the past 30 years. It was found that fermenting bacteria could reduce humic substances. This fact has significant implications for the autecology of anaerobic bacteria in soils and sediments. The cumulative production of acetate during this process seems to be energetically advantageous for fermenting bacteria (Benz et al. 1998). Utilization of humics as the energy supply for specific bacteria, fungi and higher microorganisms was
studied by many investigators (Bhardwaj and Gaur 1971) but it was noted that they can not exploit humic materials as a food source.

Humic Substances, Part 7: Industrial Applications

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Humus and humus-containing materials have been used in large-scale building, for instance, as additives to control the setting rate of concrete. Humic materials found use also in the preparation of leather. Initially, they were used as a leather dye, later on as an agent for tanning leather and, finally, as an ingredient of a solution to finish leather. The woodworking industry is another field where HS have been applied. They were used to
prepare a “natural indigo” to dye wood veneer. In addition to this use, humic materials appeared to be suitable agents as a component of water-soluble stains for wood furniture. In the ceramic industry, humic substances were employed mainly as additives to enhance the mechanical strength of unprocessed ceramics, to improve the casting properties of ceramics (Waksman 1938), to color clay tiles and among many other uses they were also applied in the preparation of earthenware. Furthermore, humic materials have found application in the production of plastics, especially as dyes for coloring Nylon 6 or PVC plastics, hardeners of polyurethane foams or as plasticizer ingredients for PVC (Majakova and Proskurjakov 1972). Humic materials found numerous applications in the paper industry too. They are included in different manufacturing procedures, for example in the production of electricity conducting paper sheets or in the manufacture of high tensile strength paper, and also in the recycling of paper. Other industrial applications can be mentioned: as an ion exchanger, as a source of synthetic hydrocarbons and fuel oils (Duncan et al. 1981), in food- processing or to enhance the extraction of uranium from its ores (Schmeide et al. 2000). Humic substances have a large capacity to retain transition metals, forming metalorganic complexes, which cause these metals to be more or less available for plants which include then them into the food chain.

Interesting possibilities are the manufacture of humic substances from the waste processing industry. Results showed that the conversion of cellulose into humic acids is clearly underway in the production of recycled liquid packaging board (LPB) bales (Koivula and Hanninen 1999)

Humic Substances, Part 6: Applications Of

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APPLICATIONS OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES

Humus represents one of the greatest carbon reservoirs on Earth. So far, industrial applications of humus and humus-derived products are rare. On the contrary, the usage of coal was more abundant and essentially, it constituted the basis of the chemical industry in the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. Petroleum was also an application and it was regarded as the main raw material for the chemical industry of the 20th century. Nowadays, applications of HS can be divided into four main categories: agriculture, industry, environment and biomedicine.

Agriculture Applications

HS play an important role from the agronomical point of view. They influence significantly the quality and productivity of the soil. In addition to the improvement of the soil’s physical properties and moisture conditions mentioned above, HS also show a high base exchange capacity, which is important for soil fertility (Lotosh 1991, Zhang and He 2004).

Currently, humic materials are used as additives in fertilizers (García et al. 1994, Madejon et al. 2001, Albiach et al. 2001, Kerek et al. 2003, Arancon et al 2004). Different salts of humic substances, such as calcium humate, were used to increase soil fertility (e.g. Buckau et al. 2000). The fertilizing effect of sodium humate on plant leaves has been described. Ammonium humate was also found to have a significant growth-stimulating effect (Lotosh 1991). The characteristics of and applications for humic acids extracted from different compost have also been studied (Ceppi et al. 1999, Madejon et al. 2001, Arancon et al 2004).

The growth-promoting effect of humic substances has been observed by many investigators and humates are often part of different preparations for growth-improvement of plants. Productivity of soil is increased by different ways in the presence of humic materials. The indirect effects of humic substances are very important as they integrate iron to the chelates and make it available to plants. Another role of humic substances lies in the enhancement of the quality of soils when they are very poor in organic matter. Recent research shows that humic acid can be used as farm animal feed thanks to its growth-promoting effect (e.g. Kocabagli et al. 2002).

Humic Substances, Part 5, B: Characterization Of

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CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES: B

The formation of aggregates within solutions of humic acids was studied by capillary electrophoresis for the first time by Fetsch et al. (1998a, 1998b). Humic acids (HAs) aggregation has also been studied in aqueous solution by high performance size exclusion chromatography (Peuravuori and Pihlaja 1997), light scattering
(Manning et al. 2000), vapor pressure osmometry (VPO) (Marinsky et al. 1990), ultrafiltration (Aiken

and Malcom (1987), conductometry and spectrophotometry in combination with factor analysis (Peña-Méndez et al. 2004). HAs consist of a mixture of molecules with much lower molecular weight than proposed before in the literature. HAs components are low molecular weight compounds but they aggregate step by step to give higher molecular weight aggregates and supramolecules of higher molecular weight. Hosse and Wilkinson (2001), using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy observed that the aggregation of HAs is due to the formation of dimers and trimers at low pH.

The characterization of complex mixtures of FAs and HAs is considered to be one of the most important items in HS research nowadays. Thanks to the development of analytical techniques and computer technologies, great efforts have been made to elucidate the molecular structures of FAs and HAs. From the work of Stevenson (1982), Buffle et al. (1977) to more recent models of Shulten (2002, 2003), Kujawinski et al. (2002a, 2002b) and Stenson et al. (2002, 2003), several molecular structures describing the structure of humic acids have been proposed. For a long time, it has been suggested using different analytical techniques that HAs are high molecular weight compounds. However, five years ago, we proved by CE that HAs are low molecular weight compounds. This was announced for the first time at the 9th International Meeting of the IHSS, Adelaide Australia, September 20–25, 1998, IHSS, Atlanta (Havel et al. 2001) and in a subsequent publication. Mass spectra of HAs (Fig. 4) obtained by LDI-TOF MS shows the presence of low molecular weight molecules from low m/z values to higher. The analysis of the mass spectra obtained for different HAs showed that several m/z values are the same for all the HAs, suggesting that some compounds are the same and that they are present in HAs from very different origins and sources. The latest results from mass spectrometry (MS) combined with other analytical techniques have confirmed our previous results. As for fulvic acids, several thousand compounds have been identified, and are considered to be mostly derived from lignin (Kujawinski et al. 2002a, Stenson et al. 2003).

The chemical formulas of individual fulvic acids have been determined (Stenson et al. 2003). In the case of HAs, interesting results have been achieved recently applying Electrospray Ionization (ESI) (Kujawinski et al. 2002a, Brown and Rice 2002, Kujawinski et al. 2002b, Stenson et al. 2002, Stenson et al. 2003) coupled with Fourier Transform ICR mass spectrometry (FT-ICR) and Laser Desorption/Ionization time of flight (LDI-TOF) (Pokorná et al. 1999, Havel et al. 1999, Gajdošová et al. 2000, Gajdošová et al. 2003). Based on the latest experimental results obtained by LDI-TOF MS and also on the base of the isotopic patterns observed for compounds present in HAs (Fig. 4), Pacheco and Havel (2004) have suggested the latest empirical formula for HAs; the results from their model are in a good agreement with those obtained by ESI (Kujawinski et al. 2002a, Brown and Rice 2002, Kujawinski et al. 2002b, Stenson et al. 2002, Stenson et al. 2003).

Humic Substances, Part 5, A: Characterization Of

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CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES: A

As already pointed out, all the humic substances can be divided into components according to their solubility in different media (Fig. 1). Humic acids and FAs represent alkali-soluble humus fragments; HAs are commonly extracted using diluted alkali and precipitated with an acid, and so are separated from the soluble FAs. Humin represents the insoluble residue (Thorn 1996). From a geological point of view, humic substances are chemical intermediates between plants and fossils. The chemical nature of soils, sludge and sediments can subsequently, continually and selectively vary via the conversion and degradation of organic matter (Ziechman 1993). Extinct vegetation represents the main source of organic matter transforming to humic substances in the environment. Humification is a continuous historical process, and soil humus is a dynamic system of both chemically active and passive components (Gonzalez et al. 2003). The amount of
organic carbon in the Earth in the form of humic substances exceeds that which makes up living organisms (Engel and Macko 1993). Humic acids, one of the most important components of HS, help break up clay and compacted soils, assist in transferring micronutrients from soil to plants, enhance water retention, increase seed germination rates, and stimulate the development of microflora populations in soils. Humic acids also slow down water evaporation from soils. This is especially important in soils where clay is present at low concentration or not at all, in arid areas, and in sandy soils without the capability to hold water.

Humic acids provide also sites for microflora to colonize. Bacteria secrete enzymes which act as catalysts, liberating calcium and phosphorous from insoluble calcium phosphate, and iron and phosphorous from insoluble iron phosphate. The chemical structure of HAs is very complicated and depends on their source. The elemental composition of different FAs and HAs shows that the major elements in their composition are C, H, O, N, and S. These major elements are always present regardless their origin and country or continent (Gajdošová et al. 2001,

Tan 2003, Kurková et al. 2004). Moreover, besides elemental composition, group composition is used
to characterize HS as it gives information about the chemistry and structural properties of HS (Purdue 1988, Tan et al. 2000). Fulvic acids contain more functional groups of an acidic nature, particulary–COOH. The total acidities of fulvic acids (900–400mmol/100g) are considerably higher than for humic acids (400–870mmol/100g). Another important difference is that while the oxygen in fulvic acids is largely in known functional groups (–COOH, –OH, –C=O), with a high oxygen content, the acidity and degree of polymerisation all change systematically with increasing molecular weight. The proportion of oxygen in humic acids seems to occur as a structural component of the nucleus.

Humic Substances, Part 4: Where Do They Come From

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WHERE DO HUMIC SUBSTANCES COME FROM?

Although the formation process of HS has been studied hard and for a long time, their formation is still the subject of long-standing and continued research. Some theories have lasted for years; for example, the ‘sugar-amine condensation’ theory, the ‘lignin’ theory or the ‘polyphenol’ theory. A review of such theories can be found in a monograph of Davies and Ghabbour 1999. Nowadays, most investigators suppose that humic substances originated in lignin (Oglesby et al. 1967).

Polyphenols come mostly from lignin during its biodegradation, and probably play a key role in the formation process. Polyphenols are also regarded as the main agents in the formation of humic substances from some plants that do not contain much lignin and/or from non-lignin containing plants. Polyphenols can be considered as humic acid precursors. They themselves possess enough reactive sites to permit further transformations, for example some condensation reactions. The humic substances system is created. by the association of various components present in the humification process, such as amino acids, lignins, pectins or carbohydrates, through intermolecular forces (donor-acceptor, ionic, hydrophilic, and hydrophobic) It is evident that the mechanisms of the formation of humic substances can be slightly different, depending on geographical, climatic, physical and biological circumstances, respectively. These compounds can be formed in several ways, and the role of lignin is important in the majority of these processes (Burdon 2001, Davies et al. 2001). Burdon (2001) proposed that humic organic matter consists mainly of a mixture of plant and microbial constituents plus the same constituents in various stages of decomposition (i.e. plant/microbial
mixtures of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and partially degraded lignins, tannins, melanins, etc.).

Humic Substances, Part 3: History

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HISTORY

The term "humus" originates from the Romans, when it was familiarly used to signify the entire soil. Later the term was used to denominate soil organic matter and compost or for different parts of this organic matter, as well as for complexes created by chemical agent treatments to a wide palette of organic substances. The principal definition of humus, as decomposed organic matter, originates from 1761 (Stevenson 1982).

The first relevant study of the origin and chemical nature of HS was worked out by Sprengel (1839). His comprehensive study on the acidic nature of HAs is thought to be his most important benefit to humus chemistry. Research on the chemical properties of HS was extended by the Swedish researcher Berzelius, whose main contribution was the isolation of two light-yellow- coloured HS from mineral water and slimy mud rich in iron oxides (Berzelius 1839).

Enormous advances have been made during the last decade thanks to modern physicochemical methods. Nevertheless, the structural chemistry of lignin and HS did not advance so fast as the chemistry of animal-originated biopolymers.

Humic Substances, Part 2: Introduction

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INTRODUCTION

Humic substances (HS) are the most widely-spread natural complexing ligands occurring in nature.
The presence of HS in soils have also been detected, even in the Antarctic continent where the
humification process under Antarctic conditions is very specific and different from the other continents (Gajdošová et al. 2001, Pacheco and

Havel 2002, Gajdošová et al. 2003). They make up the bulk of organic matter, because they represent
most of the organic materials of soil, peat, lignites, brown coals, sewage, natural waters and their sediments. Humic substances can be divided into three components: fulvic acids (FAs), humic acids (HAs) and humin. One of the most important parts of HS is HAs. Humic acids and FAs represent alkali-soluble humus fragments, humin represents the insoluble residue. Because of their molecular structure, they provide numerous benefits to crop production. They help break up clay and compacted soils, assist in transferring micronutrients from the soil to the plant, enhance water retention, increase seed germination rates and penetration, and stimulate the development of microflora populations in soils (Senesi et al. 1991).

The remarkable properties of humic acids have attracted the attention of many investigators. The results over the years have brought new knowledge on their structure and physicochemical properties and pointed to the use of these interesting natural compounds in many practical applications. The aim of this article is to review the current state of knowledge and to present current applications in agriculture, industry, the environment, and biomedicine (see, e.g. Ziechmann 1994).

Humic Substances – Compounds Of Still Unknown Structure, Summary

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Humic substances – compounds of still unknown structure: applications in agriculture, industry, environment, and biomedicine

Eladia M. Peña-Méndez1, Josef Havel2, Jiří Patočka3

1. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Chemistry, University of La
Laguna, Spain

2. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

3. Department of Toxicology, Military Medical Academy, Hradec Králové and Department of Radiology,
Faculty of Health and Social Studies, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Received 20th September 2004.

Revised 20th October 2004.

Published online 22nd November 2004.

Summary

Humic substances as part of humus-soil organic matter – are compounds arising from the physical, chemical and microbiological transformation (humification) of biomolecules. They are important because they constitute the most ubiquitous source of non-living organic material that nature knows. Approximately 80% of the total carbon in terrestrial media and 60% of the carbon dissolved in aquatic media are made up of humic substances. Humic substances have important roles in soil fertility, and are considered to have primal relevance for the stabilization of soil aggregates. They can be divided into three components according to their solubility: humic acids, fulvic acids and humin. Humic acids are the most explored group of humic substances. Beyond their relevance for life these substances have industrial applications in the development of
absorbents to be used at the sources of metal-poisoning. Being natural substances, their purification process is cheaper than the synthesis of any other sorbent and, moreover, due to their high operability, they absorb more than the absorbents used to date, such as active charcoals or clays. The specific properties of humic acid products enable their application in industry, agriculture, environmental and biomedicine.

Keywords: humification – humin – humic acids – fulvic acids

Health Value Of Humic Substances, Part 2

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Humic acids isolated from peat exhibited significant efficacy for adhesions when tested on female rats that had standardized lesions placed on both uterine horns and the peritoneum of the anterior abdominal wall. Humic substances, including peat and sodium humates, are known to exhibit anti-inflammatory properties. Inflammatory states of the cervix, especially cervical erosion (generally known as cervicitis) can be treated with humic preparations. Not only does the humate relieve swelling from joint inflammation, it has been shown to bond to the collagen fibers to aid in repair of damaged tendons and bone. Tendon strength has been shown to increase by as much as 75%.

Anti-Viral Properties

Humates are effective media additives for the production of antibiotics in the soil. Humic substances have long been known to exhibit antiviral properties in particular rhinoviruses.

. Viral pathogens for which soil-extract materials have been shown to be effective include in particular Coxsackie virus A9 (34), herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), influenza type A and B as well as other respiratory tract infections.

The mechanism whereby humic substances inhibit the cytopathicity of a number of viruses has been studied in some depth. It is thought that the materials prevent viral replicating by sorbing onto the viral envelope protein and thereby blocking the sorption of viral particles to cell surfaces.

Humic acids have also been employed as veterinary medicine therapy successfully employing peat mull (extracted humic acid) to prevent the transmission of foot and mouth disease in pigs.

. Humate is a pharmacy that raises non-specific organism resistance. This fact was confirmed by using such models as atoxic anemia, toxic hepatitis, peptic ulcer and hypercholesterolemia.

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Liver Effects

The effect of natural humic acid on the regenerative response of liver tissue has been examined in rats submitted to two-thirds hipatectomy. Long term application of humic acid resulted in the stimulation of omithine decarboxylase, an increase in spermidine and histamine as well as DNA and RNA levels, and in overall liver mass. Humic as well as fulvic acids extracted from peat have been shown to stimulate respiration in rat liver mitochondria when present at concentrations of 40-360 micrograms per ml. Humic substances at concentrations of 40-400 micrograms per ml. also increased the efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria in vitro, particularly after contact periods of over 1 hour.

A large part of the humate takes an active part in the liver metabolism. The use of humate plays a role in the liver function and protects it somewhat from disease and/or disturbances.

Detoxifying Properties

Fulvic acid, a component of humate, is a strong chelator. It is unique in its chelating ability. Life sustaining minerals, when chelated by fulvic, are placed in a chemical state (phyto-state) such that they are readily absorbed by the cell or organism. Toxic heavy metals are also chelated but placed in a chemical state that is difficult for cellular absorption. Fulvic acid in the soil acts as a filter for toxic metals. It will grab the toxic metal and immobilize it which prevents it from migrating or chemically reacting. When crops are grown on soils deficient in fulvic acid, toxic metals can be absorbed by the plant and passed into the food chain. Many of our foods present today are grown under conditions of "worn out" soil. As a result, more toxic metals are being ingested. Fulvic acid has the capability of removing these toxic metals from the body.

Odor Reduction

Texas A&M University System researchers have discovered that using humate decreases volatile ammonia in animal waste by 64%, reduces odor, and improves the nitrogen to phosphorus ration in the waste. Scientist are developing ration formulations to enhance manure characteristics while maintaining animal performance as well as devising other approached to maintain feedlot efficiency and manage waste. Observations from field trials on dairy animals indicate a more complete digestion of feed as observed from the manure and urine. Manure from the humate test herd consisted of fine particle, low odor matter while control animals contained lumps of corn and straw and high ammonia odors. Urine from the test herd was clear and odorless while the control herd was amber with odor. A similar effect has been observed on hogs. Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) (rotten egg odor) has also been reduced by the addition of humate to the mix. Wagner Quarries Company has demonstrated reductions in H2S by humate interaction. The mechanism is not fully understood, but results indicate good odor reduction.

Miscellaneous Properties

Chemically (strophantinum) induced heart stoppage in frogs was examined. Frogs that were given humate continuously for 10 days prior to the drug increased the time of heart activity 48.7% in comparison with the control group. Additionally the protective property of the humate was revealed when toxic doses of strychnine (inhibits metabolism in the central nervous system) were administered to test mice. Those mice (70%) given humate 10 days prior to the treatment lived while 100% of the control died.

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Blood Properties

It has been found that humic acid in dose levels of 100-300 milligrams per kilogram body weight has no effect on bleeding time, clotting time, thrombin time, plate count, or induced platelet aggregation (49). Red blood cells and hemoglobin stay on normal levels under the influence of humate in comparison with control groups (15). Literature has indicated that the red blood cells have the capability of carrying higher percentages of oxygen when in the presence of humate.

Human subjects taking humate have reported feelings of euphoria, similar to hyperventilating, during the first few days of taking humate. This euphoria is a result of additional oxygen.

Healing of injuries, as a result of additional oxygen, is much quicker. Cutting horses have ankle inflammations frequently from their rigorous training programs. Healing times for these injuries have been reduced by the usage of humates.

Mineral Transfer

Humates contain both humic and fulvic acids. The fulvic acid is the chelator that carries the minerals. The humic acid acts as dilator increasing the cell wall permeability. This increased permeability allows easier transfer of minerals from the blood to the bone and cells. Testing on cows has indicated an increase of 16% more calcium (48). It has been shown that incubation of cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells with natural or synthetic humic acid results in an enhanced surface expression of tissue factor activity. There are also changes in intracellular divalent calcium levels (1). Literature reports additional transport of iodine from foods into the thyroid glands (2). Just as fulvic acid carries life-sustaining minerals to the body, it also captures and removes toxic metals from the body. Detoxification takes place within first three to four days of usage. Both human and animal have reported looseness of bowels due to detoxification during this period and return to more solid manure after the third to forth day.

Stress Management

Literature has reported that humates block or reduce the production of stress causing hormones. This has been observed in animal behavior, in particular with show calves first entering the arena. Animals on humate are less affected by the outside stimulus of the crowds or confining areas of the arena. This effect has been noted on sheep, horses, cattle and hogs. In dairy operations, those animals not on humate aggressively eat their feed rations while humate animals leisurely graze. Laboratory testing at Penn State physically restrained rats by binding them to artificially create stress and measured hormones known to cause stress. Those rats fed humate showed significantly less amounts of those hormones.

Cell Mutation

Humates within the body work with DNA and cellular division. It has been noted that the humate tends to prevent cellular mutation during reproduction. Several technical papers were noted during literature research for this paper regarding cancer research with humates. Natural humic acid administered prophylacticly to rats can decrease significantly the amount of gastric mucus damage induced with ethanol. Humic acid also significantly accelerated the healing process of experimentally induced ulcers (52).

Microbial Interaction

Humates are known to stimulate microbial activity. In soil testing for microbial activity, levels increased 400 to 5000 times with the introduction of humate (300 ppm) into the soil. Humates added to feed rations stimulate the microbial growth and the extent can be quite large depending upon the species, the culture medium, and the environment (45). Humic substances have been also known to exhibit anti-microbial properties. Species for which natural humic substances have been shown to be inhibitory include C. albican, Ent. Cloacac, Prot. Vulgaris, Ps. Aeruginosa, S. typhimurium, St. aureus, St. epidermidis, and Str pyogenes (12). It seems that within the body, humates stimulate the "good" microbes while suppressing the "bad" microbes. Testing of milk during field trials indicated a large increase of microbes within the milk. This is usually an indication to the dairyman of impending mastitis (tit infection). The opposite actually happened. Mastitis cases within the milking herd dropped from an average of 3 to 4 cases daily to 4 cases in a month (26). Additional conformation of reduction of mastitis was observed in lactating female goats. Three female
goats with severe mastitis were administered doses of humate over a two-week period. At the end of 7 days, swelling of the mammary glands had subsided and the goats were back to normal activity allowing the kids to nurse without discomfort.

Immune System

Humates bolster the immune system. Dr. Daryl See, MD, formerly an Immunologist of UCI Medical School, suggests that the mechanism is related to the humates ability to complex (assemble) sugars within the body. The abundance of these complexed sugars allows the body to manufacture glycoproteins that attach to the killer and T cell acting as a modulator or communication link between the cells. This regulates the immune system cells and prevents either the T or Killer cells from becoming out of balance. Excessive killer cells can attack bone and joints causing arthritis. Conversely, excessive T cells can cause auto-immune diseases.

Along this same line, burn victims and radiation sickness experience immune system responses that attack the bodies dead cells creating unwanted infections. Humates cause the immune system to recognize its own dead cells thereby reducing infection. Baylor Medical School is currently researching humates both topically applied and internally dosed for burn victims to reduce infections. Russian scientists are using the same principle for the treatment of radiation sickness. Sodium humate has been found to increase the lifespan of mongrel rats exposed to lethal doses of cobalt radiation (8).

Cellular Regeneration Attributed to Fulvic Acid Electrolyte

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Living cells are single bipolar mechanisms, meaning they have a positive and negative composition, and work similar to batteries. Cells are made up of a positively charged acidic central core or nucleus, which is surrounded by the negatively charged alkaline cytoplasm. The components are separated by semi-permeable membranes. Each cell is a single structural unit that functions as a member of the total living organism. Once a cell dies, and eventually in the natural scheme of things, comes into contact with the appropriate soil microbes, it will ultimately break down and turn into a humic substance.

Over 50% of hospital patients treated with humic acid for various chronic diseases noticed that they were able to sleep more relaxed.

Bingwen Su, Jiangxi Humic Acid, 3 (1985)

Research has shown that two very important components of humic substances are nucleic acids and amino acids, which are remnants from the nucleus, cytoplasm, and protein building blocks of once-living cells. Nucleic and amino acids are absolutely essential to all living things.

There are potentially thousands of individual nucleic and amino acids in humic substances. These nucleic and amino acids are preserved intact within humic substances, where they are believed to remain stable indefinitely. The nucleic acids consist of negatively charged DNA from the breakdown of the nucleus of cells, and positively charged RNA from the cytoplasm of cells, which also remain stable in humic substances.

Of interest here, are the nucleic acids and amino acids which are major constituents of the fulvic acid fraction of humic substances. Since fulvic acids are of low molecular weight, and water soluble on both sides of the pH scale, they are readily absorbed through semi-permeable membranes, and function actively in association with living cells.

Complexed into the fulvic, nucleic, and amino acid team, are innumerable essential minerals and rare earth elements. Fulvic acid contains literally hundreds of complex minerals which include traces of virtually every element listed in the Periodic Table. Together, all of these components function in unison, as fulvates (salts of fulvic acid), making fulvic acid an extremely powerful Hospital studies show that patients with normally incurable epidemic Hemorrhagic Fever were able to be successfully treated with humic extracts, which stopped bleeding, restored circulation, removed clots, was anti-viral, and significantly bolstered and regulated the immune system.

Yinzhang Cui, Humic Acid, 1 (1991)

Because of its many nutritional components and electrolytic power, fulvic acid has instant cellular revitalizing, replenishing, and nourishing characteristics unlike anything else. Fulvic acid’s electrolytic value also has been shown to increase permeability of bio-membranes, which means that it can sensitize cell membranes for better absorption or assimilation of other things in its presence.

It is essential that the electrical potential of all cells remain balanced and "charged". A high quality electrolyte is essential for proper cellular function. An electrolyte is a substance that dissolves in water or other suitable medium, that will conduct electrical current. An electrolyte is essential to cells because in molecular processes it permits electrons to be set loose, transferring electrical current, by allowing the flow of ions. Fulvic acid is a polyelectrolyte which means "much electric."

The value of an electrolyte can be shown by an experiment that was done by researchers on a giant amoeba, which is a microscopic single cell animal. Under a microscope the electrolytic potential of the amoeba, which is normally 20 millivolts, was depressed to zero. The researchers then noticed astonishing changes as the amoeba become disfunctional, the outer membrane then ruptured in several places, and internal components began to flow out into the surrounding fluid. At that point researchers visually concluded that the form and structure of the amoeba had disintegrated and it was for all purposes dead. Upon increasing the electrolytic charge, the form of the amoeba reconstructed and became active and healthy again. This same test was repeated many times with the same results.

"The cell is immortal. It is merely the fluid in which it floats which degenerates. Renew this fluid at intervals, give the cells what they require for nutrition and, as far as we know, the pulsation of life may go on forever."

--Dr. Alexis Carrel, Nobel Prize in Medicine

Although plant and animal cells have slightly different makeup, leading scientists agree that their metabolic functions, components, and requirements are exactly the same. For instance; in plants there are chlorophyll molecules which are the light receptors responsible for the photosynthesis process. These chlorophyll molecules are very similar in structure to the heme molecule of human red blood cells (hemoglobin).

Extensive hospital eye clinic studies using humic extracts showed 100% success in curing eye diseases caused by virus, bacteria, or fungus, also healing ulcerous wounds, relieving inflammation, and stopping hemorrhaging, without side effects.

Guofan, Tang, Jiangxi Humic Acid, 3 (1984)

The physical health of all organisms, both plant and animal, can be expressed in terms of electrical potential. It is essential that the electrolytic potential of all organisms be maintained at optimum levels, otherwise weakness, degenerative disease, and eventual death will result. Fulvic acid has been proven to be one of nature’s most perfect and powerful organic polyelectrolytes. Because many of fulvic acid’s constituents where once involved in photosynthesis, the fulvic retains that latent energy potential stored inside its solar charged molecular structure, which can balance cell life on the molecular level, providing regulated positive
and negative charges as needed, acting as both a donor or acceptor. Within the complexities of fulvic acids, the individual molecules are similar but not identical. This variation in makeup allows a variety of possible reactions, positive or negative, or in some cases alternating, to assist the balance.

Because of its unique polyelectrolytic properties, fulvic acid can influence the formation or transmutation of new species of metal ions. This means fulvic acid can convert existing minerals into new minerals.

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Why Humic And Fulvic Acid Should Be A Part Of Your Daily Health Routine

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Nearly fifty years of research suggests that a Humic Compound of Humic & Fulvic Acid will be a valuable support for people who are seeking relief from nutritional imbalances, immune system disorders, and viral diseases.

We firmly believe that Humic & Fulvic Acid's greatest contribution to human health will be as a PREVENTATIVE dietary supplement. Every scientific test of Humic & Fulvic Acid has conclusively proven that it is most effective and efficient when it's introduced into the system before a threat appears.

With new strains and mutations of microbes constantly popping up around the globe, our immune systems are being challenged like never before. That is why we suggest the use of a purified, refined, and standardized Humic & Fulvic Acid supplement on a daily basis, as a part of your regular health maintenance routine.

Daily use of Humic & Fulvic Acid will assist the body in manufacturing the glycoproteinsthat balance and regulate the various components of the immune system.

Along with microbial threats, we are witnessing a continuing influx of industrial and agricultural toxic pollutants into our air, our water, and unfortunately, even into our food supply. Humic & Fulvic Acid will act as a gentle and mild daily detoxifier that will inhibit and reverse the build up of these poisons in the body.

Humic & Fulvic Acid will also supply the body with approximately seventy essential organic, plant derived, bio-available trace-minerals that are simply not to be found in our modern diets. Studies have shown that because humic acid minerals are plant derived, they are much more available to our systems than their rock derived counterparts.

Keep in mind that today's soils are mineral depleted. Only a few of the essential minerals are added to the soil today to promote crop growth. The mineral-rich soils of the prehistoric age exist no more. The abundant, and giant life forms supported by these ancient soils exist no more. But their vitality has been concentrated and preserved in deep humic layers for millions of years, and is now available.

Everyone's heard the old adage: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." In matters of modern health, truer words were never spoken. And with medical costs skyrocketing, and insurance premiums rising at the same pace, who wouldn't want to know that all of their vital systems are "Up and Running" at their full potential?

We recommend that you find a purified, refined, and standardized Humic Acid supplement that will give you and your family the daily protection you need in the health- challenged world we are living in.

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Help For Flu Vaccine Shortage

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An old remedy from the soil resurfaces to help those who cannot access flu vaccines. Natural humic acid coats viruses and makes it more difficult for them to attach to healthy cells and multiply. It has shown to reduce viral counts in numerous patients with a variety of viral inflictions including hepatitis and HIV.

(PRWEB) November 5, 2004 -- Viruses are extremely small organisms that can easily get inside cells. They are parasitic in that they enter healthy cells where they reside and feed off these cells. They raise their young within these cells to be spread to other cells inside and outside the body (through sneezing, excretion of
body fluids, sexual transmission, etc.)

Viruses contain a receptor-binding protein that keeps them attached to the healthy cell. This protein encapsulates the virus and makes it resistant to attacks from the immune system. Humic acid is a nutrient from the soil that dilates a healthy cell and causes permeability so it can enter.

When humic acid finds a virus it coats it with a substance that not only prevents the virus from attaching to a healthy cell, but also sends a signal to the immune system alerting it of the invader. This kicks the immune system into action against the virus that has been laid vulnerable by this coating. As explained by Dr. Howard
Peiper in the book, "Live Disease Free" (to be released in December, 2004) special processing by some supplement manufacturers creates a "viral infusion inhibitor" that prevents the virus from reproducing. Therefore, viral counts are reduced and the immune system is more successful in ridding the body of the virus before it can gain a foothold and create an illness.

Humic acid is selective and seems to know which cells are virus laden. It coats only those cells, leaving the healthy cells alone so the immune system will attack only the virus. Studies have shown no negative side effects when using humic acid. The National Institute of Health in 2002 concluded that humic acids exhibit effects both as a preventive and a curative from a broad range of viruses. They also indicated that if taken before introduction of the virus, patients exhibited a strong prophylactic effect. As quoted from Experientia, 1972 28(5) by Klocking and Sprossig, "Medical studies show that difficult respiratory illnesses common in
children are readily resolved with humic acid dietary supplementation." With results like these humic acid would be a worthy addition to a dietary regime during the flu season.

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MINERAL DEFICIENCY SUBJECTS US TO MORE DISEASES, AGING, SICKNESS AND DESTRUCTION OF OUR PHYSICAL WELL-BEING THAN ANY OTHER FACTOR IN PERSONAL HEALTH

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Fulvic Acid and Organic Tissue Growth

In one experiment, patients who required the replacement or transplantation of bone were treated at the University Hospital in Freiburg, Germany using fulvic acid as part of the therapy.
Due to the lack of human donor tissues, animal bone in the form of bovine calcium hydroxyapatite, an inorganic calcium compound, was used. Two problems with such a procedure is that neither animal bones or inorganic calcium are readily absorbed by the human body. However, these problems were circumvented with the use of fulvic acid. When fulvic acid was inserted into the animal bone before replacement, the patients experienced dramatically improved regeneration of the transplanted bones. The fulvic acid was so readily accepted and used by the patients that their bodies became highly osteoconductive. This means that new bone tissue began to form at an accelerated pace, thereby enhancing growth and healing. The inorganic calcium was also absorbed by the body due to the fact that the fulvic acid had transformed it into an organic compound. At the end of the experiment it was noted that, without the introduction of fulvic acid into the bone tissues, healing was not accelerated and regeneration did not take place.

The majority of research and experimentation that has been done on fulvic acid is in relation to plants. Yet human beings have been ingesting fulvic acid complexes regularly for over 60 years in supplemental form, and for thousands of years from natural food and plant sources. Accumulating testimonials continue to show that the beneficial properties related to plant studies and cell hold true in relation to animal and humans as well. Clinical research on animals and humans show that the most prominent diseases and health problems of our day have been dramatically effected in positive ways by supplementation or treatment with fulvic acid and other preparations enhanced or created with fulvic acid.

Scientists theorize that mineral deficiency subjects us to more diseases, aging, sickness and destruction of our physical well-being than any other factor in personal health. A great many known aliments, around 60, are directly linked to mineral deficiency. Organic fulvic acids are created by micro-organisms in the soil, for the purpose of transporting minerals and nutrients from the soil into the plant. From there, complex photosynthesis reactions produce the components of all the various parts of the plant. Muco-polysacharrides (complex carbohydrate sugars) flow throughout the plant for nourishment. Some are returned to the roots. There, the micro-organisms are nourished and produce fulvic acid to complex with minerals and nutrients to restart the cycle again.

Fulvic acid enhances the availability of nutrients and makes them more readily absorbable. It also allows minerals to regenerate and prolong the residence time of essential nutrients. It prepares minerals to react with cells. It allows minerals to inter-act with one another, breaking them down into the simplest ionic forms chelated by the fulvic acid electrolyte.

Scientists working with fulvic acid know that it also is an ultramicroscopic substance that has a most unique messaging relay system that is activated when it comes into contact with living organisms. Just like transfer factor, fulvic acid sensitizes cells, passing on unique information related to immunity. It also has been shown to assist in activating protection and defense mechanisms that are able to be passed on and remain with the organism for life, even with just one contact.

To the science of living cells, fulvic acids are vital in bringing substantial amounts of nutrients and minerals into water solution and delivering their living energies to the living cells. Fulvic acid assists every stage of cellular metabolism and is the most powerful, natural electrolyte known. It restores electrical balance to damaged cells, neutralizes toxins and can eliminate food poisoning within minutes. When it encounters free radicals with unpaired positive or negative electrons, it supplies an equal and opposite charge to neutralize the free radical.

Fulvic acid acts as a refiner and transporter of organic materials and cell nutrients. Whenever minerals come into contact with fulvic acid, in a water medium, they are naturally dissolved into an ionic form. These minerals literally become part of the fulvic acid itself. Once the minerals meld into the fulvic acid complex, they become bioactive, bioavailable, and organic. Thus, when elemental minerals are transformed into an organic state, through a natural chemical process involving fulvic acid and photosynthesis, they are safe to be used by both humans and animals.

Fulvic Acid Nature's Detoxifier

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The Fulvic Acid Phenomenon

Organic fulvic acids are created by micro-organisms in the soil, for the purpose of transporting minerals and nutrients from the soil into a plant. From there, complex photosynthesis reactions produce the components of all the various parts of the plant. Muco-polysacharrides (complex carbohydrate sugars) flow throughout the plant for nourishment. Some is returned to the roots. There, the micro- organisms are nourished and produce Fulvic Acid to complex with minerals and nutrients to restart the cycle again.

In plants, fulvic acid stimulates metabolism, provides respiration, increases metabolism of proteins and activity of multiple enzymes, enhances the permeability of cell membranes, cell division and elongation, aids chlorophyll synthesis, drought tolerance, crop yields, buffers soil pH, assists denitrification by microbes, contributes to electrochemical balance as a donor or an acceptor, decomposes silica to release essential mineral nutrients, detoxifies pollutants such as pesticides and herbicides.
Whenever minerals come into contact with fulvic acid, in a water medium, they are naturally dissolved into an ionic form. These minerals literally become part of the fulvic acid itself. Once the minerals meld into the fulvic acid complex, they become bioactive, bioavailable, and organic. Thus, when elemental minerals are transformed into an organic state, through a natural chemical process involving fulvic acid and photosynthesis, they are safe to be used by both humans and animals.

Fulvic Acid Nature's Detoxifier

Fulvic acid acts as an important protective agent. An important aspect of humic substances is related to their sorptive interaction with environmental chemicals, either before or after they reach concentrations, toxic to living organisms. 33 The toxic herbicide know as Paraquat is rapidly detoxified by humic substances (fulvic acid). 34 Fulvic acids have a special function with respect to the demise of organic compounds applied to soil as pesticides. As the most powerful, natural electrolyte known, fulvic acid restores electrical balance to damaged cells, neutralizes toxins and can eliminate food poisoning within minutes. When it encounters free radicals with unpaired positive or negative electrons, it supplies an equal and opposite charge to neutralize the free radical. fulvic acid acts as a refiner and transporter of organic materials and cell nutrients. According to A. Szalay, 36 fulvic acid has the ability to dramatically detoxify herbicides, pesticides, and other poisons that it interacts with – this includes man radioactive elements. This detoxification process may extend to animals and humans, since we are the end-users of these plants.

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Fulvic Acid, A Hidden Treasure

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Benefits of Fulvic Acid

Some scientists have recently been studying fulvic acid, and have come up some amazing facts. They tell
us that fulvic acid is the finest electrolyte known to man. It assists with human enzyme production, hormone structures, and is necessary for the utilization of vitamins. It has been found to be essential to living cells in carrying on metabolic processes. It maintains the ideal environment for dissolved mineral complexes, elements, and cells to bio-react electrically with one another causing electron transfer, catalytic reactions, and transmutations into new minerals. It is also the most powerful anti-oxidant and free radical scavenger known. It has the unique ability to react with both negatively and positively charged unpaired electrons and render free radicals harmless. It can either alter them into new useable compounds or eliminate them as waste. Fulvic acid can similarly scavenge heavy metals and detoxify pollutants. Fulvic acid helps to correct cell imbalances.

Fulvic acid, a hidden treasure

A water solution can contain much higher mineral concentration when dissolved into fulvic acid than it could otherwise hold. It is most important to realize that fulvic acid is natures own perfect vehicle for transport of minerals to living cells. This is because fulvic acid bonds with minerals and other molecules and transforms them.

Since fulvic acids are formed by decomposition of once living matter, fulvic acid contains hidden treasures
of the past, in the perfect plant form, in nature's own recycling process. Mineral, metal, and trace element
complexes with fulvic acid become an additional bonus to the miracle of fulvic acid. These fulvic complexes are hundreds of times smaller than living cells, and are amazingly absorbable by them. It is most important to know that fulvic acid has the unique ability to enhance, potentiate, and increase absorption of many other compounds such as vitamins, herbs, minerals, tinctures, and foods with which it is combined. Fulvic acid is one of nature’s miracles of unparalleled proportion.

Fulvic Acid Is Lacking In Food Crops

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It seems obvious that most of the plants and food crops of today would also contain adequate amounts or
at least some of the miracle fulvic acid and its related mineral complexes, but few do. As human beings it
would be reasonable to assume that we should be consuming fulvic acid complexes in the plants we eat,
and consequently have fulvic acid in our systems. It is obvious that this is the way nature intended it. But
this is not the case, nor has it been for a long time.

Our soils are sick from poor agricultural practices, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, erosion, and mineral
depletion, as well as sterile conditions that prohibit microbial activity. Because of this our plants are sick, containing very little nutrition, especially minerals. For generations adequate fulvic acid that should have been contained in the plants we eat has been missing from our diets, yet it is essential for our cell metabolism. Scientists have found that nutritionally we need 90 different nutrients in our diets. Over 60 of these are minerals and trace elements. We are simply not getting them today from the plants we eat.

Re-mineralization of soils would be of little benefit without microbes, the fulvic acid they produce, and
return to better farming practices. Re-mineralization of our bodies without the fulvic acid that should be
contained in the plants we eat, has proven just as useless. People are sick with degenerative and deficiency related diseases now more than ever. With fulvic acid supplementation and return to proper diet and farming practices these situations have the potential to be remedied.

Fulvic acid in science and medicine Fulvic acid is still not well known or understood by most of the scientific or medical community. Fulvic acids have not been able to be synthesized by chemists, and are unable to be clearly defined because of their extremely complex nature. This perplexity warrants little opportunity for science or medicine to exploit fulvic acid, or profit from new patents. Historically, traditional medical claims of encouraging health benefits have been simply remarkable. Many of these health assertions have also shown that fulvic acid is disease preventative in nature and may dramatically increase longevity. The health benefits seen to this point demonstrate that fulvic acid potentially poses a substantial threat to the future of pharmaceutical companies, medical doctors, and health professionals. Until recent, fulvic acid has been entirely overlooked or misunderstood.

One Of The Most Important Miracles Of Life Itself: Fulvic Acid

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Fulvic Acid Minerals Information:
Fulvic acid, origin and overview

In The Beginning
In the beginning the Earth was blessed with optimum organic growing conditions. The soil had a wealth of minerals, trace elements, and rich humus soil teaming with microbes. The Earth's minerals had not yet leached and eroded into the seas, and because of that, the soil was exceptionally fertile. The vegetation was very lush and abundant, as is evidenced by ancient remains that we know were formed into coal and Humic Deposits.

But there have been found other most unusual remains that geologists call humic deposits. They also came from that ancient lush vegetation. These humic deposits never did turn into oil or coal. They are quite rare and can be found in various areas of the world. Some of these deposits are exceedingly rich in
a little known substance called fulvic acid.

Fulvic Acid

Fulvic acid has been discovered to be one of the most important miracles of life itself. Fulvic acid is a part of the humic structure in rich composting soil. It is an acid created in extremely small amounts by the action of millions of beneficial microbes, working on decaying plant matter in a soil environment with adequate oxygen. It is of low molecular weight and is biologically very active. Because of its low molecular weight, it has the necessity and ability to readily bond minerals and elements into its molecular structure causing them to dissolve and become mobilized fulvic complexes. Fulvic acid usually carries 70 or more minerals and trace elements as part of its molecular complexes. These are then in ideal natural form to be absorbed by plant roots and interact with living cells. Plants readily absorb high amounts of fulvic acid, and maintain it in their structure. In fact it has been discovered that these fulvic acid complexes are absolutely essential for plants to be healthy, and the same is true of animals and man.

Microbial Action
We know that ancient plant life had ample fulvic acid as is evidenced by the exceedingly rich and unusual deposits that are located in various areas of the world. This fulvic acid in these deposits came from massive amounts of vegetation and its further decomposition by microbes. Fulvic acid is then a naturally occurring organic substance that comes entirely from microbial action on decomposing plants, plants themselves, or ancient deposits of plant origin.

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What Is Fulvic Acid

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WHAT IS FULVIC ACID?

" Fulvic acid is a part of the humic structure in rich composting soil. It is an acid created in extremely small

amounts by the action of millions of beneficial microbes, working on decaying plant matter in a soil

environment with adequate oxygen. It is of low molecular weight and is biologically very active".

"Fulvic acid usually carries 70 or more minerals and trace elements as part of its molecular complexes.

These are then in ideal natural form to be absorbed by plant roots and interact with living cells. Plants

readily absorb high amounts of fulvic acid, and maintain it in their structure".

Our minerals contain fulvic acid

Generally, low-molecular-weight substances are 100% permeable to cell membranes, and high-

molecular-weight substances are not. Fulvic acid, in conjunction with water, is very low-molecular-weight

and thus in its pure form 100% absorbable to living cells. Furthermore, fulvic acid lowers the surface

tension of water allowing the water to penetrate other ORGANIC molecules better, and has been shown

to increase solubility of otherwise insoluble organic materials at least 20 times or 2,000% greater than

water alone. Fulvic acids can 'fix' high-molecular-weight ORGANIC compounds and cause them to

become water soluble. Fulvic acid also has the ability, over time, to chelate inorganic elements, metals

and other inorganic compounds and turn them into organic molecules thus making them soluble, low-

'Genuine' Plant Derived Humic and Fulvic Minerals are a highly purified water extract of 100% ORGANIC

origin, and have been thought to reside on the far acid side of the pH scale. This has changed do to a

propriety and patented organic extraction process which renders the extracts in an alkaline state.

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Elizabeth St.John

The Old People Came Literally To Love The Soil

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There is a road in the hearts of all of us, hidden and seldom traveled,

which leads to an unknown secret place.

The old people came literally to love the soil,

and they sat on or reclined on the ground with a feeling of

being close to a mothering power.

Their teepees were built on the earth,

and their alters were made of earth.

Their soul was soothing, strengthening, cleansing and healing.

That is why the old Indian still sits upon the earth instead of

proping himself up and away from it's life giving forces.

For him to sit, or to lie on the ground is to be able to think more deeply,

and to feel more keenly. He can see more clearly into the mysteries of

life, and come closer in kinship to other lives about him.

Chief Luther Standing Bear

You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers.

So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin.

Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother.

Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth.

If men spit upon the ground, theys spit upon themselves.

Unknown

The earth is our mother, we must take care of her!

Humankind has not woven the web of life.

We are but one thread within it.

Whatever we do to the web we do to ourselves.

All things are bound together.

All things connect.

Chief Seattle, 1854

Magnesium Deficiency and Nervous System Hyper Excitability

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Nervous system hyperexcitability caused by magnesium deficiency can manifest differently in different species, and even in the same species, as a result of strain, gender and age. With this in mind, consider what has been discovered about magnesium deficiency. Concerning the nervous system, magnesium deficiency is known to increase sodium conductance, which results in an overactive nervous system, affecting both the peripheral and central nervous systems. The muscles become hyperexcitable with magnesium insufficiency, allowing them to become much more responsive to noxious stimuli.

Excerpts From The Magnesium Online Library:

Neuromuscular Hyper Excitability due to Mg deficiency results in a nonspecific clinical pattern which associates peripheral and autonomic neuromuscular signs and central or rather psychiatric symptoms. Neuromuscular disturbances include acroparesthesias, muscle fasciculations, cramps, and myalgias occurring more frequently than tetanoid or tetanic attacks, and various autonomic functional complaints such as cardiac palpitations, precordial pain, extrasystolae, Raynaud's syndrome, hepatobiliary dyskinesia, gastrointestinal cramps and spasms, and asthma-like dyspnea.
Psychiatric symptoms consist of anxiety, hyperemotionality, asthenia, headache, insomnia, dizziness, nervous fits, lipothymias, and sensations of a "lump in the throat" and of "blocked breathing".

Psychiatric forms of Mg deficiency have been well identified. Personality disorders are of the neurotic type. For example the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) finds a direct correlation between the "neurotic triad" (hypochondria, depression, and hysteria) and the EMG marks of NHE due to Mg deficiency.
Although a neurosis pattern due to Mg deficiency is frequently observed and simply cured through oral physiological supplementation, neuroses are preeminently conditioning factors for stress. Neuroses may therefore very frequently produce secondary Mg depletion. They require their own specific antineurotic treatment and not mere oral Mg physiological supplementation, but both genuine forms of neurosis due to primary neural Mg deficiency and Mg depletion secondary to a neurosis may exist. These two conditions may be concomitant and reinforce each other. In these stressful patients it may be difficult to establish the primacy of one or the other. In practice, physiological oral Mg supplements may be added to psychiatric treatments, at least at the start.

To Remember, And To Be Remembered As The Boomers, Pioneers Of New Thought!

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The boomer years run from 1946 through 1964, so the youngest members are now in their 40s. We boomers grew up at a time of dramatic social change. In the United States, that social change marked our generation with a strong cultural cleavage, between the proponents of social change and the more conservative view.

In 1993, Time magazine reported on the religious affiliations of baby boomers, stating that about 42% of baby boomers were dropouts from formal religion, a third had never strayed from church, and one-fourth of boomers were returning to religious practice. The boomers returning to religion were "usually less tied to tradition and less dependable as church members than the loyalists. They are also more liberal, which deepens rifts over issues like abortion and homosexuality."

So, is it any wonder that we are the pioneers of the anti-aging movement, leaning back on good old fashioned common sense nutritional logic, whole foods, NO GMO or Franken Foods, and insisting on scientific breakthroughs to sustain our quality of life through out our lives. In other words, we don't just buy the ticket and swallow the pharmaceutical, we want alternatives, right?

A recent article stated that because of the grand chasm of social and environmental change we've endured, boomers experience the greatest problems with memory loss to date. But, no one seems to want to mention that our generation has been on leading the edge of the nutritional void. The impact of processed foods of commerce, and land usage without regard or respect in terms of managing the mineral content in our top soil, this has left us all in a spiraling health crisis that is just beginning to surface. And no pharmaceutical can take the place of the nutrients we've lost on the North American Continent.

Yes, you are what you eat, your body and all of it’s myriad functions require minerals. And it requires them all at once, not isolated in tablets mixed with fillers that our body can not metabolize. For centuries our bodies ingested mineral rich foods that contained it all, all at once. In combination, our bodies absorbed and metabolized these bountiful gifts of our Mother the Earth.

The damage is done, but if we can put a man on the moon, land a rover on Mars and build a nuclear bomb surely we can learn common sense, respect and responsibility towards our own lovely planet; if just to save our own lives and our children’s, children’s lives to come. After all, I believe that we would like to remember, and to be remembered as the boomers, pioneers of 'New Thought'!

Native Minerals, Red Rock Minerals offers a solution to our immediate need for ingestible bio available minerals, derived from prehistoric plant life in alkaline water, containing no additives or preservatives. Take responsibility for your health and protect your memory, so that your voice, along with others who are becoming aware, can begin to do something to restore harmony in our lives. But, first things first, love your life; take care of your own body now. You would do it for your car, right?

"Nations endure only as long as their topsoil!"

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Food for thought; "Nations endure only as long as their topsoil." The message that this statement should relay is; "Nations endure only as long as their top soils are nutritional mineral rich!"

The 1992 Earth Summit statistics indicate that the mineral content of the world's farm and range soil has decreased dramatically. In June of 1992, an Earth Summit Report was issued in RIO that documented the decline in numbers of various rare and endangered species, enlarging holes in the ozone layer, disappearance of tropical rain forests and indigenous peoples - yet the most important and immediate crisis factor the human race was glossed over and relegated to the rear pages of the voluminous report - the decline of nutritional minerals in farm and range soils by continent over the last hundred years. The results of the Earth Summit report on the decline of mineral values in our farm and range soils show that North America (United States, Canada and Mexico) is far more affected than all other continents.

Percentage of Mineral Depletion From Soil During The Past 100 Years, by Continent:

North America - 85%

South America - 76%

Asia - 76%

Africa - 74%

Europe - 72%

Australia - 55%

We wonder about those great civilizations past who seemed to simply vanish off the earth one day. Could farm land mineral depletion of soils have played a role? Food for thought!

Red Rock Minerals

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Red Rock Minerals are a creation of Mother Earth, and are a Naturally Energized Humic and Fulvic Mineral water complex, which offers a rich source of Organic Humic and Fulvic Acids, Ionic Plant Derived Minerals and Amino Acids from ancient prehistoric plant matter.
These nutrients are pH friendly for perfect cellular bio-availability and health.
In the East Fulvic Acid has been called the "Miracle Molecule" for its healing properties, Cellular Rejuvenation and restoring lost Youthfulness and Energy.
Contains no fillers or preservatives.
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Elizabeth St.John Ramirez
Tene/Tepehuan/French.

Core Vitality Restored!

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In 2004, after suffering the long and painful degeneration of both my hips, due to displacia, I underwent double hip replacement surgeries. (One at the beginning and the other in the middle of the year.) The surgeries were wonderfully successful, finally I was out of physical pain! But recovering from the stress of them breaking down, under less than perfect circumstances, was another hurdle altogether.

Life in the disabled zone took it's toll, my hair was falling out like the falling leaves and my system was exhausted from years of stress. And adding to the stress was the fact that I had gained weight, due to my immobility; I gained nearly a hundred pounds. And although I was working with an Ayurvedic Practitioner to manage it, what I needed was nothing short of a miracle to regain my health and vitality.

In the summer of 2009 I found it, my miracle! I was introduced to a product with minerals from prehistoric plant life, I called it Red Rock Minerals. In Sept. of 2009 I began a 60 day
detoxification regime. I drank only the best water I could find, ate brown rice and vegitables with small amounts of fish or fowl, and I took two oz. of Red Rock Minerals three times a day. In the first month what occurred was a detox from sugar and complex carbohydrates, on a deep cellular level. In this month I rested a lot, as my body was releasing stress and toxins.

But in the second month I began to feel it, my core vitality began to wake up! My hair started to regain it's luster and body, and I was loosing less of it. And by about the fifty eighth day of the regimen I was taking two walks a day on the beach across the street from me! I could finally begin to see my way back to health at last!

At just over a year of taking the maintainance, one ounce of Red Rock Minerals a day, for the new year I began the 60 day cleanse again. This time there's not the heavy detox from sugar, don't want to go through that again, (so I stay away from processed foods, complex carbs and refined sugar). I've lost 35 lbs. and my goal is to be thinner than before, 130 - 135.

I'm enjoying feeling great, there is nothing like the natural feeling of core vitality, without the use of caffeine or other stimulants. And to top it off, my hair is looking great, full of body, fullness and the natural color looks good too.Having your health is everything, and with our toxic land mine of food choices, and the fact that even the good ones are not as good as they used to be, (because they're missing their mineral content due to environmental depletion and toxicity), adding the pure, high quality nutritional support of Red Rock Minerals just makes good sense; don't you agree?

Feel & Think Right, With Mineral Balance

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At the cellular level minerals are involved in every possible life process. Yes, that means that for every heart beat, for every thought, for every feeling to take place there needs to be the right mineral balance present at the site of each process.

But because they are not present, meaning you are not getting enough of them in your food, we are all experiencing imbalanced health issues. When foods are grown using NPK fertilizer, the plants grow fast and reach the appearance of healthy produce, but they are hollow. They look good in shape, but their mineral content is less than half of what it was just 60 years ago.

Consider this: road rage is an expression of a magnesium deficiency, PMS is related to iodine, aggression to copper/zinc imbalance, and chromium to weight management. And these are just a few statistics.

Feel better, live better and enjoy your life more with the support of Mother Earth's own tonic; Humic Fulvic Minerals derived from ancient plant life sources. Through this miraculous gift of life in her purest expression, ancient plant life, Red Rock Minerals along with meditation and a simple whole food diet, combined with the best water you can find, you will be able to restore and maintain optumum health and vitality.

Yes, it's a life style change, but core vitality is so worth it. It's so much more valuable than a junk food addiction 'really'. It's a personal choice and it may not be a cake walk, or a cake fest, but a life with core vitality is worth everything really. Curb your dependency on caffeine products. A ninety day trial of Red Rock Native Minerals is recommended. Give yourself this commitment and you will realize the difference for yourself.