More notes about AFA wild edible Microalgae: The Importance of Balance of Minerals

AFA offers a complete amino acid profile, including all the essential amino acids. Blue green algae is the only plant on the planet to offer all essential amino acids; and AFA is the ONLY blue green algae that offers the essential amino acids in a near-perfect balance to the ideal human profile, as determined by the Food & Nutrition Council.
 
 
Minerals and trace elements are absolutely essential to life. They conduct and generate billions of tiny electrical impulses that tell the heart to pump, instruct muscles to move, signal the brain to communicate and aid cells in nutrient absorption, repair and rejuvenation. Without minerals, amino acids and enzymes don’t function properly, so vitamins and other nutrients aren’t broken down or absorbed.
 
According to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), deficiencies of minerals in adults are reaching an all-time high. This is due in part to our overly processed diet. This problem is compounded by an agricultural system that has boosted crop yield at the cost of important micronutrients complexes in our soil. This results in foods with lower nutrient values than we had a half century ago.
NHANES data states that 40 percent of Americans are not getting adequate levels of important minerals. There is a pretty strong correlation that these insufficiencies or all-out deficiencies are tied to rising rates of health issues ranging from cardiovascular disease to cancer and thyroid problems.
 
What is most important to realize is that mineral deficiencies are the root causes of many of our current health challenges.
 
Basically, minerals are required to process everything we eat, drink and breathe. According to Darrin Starkey, N.D., “People don’t understand that we lose between two and five cups of moisture a day just by breathing. So there is a steady pull on our mineral balance if we aren’t replenishing what we lose. Our bodies will rob the minerals from body tissues and bone to maintain appropriate levels,” he explained. “So just by living, if you are not replenishing that balance daily you may find yourself deficient.”
 
As a single example of how deadly this is, the prevailing thought is that about 75 percent of adults are deficient in magnesium—which regulates heart health, blood health and muscle function.
 
More focus on the importance of balance in minerals is needed, according to nutritionists. One single mineral won’t make you healthy. The answer for minerals may be in getting back to the basics of nutrition. Even when consumers are eating a raw food or organic diet, it more than likely is not being grown in nutrient-rich soil. Even ‘good’ water has been stripped of minerals unless it is spring water. We need to recognize that most of our mineral sources have been stripped away from our diets.
 
 
MINERALS AND AFA ALGAE
 
AFA algae is one of the most mineral-rich and mineral-diverse lifeforms on our planet. You get every micromineral your body needs, naturally chelated and ready to use. Minerals are one of the most important nutrients our Body and Mind products give your health!
 
 
Bottom line: the most bioavailable form of minerals are found in plants (and algae). They are uptaken by plants as inorganic material from the soil or water, then are turned into organic, plant-bound minerals. As the plant grows, other co-factors, such as enzymes and phytonutrients, are created.

Minerals and Form
Minerals exist in both organic and inorganic forms. Only the organic form offers health activity in the body. Minerals in their inorganic—i.e., in rock form—will not be absorbed by the body and may cause stomach upset when taken. Bioavailability of minerals has long been an issue in using mineral supplements.
Best is to review the content of the algae: https://office.newearth.com/Resources/product/Edible-Microalgae.pdf 
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