Trace Elements

[YT2095]

I`m sure one or 2 of us here have read the label on a bottle of Multi-Vitamins with Minerals.

 

now all the vitamins I can understand and also some of the minerals, Calcium, Zinc etc,,,

 

I`de like to know why Copper and Manganesse and Molybdenum are important?

 

the reason I ask is because Copper for instance is actualy Poisonous and certainly a Zinc antagonist! (and Males need alot of Zinc).

also, could minute traces of other elements such as Lead or Mercury be benneficial in any way?

 

please have a good think before answering as I`m smart enough to already know that those 2 are "heavy metals" and poisonous. but Gold is also, and it`s non toxic and of bennefit as is Silver!

 

Cheerz

[wolfson]

YT look at

 

http://www.noni-juice-distributor.us/nutrition-chart.htm

 

has all about the elements and what they do/help

[YT2095]

hey nice one you! yer a diamond! that`s about 90% of the stuff answered in one post! cheerz

 

now to figure out why the other stuff isn`t equaly as valid!? I ask as a simple observarion, simply that I`ve probably got enought Lead and Mercury in me (amongst other "bad" elements) to proablably scare a chemist, and yet I`ve got an immune system that`s through the roof!

I wondered if my exposure to these things almost daily has anything to do with it (I get covered in chems, often forget to wash my hands and bite my nails enough to actualy taste the chems and I use that as a reminder to wash my hands) bad Lab practice I know. LOL

[Skye]

Trace elements are used by proteins when they catalyse a reaction, or transport other inorganic molecules through the body. They are only needed in small amounts because they are used by specific proteins over and over. Because the action they perform has to be performed in conjuction with a protein, taking lots of them doesn't really help. The actual amount you need depends on how much is used and how easily it's lost from your body.

 

This page is ok, doesn't really show how they work though:

 

http://www.zestrsa.co.za/vitamin-info.htm

[YT2095]

Thank You also

 

I was equaly curious about a particular medicine I take called Aludrox, it`s an antacid a bit like rennie or tums (the chalky mint things), the active ingredient in this medicine is Aluminium Hydroxide, natualy it will do it`s job very well as it has 3 hydroxide groups to 1 metal ion Al(OH)3.

it Does say on the bottle that it will reduce blood Phosphates?

now the mechanism of HOW isn`t important, I`de like to know what Blood Phosphates do, and what is the illness called when someone has raised blood Phosphates, as this medicine can be used to treat that also.

as far as I know (chemicaly) most Phosphorous compounds are poisonous to us, but we DO use it in the cell Mitachondria as ATP and ADP for energy purposes and that`s about the extent of my data on it, can anyone build on that with regards to my question(s) at all?

[Skye]

Hyperphosphatemia google search

 

[Edit: By the way it seems it mostly causes calcium to be deposited on arterial walls and leads to heart disease]

[YT2095]

ewww, bad news then huh!

 

cheerz, I`ll feel much better taking it now and not have to load up on coke cola to replace the Phosphorous I may have lost anymore, Just Kiddin )

[aman]

With all the chemicals in crap we eat, I don't know how anybody can be deficient of anything.

Just aman

[YT2095]

well there are antagonists in the chem crap we eat in certain foods, and those CAN and DO lower other needed minerals that we need to survive, but not to be Too harsh on the modern world, there was a case in a farming villiage in Germany in the 70`s I beleive, where alot (disporoprtionate) amounts of the males went down with Prostate cancers and disorders, they all ate fresh home grown farm produce etc,,,

a subsequent mineral analysis showed that Zinc was missing in the produce and soil, with correct seeding of the soil and suplements, the population returned to normal afterwards and the mortality statistics were the same as the ancestors of that area population from many years prior