What Are Minerals?

Plant foods are synthesized from the minerals in the earth. When we eat these foods we re-absorb them into the body.

It is therefore important that the soils that grow our food are rich and abundant in the elements we need to support our overall health and vitality.

Mineralization offers a stability and grounding quality that feeds our bodies all the essential ingredients to a healthy long life.

They are important pieces to the "superhealth puzzle", providing a web that bonds the physical structure of the cells and the energetic communication between them.

The body requires both minerals and trace minerals to function at optimal levels. A majority of our nutrient intake comes from the major bulk minerals.

These essential nutrients are contained in the water of all raw fruits and vegetables. Eating a raw food diet ensures that you are getting your supply of minerals because they are not being cooked out of your food.

Top Food Minerals Guide

1) Calcium

Helps to build bones, regulates muscle contractions, aids in absorption of Vit B12, activates lipase enzyme which splits fat molecules, and maintains nerve structure.

Sources: almonds, algaes, broccoli, beans, bee pollen, brazil nuts, carob, chlorella, dandelion greens, goji, hemp seed, figs, kefir, hazelnuts, green leafy vegetables, miso, marine phytoplankton, sesame seeds, spirulina, sunflower sprouts, and seaweed.

2) Phosphorus

A necessary component to regulate energy metabolism for vital organs. It is nerve building, strengthening and promotes mental clarity.

It stimulates bone and hair growth and is an ingredient that makes up DNA and RNA. It is usually found in excess in Western diets. Excess of phosphorus can decrease calcium levels.

Sources: beans, blue green algae, broccoli, chlorella, clover sprouts, dulse, garlic, goji, green leafy vegetables, nori, nuts and seeds, and whole grains.

3) Magnesium

Helps with muscle spasms, relaxes nerves, and is important for bone development. Helps aid enzymes in energy production.

Sources: alfalfa, apricots, avocados, beans, bee pollen, blue green algae, marine phytoplankton, spirulina, blue green algae, cacao beans, dock, fenugreek, figs, green leafy vegetables, hemp seed, mushrooms, nettles, nuts and seeds, raspberry leaf, red clover, rye sprouts, seaweed, squash, sunflower greens, sweet potatoes, wheatgrass.

4) Chromium

Helps to stabilize blood sugar levels by aiding the production of insulin in the body. Helps to metabolize proteins, fats, and glucose.

Sources: apples, beans, horsetail, licorice root, mushrooms, marine phytoplankton, mung bean sprouts, nettles, nuts and seeds, oatstraw, red clover, rye sprouts.

5) Copper

Helps in the production of energy and hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in the blood. Important for bone formation, elastin and collagen.

Sources: almonds, beans, blue green algae, cacao beans, goji, green leafy vegetables, hazelnuts, mushrooms, marine phytoplankton, seaweeds, shiitake mushrooms, fenugreek sprouts, sunflower sprouts,wheatgrass.

6) Fluoride

Strengthens the bones and hardens the teeth. Builds immunity to infections. In concentrated amounts, fluoride is toxic to the body and should never be consumed in supplement form.

Sources: blue green algae, garlic, green leafy vegetables, lemons, limes, radish sprouts, rye sprouts, seaweeds.

7) Iodine

Helps to regulate and balance thyroid functions. Assist in utilizing calcium and silicon. Prevents goiter. 

Sources: Seaweeds: dulse, nori, kelp. blue green algae, bee pollen, green leafy vegetables, nascent iodine, onions, sesame seeds, sea salt, watercress.

8) Iron

An essential part of hemoglobin and the transporting of oxygen to the cells of the body. Builds strength and energy.

Sources: algaes, blue green algae, dandelion root, chlorella, cacao beans, burdock, dark fruits, dulse, green leafy vegetables, goji berries, marine phytoplankton, miso, seaweed, super sprouts, sesame seeds, spinach.

9) Manganese

Is needed for healthy tissues, skin, bone, and cartilage formation. Helps with brain, nervous system, immune and blood sugar functions.

Sources: alfalfa, bee pollen, cacao, chickweed, coconut water, dandelion, dock, green leafy vegetables, garbanzo bean, miso, nettles, nuts and seeds, rasberry leaf, seaweed.

10) Molybdenum

Needed in small amounts for the synthesis of nitrogen. Provides for a healthy cell structure and sex drive.

Sources: beans and sprouted beans, green cabbage, green leafy vegetables, spinach.

11) Selenium

Promotes cell formation and growth. Protects the immune system against free radicals and prevents the oxidation of fats.

Sources: alfalfa leaf, brazil nuts, burdock root, cabbage, chickweed, fennel, fenugreek sprouts, goji, ginseng, raw honey, horsetail, green leafy vegetables, oatstraw, marine phytoplankton, raspberry leaf, seaweeds, super sprouts.

12) Zinc

A necessary mineral for cell regeneration, tissue growth and repair. Helps in energy metabolism and provides for the production of sex hormones and immune system strength. Protects the prostate.

Sources: alfalfa leaf, beans, bee pollen, burdock, cacao, kelp, goji, green leafy vegetables, marine phytoplankton, milk thistle seeds, mushrooms, nettles, onions, nuts and seeds, rye, sarsaparilla, spirulina, all super sprouts.

13) Potassium

Helps to maintain blood pressure and regulates cellular fluids and nutrient equilibrium. Good for muscle contractions and tissue elasticity.

Sources: avocados, beans, cabbage, dulse, figs, green leafy vegetables, horsetail, nettles, red clover, sprouts and sprout juicing, red peppers, spinach.

14) Sodium

Helps regulate movement of fluids in and out of body cells. It purifies the blood, transmits nerve impulses, regulates blood pressure and relaxes the muscles.

Sources: celery, dark greens, garbanzo beans, algaes, olives, seaweed, wheatgrass.

15) Silicon

Increases collagen production, which causes an increase in bone flexibility and calcium needed to maintain strong bones, ligaments and healthy joints.

Sources: alfalfa sprouts, burdock, cauliflower, celery, cucumbers, hemp seeds, horsetail, kelp, green leafy vegetables, leeks, wild rice, wheatgrass.

16) Sulfur

Important for a healthy hair, skin and nails. It also helps maintain oxygen balance for proper brain function. It rids the body of parasites and improves skin elasticity and tissue regeneration.

Sources: beans, blue-green algae, broccoli sprouts, cabbage, garlic, durian, green leafy vegetables, hemp seeds, nuts, onion, spirulina, MSM, whole grains.

How To Get Your Minerals

Juicing is the quick, sure fire way to get immediate, easy to absorb, mineral nutrition into the body. Most food sources in our guide, if you've noticed, all have several things in common:

• green leafy vegetables
• seaweeds
• nutritive herbs
• fresh sprouts
• ALGAES:spirulinamarine phytoplanktonchlorellablue green algae

These are the foods we would start with for severe mineral depletion. This includes a program of juicing twice or three times a day and consuming ample amount of seaweeds, algaes, herbal teas, sprouts and dark leafy greens in your daily diet.

Kelp

Another one of my favorite ways that will immediately remineralize the body is by adding, the seaweed, kelp to your diet.

I add about 1-2 teaspoons of kelp granules to my raw soups or make a nourishing seaweed soup with miso and shiitake for an extra mineral boost when I need it.

A Word About Soil Depletion

Over time, nutrients get lost by unhealthy farming practices that cause soil erosion and mineral deficient crops. It is important that you know the sources of your food. Either by growing them yourself or buying local organic produce.

We recommend growing your own green super sprouts, harvesting seaweeds and supplementing your diet with wild herbs and teas. Together with soil depletion and environmental changes that can stress our immune system, it is best to go for the most nutrient dense superfoods you can find!!

The supplement Vitamineral Green is a great way to get all the essentials, blended into a powerful, supercharged green powder. The perfect super supplement for anyone with severe deficiency.

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