I have seen arguments both for and against the regarding the claim of a lack of minerals in modern crops. I guess I agree with those that feel that there is a serious lack of trace minerals in modern food crops. That is one of the reasons I use bentonite, powdered kelp and blackstrap molasses for trace mineral supplementation. One other product I like is humic acid for growing plants to increase their trace mineral content. You can get humic acid cheap on eBay. Here are some interesting links courtesy of a previous Brooks Bradley's post:
The Miracle of Remineralization http://doctorapsley.com/Remineralization.aspx Remineralize the Earth http://www.remineralize.org/site/images/rte_wirec.pdf - Steve N -----Original Message----- From: Bob Banever [mailto:bbane...@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 7:16 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CS>H202 - again Ode, Here is a study showing that organically grown foods do indeed contain more nutrients, including trace minerals, than non organic foods. Most studies done have been flawed and carried out by huge agribusiness concerns. http://www.grinningplanet.com/2005/12-27/health-benefits-of-organic-food -article.htm I know personally that when I grow my own veggies they taste better and look better than non organic varieties from the grocery. Although this is subjective my taste buds and my eyes don't lie. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ode Coyote" <odecoy...@windstream.net> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 3:43 AM Subject: Re: CS>H202 - again > > > Unlike in the old days of total ignorance where farmers burned out soil > so bad it wouldn't even grow weeds and they had to move West, Modern > farmers pay a great deal of attention to supplementing soils with minerals > that were never even present in that soil. > There is no evidence that modern foods have fewer minerals in them than > old foods, if anything, the *variety* of minerals would have increased as > no two natural soil samples are the same even taken a hundred feet apart. > Nutrition today is vastly better than it was 100 years ago. > And given that the old pesticides used were mercury and arsenic based, > even the nasty nerve gas based pesticides, as a bad as they are, are > better. > > Mineral soils that leach are MADE of minerals and plants use enzymes and > produce acids to extract them. > On the other hand, it takes water to be the solvent and that water has to > stay around for a while to build up mineral concentration extracted from > the finely ground up stone, plus various other microorganisms and fungi > also extract minerals from the rock particles and lots of organic matter > will help keep the water around and support those other contributors. > On the other other hand, you can't extract what isn't there, so > supplementation is a good idea in either case. > > Nothing against organic farming, it's just that the old days of ignorance > [not counting the very few enlightened exceptions] wasn't anything like > todays organic farming and wasn't even as good as modern Agribiz which no > longer has to rely on slash and burn, then move, to get something to grow. > > Recall that the "Dust Bowl" was 80 years ago? > Those farmers came FROM the East BECAUSE the East was burned up and > nothing left to slash. > ..haven't made one since. > > And Eastern forest land has increased by around 90%. It probably took 40 > years just for a short needle scrub pine to grow on all those old terraced > fields around here...and now, you have to weed out oaks to even grow a > pine. > > Farming methods can use some improvement, but that doesn't mean that > modern Agribiz wasn't an improvement over yesteryear...which was far > worse... and very few people lived past 60 only 80 years ago, in large > part due to dismal nutrition. > People are also taller now. > > Ode > > At 06:51 AM 4/18/2010 -0700, you wrote: >>Dorothy, >> >> 70 - 100 years ago we did get our minerals from food. The problem >> is farmland has been overfarmed and farmed incorrectly which leached and >> destroyed much of the mineral content of the topsoil. As a result our >> food is devoid of many trace minerals. If you have a garden or farm, a >> supplement like Azomite would be great to add to the soil as fertilizer. >> Your veggies would be brimming with minerals formed 40 million years ago >> when these substances were in abundance. Since factory farms don't use >> organic methods you will get only a few select minerals that might help >> grow the plants but do little for your varied needs. >> >>Bob >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Fitzpatrick" <d...@deetroy.org> >>To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> >>Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 5:55 AM >>Subject: Re: CS>H202 - again >> >> >>Concentrace ionic minerals are supposed to be good, but I personally think >>you would get most minerals from food. After all, we would naturally >>drink rainwater if we didn't live near a stream--or we didn't have a water >>recycling system. dee >> >>On 18 Apr 2010, at 00:42, Leslie wrote: >> >>>OK. What should I do to add some minerals. You mentioned some filter and >>>adding Clay? Would appreciate some suggestions and simple directions for >>>me and reasonable px. Thanks. >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Banever" <bbane...@earthlink.net> >>>To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> >>>Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 5:37 PM >>>Subject: Re: CS>H202 - again >>> >> >> >>-- >>The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. >> Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org >> >>Unsubscribe: >> <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=subscribe> >>Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html >> >>Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> >>List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com> >> >> > >
