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Vitamins and Minerals are essential to life. Both act as co-enzymes and enable
the body to quickly and accurately perform its activities. Vitamins and minerals contribute to good
health by regulating our body metabolism and assisting in biochemical processes that releases energy
from food. They are considered micro-nutrients because the body needs them in relatively small
amounts compared to macro-nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and water.
Enzymes are essential compounds that are the foundation of human bodily functions. They are the
catalysts in the chemical reactions that are continually taking place within the body. Vitamins and
minerals work with these enzymes as coenzymes, thereby assisting in and directing all the activities
that occur in the body to happen quickly and accurately.
Vitamins
Vitamins are organic micro-nutrients that act like spark plugs in the body, keeping it
"tuned up" and functioning at high performance. But you can't live on vitamins. They're not
pep pills or substitutes for food. They are not the components of body structure. They stimulate,
but do not act as, nutritional fuel. As catalysts, they work on the cellular level, often as co-enzymes,
regulating body metabolic processes through enzyme activity, to convert proteins and carbohydrates to
tissue and energy. Notwithstanding their minute size and amount in the body, vitamins are absolutely
necessary for our "growth, vitality, and healthy aging." Even small deficiencies can
endanger the whole body. Unfortunately, it takes weeks or months for signs of some deficiencies to
appear as the body uses up its supply, even then a problem is often hard to pinpoint, because the
cells usually continue to function at less efficiency until they receive proper nourishment or suffer
irreversible damage.
Vitamins are divided into two major groups: water soluble and fat soluble. Water soluble
vitamins are needed by our bodies on a daily, almost continual basis because the body cannot store them
for any appreciable time and excesses are excreted. This group includes Vitamin C and B
Complex vitamins (excepting B12, which can be stored in the liver, kidneys, heart, and bone marrow).
The oil soluble vitamins are different. They can be stored in the liver & fatty tissues of the body for
varying periods of time and are not needed on a daily basis as long as the proper amounts are present
in the diet on a somewhat fairly regular basis. This group would include vitamins A, D, E, and K.
Vitamins are organic substances (a substance that contains carbon) normally found in most foods.
While raw fruits and vegetables are the best sources of many vitamins, smaller amounts of vitamins can
be found in cooked and processed foods. However, some vitamins are nearly totally destroyed in processing
and cooking.
Minerals
Minerals and trace minerals are the building blocks of all life. They are the most basic of
nutrients, the bonding agents between your body and food. Minerals work with the body's enzymes to
convert the food we eat into a usable energy source for all metabolic functions. They are especially
necessary for athletes and active people, because you must have minerals for all strenuous activity.
All the minerals together, comprise only about 4% of the body weight, but they are responsible for
major areas of human health. Minerals keep the body pH balanced - not alkaline, not acid.
They are essential to bone formation, and the digestion of food. They regulate the osmosis of cellular
fluids, electrical activity in the nervous system, and most metabolic functions. They help transport
oxygen through the system, govern heart rhythm, help you sleep, and are principle factors in mental
and emotional balance. Trace minerals are only .01% of body weight, but deficiencies in even these
micro-nutrients can contribute to severe depression, hyperactivity in children, sugar imbalances,
(hypoglycemia & diabetes), nerve and stress conditions, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, premature
aging of skin and hair, memory loss, and the inability to heal quickly.
Unlike some vitamins, minerals cannot be synthesized by the body, and must be regularly obtained,
in complete form, through our food, drink, or mineral baths.
Minerals are divided into two major groups: macro-minerals and micro-minerals. Macro-minerals
are needed by the body in larger, more bulky amounts normally measured in milligrams (mg). These minerals
include calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, phosphorus, chloride, and silicon. Micro-minerals are needed
by the body in small amounts normally measured in micrograms (mcg). Micro-minerals include chromium, cobalt,
copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, vanadium and zinc.
Balance, the Phenomenon We Call "Synergy"
Just as the macro-nutrients of a diet should be balanced for optimum effects and health, so should the
micro-nutrients. Researchers have found that an excess of a vitamin or mineral can lead to some of the same
symptoms as a deficiency of that vitamin or mineral, or to a deficiency in some other nutrient. Sometimes
taking a single vitamin or mineral can be very beneficial, as in the case of vitamin C curing or preventing
scurvy. But remember, nutrients pull you toward optimum health like a chain. All nutrients (links) in the
nutritional chain must be present and balanced for optimum health.
Chelation: what is it and why is it important?
Chelation of the mineral must take place in an aqueous (liquid) environment. The chelating agent (ligand) must
bond to the mineral by at least two points on the ligand to form a ring with the mineral as the closing member
of the ring. Only then is a chelate formed. Ascorbates, citrates, and gluconates have no value as nutritional
chelates, and in fact, are only about as bioavailable as mineral salts. Some chelating agents, like picolinic
acid and EDTA are strong chelators, but are not metabolized by the body. Krebs Cycle chelates are a popular
concept, but their usefulness is highly suspect.
In forming a proper mineral chelate, the mineral and the amino acid must be in solution, and a chemical
reaction must occur. Simply mixing minerals with a soggy protein, or dry blending them with an insoluble protein,
will not form a chelate. Unfortunately, many cheaply made so called "chelates" have been sold to the public.
A nutritionally functional chelate must be strong enough to resist destruction in the gastrointestinal system,
yet allow its mineral content to be released for use inside the body. Presently, this unique type of chelate can
only be prepared in one way, the manufacturing method is patented by Albion Laboratories. If it says
Albion, you know it's the real chelate.
A nutritionally functional chelate must also have a molecular weight that is small enough to allow intact absorption
through the intestinal wall. To do so, it must have a molecular weight of less than 800 daltons. Any chelate
weighing over 800 daltons requires digestion of the chelate in order to be absorbed, and digestion will destroy
that chelate. In laboratory tests, only one manufacturer, Albion Laboratories, was found to produce a mineral
amino acid chelate weighing less than 800 daltons. This small molecular weight chelate is described and protected
in the Albion Laboratory patents.
Suggested Use: Adults - As a dietary supplement, take one tablet with each meal. Store in a cool, dry place.
Syntra-Plus is made with SteroTex, the only 100% natural, vegetable binder approved for use in kosher foods.
Contains no sugar, starch, salt, wheat, corn, yeast, soy derivatives, lactose, magnesium stearate, or stearic acid.
Other ingredients: SteroTex (100% natural vegetable binder)
References: James F. Balch MD, Phyllis A. Balch C.N.C., Prescription for Nutritional Healing. Garden City Park, NY: Avery Publishing Group, Inc., 1990. Carper, Jean. Stop Aging Now. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. Dr. Igram, Cass. Eat Right to Live Long, Hiawatha, IA: Literary Visions, Inc., 1989. Braly, MD, James. Food Allergy & Nutrition Revolution, New Canaan, CT: Keats Publishing, Inc., 1992. |
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