Minutus

Before I discovered homeopathy, I used this brand, available in liquid so you can't get electrocuted.
Maybe I'll get a bottle but hopefully none of the ingredients are attracted to magnets as I'll be taking Magentus Polus Australis shortly.
http://www.traceminerals.com/products/l ... c-minerals
Susan

I meant it's available in tablets....

first, eat organic as much as possible. organic plant food will have much higher mineral content
as farmers, especially the small ones really work at replenishing the soil.
if you are in a rural area, become familiar with the ‘weeds’ and learn to eat them. I pick at least
8 different kinds off my lawn and in the garden, particularly in the early Spring before my seeds
develop into food. you must know things like dandelion and violets and early Spring onions. very
high mineral content in these greens. so many others that grow all over the country.
second, magnesium is one that is often missing in people’s diet.
t
From: Carol Orr
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 11:16 AM
To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Minutus] Minerals

Does anyone have a good idea of an all around mineral supplement.. I bought a
bottle of liquid minerals in the nineties and when I opened it up I got a
shock. I was afraid to take it after that..as if I might get electrocuted. But
I would like to at least replenish short term since there are so few minerals
in our food.

Hi,

Wholism in Nutrition

Of course rocks (mineral pills) don't digest easily. So you have to buy the really expensive mineral supplements. Plants are bioavailable to us because they are alive too. They have complex nutrients that contribute to their life force in a synergistic way that supplements companies would have a hard time imitating. I would like to describe some ways that I have been finding to harvest plants, so I can make use of nutrition information.
GROW YOUR OWN MINERALS

Lots of easy cheap plants have high nutritional value. The amount of minerals that they contain depends on your soil. I have been growing wheat grass in my garden and snipping it off. In the kitchen on a cutting board, I cut the grass into one inch pieces and then blend it with water. Next I strain off the fiber then throw the juice into my green smoothies. The taste of the grass is pretty strong so something like organic lemon (use the peel and the seeds) will cut through the strong taste. I have so much grass growing and it is so easy to grow that throwing away some of my grass it is not a big loss. I am using it in place of expensive organic spinach etc. Also, I started planting things like alfalfa which is good for me. Before knowing this, I bought alfalfa as a tea. Similarly, I throw my squash seeds in the garden too and eat the sprouts. Any seed will sprout and most anything will make a nice little green vegetable without all the fuss of growing a big veggie like squash.
I know it is winter in the Northern US, so gardening is not possible. Winter is coming to Tokyo too, but these grasses look pretty hardy. I have a feeling that I will be cutting them off in the snow. Also, I think I can grow hardy stuff near a window inside. But, as compared to sprouting in water, the garden is so easy. Soil is so much easier to tend compared to changing water for sprouts. Also, I am sure the seeds get energy from the sun and the soil. I tried to grow rice, but that failed. I think I need to make the equivalent of a rice paddy in my garden (small patch for grass only). Anything can go into a green smoothie, not just fancy store bought organic greens. So my wheels are turning and I feel whole.
NO GARDEN? WILD HARVEST, DRY AND DECORATE WITH TEA JARS

Adding to Tamara's comment, there are a lot of wild weeds in the forest. What a wonderful excuse to take a little spring or early summer hike. If you can get to them before they seed, you don't need a garden. Drying the useful parts as a preparation for tea is another way to get minerals.
Making food like this a head of time is great, but the problem becomes I forget that I have them. So after making them, I need to arrange my tea shelf so I actually drink them. I think this is an aesthetic problems more than a memory problem. Arranging my teas in a way that I know what they are and so they are attractive helps me to make sure that I will certainly drink them.
Slow dry frying is a way to take the edge off very bitter weeds. But of course the raw weed is probably better for you.
CONNETING ABSTRACTION FACTS WITH LIFE

In the past, I was trying to buy those bottled supplements, but it became totally confusing to me. I think emotionally I can't handle it. No spiritual connection with a pill and there is a complex set of actions involved in purchasing anything including having the money to spend. Even herbs that I purchase over the Internet don't necessarily get used. If I wild craft them, grow them ect, there is a bond. Planting and wild crafting is so much more connected to me. It is not an intellectual exercise or a long line of manipulations of the market system.
Last night I opened up a nutrition book that I have studied in the past. Before I thought I had to buy supplements. Honestly, the information did not settle into a useful form. This time, I started thinking in terms of foods that I actually easily make and like. Instead of looking up supplements on the Internet, I looked up nutrition reports of foods. I wrote down only the foods that are available to me and that I like. Next I think I will think about the wild crafting and gardening to get those same nutrients. If I know that I need some nutrient, the next step is to think of a variety of foods, herbs ect that provide that nutrient in a way that I can easily integrate into my life. I don't think I will drink nothing but a certain herb or food. Rather, as I investigate my personal chronic conditions, I find that the same nutrients appear repeatedly. Those are the ones that I want to harvest or buy from a variety of sources. I have many more options that just supplements.
In a post several days ago, I was very inspired by the description of how Irene said she choose foods. She mentioned several diets. As a homeopath, she looked at the individual diet food lists, looked at the overlap. She also considered the research behind such diets. Looked at other information that she has which she calls common sense. Her common sense is probably what is to me studying nutrition and adapting information to my lifestyle. She looked at her heritage.
Isn't this how we homeopaths choose a remedy? We repertorize symptoms and use a variety of other sources as well. In nutrition, it looks like pathology and disease names dominate. I wish I could look up symptoms in something like a repertory. Homeopaths look at the individual. Adding together the information is the artistic part of homeopathy. I realized that when I look at the maze of information that is out there about nutrition, I have to think like a homeopath. I have to go from the abstract to the practical with ease.
The whole study process made so much more sense this time. I should move from abstract information to a clear set of activities that are easily integrated into my life. Of course, structuring my life for an unfamiliar set of activities always takes effort. So, I give myself plenty of space; low expectations, slow startup time, and forgiveness for mistakes and failures….
Ellen Madono

Best money maker on the market?
Very likely
It is a very pricey way to buy plain chalk.

Any site that starts out telling you that you need to be "more alkaline" shoud be shut down IMO anyway, as they clearly know nothing.

It's NOT a mineral supplement - except for calcium carbonate all UNbalanced by anything else.
In other words - chalk is cheaper.

.............Irene
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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

Hi Carol,
No becasue we need trace minerals (those needed in ery small amounts) and major minerals (those needed in significant amounts like potassium, magesium, calcium, phosphorus, and sodium. (Most people get too much of the last two).

There's nowhere that all minerals come in a convenient quantity of each, suited to all individuals.
I feel the best trace mineral option that I use is Nori sheets - the ones used to wrap sushi; It's an acquired taste for sure - but once I aquired it, I now crave it, adn it makes a great low-cal healthy snack.

Major minerals prefer to supplement or avoid - to get the amounts I need as an individual.
I never supplement calcium as I drink a lot of millk - but i do eat a lot of Vit K foods (dark green leaves).

Calcium metabolism:
We recycle ALL our bone, replacing it every 10 years.
(provided all is in balance)
IF we lack the Vit K that keeps calcium in the bone, no amount of calcium supplement will keep it there.
SO - one needs to eat ones spinach to keep calcium where it belongs. Pigging out on calcium - is like running the bathwater with the plug out. It will run ot ALL minerals too, not just he calcium.

Magnesium:
We need almost as much magnesium as calcium - plus B6 to absorb it and NO fat at the same time to turn it to soap in the gut instead.

Potassium:
This has more to do with sodiuim than you may know about - the more "salt" (sodium as table salt or sea salt or other source of high sodium, makes NO difference where it comes from or what it comes with) - the more sodium you take in the less effective potassium will be. It gets cancelled. SO keep the salt pot for melting ice in winter, and stock up on spices and herbs for flavor. Lemon juice and peppers with spices and herbs taste BETTER than salt - on/in anything.
Potassium comes in vegetables that are not overcooked. Also in fruit. Eat plenty.
Cooking them in water dissolves out all the minerals, which is okay for soup, not veg. You can use the microwave for light cooking and just wet the veg before "wilting" it in the microwave. Do not cook veg in water.
I'd make sure there is more potassium than sodium in any plan.

By the way, if you want to believe the earth is flat and microwaves have radioactivity, please tell it to the man in the moon, not to me! I'm in the 21st century

Phosphorus - usually not a problem in an ordinary diet. There's plenty in meat. If you feel you need more for some reason, you get about double in liver. If you feel you need less, avoid liver.

Sodium - use it to melt ice.

Namaste,
Irene
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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

Alas Irene, I agree with you on this one.
"Any site that starts out telling you that you need to be "more alkaline" should be shut down IMO anyway, as they clearly know nothing."

Caveat Emptor! Carmi Hazen
---In minutus@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
Best money maker on the market?
Very likely
It is a very pricey way to buy plain chalk.

Any site that starts out telling you that you need to be "more alkaline" shoud be shut down IMO anyway, as they clearly know nothing.

It's NOT a mineral supplement - except for calcium carbonate all UNbalanced by anything else.
In other words - chalk is cheaper.

.............Irene
REPLY TO: > only
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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

It's okay, I won't be acid about it:-)

....Irene

"Any site that starts out telling you that you need to be "more alkaline" should be shut down IMO anyway, as they clearly know nothing."

REPLY TO: only
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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

I used to use a food based product called Juice Plus which is a combo of 17 fruits and veggies.
It seemed to really work on boosting nutritional health. I stopped when I realized the company
did not use organic produce and now with the planting of GMO sugar beets and some papayas, etc
I would not go near it. There other companies that are making similar products and they should
be researched for their organic nature.
Other super foods include spirulina and chlorella which are high in mineral content.
Wheat grass can be grown indoors and many people do this for their cats. It can be grown in
planter pots on a windowsill
Sprouts are easy to do indoors as well and don’t take up much space. It is not difficult to get
various seeds year round as seed companies do mail order in small quantities.
All these food items can be added to juicing and salads for raw food eating.
t
From: Irene de Villiers
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 3:14 AM
To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Minutus] Minerals
Hi Carol,
No becasue we need trace minerals (those needed in ery small amounts) and major minerals (those needed in significant amounts like potassium, magesium, calcium, phosphorus, and sodium. (Most people get too much of the last two).

There's nowhere that all minerals come in a convenient quantity of each, suited to all individuals.
I feel the best trace mineral option that I use is Nori sheets - the ones used to wrap sushi; It's an acquired taste for sure - but once I aquired it, I now crave it, adn it makes a great low-cal healthy snack.

Major minerals prefer to supplement or avoid - to get the amounts I need as an individual.
I never supplement calcium as I drink a lot of millk - but i do eat a lot of Vit K foods (dark green leaves).

Calcium metabolism:
We recycle ALL our bone, replacing it every 10 years.
(provided all is in balance)
IF we lack the Vit K that keeps calcium in the bone, no amount of calcium supplement will keep it there.
SO - one needs to eat ones spinach to keep calcium where it belongs. Pigging out on calcium - is like running the bathwater with the plug out. It will run ot ALL minerals too, not just he calcium.

Magnesium:
We need almost as much magnesium as calcium - plus B6 to absorb it and NO fat at the same time to turn it to soap in the gut instead.

Potassium:
This has more to do with sodiuim than you may know about - the more "salt" (sodium as table salt or sea salt or other source of high sodium, makes NO difference where it comes from or what it comes with) - the more sodium you take in the less effective potassium will be. It gets cancelled. SO keep the salt pot for melting ice in winter, and stock up on spices and herbs for flavor. Lemon juice and peppers with spices and herbs taste BETTER than salt - on/in anything.
Potassium comes in vegetables that are not overcooked. Also in fruit. Eat plenty.
Cooking them in water dissolves out all the minerals, which is okay for soup, not veg. You can use the microwave for light cooking and just wet the veg before "wilting" it in the microwave. Do not cook veg in water.
I'd make sure there is more potassium than sodium in any plan.

By the way, if you want to believe the earth is flat and microwaves have radioactivity, please tell it to the man in the moon, not to me! I'm in the 21st century

Phosphorus - usually not a problem in an ordinary diet. There's plenty in meat. If you feel you need more for some reason, you get about double in liver. If you feel you need less, avoid liver.

Sodium - use it to melt ice.

Namaste,
Irene
REPLY TO: only
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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

Irene,

I am glad that you confirm my belief about microwaves. If anything, they may be less destructive than regular heat. Microwave frequency is lower than heat and therefore less energetic and less ionizing. But people get hysterical and politically correct and don't think things through.

I just read an email from someone who thinks that Fukushima is going to make the northern hemisphere uninhabitable. Fukushima is definitely an unfortunate event, but what an exaggeration!!!!!!!!

Roger
________________________________

To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
From: furryboots@icehouse.net
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:14:25 -0800
Subject: Re: [Minutus] Minerals
Hi Carol,
No becasue we need trace minerals (those needed in ery small amounts) and major minerals (those needed in significant amounts like potassium, magesium, calcium, phosphorus, and sodium. (Most people get too much of the last two).

There's nowhere that all minerals come in a convenient quantity of each, suited to all individuals.
I feel the best trace mineral option that I use is Nori sheets - the ones used to wrap sushi; It's an acquired taste for sure - but once I aquired it, I now crave it, adn it makes a great low-cal healthy snack.

Major minerals prefer to supplement or avoid - to get the amounts I need as an individual.
I never supplement calcium as I drink a lot of millk - but i do eat a lot of Vit K foods (dark green leaves).

Calcium metabolism:
We recycle ALL our bone, replacing it every 10 years.
(provided all is in balance)
IF we lack the Vit K that keeps calcium in the bone, no amount of calcium supplement will keep it there.
SO - one needs to eat ones spinach to keep calcium where it belongs. Pigging out on calcium - is like running the bathwater with the plug out. It will run ot ALL minerals too, not just he calcium.

Magnesium:
We need almost as much magnesium as calcium - plus B6 to absorb it and NO fat at the same time to turn it to soap in the gut instead.

Potassium:
This has more to do with sodiuim than you may know about - the more "salt" (sodium as table salt or sea salt or other source of high sodium, makes NO difference where it comes from or what it comes with) - the more sodium you take in the less effective potassium will be. It gets cancelled. SO keep the salt pot for melting ice in winter, and stock up on spices and herbs for flavor. Lemon juice and peppers with spices and herbs taste BETTER than salt - on/in anything.
Potassium comes in vegetables that are not overcooked. Also in fruit. Eat plenty.
Cooking them in water dissolves out all the minerals, which is okay for soup, not veg. You can use the microwave for light cooking and just wet the veg before "wilting" it in the microwave. Do not cook veg in water.
I'd make sure there is more potassium than sodium in any plan.

By the way, if you want to believe the earth is flat and microwaves have radioactivity, please tell it to the man in the moon, not to me! I'm in the 21st century

Phosphorus - usually not a problem in an ordinary diet. There's plenty in meat. If you feel you need more for some reason, you get about double in liver. If you feel you need less, avoid liver.

Sodium - use it to melt ice.

Namaste,
Irene
REPLY TO: only
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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."