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How to effectively use colloidal mineral and trace element supplements to compensate for the deficiencies in our diet that cause ill health

• Includes a complete list of all trace elements and their ideal combinations for addressing health imbalances

• Examines why our food is no longer nutritious enough to supply the body's mineral and trace element needs and how to address this problem

Much of the ill health and lack of vitality people complain of today can be traced to a deficiency of minerals and trace elements in our diets. The food we eat is no longer keeping us healthy. Modern farming methods have depleted the natural mineral reserves of the soil, and as a result the foods we eat are increasingly deficient in the nutrients needed for proper functioning of the body.

Minerals are essential catalysts that allow vitamins, enzymes, and other nutrients to perform their necessary roles in the body and promote proper mental function. Simply taking standard mineral supplements will not correct any imbalances we may experience because our bodies are designed to best absorb and use minerals that are in a colloidal form: the soluble suspended state in which plants absorb minerals from the soil. Colloidal mineral supplements, however, can increase vitality and strengthen the immune system because 98 percent of the supplement is incorporated into the body as opposed to the 3-5 percent absorption of standard mineral supplements. Colloidal Minerals and Trace Elements details 55 trace elements and their beneficial effects and explains the ideal combinations of colloid supplements to use based on your health concerns.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #552593 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Review
". . . covers how to effectively use colloidal mineral and trace element supplements to compensate for the deficiencies in our diets that cause ill health; examines why our food is no longer nutritious enough to supply the body's mineral and trace element needs: and details how to address these problems."
(AZnetNews, Dec 2005-Jan 2006 )

"Muller reminds us that our body is like an electrical system that requires all its components to perform well. The mineral kingdon, one of the world's smallest, can help overcome breakdown or even permanent outages. We'd be well advised to listen to this sound, immune-system-boosting advice in the interests of achieving optimal health."
(Nexus, Vol. 13, No. 1, Dec 2005 - Jan 2006 )

From the Back Cover

Health/Nutrition

Much of the ill health and lack of vitality people complain of today can be traced to a deficiency in minerals and trace elements in our diets. The food we eat is no longer keeping us healthy. Modern farming methods have depleted the natural mineral reserves of the soil and, as a result, the foods we eat are increasingly deficient in the nutrients needed for proper functioning of the body.

Minerals are essential catalysts that allow vitamins, enzymes, and other nutrients to perform their necessary roles in the body and promote proper mental function. Simply taking standard mineral supplements may not correct imbalances we experience because our bodies are designed to best absorb and use minerals that are in a colloidal form--that is, the soluble suspended state in which plants absorb minerals from the soil. Colloidal mineral supplements can increase vitality and strengthen the immune system because 98 percent of the supplement is incorporated into the body as opposed to the 3 to 5 percent absorption of standard mineral supplements. Colloidal Minerals and Trace Elements details 55 trace elements and their beneficial effects and explains the ideal combinations of colloidal supplements to use based on your health concerns. Also included are resources on where to purchase colloidal mineral products.

MARIE-FRANCE MULLER, M.D., N.D., has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and has worked as a naturopathic doctor for more than twenty-five years. She gives workshops and lectures throughout Europe on different aspects of natural healing, including mineral therapy and facial reflexology. She has written twenty-six books published in French; this is her first book to be translated into English. The author lives in France.

About the Author
Marie-France Muller, M.D., N.D., has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and has worked as a naturopathic doctor for more than 25 years. She gives workshops and lectures throughout Europe on different aspects of natural healing, including mineral therapy and face reflexology. She has written 26 books published in French; this is her first book to be translated into English. The author lives in France.

Customer Reviews

What a phemonenal resource
I did a search on Amazon a few months ago looking for material on colloidal minerals. What I came across was this excellent book by Dr. Marie-France Muller. Translated from French, this resource has an enormous amount of detail, information, and credibility. I was impressed immediately when I saw a listing of colloidal minerals, their properties and benefits, and in many cases, applications for their use.
This book is unique in that it provides a great amount of information without being overwhelming. Additionally, Dr. Muller provides a clear background on how we got to where we are today--from our poor soil, to the poor nutrition many of us face without even realizing it.
Specifically, I was fascinated by the section on Himalayan sea salt, its properties and amazing health benefits. I truly believe this is a "must read" for anyone interested in a healthy lifestyle devoid of drugs and gimmicks.

Informative - Convincing
Read the book and developed a better understanding of the role minerals play in the human body, how to take them, what to take and some sources for mineral products. The only recorded deaths from Dietary Supplements in the USA are from mineral supplements (0,0001% of deaths) so taking them correctly is VERY important considering minerals are NECESSARY for health. Since much of the natural mineral content in the soil of the USA and elsewhere in the world has been leeched out, food grown in these soils are not as nutritious as they need to be for optimum health. Highly recommended. Am giving it for Christmas this year. (One product listed in the book `Ocean Plasma Isotonic Living Water and Ocean Plasma Hypertonic Living Water' - Health Canada advises consumers not to take as it contains unacceptable amounts of aerobic bacteria.)

Only a basic introduction of minerals in biomedical processes
First, it is dubious when a Naturopath (ND) writes on a nutritional and biomedical topic, its big-time applied biochemistry. The author needs a detailed understanding of enzymatic pathways, immunology, metabolism, pharmacology and now genomics. Muller's book is an introduction to inorganic colloidal (minerals in micron particle size) chemistry and jumps to its role in chronic disease prevention, magically skipping over the details in a giant leap-of-faith. It may be adequate for the lay reader but not for the medical professional as recommended in the Forward by a teaching physician.

The meat on topic is in Chap 12 Colloidal Minerals: Sparks of Life and Chap 13 The Role of Trace Minerals, 5 and 14 pgs respectively (p105-125). The first half of the book is a generalized discussion on poor health due to poor diets, poor agricultural soils, over-refined processed foods, contaminated water, polluted air, agricultural pesticide residues and suicidal lifestyles (p37). The book's 3-page reference Note section has only 4 and 6 citations to substantiate the discussion. For Chap 12, there is only one small pamphlet by Tonita d'Raye on the same topic and three cites written in 1936 and excerpted in 3-page Appendix 1. For Chap 13, only one book by Victor Bott on Spirituality Healing (1996) by Muller's publisher and 5 cites in French and German. Not much meat.

A red flag is raised because the 3-page Forward written in 2005 by Joseph V Pergolizzi, Jr, MD is a part-time professor at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland and Editor-in-Chief of "Clinical Researcher," a clinical trial process journal. Pergolizzi is a partner of a small chronic pain / anesthesiology clinic in Florida. Dr Pergolizzi discusses NIH's Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) clinical trials in CAM. He cites seminal work done by David M Eisenberg and colleagues at Harvard Med School on usage trends by 2000 adults in a national CAM survey during 1990-97. Eisenberg's survey shows that 50-80% of Americans are using CAM with traditional allopathic medicine. And CAM is much cheaper.

While Pergolizzi recommends Muller's book because CAM is often self-directed, the lay reader and medical practitioner needs a book that specializes in trace minerals. Pergolizzi's intentions is well meaning, however this book has neither been updated nor is it comprehensive. The NIH on-line PubMed index is highly recommended to study the latest and most seminal articles, many with free-access in PDF format, otherwise major medical school library journal stacks.

There are many journal articles, with extensive references to prior work, on clinical trials using CAM modalities. Using scientific methods of the double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-site studies complete with statistical analysis and epidemiological implications, CAM is establishing broad credibility with the health care system, replacing a few anecdotal patient's testimonials. Only with Federal NIH / NCCAM funding is it practical to undertake a clinical trial, as low-cost CAM at health food stores and clinics can not support a random controlled trial which costs millions and takes years. Important trials include Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Indian Ayurvedic Medicine (IAM), Native American and Herbal Medicine (NAM). NCCAM is charged with efficacy research in identifying diets and culture that have low chronic disease, phytonutritional mechanisms of ethnobotanicals, chiropractic and massage, biofeedback and body-mind energy healing modalities.

Using PubMed, the phytonutritional approach has much recent work reported on elucidating the fundamental mechanisms in a chronic disease course, some include small clinical trials. NCCAM sponsored research and large-scale randomized controlled clinical trials has taken this knowledge and experience to the next level.

NIH/CDC survey on Naturopathic ND practioners in Washington and Connecticut, CAM J (2004) 15496231. Telephone survey covered 1800 patient visits with 170 ND practitioners.

Secondly, last Chap 15 is a comprehensive listing (15-pgs) of chemical elements and brief role in human health and disease. Only 1 page in the book is devoted to vegetable sources of minerals (p74) mentioning sulfur in garlic. However Appendix 2 has nine pages covering Himalayan pink salt and treating disease. Himalayan salt uniquely has a high sulfur content (not mentioned by Muller). Vegetables also have high sulfur content in "thiol" phytonutrients, including onions (allium), broccoli (brassica or cruciferous) and mushrooms (fungi) families. By not mentioning phytominerals, the author is disingenuously presenting that inorganic, ionic minerals is the best form. This is blatantly is not true, else why are minerals complexed (chelated) with amino acids to enhance its bioavailability, to which Muller also only devotes 1 page (p48).

Thirdly, in Chap 14 Sources (13-pgs) and Appendix 3 Zeolites (6-pgs), one finally gets to apply colloidal minerals. Its dubious when only Utah salts and East European Slovakian clay are the best therapeutic colloids.

Lastly, Muller's book has no journal cites of her work. Biography: MD and PhD appears as psychiatry and psychology, switching to Naturopathic for the last 25 years.