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Sizzling Minerals with US Naturals …

  • January 15, 2009 at 9:45 pm

US Natural Sizzling Minerals

Lets talk about the tricky subject of Vitamins and Minerals. I say tricky because on the Diet and Nutrition element of my degree course (back in the day) the experts could only agree on how unquantifiable their absorption is. They rarely agree on the nutrients taken from our daily food and supplements because its so difficult to measure.

It is clear that we need our daily recommended intake. The body is like a machine and needs its daily fuel consumption to repair and replenish the cells as each organ, muscle, bone and tissue goes about its regular renewal on a consistent basis throughout our lives.

So why do we take them and what benefits do we assume we are receiving by going through the daily ritual? Many of us eat a less than healthy diet and that may be one good reason to throw them into the mix because of the old cliche that they ‘can’t do any harm’ or can they? Apparently you can have too much of a good thing but most products on the market are metal-based and therefore not that great at being absorbed into the bloodstream.

But how much is enough? What minerals to take? Why do vitamins have all the press and minerals get ignored, when minerals are the good guys without whom vitamin absorption is unlikely. What are they good for – as Edwin Starr once sang – although he was referring to a rather different battle?

I’ve been using a wonderful mineral supplement for over a year and for me they made an enormous difference. I began using them when I was preparing for a trip to Antarctica last March. I knew it was going to be demanding, as we had a program that included camping on ice, kayaking and ice-climbing. I spent another 10-days traveling around Argentina and Chile and was away for almost 5-wks … my longest sojourn to date.

They were introduced to me by a good friend who’d found them a great source of nutritional support when she went through a rocky divorce. I knew I needed a physical boost to help me deal with my impending Adventure and this proved to be it. My quality of sleep improved immediately and fitness levels began to rise as I was working on recovery from various injuries of the previous few years. I began by taking two daily for the first 3-mths and returned to that dosage while away on the trip. Since then I’ve enjoyed taking them on a regular basis and wouldn’t be without.

The Daily Intake

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Sizzling Minerals are different because they are plant-derived and grown in the best organic soil to preserve and ship their nutrients in the most unhindered and natural state directly to your door.

Kick Start the Habit

You begin by kick-starting your system with double dosage and sometimes you might return to that, perhaps when a busy schedule leaves you feeling in need of extra supplementary support. After the first month you can resort to a daily tablet. They absorb directly into your water bottle and can be transported around easily and are contained in a foil wrap which keeps them absolutely fresh until use. They come in various fruit or natural flavors.

I can recommend them from experience and if you’re looking for a highly effective mineral supplement that enables vitamin absorption then why not give them a go. Check them out and by all means sign up.

I’d be like to hear your views, what do you use, please drop a comment in the box below and let me know your thinking on the subject.

Jane

Essential Oils …

  • January 12, 2009 at 10:55 pm

Its got to be the Real Deal

blue 3 wheel 50 pcnkd13 Essential Oils ...We are going to explore Essential Oils in great detail … including the reasons for using the ‘real mccoy’ and the benefits of their application … either through burning in a water-filled receptacle or by direct application to the skin.

There is a saying (source unknown) along the lines that care is best taken in regards to what we apply to our skin, because it is naive of us not to realize that whatever we apply on the exterior will be absorbed through the skin membrane and find its way into the ‘system’ …

Are We Porous

sponge the one tgellan080600021 Essential Oils ...I know when I first heard this it gave quite a jolt … I think at that time I simply hadn’t made that connection, between our internal physiology and the external of everyday living … the ’state’ of our internal body having a great impact on the quality of our external lives.

But curiosity has been a great friend and often finding it impossible to take ‘no’ for an answer … I love a challenge and the opportunity to don my metaphorical deerstalker (in the style of Sherlock Holmes) and set about finding answers … Its partly a defiance of authority figures and being given that old standard – its been a long day – parent-style response of … ‘because it is’ just won’t cut it.

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And this approach has opened up a what is a ‘brave new world’ for me. A world brimming full of our incredible capability that is ‘mind over matter’.

And this approach has opened up a what is a ‘brave new world’ for me. A world brimming full of our incredible capability that is ‘mind over matter’.I digress … But this simply brings us back to checking out what we apply to our skins and ingest in the form of internal treatments, food sources, and pharmaceuticals.

Essential oils have a great history and we shall talk about them in further detail next time.

Jane