Posted by Larry Hoover on December 1, 2003, at 6:55:16
In reply to retail store, posted by Jai on November 27, 2003, at 10:37:32
I'm sorry for not answering this, Jai. I missed it, over and over again.
> > No. You want it free at some point. Dissolved. If it gets back in the pincers, uptake is reduced. It's a dynamic process, getting pinced and released, pinced and released.
> >
> so, lets say the mineral is calcium carbonate & magnesium. Then there is an attachment added. Negative +positive. Then you pop it into your mouth and swallow. It gets to your stomach....where the ions detach?Yes, in theory. Interesting that you chose carbonates as your example. They dissolve quite poorly in water (they're the source of the gunk that collects inside your kettle), and only moderately better in acid. In fact, they both shouldn't even be said to dissolve in acid; they react with the acid to become more soluble in water. The reaction consumes the acid (leaving water), so any remaining carbonate is less soluble. The consumption of acid is so profound, we take these as antacids (as in Tums).
> or they go through the acids intact to the intestines and the waiting villi...
At some point, the mineral ion (called a cation) must be free, or the villi can do nothing with it.
> then the aminos detach by desolving or just flushing into waste?
You're mixing two processes (or have I?).
In the case of the aminos, the separation almost certainly occurs in the stomach, and is enhanced by acid. Aminos can pass through the stomach wall, directly into the blood, or further along the gut....so they just go. Little of the amino acid will end in waste....that would be wasteful from a biochemical standpoint. Once in the alkaline environment of the intestines, the cation may bind again with an amino acid, but I'd pretty much assume the cation is in a free state in the intestine.
> You get the minerals into your blood stream? Happy happy...ya? :+)
Yes, happy happy.
> I have worked this store for 11+ years and I have had that question posed to me for all 11+years.
We differ considerably, then. Hearing the same question more than once would have compelled me to find an answer, just for my own sanity.
> I remember after 9/11 I went to work and that day & a woman asked about minerals and amino acid chelation...I was too stunned (after watching the whole thing on TV) to go to work much less answer the question but I tried, I really did.
Oh, the WTC thing nearly cost me my sanity...
> So now I want to have something printed up that is simple, accurate and easy to read/understand.
> thanks
> JaiOnce I'm back on my feet, maybe I'll help you write something. It's gonna be a while, though.
Lar
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