Hi,
I need some help
Thinking about getting some ionic minerals.
I used to take a colloidal (I think it was colloidal, not absolutely sure) mineral supplement way back in the mid 1990's, and despite it being from Neways (now apparently rebranded as Modere), it did seem to help.
Looking online for a likely product has got me bewildered by the array of manufacturers out there, all, natch, claiming benefits over their competitors.
So I have some questions that I hope people here will be able to answer for me. All feedback appreciated :-D
There's ionic vs colloidal, fulvic vs humic acid, concentrates and non-concentrates, and none of them seem to offer proper ingredient profiles. They say things like "Contains 70 vital minerals!" Great, but I'd like to know how much of each mineral is in there. I wouldn't buy a multi vitamin or a multi mineral or a multi amino or a B complex, etc, without knowing precisely what's in it. I don't think many of us would. Why does this have to be any different?
**(And I thought sea-salt has something like 84 minerals, so why should a full-spectrum mineral supplement conain less? Would I be better off just continuing to take my sea-salt even after I've passed through my iodine / bromide detoxing, which is what I'm currently taking it for?)
- I get it that it might not be easy or even possible to quantify because fulvic acid and humic acid are the source, no-one is exogenously adding specific amounts of whatever mineral, but why can't any of them specify at least a range for each mineral in there? Is there an ionic mineral product that does list everything in it?
Are they all stupidly expensive? - they seem quite cheap in the US, but I'm in UK, and no longer buy anything from iHerb because now the exchange rate is so poor, after they've added customs charges, added the shipping, added the shipping companys' admin fee, then added 20% VAT to all of that, each product comes up usually more expensive than buying it in the UK, plus there's the hassle of dealing with the general incompetence of DHL (seriously, you wouldn't believe the agg I've had throughout the 15 years I've been forced to use them because of iHerb deliveries!)
Ok. So I think I understand that ionic is a better, more bioavailable form than colloidal, due to size and different absorption rates/mechanisms, but I still don't understand about the difference in effect between fulvic acid and humic acid. Any thoughts?
The Neways minerals I used to take, Maximol, came from the Great Salt Lake, which I read last night is now highly toxic. No idea if this is true. Can anyone shed any light on that for me, please?
Has anyone here used any of these ionic mineral supplements? Did they help, or not? Were the concentrates any better than the big bottles of less concentrated versions? Did you find fulvic better than humic, or not?
Any companies to look for /avoid?
Any recommendations / warnings/ advice welcomed! :-D
Thanks!
J
I need some help
Thinking about getting some ionic minerals.
I used to take a colloidal (I think it was colloidal, not absolutely sure) mineral supplement way back in the mid 1990's, and despite it being from Neways (now apparently rebranded as Modere), it did seem to help.
Looking online for a likely product has got me bewildered by the array of manufacturers out there, all, natch, claiming benefits over their competitors.
So I have some questions that I hope people here will be able to answer for me. All feedback appreciated :-D
There's ionic vs colloidal, fulvic vs humic acid, concentrates and non-concentrates, and none of them seem to offer proper ingredient profiles. They say things like "Contains 70 vital minerals!" Great, but I'd like to know how much of each mineral is in there. I wouldn't buy a multi vitamin or a multi mineral or a multi amino or a B complex, etc, without knowing precisely what's in it. I don't think many of us would. Why does this have to be any different?
**(And I thought sea-salt has something like 84 minerals, so why should a full-spectrum mineral supplement conain less? Would I be better off just continuing to take my sea-salt even after I've passed through my iodine / bromide detoxing, which is what I'm currently taking it for?)
- I get it that it might not be easy or even possible to quantify because fulvic acid and humic acid are the source, no-one is exogenously adding specific amounts of whatever mineral, but why can't any of them specify at least a range for each mineral in there? Is there an ionic mineral product that does list everything in it?
Are they all stupidly expensive? - they seem quite cheap in the US, but I'm in UK, and no longer buy anything from iHerb because now the exchange rate is so poor, after they've added customs charges, added the shipping, added the shipping companys' admin fee, then added 20% VAT to all of that, each product comes up usually more expensive than buying it in the UK, plus there's the hassle of dealing with the general incompetence of DHL (seriously, you wouldn't believe the agg I've had throughout the 15 years I've been forced to use them because of iHerb deliveries!)
Ok. So I think I understand that ionic is a better, more bioavailable form than colloidal, due to size and different absorption rates/mechanisms, but I still don't understand about the difference in effect between fulvic acid and humic acid. Any thoughts?
The Neways minerals I used to take, Maximol, came from the Great Salt Lake, which I read last night is now highly toxic. No idea if this is true. Can anyone shed any light on that for me, please?
Has anyone here used any of these ionic mineral supplements? Did they help, or not? Were the concentrates any better than the big bottles of less concentrated versions? Did you find fulvic better than humic, or not?
Any companies to look for /avoid?
Any recommendations / warnings/ advice welcomed! :-D
Thanks!
J
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