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9 Symptoms of Magnesium Deficency

9 Symptoms of Magnesium Deficency

Magnesium is an essential element that performs several important tasks within your body. Because of this, maintaining good levels of magnesium is essential to your health. Magnesium is used by you...

Magnesium and Blood Pressure: An Important Cardiovascular Consequence of Magnesium Deficiency - Trace Minerals

Magnesium and Blood Pressure: An Important Cardiovascular Consequence of Magnesium Deficiency

By Chris D. Meletis, N.D. Magnesium is a critical mineral involved in many aspects of health. It was once thought to be a cofactor for about 300 regulatory enzymes in the body, but current data lis...

ResearchSelenium - Trace Minerals

Selenium

Alexander G. Schauss, Ph.D AIBR Life Sciences DivisionTacoma, WA The word selenium comes from the Greek word, “selene”, which literally means “moon.” The wisdom of naming this element after the Gre...

ResearchChromium - Trace Minerals

Chromium

By Alexander G. Schauss, Ph.D AIBR Life Sciences DivisionTacoma, WA Is chromium deficiency associated with atherosclerosis? Tissues of humans who have died of heart issues have been found to have l...

ResearchManganese - Trace Minerals

Manganese

Alexander G. Schauss, PhD AIBR Life Sciences DivisionTacoma, WA The word “manganese” comes from the Latin word, “magnes”, meaning magnet. For many years manganese fueled the industrial revolution b...

ResearchBoron - Trace Minerals

Boron

Alexander G. Schauss, PhD AIBR Life Sciences DivisionTacoma, WA Boron is a light trace element that is turning out to be essential to human health and behavior. The word boron has its origin in the...

ResearchElectrolytes - Trace Minerals

Electrolytes

Sara Parent, N.D. Research Associate Kathleen Jade, N.D. Research Associate Alexander G. Schauss, PhD, FACN Senior Director of Research Electrolytes are the charged substances that result when a sa...

ResearchUtah's Sea Minerals - Topical Application - Trace Minerals

Utah's Sea Minerals - Topical Application

By Dr. Chris Meletis N. D. Minerals provide a bounty of healing properties that have scientifically validated their use for topical applications. These applications have been shown to have powerful...

ResearchTrace Minerals and PH, It's Simply A Matter Of Health

Trace Minerals and PH, It's Simply A Matter Of Health

By Dr. Chris Meletis N. D. The human body contains a massive amount of ongoing chemical reactions. The majority of these processes occur within our cells, the smallest building blocks of our bodies...