Obesity is a disease caused by mineral deficiencies. The intake of large amounts of sugars, carbohydrates and the decreased amount of physical activity certainly contribute, but the underlying cause is mineral deficiencies. Mineral deficiencies cause cravings or "pica" and binge eating. Iron and phosphorus deficiencies at the same time will result in almost psychotic binge eating and sort drink consumption that results in morbid obesity. Reducing caloric intake and increasing physical activity will not solve the underlying problem of mineral deficiencies. Glucose is an all-purpose fuel sugar that can be used as a source of energy by the body, however, the overt intake of sugars is not necessary, as adequate levels of blood glucose can be made from dietary or stored fat and protein. Sugars and carbohydrates are not essential nutrients, they are quick sources of energy, they can be fun to eat, but the are not necessary or essential to consume.
A portion of whatever we eat, including bread, rice or beans is converted to glucose. To keep the blood levels of glucose at the level each of us requires, the hormone insulin is produced by the Islet's of Langerhans and released to regulate the rate of glucose metabolism. Insulin can't perform properly without several cofactors including the trace minerals chromium and vanadium. As we consume food, insulin is relased into the blood from the pancreas to regulate the use and storage of sugar and carbohydrate.
Carbohydrates are fractured ino the simple sugar glucose and used for an instant energy source, glycogen (animal starch) for storage and later use or converted to body fat for long term storage. The body's ability to control or manage the use of blood sugar is referred to as "glucose tolerance."
The absence of, or insufficient levels of dietary or supplemental chromium and vanadium, results in blood glucose being converted into blood lipids and body fat, rather than efficiently being burned for energy. The concurrent deficiences of chromium, vanadium and other minerals results in ravenous hunger, cravings, binge eating, pica, cribbing and the munchies.
The increased intake of carbohydrate in the form of sugar (one half pound per person per day in 2004 compared with one half pound per person per year in the 1700s) and the deficiencies of minerals are the basic root causes of obesity. It is an interesting fact that as the Asian and Latin American countries "catch up to western countries in terms of lifestyles and economics," their rates of obesity catch up as well!
The reason that the transition from third world cultures to industrialized cultures results in an almost immediate increase in obestity is that they give up using wood for fuel - they convert to electricity, natural gas and propane for heating and cooking fuels! There are no wood ashes left to put in the gardens or use as "culinary minerals." Wood ashes are the minerals left over after the carbon of the wood has been burned away.
The resulting mineral deficiencies produce the munchies, cravings and binge eating; add to these deficiencies a significant increase in carbohydrates in the diet and only one thing can happen - obesity!
In 1971, 14.5% of Americans were obese; in 2004 the rate rose to 30.9%. The number of American deaths attributed to obesity is 400,000 per year and expected to rise by 2005 to be the highest cause of preventable deaths.
Adult onset diabetes (insulin resistent diabetes) is a simple mineral deficiency disease. Insufficient dietary intakes, or reduce absorption efficiency of chromium, vanadium and other minerals produces increased blood levels of insulin. Increased blood levels of insulin produces hypoglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, narcolepsy, prediabetes and adult onset type II diabetes.
This is an excerpt from the book, Hell's Kitchen by Dr. J.D. Wallach and Dr. Ma Lan. Mineral deficiency diseases are responsible for a multitude of illness and conditions that are ever on the rise in our society. Using wood for cooking and heating and puting the ashes on the garden or using ashes for agricultural fertilizer had preserved us for many years by providing the minerals not available in the soil that our food was grown in. Since we switched to electricity or natural gas to cook and heat our homes and purchase food grown in the grocery store, we no longer have access to the minerals that once we put in our home grown food every morning. Plants can do well with only three elements - nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Go to your local garden store and take a look at the bags of fertilizer on sale. They all have 3 numbers on them: 10-10-10 or 20-3-3 or 10-5-8. Ask the salesman what that means and he will tell you - they stand for the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content of the fertilizer. Different amounts for different types of plants, but always the same three. That's why fertilizer is often called NPK. The elemental abreviations for those three elements. Farmers can't afford to put all 77 minerals in the soil and since the plants do very well with only those three - that's what they use. For the other minerals we're on our own. Unless you wish to go on line and purchase a wood cook stove, give up your natural gas furnace and start building a fire every morning for cooking and heating. Then put in a huge garden in order to produce all the food for yourself, your family and the animals you raise which you must then kill, butcher and eat, you will be eating minerally deficient food. It is not possible to get all the minerals you need by chance. The only way to ensure that you get all the minerals you need is to supplement. As I said in a previous post, all minerals are not the same. You can take the average minerals available in the stores today but you will never see any benefits. In fact, that's why most people who start taking mineral supplements soon stop - they see no benefit and can't justify the expense. However, if you will be sure that your mineral supplements are organic, plant derived and colloidal you will never look back. The difference in your life, health and well being will be phenominal. They must be all three - organic, plant derived and colloidal. Plain colloidal minerals are just smaller molecular sized versions of the same old metallic minerals that are available everywhere. Organic minerals that are not colloidal have a molecular size that is too big to be absorbed in adequate amounts. The best organic, plant derived, colloidal minerals that are available today are what I carry on my web site. Click here to go to the Gift of God Healthy Living website. You can read more about minerals in general, colloidal minerals and order the products that I take and recommend.
This is an excerpt from the book, Hell's Kitchen by Dr. J.D. Wallach and Dr. Ma Lan. Mineral deficiency diseases are responsible for a multitude of illness and conditions that are ever on the rise in our society. Using wood for cooking and heating and puting the ashes on the garden or using ashes for agricultural fertilizer had preserved us for many years by providing the minerals not available in the soil that our food was grown in. Since we switched to electricity or natural gas to cook and heat our homes and purchase food grown in the grocery store, we no longer have access to the minerals that once we put in our home grown food every morning. Plants can do well with only three elements - nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Go to your local garden store and take a look at the bags of fertilizer on sale. They all have 3 numbers on them: 10-10-10 or 20-3-3 or 10-5-8. Ask the salesman what that means and he will tell you - they stand for the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content of the fertilizer. Different amounts for different types of plants, but always the same three. That's why fertilizer is often called NPK. The elemental abreviations for those three elements. Farmers can't afford to put all 77 minerals in the soil and since the plants do very well with only those three - that's what they use. For the other minerals we're on our own. Unless you wish to go on line and purchase a wood cook stove, give up your natural gas furnace and start building a fire every morning for cooking and heating. Then put in a huge garden in order to produce all the food for yourself, your family and the animals you raise which you must then kill, butcher and eat, you will be eating minerally deficient food. It is not possible to get all the minerals you need by chance. The only way to ensure that you get all the minerals you need is to supplement. As I said in a previous post, all minerals are not the same. You can take the average minerals available in the stores today but you will never see any benefits. In fact, that's why most people who start taking mineral supplements soon stop - they see no benefit and can't justify the expense. However, if you will be sure that your mineral supplements are organic, plant derived and colloidal you will never look back. The difference in your life, health and well being will be phenominal. They must be all three - organic, plant derived and colloidal. Plain colloidal minerals are just smaller molecular sized versions of the same old metallic minerals that are available everywhere. Organic minerals that are not colloidal have a molecular size that is too big to be absorbed in adequate amounts. The best organic, plant derived, colloidal minerals that are available today are what I carry on my web site. Click here to go to the Gift of God Healthy Living website. You can read more about minerals in general, colloidal minerals and order the products that I take and recommend.
