Fulvic Acid
A Substance Critical to Human Health
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Table of Contents
Introduction...................................................................................................................................3
Fulvic Acid Major
Attributes...................................................................................................... 4
One of Nature’s Most Powerful
Organic Electrolytes
.................................................................... 4
Promotes Electrochemical Balance As
Donor Or Receptor ...........................................................5
One Of The Most Powerful Natural
Free Radical Scavengers & Antioxidants Known....................5
Complexes & Dissolves Minerals
& Trace Elements.......................................................................6
Enhances Nutrients
........................................................................................................................6
Transports Nutrients
.......................................................................................................................6
Catalyzes Enzyme
Reactions..........................................................................................................7
Increases Assimilation.....................................................................................................................7
Stimulates
Metabolism....................................................................................................................7
Detoxifies Pollutants
......................................................................................................................7
Dissolves Silica...............................................................................................................................8
Synthesizes Or Transmutates
Minerals..........................................................................................8
Enhances Cell Division and
Elongation..............................................................................................8
Enhances the Permeability of Cell
Membranes....................................................................................9
Increases Metabolism Of Proteins..................................................................................................9
Catalyzes Vitamins Within The
Cell.................................................................................................9
Chelates All Monovalent &
Divalent Elements To Which It Is Exposed..........................................
9
Fulvic Acid, Origin and Overview
................................................................................................9
In the Beginning
............................................................................................................................10
Humic Deposits
............................................................................................................................
10
Fulvic Acid......................................................................................................................................10
Microbial Action.............................................................................................................................10
Fulvic Acid is Lacking in Food Crops.............................................................................................11
Science & Medicine
......................................................................................................................11
Benefits of Fulvic Acid
..................................................................................................................11
Fulvic Acid Mineral Complexes are
Better than True Colloidal Minerals.......................................12
Hidden Treasures..........................................................................................................................12
Fulvic Acids Further Defined
.....................................................................................................13
Unknown Fulvic .............................................................................................................................13
How Are They Formed?.................................................................................................................13
What Humic Substances Do in the Soil
................................................................................,,,,,,,,14
The Fulvic Plant
Miracle..................................................................................................................14
Who and What Are We?
...............................................................................................................15
The Body Cellular
.........................................................................................................................16
Growth & Maintenance Nutrients
..................................................................................................16
Nutritional Deficiencies
.................................................................................................................16
Sick Soils, Sick Plants, Sick People
..............................................................................................16
Gone Are The
Minerals..................................................................................................................17
Unsafe Foods
................................................................................................................................17
Can Good Foods Be
Found?.........................................................................................................17
The Vitamin Connection………………………………………………………………………………….17
The Enzyme Connection...............................................................................................................17
Free Radicals &
Antioxidants........................................................................................................18
Super Antioxidants
.......................................................................................................................18
Fulvic Acid and the Free Radical
Connection................................................................................18
Who Wears the White Hat?
..........................................................................................................18
Antioxidants and Beyond
..............................................................................................................18
The Human Experience.................................................................................................................19
Human Experiences With Fulvic ..........................................................................................20
The Healing & Regenerative
Influences of Low Molecular Weight Humic Substances (Fulvic Acid) On Human
Tissues and Cells…20
Animal Experiments With Fulvic
..............................................................................................20
Information Concerning Possible
Toxic Minerals...................................................................21
Aluminum, Friend or Foe?.........................................................................................................23
False
Information..........................................................................................................................23
Healing Clays..............................................................................................................................
23
Where Did It
Start?.......................................................................................................................23
Iron Toxicity
.................................................................................................................................24
Animals Studies
........................................................................................................................
24
Poison From the
Garden..............................................................................................................24
The Alzheimer’s Myth
..................................................................................................................24
The Team
....................................................................................................................................25
To Be, Or Not To Be (Natural &
Unnatural)..................................................................................25
Colloidal Minerals vs. Complex
Minerals..................................................................................26
Definition of Colloid and
Colloidal..................................................................................................26
Fulvic Acid and Colloid Questions
and Answers...........................................................................26
Myths
...........................................................................................................................................28
Analysis of Fulvic
Acid...............................................................................................................28
Structure Problems……………………………………………………………………………………….28
Mineral
Affinity...............................................................................................................................29
Cellular
Action...............................................................................................................................29
Radioactive Reactions with Fulvic
and Humic Substances....................................................30
According to Szaloy, radioactive
elements react with humic substances and require only a brief time until
equilibrium is reached………30
Reported Claims of Effective
Treatment of Symptoms............................................................31
Fulvic Acid & Vegetal Silica
.......................................................................................................32
Most Calcium Supplements Don’t Seem
To Be Effective .............................................................32
Fulvic Acid & Vegetal
Silica...........................................................................................................32
Vegetal Silica Transmutates Into
Calcium.....................................................................................32
Professor Louis C. Kervran’s
Research ........................................................................................32
Absence Of Silica In Conjunction
With Degenerative Disease .....................................................33
Vegetal Silica Vs. Mineral Silica
....................................................................................................33
Noted Observations Concerning Fulvic
Acid, Vegetal Silica, & Arthritis ..............................34
Science Has A Lesson To Be Learned
......................................................................................34
The Wisdom of Man, and the “Theory”
of Chemical Fertilizers .....................................................34
The Story of Justis von
Liebig........................................................................................................34
Introduction
Fulvic acid
is rapidly being recognized as one of the key elements in many outstanding
health and scientific breakthroughs of the 21st century. Scientists and doctors
throughout the world are beginning to discover fulvic acid, and are starting to
recognize its extraordinary potential, Interest in the medical community has
been escalating rapidly. We have no doubt that this will increase dramatically
as our ongoing findings are released to the world.
We are now
receiving many requests for fulvic acid information and resources from
prestigious
scientists
and research clinics in the
Until
recent only very small amounts of fulvic acid have been available for
scientific testing. Most of the studies to date have been done on plant cells.
In reviewing and evaluating these reports, it is important to bear in mind that
leading scientists like Roger J. Williams, recognize and agree with the following
fact;
‘the
building blocks present in the metabolic machinery of human beings are, in the
great
majority
of cases, exactly the same as the building blocks contained in the metabolic
machinery
of other organisms of extremely different types.”
Roger J.
Williams
Although
the majority of research and experimentation that has been done on fulvic acid
is in relation to plants; it is important to realize that human beings
have been ingesting fulvic acid complexes regularly for over 60 years in
supplemental form, and for thousands of years from natural food and plant
sources. The new discoveries involving fulvic acid are very similar in nature
to the recent important discoveries of valuable phytochemicals in
vegetables that have always existed, but were hitherto unknown. Fulvic
acid has always occurred naturally in organic plants and soils, yet its recent
discovery and tremendous value is now just beginning to be recognized.
Accumulating testimonials from
regular users, continue to substantiate the fact that the same
beneficial properties related to
plant studies and cells, hold true in relation to animals and humans as well.
Clinical studies on animals and humans are beginnings, and updated information
will be
forthcoming. Preliminary findings
show that the most prominent diseases and health problems of our day have been
dramatically effected in positive ways by supplementation or treatment with
fulvic acid and other preparations enhanced, extracted, or chelated using
fulvic acid.
Uses beneficial to humans are not
the only focus here either. The known agricultural benefits have enormous
potential to heal soils of the world. Yet the majority of the agricultural
community is virtually unaware of the implications. Industrial use for
treatment of sewage and landfill wasted,
neutralization of radioactive and
toxic wastes, and a myriad of other uses are just beginnings to be realized.
Fulvic acid has already been found to have tremendous potential.
Fulvic Acid Major Attributes
One of Nature’s Most Powerful
Organic Electrolytes1
Fulvic acid is an organic natural
electrolyte that can balance and energize biological properties it
comes into contact with2.
An electrolyte is a substance that is soluble in water or other appropriate medium
that is capable of conducting electrical current3.
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References:
1.
Senesi, N. (1990). Analytica Chimica Acta, 232, 51-75.
2. Vital electrolytes – Baker, W.E.
(1973). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 37, 269-281.
3.
Gamble, D.S., & Schnitzer, M. (1974). Trace Metals and Metal-Organic Interactions in Natural
Waters.Ann Arbor, Mi:
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The power of an electrolyte has been
shown in repeated tests on animal cells (giant amoebae), to be able to restore
life in what researchers termed “a beautiful demonstration” and “astonishing.”
When the electrolyte potential was
taken away during the test, the cell ruptured and disintegrated into the
surrounding fluid causing death. Upon reintroducing electrical potential the
cell reconstructed and became active and healthy4!
It was also determined from these
same studies, that similar results could be expected of the
progressive weakness among humans
that results from unchecked hemorrhage, overwhelming emotional stress,
uncontrolled infections, unbalanced diet, prolonged loss of sleep, and surgical
shock.
These examples are all accompanied
by a steady decrease in electrical potential that can eventually be reduced to
zero at death. These studies show convincingly that the physical well being of
plants, animals, and humans is determined by proper electrical potential5.
Fulvic acid has proven to be a
powerful organic electrolyte, serving to balance cell life. If the
individual cell is restored to its
normal chemical balance and thereby in turn its electrical potential, we have
given life where death and disintegration would normally occur within plant and
animal cells6.
Fulvic acid has the outstanding
ability to accomplish this objective in numerous ways7.
Promotes Electrochemical Balance As
Donor Or Receptor
Fulvic acid is available at times as
an electron donor and at other times as an electron acceptor, based on the
cell’s requirements for balance8. One of the reactions that occurs
is always an oxidation reaction in which the chemical species loses electrons
as a donor. The other reaction is a reduction in which the active species gains
electrons as an acceptor9. A recent study of the binding of a donor molecule
to fulvic acid in solution revealed direct evidence for donor-acceptor
charge-transfer mechanisms.10 Trace minerals in the fulvic acid
electrolyte could also be beneficial in this process by serving as electrodes.11
One Of The Most Powerful Natural
Free Radical Scavengers & Antioxidants Known12
Free radicals of fulvic acid behave
as electron donors or acceptors, depending upon the need for balance in the
situation.13 Fulvic acid can in the same way take part in oxidation-reduction
reactions
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References:
4. Power of an electorlyte – Crile,
G. (1926). A bipolar theory of living porcesses.
5. Decrease in electrical potential- Crile, G.
(1926). A bipolar theory of living porcesses.
6. Powerful electrolyte – Jackson, William R.
(1993). Humic, Fulvic and Microbial Balance: Organic Soil Conditioning, 329.
7. New Electronic Encyclopedia.
(1991). Photosynthesis. Grolier Electronic Publishing.
8. Donor and acceptor – Jackson, William R.
(1993). Humic, Fulvic and Microbial Balance: Organic Soil Conditioning.
Evergreen,
9. Donor and receptor – Rashid, M.A. (1985).
Geochemistry of marine humic substances.
10. Donor, receptor- Sposito, G.,
Holtzclaw, K.M., LeVesque, C.S., &
11. Mineral complexes in fulvic may serve as
electrodes – Rashid, M.A. (1985). Geochemistry of marine humic substances.
12. Free radical – Senesi, N. (1990) Analytica
Chmica Acta, 232, 51-75.
13. Free radical – Senesi, N., Chen, Y., &
Schnitzer, M. (1977b). The role of humic acids in extracellularelectron
transport and chemical determination of pH in natural waters. Soil Biology and
Biochemitstry, 9,397-403.with transition metals.
14. (See the detailed report on free
radicals and antioxidants beginnings on page 21)
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Complexes & Dissolves Minerals
& Trace Elements15
Fulvic acid is especially active in
dissolving minerals and metals when in solution with water. The metallic
minerals simply dissolve into ionic form, and disappear into the fulvic
structure becoming bio-chemically reactive and mobile. The fulvic acid actually
transforms these minerals and metals into elaborate fulvic acid molecular
complexes that have vastly different characteristics from their previous
metallic mineral form. Fulvic acid is nature’s way of “chelating” metallic
minerals, turning them into readily absorbable bio-available forms. Fulvic acid
also has the unique ability to weather and dissolve silica that it comes into
contact with.
Enhances Nutrients16
Fulvic acid enhances the
availability of nutrients and makes them more readily absorbable. It also
allows minerals to regenerate and
prolongs the residence time of essential nutrients. It prepares
nutrients to react with cells. It
allows nutrients to inter-react with one another, breaking them down
into the simplest ionic forms
chelated by the fulvic acid electrolyte.
Transports Nutrients17
Fulvic acid readily complexes with
minerals and metals making them available to plant roots and
easily absorbable through cell
walls. It makes minerals such as iron that are not usually very mobile, easily
transported through plant structures. Fulvic acids also dissolve and transport vitamins,
coenzymes, auxins, hormones, and natural antibiotics18that are generally found
throughout the soil, making them available. These substances are effective in
stimulating even more vigorous and healthy growth.19 These
substances are produced by certain bacteria, fungi, and actinomycetes in
decomposing vegetation in the soil. It has been determined that all
known vitamins can be present in
healthy soil20. Plants manufacture many of their own
vitamins, yet these from the soil
further supplement the plant. Upon ingestion these nutrients are easily
absorbed by animals and humans, due to the fact that they are in the
perfect natural plant form as nature
intends. Fulvic acid can often transport many times
its weight in dissolved minerals and
elements.21
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14. Oxidation reduction – Senesi,
N., Chen, Y., & Schnitzer, M. (1977b). The role of humic acids in extracellular
electron transport and chemical determination of pH in natural wastes. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry, 9, 397-403.
15. Dissolves metals and minerals –
Ong, H.L., Swanson, V.D., & Bisque, R.E. (1970) Natural organic acids as
agents of chemical weathering (130-170).
16. Enhance and transport nutrients
– Christman, R.F., & Gjessing, E.T. (1983). Aquatic and terrestrial humic
materials. The Butterworth
Also: Prakash, A. (1971).
Terrigenous organic matter and coastal phytoplankton fertility. In J.D. Costlow
(Ed), Fertility of the sea, 2, 351-368. (Proceedings of an International
Symposium on Fertilty of the Sea,
17. Enhance and transport nutrients
– Prakish, A. (1971). Fertility of the Sea, 2, 351-368.
18. Williams, S. T. (1963). Are
antibiotics produced in soil? Pedobiologia, 23, 427-435.
19. Stimulate growth- Konovona, M.M.
(1966). Soil organic matter.
20. All known vitamins in soil –
Konovova, M. M. (1966). Soil organic matter.
21. Many times its weight- Deb, B.
C. (1949). The movement and precipitation of iron oxides in podzol soils.
Journal of Soil Science, 1, 112-122.
Catalyzes Enzyme Reactions22
Fulvic acid has close association
with enzymes.23 It increases activity of enzymes, and especially
influences respiratory catalysts. Fulvic acids increase the activity of several
enzymes including alkaline phosphates, transaminase, and invertase.
Increases Assimilation24
Fulvic acid metal organic complexes
are of a low molecular weight25, and because of this they are also
of low molecular size, and are capable of a high degree of penetration into
cells. Fulvic acid complexes and chelates are able to readily pass through
semi-permeable membranes such as cell walls. Yet it is important to note that
it has also been determined that fulvic acids not only have the ability to
transport nutrients through cell membranes, they also have the ability to
sensitize cell membranes and various physiological functions as well.26
Stimulates Metabolism27
Fulvic acid appears to cause the
genetic mechanism of plants to function at a higher level. It has been concluded
that any means by which plant cells are exposed to fulvic acid can improve
growth.28
Oxygen is absorbed more intensely in
the presence of fulvic acids.29 Fulvic acid aids in penetrating roots
and then quickly transports to the shoots of plants.30 Fulvic acid relieves oxygen deficiency and increases
the vital activity of cells. Fulvic acids change the pattern of the metabolism
of carbohydrates, resulting in an accumulation of soluble sugars. These soluble
sugars increase the pressure of osmosis inside the cell wall and enable plants
to withstand wilting. Fulvic acid enhances growth and may stimulate the immune
system.31
Detoxifies Pollutants32
An important aspect of humic
substances is related to their sorptive interaction with environmental chemicals,
either before or after they reach concentrations toxic to living organisms.
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22. Catalyzes enzyme reactions –
Khristeva, L. A., Luk’Yanonko, M.V. (1962). Role of physiologically active
substances in soil-humic acids, bitumens and vitamins B, C, P-P A and D in the
life of plants and their replenishment. Soviet Soil Science, 10, 1137-1141.
23. Fulvic and enzymes – Pardue, H.L,
Townshend, A., Clere, J.T., VanderLinden (Eds.), (1990, May 1). Analytica
chimica Acta, Special Issue, Humic and Fulvic compounds, 232 (1), 1-235.
(
24. Increase assimilation- Buffle
25 low molecular weight, Aiken, G.R.,
McKnight, D.M., & VacCarthy, P.1985). Humic substances of soil, sediment
and water,
26. Sensitize cell membranes- Rashid,
M.A. (1985). Geochemistry of Marine Humic Substances.
27. Stimulte metabolism-Rashid, M.A.
(1985). Geochemistry of Marine Humic Substances.
28. Genetic and growth-Jackson, William R. (1993).
Humic, Fulvic and Microbial Balance: Organic Soil Conditioning, 538. Evergreen,
29.
Oxygen is absorbed – Kononova, M.M. (1966). Soil organic matter.
30. Rapid transport to shoots-
Kononova, M.M. (1966). Soil organic matter.
31. Immune system – Syltic, P.W. (1985). Effects
of very small amounts of highly active biological substances on plant growth.
Biological Agriculture and Horticulture, 2, 245-269; and, Research reports and studies,
Appropriate Technology Ltd. Dallas, TX: Murray Sinks II of ATL (Publisher).
32. Modify damage by toxic compounds
– Christman, R.F., & Gjessing, E.T. (1983). Aquatic and terrestrial humic
materials. The Butterworth
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The
herbicide known as Paraquat is rapidly detoxified by humic substances (fulvic
acids).34 Fulvic
acids have a special function with respect to the demise of organic compounds
applied to soil as pesticides.35 It
has been established that fulvic acid is vital in helping to form new species
of metal ions, binding with organic pollutants such as pesticides and
herbicides, and catalyzing the breakdown of toxic pollutants. Radioactive
substances react rapidly with fulvic acid, and only a brief time is required
for equilibrium to be reached.36
All radioactive elements are capable of reacting with fulvic acid
and thus forming organo-metal complexes of different adsorptive stability and
solubility.
Dissolves Silica
Fulvic
acids are especially important because of their ability to complex or chelate
metal ions and interact with silica.37
It has been shown that these interactions may increase the
concentrations of metal ions and silica found in water solutions to levels that
are far in excess of their assumed dissolution ability38.
Synthesizes Or Transmutates Minerals39
Fulvic
acid complexes have the ability to bio-react one with another, and also
inter-react with cells to synthesize or transmutate new mineral compounds. The
transmutation of vegetal silica and magnesium to form calcium in animal and
human bones is a typical example of new synthesis of minerals.40
(See Fulvic Acid & Vegetal Silica beginning on page 40.)
Enhances Cell Division and Elongation41
Fulvic
acid stimulates and balances cells, creating optimum growth and replication conditions.
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References:
33. Enviromental
chemicals -
34.
Paraquat
– Fisher, A.M., Winterle, J.S., & Mill, T. (1967). Primary photochemical
processes in
photolysis
mediated by humic substances. In R.G. Zika & W. J. Cooper (Eds).
Photochemistry of
environmental
aquatic system (141-156). (ACS Symposium Series 327).
35. Pesticides
– Aiken, G.R., McKnight, D.M., & MacCarthy, P. (1985). Humic substances os
oil, sediment and water.
36.
Radioactive properties – Szalay, A. (1958). The signifiicance of humus in the
geochemical enrichment of uranium. Proceedings of the 2nd
International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy,
2, 12-186 (
37. dissolves and
weathers silica- Huang, W.H., & Deller, W.D. (1970). Dissolution of
rock-forming silicate minerals in organic acids; simulated first-stage
weathering of fresh mineral surfaces. American Mineralogical Journal, 55,
2076-2094.
38. Dissolves
silica- Kodama, H., Schnitzer, M., & Jaakkimainen, M. (1983). Chlorite and
biotite
weathering
by fulvic acid solutions in closed and open systems. Canadian Journal of Soil
Science, 63, 619-629.
39. Transmutate
or synthesis of new minerals – Shnitzer, M., Dodama. H. (1977). Reactions of
minerals with soil humic substances. In J.B. Dixon & S.B. Weed (Eds.),
Minerals in soil environments (Chap.21)).
40. See
“The Fulvic Acid, Vegetal Silica Miracle” later in this report, and further
documentation of Kervran, Louis C., Biological Transmutations.
41. Cell
clongation – Poapst, P.A., & Schnitzer, M. (1971). Fulvic acid and
adventitious root formation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 3, 215-219.
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Enhances the Permeability of Cell Membranes42
Fulvic
acids act as specific cell sensitizing agents and enhance the permeability of
the cell
membrane.43
Increases Metabolism Of Proteins44
Fulvic
acid intensifies the metabolism of proteins, RNA, and DNA.45
It has been found that fulvic acid definitely increases DNA
contents in cells46, and also
increases and enhances the rate of RNA syntheses.47
Catalyzes Vitamins Within The Cell48
Fulvic
acid has the ability to complex vitamins into its structure, where they are
presented to the cell in combination with complexed minerals. In this perfect
natural condition, they are able to be catalyzed and utilized by the cell. In
absence of adequate trace minerals, vitamins are unable to perform their proper
function.
Chelates All Monovalent & Divalent Elements To Which
It Is Exposed
Fulvic
acid has the power to form stable water soluble complexes with monovalent,
divalent, trivalent, and ployvalent metal ions. It can aid the actual movement
of metal ions that are normally difficult to mobilize or transport.49
Fulvic acids are excellent natural chelators and cation exchangers,
and are vitally important in the nutrition of cells.
Fulvic
Acid, Origin and Overview
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References:
42. Enhance
permeability of cell membranes – Christman, R.F., & Gjessing, E.T. (1983).
Aquatic and terrestrial humic materials. The Butterworth
43. Sensitizing
agent – Prakash, A. (1971). Terrigenous organic matter and coastal
phytoplankton fertility. In J.D. Costlow (Ed.), Fertility of the sea, 2,
351-368. (Proceedings of an International Symposium on Fertility of the Sea,
44. Increase
metabolism of proteins – Christman, R.F., & Gjessing, E.T. (1983). Aquatic
and terrestrial humic materials. The Butterworth
45. Proteins, DNA,
RNA – Khristeva,
46. Proteins,
DNA, RNA – Jackson, William R. (1993). Humic, Fulvic and Microbial Balance:
Organic Soil Conditioning, 569-570. Evergreen,
47. Synthesis of RNA
and DNA – Khristeva,
48. Catalyst
to vitamins within the cell – Williams, Dr. Roger J. (1977). The Wonderful
World Within You. Bio-Communications Press.
49. Transport metal ions – Schnitzer, M., &
Khan, S.U. (1972). Humic substances in the environment
In the Beginning
In the beginning the Earth was
blessed with optimum organic growing conditions. The soil had a wealth of
minerals, trace elements, and rich humus soil teaming with microbes. The
Earth’s minerals had not yet leached and eroded into the seas, and because of
that, the soil was exceptionally fertile.
The vegetation was very lush and
abundant, as is evidenced by ancient remains that we know were formed into coal
and oil deposits.
Humic Deposits
But there have been found other most
unusual remains that geologists call humic deposits. They also came from that
ancient lush vegetation. These humic deposits never did turn into oil or coal,
because they were not exposed to the same tremendous pressures, and were very
near the surface where there was abundant microbial activity. These deposits
are quite rare and can be found in various areas of the world. Some of these
deposits are exceedingly rich in a little known substance called fulvic acid.
Fulvic Acid
Fulvic acid has been discovered to
be one of the most important natural miracles related to life itself. Fulvic
acid is part of the humic structure in rich composting soil It is an acid50
created in extremely small amounts by the action of millions of beneficial
microbes, working on decaying plant matter in a soil environment with adequate
oxygen.51 It is of low molecular weight52 and is
biologically very active. Because of its low molecular weight, it has the
necessity and ability to readily bond minerals and elements into its molecular
structure causing them to dissolve and become mobilized fulvic complexes.
Fulvic acid from humic deposits usually carries 60 or more minerals and trace
elements dissolved into its molecular complexes. These are then in ideal
natural form to be absorbed and interact with living cells.53 Plants
roots and cells readily absorb high amounts of fulvic acid, and maintain it in
their structure.54 In fact it has been discovered that these fulvic
acid complexes are absolutely essential for plants to be healthy.55
Microbial Action
We know that ancient plant life had
ample fulvic acid as is evidenced by the exceedingly rich and
unusual deposits that are located in
various areas of the world. This fulvic acid in these deposits came from
massive amounts of vegetation and its further decomposition by microbes. Fulvic
acid is then a naturally occurring organic substance that comes entirely from
microbial action on decomposing plants, plants themselves, or ancient deposits
of plant origin.
References:
50. Acidity of fulvic acid –
Schnitzer, M. (1977). Recent findings of the characterization of humic
substances extracted from soils from
widely differing climatic zones. Proceedings of the Symposium on Soil Organic
Matter Studies, Braunsweig (117-131).
51. Environment with adequate oxygen
– Schnitzer, M. (1977). Recent findings of the characterization of humic
substances extracted from soils from widely differing climatic zones.
Proceedings of the Symposium on Soil Organic Matter Studies, Braunsweig
(117-131).
52. Low molecular weight – Aiken, G.
R., McKnight, D.M., & MacCarthy, P. 1985). Humic substances of soil,
sediment and water,
53. Absorption by cells – Azo, S.
& Sakai, I (1963). Studies on the physiological effects of humic acid.
Part1. Uptake of humic acid by crop plants and its physiological effects. Soil
Science and Plant Nutrition,9(3), 1-91. (
54. translocation of trace elements
to leaf tissues – Aiken, G.R., McKnight, D.M., & VacCarthy,P. 1985). Humic
substances of soil, sediment and water,
55. Important for the health of
plants – Christman, R.F., & Gjessing, E.T. (1983). Aquatic and terrestrial humic
materials. The Butterworth
Fulvic Acid is Lacking in Food Crops
It seems obvious that most of the
agricultural and food crops of today would also contain adequate amounts or at
least some fulvic acid and its related mineral complexes, but few do. As human
beings it would be reasonable to assume that we should be consuming fulvic acid
complexes in the plants we eat, and consequently have fulvic acid in our
systems. It is obvious that this is the way nature intended it. But this not
the case, nor has it been for a long time.
Our soils are sick from poor
agricultural practices, pesticides, chemical fertilizers (see page 43 for the most
revealing story of the “Father of N-P-K”), erosion, and mineral depletion,56 as
well as sterile conditions brought on by these practices, that prohibit microbial
activity. Because of this our plants are sick, containing very little
nutrition, especially minerals. For generations adequate fulvic acid that should
have been contained in the plants we eat has been missing from our diets, yet
it is essential for our cell metabolism. Scientists have found that
nutritionally we need 90 different nutrients in our diets. Over 60 of these are
minerals and trace elements. We are simply not getting them today from the
plants we eat.
Re-mineralization of soils would be
of little benefit without fulvic acid and return to better farming
practices. Re-mineralization of our
bodies without the fulvic acid that should be contained in the
plants we eat, has proven just as
useless. People are sick with degenerative and deficiency related diseases now
more than ever. With fulvic acid supplementation and return to proper diet and
farming practices these situations have the potential to be reversed.
Science & Medicine
Fulvic acid is still not well known
or understood by most of the scientific57 or medical community.
Fulvic acids have not been able to
be synthesized by chemists58, and are unable to be clearly defined59
because of their extremely complex nature. This perplexity warrants little
opportunity for science or medicine to exploit fulvic acid, or profit from new
patents. Accumulating claims of encouraging health benefits by the public have
been simply remarkable (see testimonials beginning page 45).
Many of these health assertions have
also shown that they could be disease preventative in nature and dramatically
increase longevity. This demonstrates that fulvic acid could potentially pose a
substantial long range threat to the future of pharmaceutical companies,
medical doctors, and health professionals. It is good news for the public and
the alternative health industry. Yet until now, fulvic acid has been entirely
overlooked or misunderstood by the majority of alternative health concerns as well.
Benefits of Fulvic Acid
Some scientists have recently been
studying fulvic acid, and have come up some amazing facts. They tell us that
fulvic acid is one of the finest natural electrolytes known to man. It helps
with human enzyme production, hormone structures, and is necessary for the
utilization of vitamins. It has been found to be essential to living cells in
carrying on metabolic process. It maintains the ideal.
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References:
56. depleted minerals in soil –
Senate Document #264.
57. Impossible to define- Vaughan,
D., & Malcolm, R.E. (1985b). Soil organic matter and biological activity.
Plant and soil Science, 16, 1-443. (
58. unable to be synthesized – not clearly
defined. Murray, K., & Linder, P.W. (1983). Fulvic acids: Structure and
metal binding. I. A random molecular model. Journal of Soil Science, 34,
511-523.
59. Unable to define – Senesi, N.,
Chen, Y., & Schnitzer, M. (1977b). the role of humic acids in
extracellular electron transport and
chemical determination of pH in natural waters. Soil Biology and Biochemistry,
9, 397-403.
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environment60
for dissolved mineral complexes, elements, and cells to bio-react electrically
with one another causing electron transfer, catalytic reactions, and
transmutations into new minerals.61 It is also one of the most
powerful natural antioxidants and free radical scavengers known. It has the unique
ability to react with both negatively and positively charged unpaired electrons
and render free radicals harmless. It can either alter them into new useable
compounds or eliminate them as waste.
Fulvic
acid can similarly scavenge heavy metals and detoxify pollutants. Fulvic acid
helps to correct cell imbalances.
Fulvic
Acid Mineral Complexes are better than true colloidal minerals62
You
may have heard all the excitement about colloidal minerals lately. But actual
true colloidal
minerals
don’t really work (see further information beginning page 31). It is the fulvic
acid in
conjunction
with the minerals that works! Colloidal minerals themselves are not readily
useable by
cells.
Until now, the alternative health community has praised the virtues of
colloidal minerals. Most so called colloidal mineral preparations have fulvic
acid in them, yet it may be of low or inconsistent volume or stability, and are
usually incorrectly labeled as colloidal by suppliers. These dealers are obviously
totally unaware of fulvic acid or its values.
Buyers
beware! Some dealers are marketing highly diluted or counterfeit preparations.
It has been determined that some preparations may have had sulfuric acid or
other acids added to the extraction vats to help them increase the dissolved
solid content. Some of the preparations, especially those coming from certain
ancient lake beds could be very unsafe. True colloidal minerals are still in metallic
form only smaller in size. To discern if a preparation is truly colloidal you
can obtain a laser penlight from Radio Shack for about $20. A simple laser test
will show a beam of light as visible in passing through a colloidal mineral
solution (unless it has nothing in it), because the light is reflecting
off
of solids. A solution with an adequate level of stabilized fulvic acid
containing the very same
minerals
shows no visible beam because the minerals are dissolved into a molecular
fulvic complex.
In
fact the solution can contain much higher mineral concentration63
when dissolved64 into fulvic
acid.65
It is most important to realize that fulvic acid is the perfect vehicle
provided and intended by nature for transport of minerals to living cells.66
If a product has fulvic acid in it you can usually tell by the unusual acidic
taste that is unique only to fulvic acids.
Hidden Treasures
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60.
Effect on total Earth environment – Buffle, J. (1988). Complexation reactions
in aquatic systems: An analytical approach.
61.
Transmutate or synthesis of new minerals – Shnitzer, M., & Dodama, H.
(1977). Reactions of minerals with soil humic substances. In J.B. Dixon &
S.B. Weed (Eds.), Minerals in soil environments (Chap. 21)).
62.
See further studies on colloids in later sections of this report/
63.
complex more metal – Rashid, M.A. (1971). Role of humic acids of marine origin
and their different molecular weight fractions in complexing Di-and Triavalent
metals. Soil Science, 111, 298-306.
64.
Dissolves more metal – Hoffman, M.R., Yost, E.C., Eisenreich, S.J., &
Mairer, W.J. (1981).
Characterization
of soluble and colloidal phase metal complexes in river water ultrafiltration.
A mass balance approach. Environmental Science Technology, 15, 655.
65.
Mineral levels in excess of their assumed dissolution ability – Kodama, H.,
Schnitzer, M., &
Jaakkimainen,
M. (1983). Chlorite and biotite weathering by fulvic acid solutions in closed
and open systems. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 63, 619-629.
66.
Penetration of fulvic into plant cells – Prat, S., Smidova, M., &
Cincerova, A.L. (1961). Penetration and effect of humus substances (fractions)
on plant cells. International Congress of Biochemistry, 5th (Abstract Commun.
329). (
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Good quality fulvic acid from humic
deposits has over 60 different mineral and trace element
complexes that naturally occur along
with the fulvic acid. These complexes are hidden treasures of the past, in the
perfect plant form, just as nature provides. These trace minerals are an
additional bonus to the miracle of fulvic acid. These fulvic complexes are
hundreds of times smaller than living cells, and are amazingly absorbable by
them. It is most important to know that fulvic acid has the unique ability to
enhance, potentiate, and increase absorption of many other compounds such as vitamins,
herbs, minerals, tinctures, and foods with which it is combined. Fulvic acid is
one of natures miracles of unparalleled proportion!
Fulvic Acids Further Defined
Fulvic Acids: What are They? Where
Do They Come From? What Can They Do? Why Do We
Need Them?
Though virtually unknown to the
layman, there is perhaps no substance more vital to life, (with the
possible exception of oxygen and
water) than the biologically derived compounds known as HUMIC and FULVIC ACIDS.
Fulvic acids enter into all life processes within plants and animals and as
such wears many hats. When necessary; they act as “free radical”67 scavengers,
supply vital electrolytes, 68 enhance and transport nutrients,69
make water wetter,70 catalyze enzyme reactions,71
increase assimilation,72 stimulate metabolism,73 chelate
and humanize essential major and trace elements,74 and demonstrate
amazing capacity for electrochemical balance.75
Unknown Fulvic
Despite the fact that scientists
worldwide have published thousands of papers relative to “fulvic acids” and
their effect on living matter, they have received limited public exposure
because of the inability to produce and commercialize these substances.
Researchers consider water extracts of 30 parts per million (ppm) as being a
high concentration. For obvious reasons the knowledge of fulvic acids have been
confined primarily to a small specialized sector of the scientific community.
How Are They Formed?
Fulvic acid is a derivative of
microbial degradation of humic substances. Microorganisms are
essential to the process.76
Each gram of healthy top soil has in excess of four billion microorganisms that
participate in manufacturing bio-chemicals essential to healthy plants77
and animals. If they were to fail our lives would cease. A better perspective
of their importance can be gained by looking at the
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Reference:
67.
“free radical” – Senesi, N. (1990) Analytica Chimica Acta, 232, 51-75.
68. Vital electrolytes – Backer,
W.E. (1973) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 37, 269-281.
69. Enhance and transport nutrients
– Prakash, A. (1971). Fertility of the Sea, 2, 351-368.
70. Make water wetter – Rashid, M.A.
(1985). Geochemistry of Marine Humic Substances.
71. Catalyze enzyme reactions –
Rashid, M.A. (1985). Geochemistry of Marine Humic Substances.
72. Increase assimilation – Buffle,
J. (1988). Complexation Reactions in Aquatic Systems: An Analytical Approach.
73. Stimulate metabolism – Rashid,
M.A. (1985). Geochemistry of Marine Humic Substances.
74. Chelate…major and trace elements
– Rashid, M.A. (1971). Soil Science, 111, 298-306.
75. Capacity for electrochemical
balance – Senesi, N. (1990) Analytica Chimica Acta, 232, 51-75.
76. Essential to the process –
Christman, R.F., & Gjessing, E.T. (1983). Aquatic and Terrestrial Humic Materials.
The Butterworth
77. Essential to healthy plants –
California Fertilizer Association. (1985). Western Fertilizer
Handbook.Danville, II: Interstate.
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work
they do. Microorganism activity in preparing one acre of top soil, expends the
equivalent energy of 10,000 people doing the same amount of work in the same
amount of time.78
What Humic Substances Do in
the Soil
Scientists
claim organic substances stimulate plant cellular growth and division,
including auxin type reactions.79 They enhance plant circulatory
systems and promote optimum plant respiration80 and transportation
systems.81 They decrease plant stress and premature deterioration.82
They dramatically improve seed germination and promote greater fibrous root
growth.83 They increase the size and numbers of legume root nodules
and increase resistance to drought and insect infestation.84
The Fulvic Plant Miracle85
In
addition to duplicating many of the positive functions of humic acid, fulvic
acid will:
- Stimulate
plant metabolism
- Give positive
effect on plant RNA & DNA
- Act as a catalyst
in plant respiration
- Increase
metabolism of proteins
- Increase
activity of multiple enzymes86
- Enhances the
permeability of cell membranes
- Enhance cell
division and cell elongation
- Aid
Chlorophyll synthesis
- Increase
drought tolerance, and prevent wilting87
- Increase crop
yields
- Assist
denitrification by microbes
- Buffer soil
pH
- Contribute
electrochemical balance as a donor or an acceptor
- Synthesize
new minerals
- Chemically
weather inorganic substances88
- Decompose
silica to release essential mineral nutrients89
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References:
78.
Same amount of time –
79.
Auxin type reactions – Wilkins, M.D. (Ed.). (1984). Advanced
Plant Physiology.
80.
Plant circulatory systems – Rashid, M.A. (1985). Geochemistry
of Marine Humic Substances.
81.
Transpiration systems – Kononova, M.M. (1966). Soil Organic
Matter.
82.
Deterioration – Rashid, M.A. (1985). Geochemistry of
Marine Humic Substances.
83.
Fibrous root growth – Kononova, M.M. (1966).Soil Organic Matter.
84.
Insect infestation – Salk, P.L., & Parker, L.W. (1986). A
New Agricultural Biotechnology: Potential Applications in Arid and Semi-Arid
Zones. American Association for the Advancement of Science and the
Government of
85.
The Fulvic Miracle list – Jackson, William R. (1993). Humic,
Fulvic and Microbial Balance: Organic Soil Conditioning. Evergreen,
86.
Increase enzyme activity – Malcolm, R.D., & Vaughan, D. (1979). Comparative
effects of soil organic matter fractions on phosphatase activities in wheat
roots. Plant and Soil, 51, 117-126. Also: Mato, M.C., Gonzales-Alonso, L.M.,
& Mendez, J. (1972). Inhibition of enzymatic indoleacetic acid oxidation by
fulvic acids. Soil Biology and Biochmistry, 4, 475-478.
87.Prevents
wilting – Rashid, M.A. (1985). Geochemistry of marine humic substances.
Springer-Verlag.
88.
Chemical weathering, Simonson, R.W. (1959). Outline of a generalized theory of
soil genesis. Soil Science Society
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Detoxify various pollutants (pesticides, herbicides,
etc.)
The Energy Continuum (illustration)
Sunlight
↓
Plants (Photosynthesis)
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↓ ↓
Animals
Bio
Mass
Coal (Stored
energy for
Oil and Gas Future Use)
Peat
Microbes
(Humification – microbial decomposition)
↓
humic
and Fulvic Acids (Final energy product sustaining both plants and animals)
Note:
THE TWO MAJOR LIFE FUNCTIONS WHICH CANNOT BE DUPLICATED BY MAN ARE
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
AND HUMIFICATION
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89.
Dissolves silica, Ponomareva, V.V., & Ragim-Zade, A.I. (1969). Comparative
study of fulvic and humic acids as agents of silicate mineral decomposition. Society
Soil Science, 1, 157-165. (Trans. From Pochvovedenic.
(1969), 3, 26-36)
90.
Who and What Are You? – Williams, Dr.Roger J. (1977). The
Wonderful World Within You. Bio-Communications Press.
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Who and What Are We?90
Biologically
as humans we consist of varying amounts of the following major and minor
elements;
Calcium
Iron
Oxygen
Carbon
Iodine
Phosphorus
Chlorine
Magnesium
Potassium
Hydrogen
Sulfur
Plus traces of aluminum, bromine,
cobalt, copper, fluorine, manganese, nickel, silicon, sodium, zinc,and all the
additionl (as yet) undiscovered trace element needs being added to the list as
our
knowledge increase.
The Body Cellular
The elements we are composed of
(plus or minus a few billion) are components of approximately 60 trillion
cells. An average cell contains about 1 quadrillion molecules, which is about
10,000 times as many molecules as the Milky Way has stars. Individual cells
when properly nourished, are capable of producing many of their own amino
acids, enzymes, and other factors necessary for all metabolic processes. Each
cell, in addition to other processes, burns its own energy, maintains itself, manufactures
its own enzymes, creates its own proteins, and duplicates itself.91 It is
essential to understand that the total metabolism of the body is the sum of the
metabolic operations carried on in each individual cell.
Growth & Maintenance Nutrients
Scientists have identified at least 90
growth and maintenance nutrients which must be continuously supplied to the
body to sustain healthful life. These growth and maintenance nutrients include
amino acids, major and trace minerals, vitamins and other nutritional factors.92
When these factors are supplied to our cells, the cells then create the
building blocks for the total metabolic machinery of our life process. The
building blocks present in the metabolic machinery of human beings are (in the
great majority of cases) the same as the building blocks contained in the
metabolic machinery of other organisms of extremely different types.93
Organisms vary in their capacity to
produce some of these building blocks internally. Some
organisms are capable of producing
all amino acids within their cells. Humans can produce all but
eight. Some organisms can produce
many of the vitamins within their cells. We can only produce
one.94 The very complex
processes of all metabolic functions are carried on within the cell. If we fail
to supply the cell with the essential growth and maintenance nutrients we will
experience a breakdown of these functions. When this breakdown is substantial
we have the onset of disease or the manifestation of some related defect.
Nutritional Deficiencies
Total deficiencies in one or more of
the growth and maintenance nutrients which human cells need for healthful
metabolism is now a rare occurrence, but substantial deficiencies in the growth
and maintenance nutrients is a common factor to every degenerative disease we
experience.95
Sick Soils, Sick Plants, Sick People
All naturally fertile soils contain
adequate amounts of humic and fulvic acids produced by resident
microbes within the soil. Humic and
fulvic acids assist the plant in obtaining its complete nutrition.
Our modern agriculture aims at one
goal (with few exceptions) which is market. Food quality is
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References
91. And duplicates itself –
Williams, Dr.Roger J. (1977). The Wonderful World Within You. Bio-
Communications Press.
92.other nutritional factors – ibid.
93. extremely different types –
ibid.
94. can produce only one – ibid.
95. Disease we experience – ibid.
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sacrificed for food quantity. Since
the farmer is paid by the bushel, yield is paramount to nutritional content. In
his frantic effort for yield, he has succumbed to the Pied Pipers of
agro-chemical companies with products to sell. He is further decoyed by bad
advice from county agents and higher schools of learning that protect the
“grant” status of moneys received from these same agro-chemical companies, who
advocate the application of excessive amount of nitrate fertilizers to the
soil. Such practices stun and destroy the indigenous microbial life within the
soil. When microbial life is inhibited or destroyed, vital humic and fulvic
acids are exhausted.
Gone Are The Minerals
When microbes are depleted from the
soils, they are no longer present to convert inorganic minerals into organic
minerals needed by plants. Excessive use of nitrate fertilizers inhibits the
formation of normal plant proteins and stimulates an over-abundance of unused
amino acids that attracts insects.96
Since pests were created to eat
diseased plants this introduces the ideal environment for increased infestation
because of increased insect food supply. The farmers reaction is more
pesticides and fungicides to save his infested crop. This in turn inhibits or
destroys even more vital microorganisms that are essential to mineral
conversions to plant nutrients.
Unsafe Foods
These deficient, pesticide laden
products are turned into “cash” which the farmer thinks is the bottom line.
Lacking in organic trace elements and other nutritional factors, but long on
chemical residues from pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, these
nutritionally hollow products end up on the tables of
Can Good Foods Be Found?
A very small percentage of the
agricultural lands of
The Vitamin Connection
In this century common vitamin
deficiency diseases have been reduced dramatically due to our
awareness of the role of vitamins in
nutrition. New breakthroughs are just beginning to emerge in the use of
increased dosages for treatment of some ailments. It should be noted however
that vitamins cannot complete their function in the cell’s metabolism without
the presence of certain minerals. This may explain the fascinating effects of
humic and fulvic acids at work in living organisms. Fulvic acid chelates and
binds scores of minerals into a bio-available form use by cells as needed.
These trace minerals serve as catalysts to vitamins within the cell.97
Additionally, fulvic acid is on to the most efficient transporters of vitamins
into the cell.
The Enzyme Connection98
An enzyme is a catalyst that does
not enter into a reaction but speeds up or causes a reaction to take place.
Enzymes are complex proteins. The burning of glucose in cells for instance,
requires the action of several enzymes, each working on the substrate of the
previous reaction. Each cell of the body (when properly nourished) is capable
of producing the enzymes needed for complete
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References:
96. amino acids that attract insects
– Chaboussou, F. (1980). Les Plantes Malades des Pesticides –
Bases Nouvelles D’une Prevention Contre Maladies et Parasites. (Plants
made sick by pesticides – New basis for the prevention of diseases and pests).
97. Catalyst
to vitamins within the cell – Williams, Dr. Roger J. (1977). The Wonderful World Within You. Bio-Communications
Press.
98. Mader, S.S.
(1990). Biology (3rd edition).
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metabolism.99 Research
has shown that fulvic acid improves enzymatic reactions in cells and
produces maximum stimulation of
enzyme development.100 The fulvic acid molecule often contains within
its structure coenzymes and important factors which the cells may utilize in
stimulation of enzyme reactions and the manufacturing of, and formation of
enzymes.101
Fulvic acid will in all probability,
be found to be one of the key factors of enzyme reactions with all
living cells.
Free Radicals & Antioxidants
Free radicals are highly reactive
molecules or fragments of molecules that contain one or more
unpaired electrons.102
They circulate through the body causing great mischief in bonding to and
injuring the tissues. In addition to
destroying tissue, they magnify the probability that injured cells will become
susceptible to a great many infections and disease, or mutate and cause cancer.
Super Antioxidants
In recent years frantic efforts have
been make to locate and isolate compounds with extraordinary
affinity for free radicals. Entire
industries have evolved around such efforts, with nearly every vendor of health
food products offering suitable solutions. Because of the limited public
knowledge concerning the great contribution fulvic acid plays as a
bi-directional super antioxidant, we need to consider certain facts.
Fulvic Acid and the Free Radical
Connection
To gain knowledge of how
antioxidants tie up free radicals we must understand their workings, and explode
a general misconception. For antioxidant to bind a free radical the antioxidant
molecule must have unpaired electrons of equal and opposite charge to that of
the unpaired electrons of the free radical. In a sense the free radical
scavenger is its self a free radical or it could not mate and neutralize the
destructive effects of free radicals.
Who Wears the White Hat?
We have found that fulvic acid is a
powerful, natural electrolyte that can act as an acceptor or as a donor in the
creation of electrochemical balance. If it encounters free radicals with
unpaired positive electrons it supplies an equal and opposite negative charge to
neutralize the bad effects of the free radicals. Likewise, if the free radicals
carry a negative charge, the fulvic acid molecule can supply positive unpaired
electrons to nullify that charge.
Antioxidants and Beyond
Being a bio-available chelated molecule
that can “also” chelate, fulvic acid wears the white hat. As a refiner and
transporter of organic minerals and other cell nutrients, it has the ability to
turn bad guys into good guys by chelating and humanizing free radicals.
Depending upon the chemical makeup of the free radical, they can be
incorporated into and become a part of life sustaining bio-available nutrients.
They may become an asset instead of a liability. In the event that the chemical
makeup of the free radical is of no particular benefit, it is chelated,
mobilized, and carried out of the body as a waste product.
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References:
99. for complete metabolism –
Williams, Dr.Roger J. (1977). The Wonderful World Within You. Bio-Communications
Press.
100. Maximum stimulation of enzyme development –
101. Enzyme reactions and formation
–
102. Free radicals, Senesi, N.
(1990). Molecular and quantitative aspects of the chemistry of fulvic acid and its
interactions with metal ions and organic chemicals:
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Data
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P.34 Herbal Tonic Therapies. Keats Publishing Inc.
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p.20-24, 113-118, Nutrition Health & Disease. Whitford Press.
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The Human Experience
The following public statement was
made by the late Dr. Clyde Sandgrin prior to the discovery and naming of active
ingredients in humic extract solutions later found to be fulvic acid mineral
complexes:
“If I had to chose between the
liquid mineral and electricity, electricity would
have to go.”
Reported claims of benefits are
little short of astonishing. For internal use they are:
- Increased energy
- Alleviates anemia
- Chelates body toxins
- Reduces high blood pressure
- Potentizes vitamin & mineral supplements
- Magnifies the effect of herbal teas and
tinctures
- Chelates all monovalent and divalent metals
- Is a powerful natural electrolyte
- Restores electrochemical balance
- Stimulates body enzyme systems
- Helps rebuild the immune system
Reported claims of external
beneficial use:
- Treating open wounds
- Healing burns with minimum pain or scarring
- Eliminating discoloration due to skin bruises
- Killing pathogens responsible for athletes foot
- Acting as a wide spectrum anti-microbial and
fungicide
- Treating rashes and skin irritations
- Helping to heal cuts and abrasions
- Helping heal insect bites and spider bites
- Neutralizing poison ivy and poison oak.
Human
Experiences With Fulvic
The Healing & Regenerative Influences of Low
Molecular Weight Humic Substances
(Fulvic Acid) On Human Tissues and Cells
Tests103
were conducted by Dr. W. Schlickewei104
and five associates105at
the
The
transplantation of bone tissue is required in about 15% of all cases of
replacement surgery of the locomotor apparatus, and it is generally applied to
reconstitute and repair actual defects in bone.
Human
donor tissues have become scarce due to special legal requirements and
necessary additional testing because such tissues have a high danger of
transmitting the HIV virus and hepatitis. There are also obvious disadvantages
to using bone grafts from other areas of the same patient’s body because they
require a second operation and prolong the length of time in surgery. The only
other known substitute source available in large enough quantities for clinical
use, was animal bone in the form of inorganic calcium compounds (bovine calcium
hydroxyapatirte), and although these were well tolerated by the body, they
showed no signs of being resorbed.
Remarkable
bone regeneration and resorption characteristics were identified when the
animal bone implants were impregnated with a low molecular weight humic
substance (fulvic acid) prior to transplant in to patients. The bone implant
then became highly osteoconductive, and served the host
tissue
as a “guide-line” for the deposition of newly developing bone tissue. The same
transplant procedure without the fulvic acid showed no signs of regeneration
during the course of the experiment.
While
on the lookout for a new group of active agents with the ability to promote
wound healing, the doctors came across the humic substances. The doctors said
that the bone resorption is most easily explained by the known ability of
humate to induce the activation of leucocytes. They said that previous
experiments had established that the humic substances are able to bind to
calcium-containing compounds, stimulate granulocytes, and block the infectivity
of the HIV virus.
Summary: In this clinical
test and previous experiments, fulvic acid has been shown to activate and stimulate
white blood cells, promoting healing, turn inorganic calcium into an organic
bio-active cellular regenerative medium conducive to new bone growth, stimulate
cellular growth and regeneration, and inhibit the HIV virus.103
Animal Experiments With Fulvic
Early studies with livestock animals
were conducted by Dr. Charles S. Hansen, D.V.M. in the state of
103. Schlickewei,
Dr. W., (1993). Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 112:275-279, Influence of humate on
calcium hydroxyapatite implants.
104. W. Schlickewei,
Dept. of Surgery (Traumatology),
105. U.N. Riede, Dept.
of Pathology,
Dairy Cows
- After 2 months on supplement no bacterial or
viral infections.
- Herd of over 300, after 3 months on supplement,
increased butterfat production by 15%
- Herd on supplement cut back on high protein
rations with no decrease in production.
- All cows on supplement experienced more complete
digestion.
- Cows with bacterial infection (mastitis) treated
with 1 pint of fulvic acid solution recovered to full production in 12 to
24 hours.
- When using antibiotics to treat mastitis the
recovery was only 50%-70% after 2-3 weeks.
Hogs
- Animals on the supplement experienced better and
more complete digestion.
- The free choice supplement in 36 hrs acted as an
excellent vermifuge (deworming agent).
- The supplement completely eliminated Necro, a
bloody diarrhea in hogs.
Mink
- Animal on the supplement experienced more
complete digestion.
- When on the supplement were less vicious, more
docile.
- Supplemented animals ceased fur chewing.
- Successfully eliminated most diseases common to
mink herds.
Poultry
- Supplementing to feed acted as a vermifuge.
- Pullets given supplement were free of most
diseases.
- Pullets on supplement experienced more complete
digestion of other feeds in diet.
- Pullets on the supplement produced eggs of
superior shell hardness and quality.
The results of these early tests
support the known benefits which fulvic acid provides to all living
systems, plant or animal. They
indicate that fulvic acid may very possibly become the most important factor in
health management in the future.
Information Concerning Possible Toxic Minerals
“Poisons in small doses are the best
medicines, and the best medicine in too large doses are
poisonous.” A famous quote by Wm.
Withering
1. Consumption of plant derived
mineral fulvic complexes by humans for many years has shown that they will not
build up in the body tissues as do metallic minerals. The following
observations and theories describe the reasons why:
a) Cells have the ability to accept
of reject minerals, including aluminum, lead, arsenic, mercury, etc.,at their
discretion when presented as organic fulvic complexes. It should be considered
that these minerals may not necessarily be present to “nourish” cells, but are
needed to act as “electrodes” in the fulvic electrolyte solution. In that
capacity they are probably most essential for bio-reactions, electron transfer,
catalytic reactions, and transmutations.
b) Fulvic acid carries complexed
minerals in “trace” amounts only, at similar levels as is commonly found in
healthy plants grown in mineral rich soil under optimum organic growing
conditions. These “trace” mineral complexes should not be confused with
metallic minerals.
c) Fulvic acid has the ability to
complex and remove toxic metals and other minerals from the system. Fulvic acid
mineral solutions have been ingested by people for many years, yet have never
been shown to cause toxic mineral build-up in humans.
d) It is obvious that when metals,
minerals, and trace elements become complexed into fulvic acid, they take on an
entirely new property of availability, unlike their original form.
e) It is when fulvic acid is not present
that one should seriously worry about toxic build up from any source. This
could account for the health problems that are causing concern today in our
“fulvic starved” society.
2. Aluminum makes up 12% of the
Earth’s crust, and is the most abundant metallic element
a) Aluminum is found in biological
quantities in most plants grown in soil. Most of our food crops
contain 20-200 ppm or more of
aluminum. In crops today this concentration would normally be in the absence of
fulvic acid.
b) Known biological function of Aluminum
is to activate the enzymes succinic dehydrogenase. It
increases survival rate of newborn
infants, and according to professor Gerharkt Schrauzer, head of the department
of chemistry at UCSD, is an essential mineral for human nutrition.
c) The
d) In a study that appeared
(
3. Science is just learning about
other supposedly toxic minerals
a) It is now generally accepted that
arsenic is in fact, in trace levels, and essential element for optimal health
and longevity. The levels of arsenic that most people ingest in food or water
are not usually considered to be of health concern.
b) Despite all the adverse health
effects associated with arsenic exposure, there is some evidence that low
levels of exposure may be beneficial to good health. Test animals maintained on
a diet deficient in arsenic did not gain weight normally, and they became
pregnant less frequently than the control animals maintained on a diet
containing a more normal (but low) concentration of arsenic. Also, the offspring
form the deficient animals tended to be smaller than normal, and some died at
an early age.
c) Arsenic has been found to be
essential for survivability of newborn babies and also neonatal
growth. Arsenic has been shown to
promote the growth rate in animals.
d) Like most plants, tobacco
contains trace amounts of cadmium and lead. It is interesting to note
that people that smoke tobacco have
about twice as much cadmium in their bodies as do non-smokers. Higher levels of
lead are also found in smokers. It would stand to reason that burning converts
the natural organic plant forms of these metals.
e) The metabolic antagonism between
mercury and selenium results in the protection from selenium poisoning by
mercury and the protection against mercury poisoning by selenium. A mutual antagonism
between the two exists.
f) Taking in too little zinc is at
least as important a health problem as taking in too much zinc.
Without enough zinc in the diet,
people can experience loss of appetite, decreased sense of taste and smell,
slow wound healing, and skin lesions. In severe cases in children, too little
zinc can cause poorly developed sex organs and dwarfism.
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References:
Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry, Public Health Statements: Arsenic,
Aluminum, Mercury, Zinc, Selenium, Cadmium,
Lead.
Kehoe, R.A., et al.: Manganese,
Lead, Tin, Aluminum, Copper and Silver in
biological Material. J. Nutr. July,
1940. Pages 85-98.
Aluminum, Friend or Foe?
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False Information
Undocumented information bring
disseminated throughout the health food industry regarding
aluminum toxicity has caused undue
concern to health conscious individuals everywhere. Because of the persistence
of such claims it would be well to examine the issues form the standpoint of documented
evidence and reason. Aluminum is one of the most abundant elements on Earth,
with one seventh of the Earth’s crust being made up of that element. It is
never found in its pure form but is always combined with other elements, silica
being one of the most common.
Healing Clays
Aluminum combines with oxygen and
silica, to make up the major elements in montmorillonite clays; which people
have beneficially used (externally and internally) for thousands of years. Any
clay compound found in health food stores contains very high levels (tens of
thousands of parts per million) of aluminum. Aluminum is a major component in
all soils and enters the food chain at every level, be it plant or animal. If
natural compounds of “organic” aluminum were toxic or hazardous to human
health, life as we know it on planet Earth would cease.
Where Did It Start?
Aluminum received a bad rap when a
foundry worker in
into powder, died of aluminum
toxicity. Without goggles, mask or protective clothing he continued
his occupation until he became
dysfunctional. At his death an autopsy revealed abnormal quantities of aluminum
in his lungs, cells and tissues, all of which contributed to his untimely
death. Health advocates immediately manned the torch and spread the word that
aluminum is a toxic poison which should be banned in any form from
contaminating food, drink or medicine.
Iron Toxicity
Any
major or trace element used under identical circumstances to that of the
English foundry worker would produce toxicity. Essential trace elements are
“essential” only when used in trace amounts. When used in excess they become
toxic (poison). The same is true with the “major” elements such as iron. When
used in excess they become toxic. The fact that most natural compounds of
aluminum are inert and pass through the system without harm…coupled with the
fact that aluminum is never found in nature in the pure form, points to the
absurdity of the claims that all forms of aluminum are toxic (poison).
Animals Studies
Controlled
studies on rats receiving high levels or aluminum in the form of potassium
aluminum
sulfate,
revealed no appreciable differences between the control groups receiving the
aluminum-free diet and animals receiving the “high” aluminum diets. The
researchers reported;
“Minute
traces of aluminum were found in the various tissues on all
of the diets. The
aluminum-containing
diets were fed for four generations, with no noticeable differences from the
animals
on the normal diet in behavior or in growth curves beyond a slightly greater
initial growth in the rats receiving aluminum.”
An
investigation similar to that above was conducted on dogs. As was the case with
rats, smaller
amounts
of aluminum were found in the tissues of the normally fed dogs, and these
amounts were not appreciably changed except in the liver, following prolonged
ingestion (three months) of aluminum in amounts of 230 ppm and 1550 ppm daily
(6 and 2 animals respectively). No detrimental effects were noted in the health
of the animals.
A
few analyses for aluminum in human autopsies are reported. These in general are
in accord with the figures reported for the rat and dog, with the exception
that the figures for the liver are lower and for the heart and brain higher.
Poison From the Garden
Most
food crops contain 20-200 parts per million of aluminum; with
beans testing 1640 parts per
million106
(46.5 mg Per ounce). The internationally recognized,
All
green-leafy vegetables used in salads and green-drinks contain “high” levels of
aluminum. Onions are especially high in aluminum, and the strawberry receptacle
is loaded with natural compounds of “organic” aluminum. Reported in parts per
million; mint leaves contain 160 ppm…plantain leaves 56…beets 28…beet leaves
72…with various marine algae 40-98 ppm of aluminum. Even our good friends such
as spinach contain 102 ppm of aluminum. If natural forms of aluminum are toxic…
why do we classify most of the above as health foods? And here again what of
the question of build-up in the body?
The Alzheimer’s Myth
Beans
and other legumes are especially high in aluminum (1640 ppm) which simply
stated, means that if natural forms of aluminum contributed in any way to
Alzheimer’s disease, all ethnic groups eating
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References:
106. dry
beans – Bertrand, G. & G. Levy. The Content of Plants, Notably Food Plants,
in Aluminum Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. (
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legumes as a staple part or their
diet would manifest epidemic numbers suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. We
would suggest that anyone believing that all forms of aluminum are toxic should
use extreme caution in eating anything from the garden.
The Team
Nutrients always work as a team.
When there is an abnormal concentration of one element, it results in an upset
metabolic balance. Human effort to produce super concentrates of any nutrient
with total disregard to the overall systems ability to deal with the same
element in high concentration is a deadly poison. Organic arsenic in trace
amounts is essential, yet in higher concentrations is a poison. We should not
mistakenly assume that because certain elements are lethal in high
concentrations, that they are also harmful in “trace” amounts. Such
concentrates, results in harm to the user. Selenium in trace amounts is
absolutely essential. The same element in high concentrations is a deadly
poison. Organic arsenic in trace amounts is essential, yet in higher concentration
is a poison.
To Be, Or Not To Be (Natural &
Unnatural)
All trace elements found in organic
beds of ancient origin must be assumed to be of importance. These elements have
been placed there by nature and not by man. Because we find natural forms of aluminum
in all our food chains we cannot assume that “plant derived” aluminum is
non-essential. To refine out aluminum, arsenic and other trace elements from
minerals extracted from naturally occurring organic beds, is to change from a
“natural” to an “unnatural” state.
To refine out aluminum, arsenic and
other trace elements from minerals extracted from naturally
occurring organic beds, is to change
from a “natural” to an “unnatural” state.
Since organic aluminum is in all
plant foods without exception…one of the surest methods of
determining whether a product is
natural in the presence (or absence) of aluminum. If there is no
aluminum it cannot be natural. All we need to clear our vision
concerning the essential nature of trace elements is to review the literature
with respect to trace-elements once considered non-essential and see the
surprising number of those same elements that have since been discovered to be
“very” essential. To be “slow-learners” is better than to be “no-learners” even
if we do have to eat humble pie.
In all likelihood, Aluminum (as
contained in plants) may yet prove to be one of our closest friends.
(Especially in the complex with
fulvic acid.)
Colloidal Minerals vs. Complex Minerals.
Definition of Colloid and Colloidal
”A colloid is: A state of matter in
which the matter is dispersed in or distributed throughout some
medium called the dispersion medium.
The matter thus dispersed is called the disperse phase of the colloid system.
The particles of the disperse phase are larger than the ordinary crystalloid
molecule, but not large enough to settle out under the influence of gravity.”107
“Colloids as defined in physical
chemistry are: A. a colloidal system, one which a finely divided soled is
suspended in a liquid: such colloids range from solutions to gels B. a
colloidal suspension. C. a substance that when suspended in a liquid will not
diffuse easily through vegetable or animal membrane.”108
According to Remington’s
Pharmaceutical Sciences: “colloidal mineral particles each consist of
many aggregates and each aggregate
contains many molecules.” Thus it stands to reason that
colloidal minerals exist in particle
sizes many times larger than some other mineral forms.
Because of their size, colloidal
minerals are not absorbed by the body.109
“A colloidal mineral is one hat has
been so altered that it will no longer pas through cell walls or
other organic membranes.”110 Dr. Royal Lee
Fulvic Acid and Colloid Questions
and Answers
Q. What is a colloid?
A. Colloids are solid particles of
extremely small size that (when mixed with a liquid) will not settle
out. If the particles dissolve they
are no longer colloidal but are dissolved solids. Undisclosed
colloids or particles will always
reflect light to a greater or lesser degree. Depending on the number & size
of the particles present.
Q. How can the ordinary person
determine if a solution contains colloidal minerals?
A. All colloids in suspension reflect
light. Using a laser pen-light a person can direct its beam through
a solution supposedly containing
colloids. If colloids are present the beam will be distinct and very
visible, depending upon the strength
of the solutions. If there are no colloids present there will be no visible
beams. Any product claiming to be colloidal minerals…but which produces no
visible beam with a laser, is falsely labeled colloidal.
Q. Do plants produce & use
colloidal minerals?
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References:
107. definition of a colloid – Dorland’s Illustrated
Dictionary, 24th Edition.
108. definition of colloids – Random House
Dictionary of the English Language, Current Edition
109. colloids and their size – Max Motyka, M.S.,
Albion Laboratories.
110. colloids – Lee, Royal, D.D.S. The Mineral
Elements in Nutrition. The writings of Dr. Royal
Lee. (Accredited as being one of the
most respected men in the area of nutritional knowledge to have ever lived.)
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A. Plants do not produce or use
colloidal minerals.
Q. How then, do plants get needed
minerals?
A. Plants do not produce nor use
colloidal minerals but are supplied dissolved mineral complexes
from soil microorganisms that can
and do use colloidal minerals. Though photosynthesis, plants
manufacture sugars and exude some of
these mucopolysaccharides at the root level. Being slippery the
mycopolysaccharides lubricate the soil and help the roots enlarge and grow.
Microorganisms relish polysaccharides and rapidly increase in numbers. In
return, the microorganisms supply soluble, organo-complexed minerals that plant
need for health and vital growth.
Q. What happen when the microorganisms
that supply essential organo-complexed mineral are
destroyed?
A. The plants lose their flavor,
nutrition and vitality, and humans develop deficiency diseases in
epidemic proportions.
Q. Has the microorganism-produced
bio-chemical been identified that is responsible for complexing and mobilizing
minerals for assimilation by plants, and in turn animals and humans?
A. Yes, this extremely complex
substance has been isolated. It is called fulvic acid and is produced in extremely
small amounts in organically rich soils teaming with vital microorganisms.
Q. Can, or has Fulvic acid ever been
synthesized?
A. No, nor is it ever likely to be,
considering the extremely complex nature of the material.
Q. Has Fulvic acid ever been extracted
commercially?
A. Yes, but beware of counterfeits.
Q. How is it extracted?
A. It is extracted from ancient
composted material from once living matter and contains all the major and trace
elements present when these organically rich deposits were laid down. Fulvic
acid chelates, solubilizes and complexes all monovalent and divalent minerals
into bio-nutrients of the highest degree of absorbability for both plants and
animals. It is the strongest natural electrolyte known, and is capable of
potentizing and enhancing the beneficial effects of the various nutrients,
herbs or tinctures with which it may be combined. Without it life would cease
to exist as we know it.
Q. In what amounts can it safely be
used?
A. Since it is a catalyst as well as a
cell nutrient and an extremely effective anti-oxidant, it should be used with
all prudence and reason.
Q. Does Fulvic acid contain colloidal
minerals?
A. No, Fulvic acid does not contain
colloidal minerals (suspended particles) but contains complexed and dissolved
minerals and trace elements in the some form our Nature intended for us to use
them.
Q. When Fulvic acid is used to complex
or dissolve other metals or minerals, will it then respond to the laser light?
A. When Fulvic acid is used to complex
other metals or minerals, they become complexed and
dissolved…becoming a part of the
life-giving molecule of which Fulvic acid is composed. Therefore metals and
minerals complexed with Fulvic acid will not respond to the laser light; hence
a Fulvic solution containing thousands of parts per million (ppm) of dissolved
metal or minerals will not respond to a laser light. There are no suspended
particles in solution to reflect light.
Myths
Myth: Plant roots turn metallic minerals
into colloids.
Truth: Fulvic acid created by microbes turn
metallic minerals into molecular complexes, which in
turn are available to plant roots.
Myth: Extracts from ancient humic deposits
contain colloidal minerals.
Truth: Extracts from ancient humic deposits
contain fulvic acid mineral complexes in varying ratios and concentrations.
Myth: Colloids are readily absorbable by
human or plant cells.
Truth: The term “colloids” was incorrectly
used by some confused individuals, and the industry has continued to build upon
it. True colloidal minerals are not readily absorbable, except for a low
number in some samples that have
been reduced to ionic size. These would still be metallic in form and not good
for the body. The term colloids is being mistakenly used to refer to fulvic
acid
complexes, which are readily
absorbable and in the perfect electrolyte form to react with cells.
Myth: The T.J. Clark, Rockland Mine, and
related small claims in Emery Count, are the only ones of their kind to have
ever been discovered.
Truth: There are considerable other
deposits far richer than these claims. Fulvic acid is continually being formed
wherever substantial amounts of humic material, microbes, and suitable culture conditions
exist. It can be found worldwide.
Analysis of Fulvic Acid
Structure Problem
An accurate evaluation of the trace
minerals and elements in the chelated structure of fulvic acid is complicated
by the fact that no scientific attempts to identify its molecular structure
have succeeded to date.111
It is known that fulvic acid is a substance that is continuously formed by
microbes from decaying plant and animal matter. Many of the beneficial effects
of fulvic acid to plants and animals are also known and the list is increasing
dramatically. Still only the microbes that formed fulvic acid knows how to make
it and how it is structured. Every human attempt to either duplicate it or
unmask its structure has failed.
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111. Murray, K., & Linder, P.W. (1983). Fulvic
acids: Structure and metal binding. I. A random molecular model. Journal of
soil Science, 34, 511- 523
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Mineral Affinity
Though fulvic acid is usually found
having a molecular weight of less than 700, it is capable of
complexing or chelating 2 to 6 times
more metals than other higher molecular weight complexing
agents.112
Russian scientists conducted some
comparative studies on weathering which involved the chelation of inorganic
minerals into the fulvic acid complex. The fulvic acid was brought to a neutral
solution by the 100th day of the testing but continued to actively chelate
through 200 days. Another 200 days were added to the experiment and the
chelating action still continued. The experiment was concluded without knowing
how long the action would continue.113
Cellular Action
It is known also that fulvic acid is
readily admitted into living cells. This may be in part to its low
molecular weight, its electrical
potential, its bio-transporting ability or factors yet to be discovered. It is
known however that once inside the living cell it participates in selective
trading or supply of
minerals and other nutrient factors
inside the cell.114
In addition to supplying essential nutrients to the cell it has been shown
that the fulvic acid can chelate toxins reducing them to a harmless state. The fulvic
and humic acids are effective in neutralizing such a wide range of toxic
materials from heavy metals, radioactive waste, petro-chemicals and industrial
waste that tests are soon to be conducted on a new system designed to compost
land fill refuse using the fulvic and humic acids to safely render all toxins
harmless. On the cellular level fulvic acid is superior for neutralizing
toxins, heavy metals and other harmful substances and carrying these intruders
out of the body.115
Conventional Testing Approaches
Having established the ability of
fulvic acid to chelate or complex with minerals and other micronutrients, and
its ability to carry these factors into the cells while picking up harmful
substances in exchange for safe disposal out of the cell, let us now turn to
the challenge of finding out what the fulvic acid had chelated with. Reports
from a distributor of a mineral solution which contained an unknown amount of
fulvic acid reveled that conventional Mass Spec tests submitted to several laboratories
resulted in large variations for the same samples of the material. The
variances in the total minerals shown were from under 40 to over 50 and this on
the same sample. The variance in the amounts of each mineral present in the
analysis ran from 50% to 60% difference in detected amounts.
These kinds of results were of no
value at all. This experience is not unusual with any conventional testing of
fulvic or humic acid. Whether one used Mass Spec, Atomic Absorption, Fire Assay
or other conventional detection approaches to find out what is complexed into
these natural organic acids, and in what specific amounts, you will never come
up with a uniform result. There are obvious factors in both the fulvic and
humic acid complexes which at times mask elements from view and at other times show
such high readings as to be totally out of reason. The key to unlock this
riddle is yet to be discovered or announce to the scientific community. It may
be reasonable to assume that this discovery will appear upon the heals of the
discovery of the molecular structure of fulvic and humic acids.
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References:
112. Rashid, M.A. (1971). Soil
Sciences, 111, 298-306. Hoffman, M.R., Yost, E.C., Eiscncich,S.J., & Maier,
W.J. (1981) Environmental Science Tecnology, 15, 655.
113. Ponomarcva, V.V., &
Ragim-Zadc, A.I. (1969). Comparative study of fulvic and humic acids as agents of
silicate mineral decomposition. Society Soil Science, 1, 157-165.
(Trans. From Pochvovedie. (1969), 3,26-36)
114. Rashid, M.A. (1985) Geochemistry of Marine
Humic Substances.
115. Rashid, M.A. (1985). Geochemistry
of Marine Humic Substances.
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Radioactive Reactions with Fulvic and Humic Substances
According to Szaloy, radioactive
elements react with humic substances and require only a
brief time until equilibrium is
reached.116
F.W. Pauli stated that the
solubility, migration, and accumulation of uranium are influenced by humic and
fulvic acids. The fuel discharged from the light water reactors is contaminated
with substantial
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116. Szalay, A. (1958). The significance
of humus in the geochemical enrichment of uranium. Proceedings of the 2nd
International conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic energy, 2, 182-186.
(
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amounts of plutonium and uranium.
These ions react with humic compounds at a much more rapid rate than do copper,
nickel, lead, or cadmium ions.117
Pillai and Mathew agreed that it
would not be unrealistic to presume that the geochemical behavior of plutonium
and uranium is influenced by humic substances. They reported the presence of
plutonium in purified organic material extracted from coastal sediments and
indicated the possibility of the accumulation of plutonium on organic surfaces
because the concentration of plutonium increased over time. As they confirmed
that the organic matter solubilized the plutonium, they discovered that the addition
of organic matter inhibited the hydrolysis and precipitation of the added
plutonium. It was further reported that this scenario duplicates the action
with uranium and other radioactive elements.118
Rashid stated that nuclear reactor
wastes contain unused uranium, the basic fuel, and long-lived
fission product nuclides and
actinides, including plutonium, strontium-90, zirconium-95, iodine-129, cesium-137
and cesium 135, all in abundance. Activated metals such as cobalt-60, iron-59,
and manganese-54 also are present in reactor waste. He states that the basic
reactions of these materials with humic substances are parallel to those of
other transition and trace metals.119
“Radioactive elements have an
affinity for humic and fulvic acids. They form organo-metal complexes of
different adsorptive stability and solubility. Uranium and plutonium are
influenced by humic substances as are other polluting metals, each being
solubilized and absorbed, thereby annihilating that specific radioactivity.”120
Reported Claims of Effective Treatment of Symptoms
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References:
117. Pauli, F.W. (1975). Heavy
metal humates and their behavior against hydrogen sulfide. Soil Science, 119,
98-105.
118. Pillai, K.C., & Mathew, E.
(1976). Plutonium in the aquatic environment: Its behavior, distribution and
significance. In Transuranium nuclides in the environment (pp. 25-45).
Proceeding of the Symposium, International Atomic Energy Agency,
119. Rashid, M.A. (1985). Geochemistry
of Marine Humic Substances.
120. W.R. Jackson PhD. (1993) Humic, Fulvic, and
Microbal Balance: Organic Soil Conditioning (pp. 762-763).
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- Anemia
- Angina
- Arteriosclerosis
- Arthritis
- Burns
- Blood Clots
- Bursitis
- Cancer
- Chemical Burns
- Chronic Fatigue
- Chronic Indigestion
- Chronic Psoriasis
- Circulation Problems
- Common Colds
- Colitis
- Croup
- Cystitis
- Dermatitis
- Diabetes
- Diarrea
- Diverticulitos
- Eczema
- Edema
- Fractures
- Gall Stones
- Gastritis
- Gout
- Heartburn
- Hemorrhoids
- High Blood Pressure
- H.I.V. Virus
- Hypoglycemia
- High Blood Sugar
- Migraine Headaches
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Cramps
- Nervous Disorders
- Nervous Stomach
- Open Sores
- Parasite Infection
- Shingles
- Sunburn
- Stroke
- Toxic Buildup
- Ulcers
- Varicose Veins
- Yeast Infections
Fulvic Acid & Vegetal Silica
Most Calcium Supplements Don’t Seem
To Be Effective
It has become obvious that calcium
supplements are not working properly. People continue to suffer deficiency and
degenerative diseases in spite of efforts from the medical profession to remedy
the problem. People that have had large amounts of calcium in their water
supply, milk, and other mineral sources, show no improvement either.
How is the human body meant to
obtain calcium? It is a well known fact that the human body was
meant to eat a diet high in fresh
fruits, vegetables, and grains. In that knowledge is the answer and key to the
problem.
Fulvic Acid & Vegetal Silica
Fresh food crops grown in balanced
organic soil, high in compost and teaming with microbes would contain ample
fulvic acid and vegetal silica. Yet today our crops are grown in near sterile
soil with few microbes, little fulvic acid, and are picked, refrigerated and
stored until they are often not very fresh anyway. Yet how would vegetal silica
and fulvic acid help with calcium?
Vegetal Silica Transmutates Into
Calcium
The public will be interested to
learn that major calcium benefits are best derived from vegetal silica and not
from calcium. As more and more information is discovered about the profound
importance of silica in the human diet, noted researchers are suggesting that
silica should be listed as an “essential” element. Among those researchers is
Professor Louis C. Kervran, a former Minister of Health in
Professor Louis C. Kervran’s
Research
They found that chickens totally
deprived of calcium produced soft shelled eggs. When “mica” was added to their
diets, the hens’ ability to lay calcium rich, hard shelled eggs was restored.
Mica contains no calcium; but, it does contain potassium and silica, both of
which can be biologically transmutated into calcium.
Kervran found that an analysis of
incubated chicken eggs revealed that hatched chick’s contained 400% more
calcium than did the egg from which they came. Examination of eggs prior to
incubation, revealed the yoke and the white to be separated from the shell by a
membrane rich in organic silica.
After incubation, the membrane was
no longer present. The silica had transmutated into calcium,
which accounted for the four fold
increase of calcium in the hatched chicks.
These same researchers conducted
other controlled animal experiments. When vegetal silica was added to the diets
of animals with broken bones, the bones healed much faster and stronger than
the bones of a control group of animals deficient in vegetal silica but rich in
mineral calcium.
Absence Of Silica In Conjunction
With Degenerative Disease
Patients with degenerative diseases
nearly always show a considerable deficiency of silica in their bodies. It has
been found that geographical areas rich in vegetal silica have lower cancer
rates, while the opposite is true of locales with high calcium intake and low
soluble silica.
It becomes obvious then, that fulvic
acids complexed with vegetal silica, which is in nature perfect
organic plant form, can provide
components necessary for transmutation to calcium in our bodies.
Fulvic acid has been found to be
especially good at dissolving organic silica. Fulvic acid also
provides the perfect electrolyte to
allow bio-reactions associated with transmutations of minerals to take place in
the cell. It is believed through observations, that vegetal silica complexed
with fulvic acid has the unique ability to help dissolve metallic minerals in
diseased tissue and transmutate and relocate useable new mineral complexes to
other areas needed by the body.
Vegetal Silica vs. Mineral Silica
Professor Kervran also found that
vegetal silica transforms to mineral silica as plants age or over
mature. Experiments showed that the
mineral silica became more harmful because it decalcifies the body.
So it is important to realize that
only young fresh rapidly growing plants contain soluble
vegetal silica. And it is important
to know that this from of silica in conjunction with natural enzymes and
bio-factors found in fulvic acid, most likely maximizes benefits essential to
production of calcium in our bodies.
It is also important to understand
that most commercial sources of vegetal silica are unreliable as to the age and
maturity of plants, and often contain mature mineral silica.
Farmers and suppliers will often sell
whatever they can get to meet market demand.
They don’t really understand the
implications. It is important to bear in mind that it is imperative to have a
very reliable source to obtain high concentrations of helpful vegetal silica.
It must be harvested from actively growing young plants to be of proper
benefit.
Ultimately the answer to the calcium
crisis lies in the human consumption of crops grown under optimum organic
conditions with abundant natural fulvic acid and trace minerals that would be
high in soluble vegetal silica. In the mean time supplementations with fulvic
acid complexed with vegetal silica extract will accomplish similar results.
Noted Observations Concerning Fulvic Acid, Vegetal Silica, &
Arthritis
Fulvic Acid and vegetal silica appear
to have the unique ability to interact positively with degenerative calcium
deposits and unhealthy bone structures in the body.
Arthritis sufferers taking a
combination of fulvic acid and vegetal silica have noticed an immediate
and marked increase in discomfort,
and this has continued for 1 to 2 weeks or sometimes longer after beginning of
use.
This discomfort is believed to be
due to the breakdown of calcium deposits in the joints and its
on going and subsequent
mobilization, dissolution, and removal.
It is further believed that these
calcium deposits react with the fulvic acid minerals, and silica and
transmutate in to more suitable
forms that become beneficial to the body.
After the painful period, the
discomfort begins to diminish and noted relief of symptoms begins.
Some arthritis sufferers notice the
beginning of relief in 2 to 3 weeks. Others may take longer, yet
show signs of relief after several
months of use.
Some people notice significant
relief of arthritis symptoms in about 30 days.
A significant number of people
report total relief in 1-5 months.
Science Has A Lesson To Be Learned
The Wisdom of Man, and the “Theory”
of Chemical Fertilizers
The Story of Justis von Liebig
The man that is given credit for
being responsible for the origin of chemical fertilizers is Justis von
Liebig. You might call him the
“Father of N-P-K” (nitrogen, phosphorus, potash), because of his
agricultural studies and discoveries
with regards to the use of these three elements. He lectured before the British
Association fro the Advancement of Science. His reasoning was that one could
analyze the produce of an acre and return the nutrients removed, along with
adding a little extra. He argued that man and animals received nourishment and
support from plants, whereas plants derive their means from only inorganic
substances. These lectures took place in about 1841. Eventually he was convincing
enough that they accepted his “build up program.” Agricultural science went on
from that day to build their entire basis on his premise, and has continued to
this day in these practices without ever looking back.
In 1843, Justis von Liebig recorded
the following observations concerning his previous work, but it
was too late, few listened: “I had
sinned against the wisdom of our creator, and received just punishment for it.
I wanted to improve his handiwork, and in my blindness, I believed that in this
wonderful chain of laws, which ties life to the surface of the earth and always
keeps it rejuvenated, there might be a missing link that had to be replaced by
me-this week powerless nothing.
“The law, to which my research on
the topsoil led me, states, ‘On the outer crust of the earth, under the
influence of the sun, organic life shall develop’. And so, the great master and
builder gave the fragments of the earth the ability to attract and hold all
these elements necessary to feed plants and further serve animals, like a
magnet attracts and holds iron particles, so as no piece be lost. Our master
enclosed a second law unto this one, through which the plant bearing earth
becomes an enormous cleansing apparatus for the water. Through this particular
ability, the earth removes from the water all substances harmful to humans and
animals-all products of decay and putrefaction, of perished plant and animal
generations.
“What might justify my actions is
the circumstance that a man is the product of his time, and he is
only able to escape the commonly
accepted views if a violent pressure urges him to muster all of his strength to
struggle free of these chains of error. The opinion, that plants draw their
food from a solution that is formed in the soil through rainwater, was
everyone’s belief. It was engraved into my mind. This opinion was wrong and the
source of my foolish behavior.
“When a chemist makes mistakes in
rating agricultural fertilizers, don’t be too critical of his errors,
because he has had to base has
conclusions upon facts which he can’t know from his own experience, but rather,
he has to take from agricultural texts as true and reliable. After I learned
the reason why my fertilizer weren’t effective in the proper way, I was like a
person that received a new life. For along with that, all processes of tillage
were now explained as to their natural laws. Now that this principle is known
and clear to all eyes, the only thing that remains is the astonishment of why
it hadn’t been discovered a long time age. The human spirit, however, is a
strange thing; ‘Whatever doesn’t fit into the given circle of thinking doesn’t
exist’.”
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References:
1. Liebig, J. v. 1841. Organic
chemistry and its application to agriculture and physiology. Translated by J.W.
Webster and Owen J. Cambridge.
2. Liebig, J. v. 1843. Translation
and observations from family members; Available 1992,
3. Liebig, J. v. 1856. On some
points of agriculture chemistry. Journal of the Royal Agriculture Society, 17,
284-326.