Wars...comments

Most Americans don't cheer on war, however. That's why our government has to make up reasons for war, because most of us wouldn't support such terror without a really,good reason; and the real reasons are never good enough. Some people see right through them. It is those Americans - the ones who burned their draft cards in the 60's and the ones who camped out at George W. Bush's ranch - who make this country truly great. Not the greatest, but great. People like them exist all over the world. I may not speak their language or practice their religion, but I see neither them nor their country as inferior

Health

....about a dozen years back, in  Lauderdale by the Sea I experienced  serious problems with my right knee...I had trouble walking and there was no way I could handle stairs. I stumbled upon a product or product line called colloidal minerals, tried the stuff for a couple of weeks and like a miracle...I was healed..the pain in my right knee almost totally disappeared and I've been using  this line of minerals in some form ever since. Over the years I have been able to help a few people, who, sceptical at first had to admit eventually that this stuff really works. I must insist here, that I do not in any way practice medicine, promote any product or label for profit or anything of the kind. My knowledge and interest in health products and or Vitamins and plant extracts is limited but I am a firm believer that on some level the use of the so called colloidal minerals has been extremely beneficial to me and a number of people who tried it.
Do not... confuse this item with colloidal silver, which is something totally different and should only be taken with the advise and supervision of a qualified health practitioner.(Colloidal silver kills bad microbes...but with excessive use also kills the good ones..I must warn you this is not the same as Minerals...beware).

Colloidal Minerals?
Minerals are necessary for normal metabolism,they add mechanical strength to bones, are a component of enzymes and hormones, function as buffers, and regulate the balance and movement of fluids in and out of cells.
Trace minerals are essential elements that occur in minute amounts, each one making up less than 0.005% of adult body weight. Many enzymes are only produced in the presence of trace minerals. Minerals are the catalyst that make enzymes function.

Trace minerals are an essential part of hormone structures and help regulate the hormonal activity of the entire endocrine system. Our bodies are dependent on these minerals for thousands of biochemical functions.
Food, drugs, herbs and vitamins cannot function unless minerals are present in the body, making minerals more important in nutrition than vitamins. There is a harmony between vitamins and minerals - both are necessary. e.g. vitamin C can triple iron absorption. Calcium absorption is impossible without vitamin D. Minerals help generate and maintain electrical production in our bodies (e.g. for transmission of nerve impulses). A small percentage of these elements are received directly from the air and sunlight. The remainder come from plants and animals which process minerals into a colloidal form that the human body can assimilate and use.
Our body cannot make minerals. These nutrients must be constantly replaced. Thirteen minerals have been identified as being essential to the physical well-being of humans. These are: sodium, potassium, chlorine, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, copper, iodine, manganese, cobalt, zinc, and molybdenum.

Twelve additional elements have been determined to be extremely beneficial in trace amounts. These are: selenium, chromium, fluorine, arsenic, nickel, silicon, boron, cadmium, lithium, lead, tin, and vanadium.

The human body requires 84 of the basic elements (out of the known 106 elements) to maintain good health.
Evidence reveals that cumulative deficiencies of minerals, especially the rare trace minerals, are the largest cause of physical problems and aging. Our grandparents had a much better, mineral-rich diet than you and your children do today. Research has shown direct correlations between mineral deficiencies and illnesses.
For example, diabetes or hypoglycemia involve chromium, zinc, and vanadium deficiencies; cancer and heart disease involve selenium, copper, and more. Almost everyone knows that osteoporosis involves a calcium deficiency, but few know about the need for magnesium and boron as well.

The list of correlations goes on and on. Even marginal deficiencies of essential nutrients can significantly impair the immune system, and the National Research Council has stated that "small amounts of (natural elements) are more efficiently absorbed than large amounts." Absorption, as used in a biological sense, is the transport of materials across a barrier and incorporation into the tissue itself. Not until the substances cross the thin cellular lining of the stomach and intestines and are picked up by the circulating blood and lymph, do the products of digestion become part of the body, that is, become "absorbed".

Absorption involves complex physical factors, such as the size and concentration of the molecules; water-salt concentration; surface tension; and active transport by the cells, which do chemical work and use energy in the process of transferring molecules across the cell membranes.

Every single person in North America has multiple mineral deficiencies and would experience substantial health benefits from taking plant source colloidal minerals.