I am thinking about purchasing a trace mineral supplement from a reputable company. However, several of the substances included in the formula include aluminum, tin, titanium. Although they are only present in very small (trace) amounts in the supplement, I'm concerned that these metals aren't supposed to be in the diet at all. Any insight?
I'm almost certain that our bodies have no use for Aluminum whatsover. There has been a ongoing debate that Aluminum may contribute to Alzheimers (results still inconclusive). At a certain level aluminum becomes toxic and can cause a variety of symptoms. Alot of supplements have extremely low levels (trace amounts) of certain elements like aluminum because it may be what occurs naturally in something used for the supplement. Usually the amount is so low that is poses no health risk whatsover. On the other hand, supplements are not regulated and your really putting your faith in the manufacturer. I'm always cautious when it comes to using any kind of supplement. I'd reccomend calling the company and talking with someone in their lab.... Hope this helps.
Tin is definitely a trace mineral but I wouldn't take a supplement containing aluminum and titanium
I pretty sure titanium is totally benign...
are you kidding? eat up. you'll have bionic arms and legs in no time.
I can't believe people actually are willing to buy crap like that. Look, if there are any bodily requirements for things like tin and aluminum, you're going to get them through a normal healthy diet. The human body didn't evolve to require vitamins, it can get everything it needs through natural processes. If you eat properly, there is no need for any supplements like that.
And yes, I do take a multivitamin, because I am a poor college student and I don't have the money to eat properly all the time. But honestly, aluminum? I can think of no process in the human body that requires any amount of it, why would anyone need any more than they come by in the environment?
The food chain has changed enormously over time.
Many nutrients are reduced or missing from food available now.
Even if it has changed drastically, you show me one bodily process that requires titanium or aluminum. Nowhere in the body is it needed.
And how has the "food chain" changed so drastically in that last 8000 years or so. For the most part, its the same animals and the same crops that people have been growing for a long time. Yes, we tend to grow it better, and that does tend to change the contents of the food itself, but trace minerals like that are either going to be picked up or not, we haven't changed anything about the ability of crop foods to take up things like that. If it isn't in the soil, it isn't in the plant, it isn't in the animal, and it isn't getting into us.
yes
Check out your deodorant. Most anti-perspirants have Aluminum as their active ingredient.
AAIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!! YOUR BODY IS ABSORBING IT!
RFXCrunner wrote:
Even if it has changed drastically, you show me one bodily process that requires titanium or aluminum. Nowhere in the body is it needed.
And how has the "food chain" changed so drastically in that last 8000 years or so. For the most part, its the same animals and the same crops that people have been growing for a long time. Yes, we tend to grow it better, and that does tend to change the contents of the food itself, but trace minerals like that are either going to be picked up or not, we haven't changed anything about the ability of crop foods to take up things like that. If it isn't in the soil, it isn't in the plant, it isn't in the animal, and it isn't getting into us.
seriously i dont think anyone here has any idea in hell the number of "bodily process" lol....that occur in the body..
actually im sure no one could ....that said
if you really have any intrest..ill post a PRIMARY LIT.(read peer reviewed) link .
also ..in regards to the benifits of aluminum.itself
few people know this but ALCOA has been one of the largest campaign donors to politicians - both democrats and republicans.
in fact, during the mid-50s there was a brief period where the FDA recommended that a child eat up to 1 aluminum can a day. We'd probably still have that recommendaton if the American Dental Assoc hadn't gone bananas.