CORAL OR MARINE CALCIUM

-The Importance of Calcium to the Human Body

Well the holidays are over and it is now ‘blogging’ time again! Please accept my very best wish to you and yours for the days and months ahead in 2012. Lets hope it will be a healthier one for all of us!

What is Coral Calcium or Marine Calcium?

Having frequently heard of different types of calcium I wanted to know the reasons for the differences and which one was best. The first thing to be noted about calcium is that it works best with the mineral magnesium as magnesium helps calcium to do its job in the body so there is no point taking a calcium supplement if you do not also take a magnesium supplement!

There is regular calcium which you get from consuming milk etc but there is also calcium which is farmed from the sea, which has the perfect balance of magnesium and other vital minerals that the body needs. There are two distinct types of coral calcium: fossilized calcium that has been washed up onto the beach, and marine bed coral calcium which comes directly from the seabed. The second type of marine calcium is closer in composition to living forms of corals, which therefore makes it a better supplement for humans. In addition, reef inhabitants naturally process the seabed coral which is often referred to as “coral sand”.

The coral sand is forced to the ocean floor through the natural motion of the water. This means that man does not need to disturb the live reefs in order to get the coral calcium, which means it is ecologically safe in terms of the way it is extracted.  This type of coral calcium retains many of the minerals and organic elements, which land based coral often loses over time. It is for this reason therefore that seabed or marine coral calcium is much more potent that the fossilized land based coral calcium.

How can Coral or Marine Calcium benefit you?

Marine coral also contains the ideal levels of magnesium, which has been known to help calcium carry out its function in the body. Without the right amounts of magnesium, the supplement containing coral calcium is only mediocre at best! Studies have shown that a two to one ratio of calcium to magnesium is ideal for better health. Coral calcium when taken regularly may be able to help ward off cancer, heart disease, high cholesterol, hypertension, lupus, diabetes, arthritis and this is just to name a few of the degenerative diseases.

It is strongly believed that every sickness or ailment in the human body can be traced to a mineral deficiency. All vitamins and minerals have significant importance in keeping the body disease free, however Coral Calcium has a unique role. Although coral is often called “coral calcium”, coral naturally contains every mineral needed by the human body, not just calcium!

Coral Calcium helps to raise the body’s PH level

Diseases (especially cancer) are known to thrive in an acidic (low PH) environment and starves in an alkaline (high PH) environment. An alkaline (high pH/oxygen rich) system is important because we are oxygen creatures. Oxygen is the most essential substance for human life. Humans can survive weeks without food and days without water but only 3 minutes without oxygen. Many Naturopathic Doctors believe that at least 157 diseases are caused by an acidic/low pH system. In fact almost every named and unnamed disease condition has one thing in common: higher than normal accumulation of acidic waste in the body. The higher the PH level the greater the oxygen content. All healthy humans begin life with most of the body fluids and tissues in a slightly alkaline state (high pH). Over time, in modern society, the body tissues and fluids often become acidic (low pH) from the food, drink, prescription drugs, pollution and stress, that are absorbed on a daily basis. (Note: this discussion of fluids does not include blood, which keeps a consistent pH).

When coral minerals fulfill a specific mineral deficiency, a specific health condition is improved. As the coral minerals raise the overall mineral content of the body, the pH of the body returns to it's natural alkaline (high pH) state, thus enhancing the immune system and overall wellness of the individual. Coral is rich in calcium and performs as an excellent calcium supplement because it is very absorbable and does not cause the uncomfortable side effects of constipation commonly found with other calcium supplements. The calcium component of coral is important but the coral trace minerals are even more important.

The Okinawa Japan Story!

The people from the Okinawa Islands in Japan have been noted to live at least 10 years longer than mainland Japan and with much more youthful looking bodies. Many studies and research have therefore been done in order to ascertain why this is so. The Japanese government themselves have so far conducted at least three studies and all three have been conclusive that this longevity is due to the calcium in the coral waters. The controversial Canadian scientist Dr. Robert “Bob” Barefoot has also done much research on this topic and his studies have drawn the same conclusion.

These research have been the topic of many disputes and have been much criticized, however from my personal point of view what gives this argument credibility is the work of the German Scientist and medical Doctor Otto Warburg, who is the only medical doctor to have won not one but 2 Nobel Prizes for his research! In the words of Dr Warburg “The prime cause of cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen in the normal body cells by a fermentation of sugar”.  Dr Warburg received his Nobel prizes from back in 1931 and 1944 and he died in 1970. How many times have you heard the medical community say that there is no known cause for cancer and no known cure? You be the judge!

Be Blessed & Stay Healthy!

sharbs

Sources:

http://www.healthtotem.com/en/coral/c_calcium.html

http://www.coralsupreme.com/