Why Trace Elements Work

The Known Trace Elements

Trace elements are nutrients that aren’t produced in the body and instead have to be absorbed. There are a few ways of deciding if an element is truly a trace element. One thing that is taking into account is if the element shows up in healthy tissue of humans of animals. Scientists have studied water samples along with samples of fish or other animals. One studied conducted on sea food resulted in the following data.

Biological Trace Elements In Seafood

Trace Element
(Ag) silver
(Al) aluminum
(Au) gold
(B) boron
(Ba) barium
(Be) beryllium
(Bi) bismuth
(Br) bromine
(Nb) niobium
(Cd) cadmium
(Ce) cerium
(Co) cobalt
(Cr) chromium
(Cs) caesium
(Cu) copper
(Fe) iron
(Ga) gallium
(Ge) germanium
(Hg) mercury
(I) iodine
(In) indium
(Ir) iridium
(La) lanthanum
(Li) lithium
(Mg) magnesium
(Mn) manganese
(Mo) molybdenum
(Ni) nickel
(Os) osmium
(Pb) lead
(Pd) palladium
(Pt) platinum
(Ra) radium
(Rb) rubidium
(Sb) antimony
(Se) selenium
(Si) silicon
(Sn) tin
(Sr) strontium
(Te) tellurium
(Th) thorium
(Ti) titanium
(Tl) thallium
(V) vanadium
(W) tungsten
(Zn) zinc
(Zr) zirconium

Amount
.000004
.193000
.000006
.019400
.001276
.000750
.016000
6.70000
.014000
.005200
2.70000
.001227
.024000
.074600
.000635
.089560
.001400
.000005
.000190
.062400
.001500
ultra trace
.000019
.000007
.213000
.123500
.001592
.003500
ultra trace
.000014
ultra trace
ultra trace
ultra trace
.000005
.000142
.000043
.164200
.000006
.074876
ultra trace
ultra trace
.000012
.000293
.000531
.000033
.003516
.000001

Status and nutritional availability in our agriculturally grown foods
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
plentiful in all soils; but we are getting too much due to air pollution
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
adequately maintained in agricultural soils
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food (*)
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food (*)
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food (*)
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
added to salt licks for cattle, sheep; not maintained in the soil
recently recognized as vital to our health, but unknown in agriculture
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
adequately maintained in agricultural soils
adequately maintained in agricultural soils
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
industrial pollutant (?), and detrimental to our health
adequate; and added to table salt, rather than the soil
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
partially recognized; vital to our mental health, but not maintained in soils
adequately maintained in most agricultural soils
adequately maintained in most agricultural soils
adequately maintained in agricultural soils
recently recognized as vital to our health, but unknown in agriculture
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
industrial pollutant (?); and detrimental to our health (*)
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
added only to fortified chicken feed; deficient in all other food
recently recognized, and plentiful in most soils
recently recognized as vital to our health, but unknown in agriculture
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food
recently recognized as vital to our health, but unknown in agriculture
vital but not recognized: deficient or absent from our food
adequately maintained in most agricultural soils
vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food

amounts are in parts per million

http://www.truehealth.org/atrclist.html

All the trace elements contained in seafood and listed here as
"vital but not recognized; deficient or absent from our food"
and
"recently recognized as vital to our health, but unknown in agriculture"

(plus those as yet not analysed for) are the reason why the incidence of breast cancer rate among Sinhalese women is 21 time lower, among Chinese women 10 time lower, and amon Japanese women 5 times lower than in the Western nations - as well the reason for their longevity and much lower incidence of many other physical and neurological diseases!

* bismuth - is a chief ingredient in some patent mediccines
* bromine - also a chief ingredient in some patent medicines
* cadmium - overabundant in many areas due to industrial pollution and, consequently a severe health hazard - while deficient in many soils far from industrial areas, with other severe consequences to our health
* lead - the most recent research strongly suggests that we also need a miniscule trace of lead to stay healthy.However, most of us have far too much lead in our system due to pollution.

Update: Mar. 2000: There is now a slowly emerging recognition that we most probably need the complete range of the 84 naturally occurring elements of the Earth in our nutrition to stay healthy and well.

As you can see there are tons of these trace elements in the things we eat. Some of the trace elements are in very small amounts and don’t need to be accounted for while others like aluminum are plentiful and are taking into the body frequently. Other studies have shown that other trace elements such as Antimony and Uranium have been found if other samples.