minerals

is hair mineral analysis reliable?

I don't know when this started, but it's bothering me a lot. I have these pretty pronounced vertical ridge-like structures in my fingernails. It was pretty hard to photograph, but I tried my best at it and editing it a bit to make them more easily visible: It may not look like much, but they...

I know RP recommends liver and oysters for minerals but does anyone use shilajit too? Is there a specific brand you seem to do well with and actually causes your mineral status to improve?

I found it very interesting so I made a topic. , its good to know,hopefully the numbers are legit(it seems to be!) It also has analysis of green broth, nettle,Dandelion. Bone Broth Analysis: Reader Research | alive

[Zinc and silicon metabolism in highly trained athletes during heavy exercise]. - PubMed - NCBI Abstract Trained male athletes were under study. It was found that under the effect of physical stress during the contest in ski race (30 and 50 km) the increase of the zink and silicon levels in...

I understand that having a 1:1 ca : p ratio is important...can anyone explain how too much phosphorus causes inflammation?

I'm looking for the outcome of all this without needing to know everything like Dr. Peat. From reading his dense site and the suggestions of this site I've been able to get fractions of helpful info, like a puzzle I haven't completed yet. If your diet and lifestyle is healthy, what are you...

I wonder how do coffee and cacao reduce iron absorption, is it selectively just targeting iron or is it reducing absorption of all minerals like zinc or selenium?

Hello, I was wondering, do you all just go by the RDA for your minerals/vitamins, etc requirements? I have a hard time believing that it could be accurate when everything else we've been taught is so wrong but I haven't read anything from Peat about it exactly either..........

If we do choose to supplement: What can we consider the safest form of Ion in supplements? Glycinate/Chelate ? Oxide ? (Unlikely!) Citrate ? (Heard Peat say bad things about this in an interview) Stearate ? Would it differ depending on the mineral? Magnesium, Zinc etc For Calcium its clear...