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“Your
food shall be your medicine, and your
medicine shall be your food.”
Hippocrates
“Terramin”
is active Calcium Montmorillonite clay, also
known as "living clay," because it principally consists of minerals and
trace minerals that enhance the production of enzymes in all living things.
The importance of enzymes cannot be emphasized
enough. Dr. Edward Howell, the father of modern enzyme research, has
written that enzyme deficiency is a significant cause of premature aging and
the development of numerous degenerative diseases.
Extensive research with desert
Terramin, conducted by
NASA Manned Spacecraft Center and a number of other
leading science and research institutions, has produced too exhaustive a
list of potential benefits to cover in the scope of this website
(see links
and further reading
for additional information.)*
To whet your appetite, we’ve underscored some of Terramin’s most invaluable
benefits:
.
Assists the Three
Building Blocks of Health
·
Awakens Extraordinary Energy
Resources
·
Defends
Against Toxic Substances
· Detoxifies
and Cleanses via Negative Charged Ions
· Full
Spectrum Source of Trace Minerals
· Increases
Bio-Availability/Assimilation of Calcium
· Raises
pH Levels Faster and More Efficiently
· Readily
Assimilated
· Synergistic
State
.
Like No Other Clay on Earth
. Assists the
Three Building
Blocks of Health
Good
Health depends on three factors:
1.
Eating healthy, nourishing foods
o
First, to live
vibrantly, the foods that feed the body must contain the vitamins, minerals
and enzymes to feed the cells. Whatever we put into our bodies is
automatically transformed into agents of growth, maintenance and repair.
That’s how food acts as medicine. A balanced diet, therefore, must provide
the building blocks for a healthy body.
2.
Absorbing those foods properly so your cells don’t starve
o
Second, the body
must properly assimilate the foods to receive their vital nutrients. When
the food enters the small intestine, the pancreas and small bowel wall must
send juices and bile to individually digest the carbohydrates, proteins, and
fat. That’s a lot of work for a healthy system—much more so for one that is
already sick. If the body can’t perform this job, the cells will become
weakened and starve.
3.
Properly eliminating all the waste matter from your system
o
Third in sequence
(but not importance) is elimination. For many years people in the natural
health field have told us that poor bowel health causes and aggravates
disease conditions. If the system fails to get rid of poisons through the
bowels, a constipated condition arises in which the toxins never leave the
body. Rather, they sit inside and putrefy. What’s worse, the colon doesn’t
know the difference between live and dead food. It will still try to get
nourishment out of waste you’d never want to set your eyes upon. Naturally,
this puts a strain on every functioning cell in the body.
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Awakens Extraordinary
Energy Resources
Unlike
the stimulating effect of drink and food, which simply invest in the
foreseen energy of coming days, Terramin acts directly on our body’s energy
potential.
Terramin
is a powerful agent of stimulation, transformation and transmission
of energy. As every filing that comes from a magnet keeps its properties,
every piece of clay retains a considerable amount of energy from that large
and powerful magnetic entity of our planet earth. This radioactive action
transmits to the organism an extraordinary strength, and helps to rebuild
vital potential through the liberation of
latent energy. We have extraordinary energy resources that normally remain
dormant. Terramin awakens them.
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·
Defends Against Toxic Substances
The
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published an article on clay eating
and detoxification (Timothy and Duquette, 1991). Following are some of the
authors’ most striking evidence for body purification via the use of clay:
o
Clay absorbed the
poisons and eliminated the bitterness of toxic acorns traditionally eaten by
the Pomo Indians
o
Rats voluntarily
ate clay in response to gastrointestinal problems induced by poisoning*
o
Chimpanzees ate
clay after ingesting plant foods loaded with toxins.*
*(Experiment performed under laboratory conditions.)
The
studies concluded that clays adsorb a host of common symptoms that could
otherwise result in nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, including:
o
Dietary toxins
o
Bacterial toxins
associated with gastrointestinal disturbance
o
Hydrogen ions in
acidosis, and
o
Metabolic toxins
such as steroidal metabolites associated with pregnancy.
The
movement of toxins from their origin to elimination centers is a continuous
and vital process. Toxins are positively charged; thus, the catalytic
effect of the negative charged Terramin creates movement for such
materials. In the digestive process, acids are by-products intended for
neutralization prior to entering the colon. Terramin assists both
neutralization and the prevention of re-absorption of any toxic substance
into the blood that would hamper the effectiveness of the liver or kidneys.
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Detoxifies and Cleanses via Negative
Charged Ions
Clay that
comes about by particle breakdown as a result of long exposure to heat, from
both geothermal activity and the desert sun, forms a charged group of
ions.
The desert Terramin contains an abundance of negatively charged ions. Each
negative charged ion becomes a catalyst that changes the rate of a chemical
reaction as it proceeds through metabolic pathways.
The
negative ion charge is significant to the body for detoxification. All
toxins in the body are positively charged. In nature, opposites attract.
Thus, the negative ions attract the positively charged toxins, facilitating
their movement through the kidneys or lymphatic system to a site of normal
excretion.
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Full Spectrum Source of Trace Minerals
The small
amounts of trace minerals needed by the body bears no relationship to their
importance. A lack of one of the trace minerals can be equally as serious
as a lack of something needed at a level many hundred times higher. Some
trace minerals may be catalysts to biological reactions, acting as a link
between the enzyme and what it acts upon. Others are part of essential body
compounds such as hormones or enzymes, or are involved in tissue growth.
The
amount of trace minerals present in food is a function of the soil of which
they are grown. Due to varied geographical sources of food, modern
agricultural practices and various environmental factors, there is vast
evidence of dietary trace mineral deficiencies. Hence, Terramin is an
essential supplement to anyone’s diet.
Trace
mineral elements are necessary for vitamins and enzymes to function. Without
enzymes the body cannot activate certain chemical processes like digestion
or the synthesis of proteins within cells. For example:
o
A trace of Copper
is needed for the synthesis of hemoglobin
o
A trace of Cobalt
is needed to make vitamin B 12, and
o
A trace of Zinc
is needed by the pancreas to manufacture insulin.
The
interaction among minerals and trace minerals may occur during absorption in
the intestine; at the sites of excretion in the kidneys, intestines or
lungs; and at the specific sites within the body cells. Vital functions of
the body are threatened without sufficient levels of trace minerals. For
example, in the small intestine, the epithelial cells that line the interior
surface of the intestine selectively take up nutrients and transport them
across the cell so they can be absorbed into the blood stream. This
transport system would clearly be very inefficient if nutrients that had
been taken up by cells at the expense of metabolic energy could then leak
back into the intestine through the space between the cells due to dietary
nutrient deficiency of trace minerals needed for enzyme production.
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Increases Bio-Availability/Assimilation
of Calcium
One of
Terramin’s most significant minerals, alumina silica is a compound of
silicon and oxygen that can combine with one or more additional elements to
become complex silicates of iron, magnesium, sodium, aluminum and calcium.
The entry of calcium into the bone is dependent on this element. Diets
heavy in phosphorus foods can overload the calcium ion and prevent its use
without adequate amounts. Alumina silica is uniquely able to assist the body
with the following functions:
·
Changes the
arrangements of the atoms within the calcium molecule, thereby increasing
the bio-availability and assimilation of calcium into the bones
·
Exerts a powerful
influence upon the nervous system and brain
·
Makes muscles
firmer and blood warmer
·
Strengthens all
inner and outer membranes of vital organs.
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Raises pH Levels Faster and More Efficiently
Most
degenerative diseases such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes, as well as
other diseases, (allergies, chronic fatigue syndrome, kidney stones,
gallstones, and hypertension) can be linked to high acidic body
fluids, (blood, spinal fluid, saliva).
Individuals who are healthy generally exhibit
relatively low alkaline body fluids.
Desert
Terramin clay is alkaline due to the arid condition of its source, thereby
providing effective nutrient absorption throughout the digestive organs.
Terramin becomes a buffer in maintaining the delicate acid/alkaline
variations necessary at all times between intestinal organ tissue, the lymph
fluids and the blood vessels in the movement of nutrients.
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Readily Assimilated
In
order for the body to absorb the trace minerals, they must be of a small
size. Terramin contains a balance of minerals in their natural
colloidal
form, making it easily assimilated.
Terramin has the advantage of increased exchange properties since it has
undergone extensive hydrothermal exposure. These favorable properties were
created naturally from igneous activity deep in the fissures of the earth,
which brought boiling water to the surface of the earth, creating extensive
pools of bubbling mud. These bubbling pools churned the calcium
montmorillonite, adding beneficial trace minerals and breaking down the
larger size parent material.
When
hydrothermal activity forms edible clay, it becomes crystalline, meaning
that it is totally fragmented to the point that the ions of the minerals
have taken their specific place. This is a real advantage because it is
immediately useful and absorbable in the organism.
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Tell Me about Terramin Colloidal Mineral Mixture
·
Synergistic State
Terramin’s elements are said to be in a "synergistic state." The idea of
synergy in this case means that overall potency and benefits of the entire
group outweigh the sum of the individual elements. Therefore, the "trace
elements" are combined into a unique "formula" rather than simply being a
group of individual elements mixed together. Sometimes toxicity to humans
can be a problem with these elements. With Calcium Montmorillonite, elements
are rendered non-toxic because of this cooperative arrangement.
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. Like No Other Clay on Earth
In the
entire world, there are only a few locations where high-grade pure edible
Calcium Montmorillonite clays occur. Even then, no two Calcium
Montmorillonite clays are the same.
Minerals
are found throughout North America, however, Terramin is found in a region
where the rainfall is minimal, moisture is non-existent, and temperature
consistently high. This combination of arid conditions keeps the ion in
“open ion state” that is more usable. Deposits which are found in Northern
areas where there is rain, snowfall and leaching are not as likely to be
found in an 'open ion state', thereby being of lower quality and grade.
Start
Feeling Terra-rific Today!
In
addition to the above-mentioned benefits, Terramin has no
contraindications for its use! So now that you’ve got every reason to
try Terramin, take healing into your own hands. For maintaining and
strengthening your body-mind, you’ve got no better friend than Terramin.
Latin for “land;” “American” for mineral: start feeling Terra-rific today!
Links:
Further Reading:
Dextreit, Raymond; “Our
Earth, Our Cure;”
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1974 by swan House
Publishing Co.; ISBN 0-013010-07-3
Knishinsky, Ran; “The Clay
Cure, ‘Natural Healing from the Earth;” (ISBN?) |
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