Thursday, October 23, 2008
WHAT IS THE MATTER?
If We are to breakdown our bodies into mineral components, an average person will amount to the following and its approximate percentage:Oxygen 65%
Carbon 18%
Hydrogen 10%
Nitrogen 3%
Calcium 1.5%
Potassium .35%
Phosphorus 1.0%
Sulphur .15%
Chlorine .15%
Magnesium .05%
Iron .004%
Iodine .00004%
Other trace minerals .8%
The above mentioned elements do not exist in our bodies as individual state, but in organic combinations with each other. They are found and variously distributed in the tissues and fluids.
In our foods, they are categorized as Protiens, Carbohydrates, fats, water. minerals, vitamins and indigestable portions such as bulk or roughage in the form of cellulose.
If it were not for the 1.5% calcium in the human body, and the Phosphorus and Magnesium,we would probably be crawling as there would be no bones to hold us up. If it were not for the iron, we would not have any color. Without silicon in our body chemistry there would be no fingernails, no eyebrows, no eyelashes. etc.
As we live, the mineral reserves of our bodies are continuously being used and we replenish them through the foods we eat.
Our Food Source is of the Earth--most of it grows from the soil. Directly or indirectly. The plants. The animals that eat plants.
If we reduce the soil and analyze its components, We will find that it is composed of the very same minerals that we, and all else are made of.
The absence of pesticides and bioradical fertilizers in growing our foods doesn't alone qualify our vegetables and meats as organic.
This the purpose Organic Farming. To ensure the quality of soil from which our plants grow on and our animals feed on.
Organic Farmers takes on the task of remineralizing and restoring the soil.
Working with natural aids found in Nature herself so that we can also replenish and restore our mineral loss through the foods we eat.
by Anamarie at 8:30 AM |
5 Comments:
Fascinating, I'd never seen my body broken down into those terms.
We're extraordinary things whichever way we look at ourselves!
Consumer Behavior Expert
hmmm
I heard something similar,but never in such detais.Puts everything in order.And it really fits here "we are what we eat."(Jenya would love this post)
I like it as well.
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Nice elucidation of the principle behind organic farming. The earth is an amazing place.
Jennifer Skinner
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Nice post, Anamarie. I hear that farmers receive some of the soils nutrients through their skin when they have a lot of contact with the soil. Do you know if that's true or not?
Darryl Pace
nutrient rich soil is VERY important
I grind up and reuse my egg shells where I live
Then again, I'm strange
I do this to bring more balance to the acidic soil where I live. This is part of my Domestic Goddess side which makes me wonderful WIFE material.
All the best,
April Braswell
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