Generally speaking, people are depleted of minerals, especially trace minerals. So are our food sources. Coincidentally, a number of modern pesticides and herbicides function as chelators (or so I have heard), which could remove macro- and micronutrients from the soil. This can of course have side effects for other plant and animal life. Other behaviors of industrial farming like fertilization, as well as water run-off can have effects on nutrient content as well.
How bad is it? It is hard to tell, and it will depend on the expert you ask. From my very limited perspective I have seen people benefit by supplementing with minerals, and I have benefited from it myself.
A quality mineral supplement is fulvic acid. Here is a link to a description by dr. Axe.
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On a personal note, a positive experience I had with fulvic acid several years back taught me the benefits I was reaping from this supplement. It was a weekend evening, and I knew I was going to be drinking a lot because some friends were back in town. I was already enjoying a drink with neighbors and decided that I should get some nutrients since I wasn’t sure when next I would be eating. I threw a half teaspoon of a Lugol’s iodine supplement with fulvic acid into a small glass of wine, and I cut it with water. I also took a couple other things like high dose vitamin d. My mind harkened back to anecdotes that I’d heard about the ancient Greeks taking their wine cut with water and minerals.
I didn’t think about it again and went out. I stayed out late and drank enough that I knew I’d be in a precarious situation in the morning. Although, to my astonishment when I woke up I did not have a headache. I wasn’t really even dreary. Could it have been the supplements? I thought, having no other explanation.
In the not too distant future i would try this again and it worked. I started experimenting around to try and figure out exactly what it was that was curing my hangover. Sure enough, it was the fulvic acid, and it worked best if I took it at the beginning of my evening.
It works great, but I highly recommend you do NOT use this as a crutch for regular excessive alcohol use. Who knows the hidden damage that could occur to your system in a way no one could have anticipated. We get hangovers to remind us not to repeat our actions.
I’m not sharing this story to teach you how to avoid a hangover, but instead to show that there may be some substantial benefits to supplementing with fulvic minerals. A doctor is probably the one to consult in order to be responsible. Or i guess read the label. I take a tablespoon in the morning in water or in a smoothie, and sometimes with herbal tea or wine in the evenings.
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