Re: Azomite on WAP web site

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> This is what is written about Azomite on the WAP web site.

> " Azomite Mineral Powder: This powdery mineral supplement,

> containing montmorillonite clay and many other compounds,

> comes from an ancient seabed. It is an excellent source of silica,

> calcium, magnesium and the gamut of trace minerals. Clay also has

> detoxifying effects as the negatively charged clay particles

> attract positively charged pathogens and take them out of the

> body. Technically sold as an anticaking compound and available

> only in 40-pound bags, Azomite is incredibly cheap when used

> as a mineral supplement, costing less than one dollar per pound

> delivered. Take a heaping teaspoon mixed with water daily as an

> insurance of adequate macro- and trace mineral ingestion in these

> days of soil depletion through intensive farming. "

Hi Sheila:

The major problem with soils depleted of available minerals is not

the lack of minerals in our food. The major problem is the lack of

organic compounds formed by the plants and microbes when the

necessary minerals are not available in the soil in sufficient and

balanced quantities. We are not able to synthesize some organic

compounds, like essential amino acids, even if we have the necessary

ingredients. While mineral supplements may do some good, they will

never make up for the lack of nutrition caused by the lack of

available minerals in the soil. Hence, advising someone to take a

mineral supplement to make up for soils depleted of available

minerals is simply bad advice.

If you want to be well nourished, fix the soil. There is no shortcut

or way around it. I am sure Weston Price understood that.

Chi