Understanding Mineral Nutrition -
Chelated Minerals
Chelate is from the Greek word meaning 'claw', a chelate is a when a mineral is bound up with or attached with a carrier molecule. The body absorbs amino acids well. Dipeptides (two amino acids linked together via the amino group of one amino acid and the acid group of the other) are especially well absorbed thanks to a particular transport system found in cells of the intestinal wall. When mineral atoms are strongly bonded (i.e. chelated) to dipeptides they get dragged by the dipeptides across the intestinal lining and into the body.
Ionic Minerals
An ion is any atom or group of atoms that holds one or more positive or negative electrical charges. Each of the various elements contained in ionic minerals has individual properties that distinguish them from each other and allow them to freely take part in biochemical communication throughout the body. These communications define where these nutrients should travel to.
For our bodies to properly and completely absorb nutrients, they must have an electrical charge in order to penetrate cellular membranes. Whilst biochemical interaction in the body is capable of ionising these nutrients, if the minerals are already electrically charged they facilitate faster absorption for minimal energy expenditure.
Chelated Minerals
Chelate is from the Greek word meaning 'claw', a chelate is a when a mineral is bound up with or attached with a carrier molecule. The body absorbs amino acids well. Dipeptides (two amino acids linked together via the amino group of one amino acid and the acid group of the other) are especially well absorbed thanks to a particular transport system found in cells of the intestinal wall. When mineral atoms are strongly bonded (i.e. chelated) to dipeptides they get dragged by the dipeptides across the intestinal lining and into the body.
Ionic Minerals
An ion is any atom or group of atoms that holds one or more positive or negative electrical charges. Each of the various elements contained in ionic minerals has individual properties that distinguish them from each other and allow them to freely take part in biochemical communication throughout the body. These communications define where these nutrients should travel to.
For our bodies to properly and completely absorb nutrients, they must have an electrical charge in order to penetrate cellular membranes. Whilst biochemical interaction in the body is capable of ionising these nutrients, if the minerals are already electrically charged they facilitate faster absorption for minimal energy expenditure.