What makes Colloidal Minerals better for absorption than Chelated minerals?
Chelated (Key-late) minerals were created by the livestock industry in the 1960’s to ensure maximum availability of dietary minerals to animals being fed and fattened for market. The original chelating agent used was calcium EDTA, a man-made amino acid that was invented by the Germans just Prior to WW2 to antidote arsenic and lead exposure in chemical warfare attacks. Calcium EDTA is used today for intravenous chelation therapy to clean out arterial obstructions. The term chelated literally means “claw,”. It is used to describe the process by which an amino acid, protein or enzyme (enzymes are proteins that do work) is wrapped around the mineral molecule which enhances the bio-availability of the metallic mineral. Chelated minerals are approximately 40 % bio available, a significant improvement over the original metallic minerals your septic tank in the back yard gets the other 60 % (Table 10 – 4). Chelated minerals are easily recognized on the label of a multiple vitamin/mineral suppl
