Anybody using Concentrace from Mineral Resources Int?

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Dear Everyone,

I saw this product in a HFS. It seemed like a nice idea -- and I wrote the

company. Below is my letter to them and their reply to me. Anybody else use

this product?

Thanks,

marti

Subj: Inquiry about heavy metals

Date: 05/05/03 15:31:34 GMT Daylight Time

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Dear Martha Rolfe:

Thank you very much for you inquiry and interest in our products. Your

concerns and questions are very understandable. You are wise to be careful

with your child's health and to ask appropriate questions.

ConcenTrace which is our main mineral/ trace mineral product is sold as a

liquid and in tablet form and is also used as an ingredient in almost all of

our various products. It is unclear which specific product you have been

looking at but the answer should be basically the same for all of our

products even though products such as our Electro-Vita-Min have other

nutrients added. ConcenTrace is a natural, concentrated mineral brine which

comes from the Great Salt Lake in Utah. It is concentrated through a natural

process of evaporation and as it concentrated, most of the sodium and

potassium precipitate out with some of the chloride. This leaves ConcenTrace

with a rich amount of magnesium along with a full spectrum of other trace

elements. Due to the high concentration of the brines/ minerals in the Great

Salt Lake (GSL), heavy metals such as lead and mercury do not stay in

solution. Some years ago there was even a study on the GSL to find out if

minerals such as gold, mercury, and other heavy metals could be mined from

the brines but it was discovered that due to the nature of the lake, the

heavy metal concentration in the lake was actually lower than in the drinking

water in Salt Lake City. The spectrum of minerals as naturally occurring in

the seas of the world is also something that is easy for the body to deal

with. Basically, all living things have a very similar mineral balance in

their blood and lymphatic fluid to what is found in sea water. This is why

scientists believe that all life evolved from the seas. Many of the trace

elements found in ConcenTrace are actually in extremely low levels such as

parts per trillion. We believe that these ultra trace amounts are likely to

serve more of a homeopathic type benefit for health as opposed to serving a

physiological function.

We do regularly analyze our product for mineral and trace mineral content.

We do have copies of certificates of analysis that could be provided if you

wish but they would need some explanation. We also regularly test our

minerals various other potential contaminants to ensure that the product is

pure when you receive it. We have been selling minerals and trace minerals

from the Great Salt Lake since 1969 with numerous satisfied customers from

around the world and the use of minerals and trace minerals from sea sources

for health dates back much further than our company has been in existence.

So, please be assured that you are not creating a toxicity problem for your

child in using our products. In fact, cleansing has been one of the

historical uses of sea water. Also, as it relates to heavy metal toxicity,

one of the modern treatments for mineral toxicity is to give the patient a

balance of other minerals and trace elements which helps the body to balance

the overall mineral ratios.

Thank you again for your inquiry. Please let me know if I might be of any

additional assistance.

Sincerely,

Val

Director of Sales and Marketing

Mineral Resources International

1990 West 3300 South

Ogden, UT 84401

(801) 731-7040, ext. 310

(801) 731-7985 - FAX

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> Dear Sir or Madam,

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> I saw your product at a health food shop here in England. I was very

> interested and wanted to purchase it for myself and my family. However, I

> noticed that your concentrace has some trace minerals that are actually

> heavy metals. This concerned me because these could be harmful. My son has

> a difficult time with detoxification and we are very concerned about heavy

> metals, especially lead and mercury. Can you give me more details about

> your product to ease my concerns?

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> Do you test for mercury content and how much mercury, tin, tungsen, lead,

> arsenic, etc would you expect in your product?

>

> Thank you.

>

> Martha Rolfe

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Hi Marti-- no, I haven't used that one... so far, the only multi-

liquid supp that I can find without those " trace " amounts of the bad

things is Eniva. I haven't ordered it yet... it's rather pricey,

but I might try it just once. I am also thinking of buying liquid

minerals individually as I've read that when you can " taste " them,

then you probably don't need much of that particular mineral

anymore. I have some zinc sulfate from Thorne that is a liquid and

sure enough, as I've been taking some extra zinc, now I can taste it

and it isn't like water anymore.

It's nice that the company was willing to send you lab reports for

quality testing. That is reassuring.

W

> Dear Everyone,

>

> I saw this product in a HFS. It seemed like a nice idea -- and I

wrote the

> company. Below is my letter to them and their reply to me.

Anybody else use

> this product?

>