From: ((Steven B. Harris)) Subject: Re: Organic germanium Date: 15 Jun 1995 In <60.24431.2167.0N1E6EF4@canrem.com> ron.roth@canrem.com (Ron Roth) writes: >R > richj @pixi.com (Richard Jacobson) writes: >R > >R > Could you please explain HOW you test for germanium deficiency? > > As mentioned numerous times on the net before over the last few > years, I measure *intra-cellular* levels of germanium and over 40 > other chemicals (half of them minerals), with every patient visit, > incl rutin (which Scott B inquired about), hesperidin, some hormones, > HDL/LDL/VLDL fractions, and a number of other items of interest. I notice you're still not answering the question. We want to know how you test, not what. We want to know your method. Steve Harris > > The same goes for nickel, silicon, lithium, bismuth, etc, and other >R > > "unproven" nutrients which can be associated with plenty of medical problems when imbalanced. No, they are not "associated" with any medical problems, and nobody knows what the proper balance of these things is, if anything. Lithium and bismuth are not even known to be necessary for life. Nickel and silicon are ultratrace minerals in which deficiency has only been seen in lab animals on ultrapurified diets breathing filtered air and drinking triple distilled water. Let them breathe dust, even, and the pathology goes away and they look perfectly healthy. Steve Harris, M.D. From: sbharris@ix.netcom.com(Steven B. Harris) Subject: Re: Elements in human body Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition In <64uvgq$jt0$1@nyx.nyx.net> dcox@nyx.net (David Hamilton Cox) writes: >> >> One of my health food catalogs claims that there are 22 elements >>in the human body, and that bee pollen is the only food with all of >>those elements. Comment: Dumb. Why would (for instance) meat from an animal have any fewer elements than are in your body? Unless the animal needed fewer than you do, which there is no evidence animals do. > I'm just curious if this is correct. I'm not asking >about the supposed benefits of bee pollen, I am more interested in >just knowing if the human body indeed has 22 elements, and if so >which ones; and also if bee pollen has these elements, and no other >food does. Does anyone know? Thanks. The human body contains traces of all the 89 non-radiactive elements, and a few of the radioactive ones, too. The question is: which ones are there for the ride, and which ones are doing something. Right now, most scientists recognize the following schema: the body is make mostly of O, C, N, and H atoms. After that come minerals. Roughly in order of weight-abundance for the first dozen or so, these are: Major minerals: Ca, P, K, S, Na, Cl, Mg Minor or trace minerals: Fe, Mn, Cu, I, Zn, Mo, Se Ultratrace: Co, Cr, Si, Sn, F, Ni, As This is a total of 25 elements. Lack of any of these will cause a deficiency syndrome in animals (even though it may be necessary to go several generations and even keep the animals from breathing the dust in the air to see it!), and so all are presumably necessary in humans. There is some evidence for trophic effects of a few other elements in animals or humans (V, B, etc), but it's not at all clear if this means these elements are "essential" in any normal way. Just because an element has some effect, or the body can use it to do something, doesn't necessarily mean the body can't get along without it entirely if necessary. Steve Harris, M.D. From: sbharris@ix.netcom.com(Steven B. Harris) Newsgroups: misc.health.alternative,sci.med.dentistry,sci.med.nutrition, misc.kids.health Subject: Re: Sources of Fluoride in water (was:Re: #2:Fluoride, The Complete Script Date: 8 Oct 1998 10:39:05 GMT In <6vgarc$8tr$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> sherrell@cdsnet.net writes: >If I could package the essense of your comments, it might be good for my >garden. BS makes good fertilizer. You can talk nonsense all you like, but >those who know better will recognize it for what it is. Fluoride is not >an essential nutrient ... not necessary for the formation of healthy >teeth or any other body part. If you don't agree, cite your references. I suggest you begin with the classic ultraclean isolator trace mineral metabolism studies of Schwarz: Fed. Proc. 33:1748, 1974. This work on fluoride was done at the VA Hospital in Long Beach. The late Dr. Schwarz is also the discoverer of the essential roles of selenium and chromium in nutrition. Also some odd elements like tin and silicon. Steve Harris, M.D. |