Originally published February 26 2006
Food scientists attempt to remineralize manufactured foods
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Dr. David Thomas, a primary healthcare practitioner and independent researcher, reveals the impact a new supplement could have on the mineral-deficient foods produced by manufacturers.
Dr David Thomas, a primary healthcare practitioner and independent researcher who recently made a comparison of government nutritional tables published in 1940, and again in 2002, argues that the gradual degradation of the micronutrient value of food must be tackled by industry, consumers and regulators.
"We seem to be responding in a symptomatic matter without understanding the problem in the first place," Dr David Thomas, a primary healthcare practitioner and independent researcher told FoodNavigator.
Thomas argues that food manufacturers need to promote not just good looking, wonderful tasting and great smelling food, but also nutrient-rich food.
He is the European distributor for ConcenTrace, a mineral supplement developed from the Great Salt Lakes in the US.
The company behind the product, Trace Minerals Research, says that it uses a natural process to remove the sodium to leave a formula about 26 times more concentrated than other liquid trace minerals on the market.
"Later I came across a similar product from the salt lakes that had been evaporated to remove sodium chloride crystals, to leave a kind of soup that contained trace elements of magnesium, selenium, boron and lithium.
For example, the iron content in 15 different varieties of meat had decreased on average by 47 per cent, with some products showing a fall as high as 80 per cent, while the iron content of milk had dropped by over 60 per cent.
Copper and magnesium, essential for enzyme functioning, also showed losses in meat products.
Magnesium levels have typically fallen by 10 per cent while copper levels have fallen by 60 per cent.
"There are also more and more functional drinks," said Thomas.
"Silver Spring for example has just launched an omega 3 drink.
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