One may ask how is it possible to consume metals? Wouldn’t eating metal cause brain damage? That’s because when we think of metal, the first image that comes to mind is probably a metal bar or a cable wire. We often think metals are meant to conduct electricity, and not be eaten. However, did you know that your body conducts electricity everyday and metals such as sodium, zinc and potassium for example play an intricate role in the electric flow of communication that happens between brain cells? Many religions and/or spiritual belief systems such as Rastafarianism teach to never cut your hair because they believe the hair follicles act as antennas that help us to conduct electricity and send and receive information to and from the universe. Understanding the properties of metals and non-metals is basic chemistry 101. Metals in their isolated form are not meant to be eaten but did you know that you directly intake metals everyday in trace amounts in the form of fruits and vegetables?
All of the metals necessary for your body can be found in fruits, vegetables and herbs. This is part of the reason your hair shines and skin becomes clear once you eat enough leafy greens and fruit. For instance, click the links below and take a look at the nutrition charts below for mizuna greens, tatsoi and and watermenlon just to name a few and you will see a combination of metals within each.
Mizuna
http://slism.com/calorie/106072/
Tatsoi
http://slism.com/calorie/106126/
Watermelon
http://slism.com/calorie/107077/
Now take a look at the periodic table below. You’ll notice that each element is grouped in three ways; Metals, non-metals and semimetals. The elements in red are metals while those in blue are nonmetals. Theres a heavy line that begins on the left of boron and zig zags down to the right. This denotes the area where the elements transition from metals to non-metals. The elements bordering this line in yellow are metalloids. Looking at the sea of red, you may think “I ddint realize that most elements on the periodic table were metals.” This proves just how important they are not only to our aatmosphere but to our bodies; though in trace amounts, a little goes a long way.
Now go back and take a look at the mineral charts mentioned earlier for mizuna greens, tatsoi and watermelon and notice how each fruit or vegetable contains multiple elemetnts that fall into the metals category on the periodic table. Eah of these fruits/vegetables contains at least trace amounts of metals.
Lets consider the basic properties of metals, we all know that metals are good conductors of heat and electricity. “As solids they are lustrous (they shine), malleable, they can be pounded without breaking, and ductile, they can be drawn into wires).” Non-metals don’t act like metals and are poor conductors of heat and electricity. In their solid state they are non-lustrous and brittle. Semi-metals have properties like both metals and non-metals. Silicone, for example is shiny like a metal but is a poor conductor of electricity and heat like non-metals.
It is often stated in ads that two very important elements for healthy, hair are zinc and iron (both metals) which work with other elements to contribute to strong follicles and a healthy shine.“ Iron helps red blood cells carry oxygen and nutrients to the hair follicle and zinc works as a co-enzyme, helping to create the hair structure.” Both zinc and iron are metal elements found in leafy greens. That being said, the next time you intake metals through fruits and vegetables, think of ingesting all of the physical and chemical properties associated with them.
references:
http://www.health-science-spirit.com/deficiency.html
Generl, Organic and Biological Chemistry an Integrated Approach (pg 40)
http://www.picassodreams.com/picasso_dreams/2012/01/long-hair-an-antenna-for-metaphysical-vibrations.
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