When you take supplements, you would like to know that you are taking the most effective supplements. On the one hand, you want to be sure that our supplements are pure and do not contain any harmful substances, and we work every day to make this a reality. On the other hand, the substances you do take should be the most effective – the most workable and also the most cost effective.
With this in mind, we designed the alkaline minerals. Our modern diet tends to make us acid. Foods high in phosphates, for example, can deplete our bodies of alkaline minerals. There has been much discussion about what it means to have acid metabolism, but one simple test I once found is where you swish your mouth with a tablespoon of lemon juice, then measure with pH strips how long your body takes to neutralize the acidity. If the time is short, you have a lot of alkaline minerals in store. If it takes long, you are low in alkaline minerals. This is a simple and meaningful test.
Alkaline minerals help restore alkalinity to the organism. The main alkaline minerals in our bodies are calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium. With table salt, ubiquitous in foods, we usually consume enough sodium. But we tend to be short in the other minerals. That is why our alkaline minerals contain calcium citrate, magnesium citrate and potassium citrate. A urinary pH test will indicate to you whether you have balanced out the system.
Why citrates? — The chemical form that you take can make a big difference for some nutrients. The alkaline minerals are hard to absorb for the human intestines. A significant portion of the calcium that we consume with food is not absorbed. When you supplement alkaline minerals, it is important to take a form that is easily absorbed. Citrates are known to be among the most readily absorbed mineral compounds for our bowels. They are a bit more expensive than, for example, calcium carbonate or magnesium oxide, but the extra money spent is well worth it when you consider that a much large portion of it can be absorbed.