Minerals and emotional states.

Some food for thought, or minerals for the mind;

"It is too easy to fall into the trap of attributing a condition or behavior to a single mineral level or pattern. This is an error. We know that all minerals affect each other. It is virtually impossible to be deficient in just one mineral.

Similarly, it is virtually impossible to have a toxic level of a mineral, without having multiple underlying mineral imbalances.

"Potassium — Keyword: Follow through, or adaptive energy.
Low Potassium:
Fatigued, depressed, withdrawn, low energy, low stamina.

High Potassium:
Overactive, good stamina.

Physiological Correlates:
Potassium metabolism is regulated by glucocorticoid and thyroid activity. Glucocorticoids, as opposed to adrenalin, are the longer-acting adrenal hormones. By releasing glycogen from the liver, these hormones are responsible for long-term energy."

Low Calcium:
Emotionally unstable, irritable, hyperkinetic behaviors, short tempered, tense, unable to slow down, extroverted.

High Calcium:
Rigid, withdrawn, calcium shell, introverted, sluggish, insensitive, diminished awareness."
http://www.arltma.com/Articles/EmotionalStatesDoc.htm

"Let's start with some examples such as iron. This mineral is essential in the body but when in excess in the brain it settles in the amygdala and is associated with increased anger and rage. Other minerals will do similar things. Lead is associated with violence, retardation and ADD. Mercury is well researched and is associated with madness, emotional timidity and other mental problems. Minerals change emotions, our emotions influence our behaviour and this is stamped in stone.

Let's look at some less extreme issues. Some years ago hair analysis studies were done on violent prisoners in United States prisons. The results were fascinating and had strong statistical significance. They actually found a pattern of minerals that was essentially the "chemistry" of anger, rage and violence that also blocks emotion and feeling.

In the book The Strands of Hair, psychologist Rick Malter explains "the basic pattern shows a high copper level, a high ratio of sodium to potassium and a high calcium level, especially in relation to magnesium and phosphorus. This particular pattern is a slow metabolic type. A build up of high or excess copper tends to be stored in the liver and in the brain. The excess copper often leads to problems with concentration memory and learning. Behaviour and emotional problems are frequently associated with high copper levels. Suicidal and homicidal urges are common psychological reactions. When there is a high sodium to potassium ratio, the suicidal and homicidal urges are generally intensified, especially if there is also a high iron and/or manganese level. "

While this alone is truly fascinating it is not limited to the copper issue. The high calcium has the effect of cutting people off from their feelings and creating an emotionally numb or dead state of being. People who suffer from this very high calcium level will frequently do things without any feelings about the consequences of their actions. It would be easy to continue showing you various examples of what different minerals do but hopefully by now you get the point and that is that minerals affect our behaviour!"
http://www.lifestyleintegration.com.au/learning-centre/blog/112-your-magical-emotion-changing-minerals.html

"Known as a balancing metal copper works with the flow of projective and receptive energies. Shamans and Healers believed copper to be a metal that balances the body’s polarities, thereby removing blockages which are responsible for illness or imbalance."
http://hermeticahealth.me/2013/03/19/eliminating-copper-toxicity-often-results-in-an-increase-in-awareness/

It is said to provide a harmonic connection between the physical and astral bodies and also align the subtle bodies. It has been used to amplify and transmit thought and healing energy.

"Intracellular potassium is known to be essential for many enzymatic processes within the cell.6 A direct effect of potassium deficiency on protein synthesis has been demonstrated by Lubin and Ennis.27 Changes in electrolyte distribution could also have important effects on the transport of amino acids into cells. Christensen et al.9 and Vidaver35 indicate that the sodium gradient between cells and their surrounding fluid is one of the determinants of the rate of transport of certain amino acids into cells.

The biochemistry of affective disorders is a rapidly expanding field of psychiatric research, and it is in this light that the changes in electrolytes must be reviewed. It is possible that electrolytes have only a secondary place in the etiology of depression and mania. I think we will not know until we are able to manipulate electrolytes and to examine the effects on mood of restoring them to normal. We need to know the endocrinological factors responsible for the changes in electrolyte distribution, and we also need to know the relationship between the changes in electrolytes and amine metabolism and possibly other biochemical changes responsible for depression as yet undescribed."
http://www.mgwater.com/mental.shtml


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