Comparing Various Sources of "Colloidal Minerals"
updated on 2016-01-30 at 23:45

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Should you take colloidal minerals?

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If you choose to take them anyway, what's the best buy?

Name	VE minerals		Body booster		Exodus Minerals		Mineral Rocks
Advertised strength	20079	19000	40158	38000	25363	24000
Size	Liter	Quart	Liter	Quart	Liter	Quart	Liter	4 Oz
Analysis source	www.life4u.com/ vemineral.htm		TRC-Independant Lab Analysis		Exodus supplied Western Analysis lab report		Analysis of colloidal minerals from Higher Ideals
Analysis strength	4903	4640	38386	36323	24244	22941	4506	71
Price		$18.00		$15.96		$12.00		$15.00
Doses	dose= 1 oz	32	dose= 1 oz	32	dose= 1 oz	32	dose= .8 tspn	30
Milligrams/bottle		4538		2021		1276		104
Price/dose		$0.56		$0.50		$0.38		$0.50
Milligrams/dose		142		63		40		3
Milligrams/$		252		127		106		7
Unit price in $/gram		$3.97		$7.90		$9.40		$144.72
Total Minerals	4903	145	38386	1135	24244	717	4506	18
Total w/o Al,C,N,S	4796	142	2136	63	1349	40	876	3
% Aluminum	2.2%	2.2%	4.9%	4.9%	4.9%	4.9%	6.0%	6.0%
% Carbon	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	10.9%	10.9%
% Nitrogen	0.0%	0.0%	12.0%	12.0%	12.0%	12.0%	0.0%	0.0%
% Sulfur	0.0%	0.0%	77.4%	77.4%	77.4%	77.4%	63.7%	63.7%
% w/o Al,C,N,S	97.8%	97.8%	5.6%	5.6%	5.6%	5.6%	19.4%	19.4%
Number claimed		77		More than 70		77		74
Number detected		67		71		71		45
Mineral name	mg/liter	mg/oz	mg/liter	mg/oz	mg/liter	mg/oz	mg/liter	mg/dose
Aluminum	107.0000	3.1640	1900.0000	56.1838	1200.0000	35.4845	270.0000	1.064534
Antimony	0.3000	0.008871	0.0310	0.0009	0.0196	0.0006	<0.02	0.000000
Arsenic	1.0000	0.029570	1.2000	0.0355	0.7579	0.0224	<0.02	0.000000
Barium	0.5000	0.014785	0.0091	0.0003	0.0057	0.0002	0.0100	0.000039
Beryllium	0.1000	0.002957	0.0480	0.0014	0.0303	0.0009	0.0100	0.000039
Bismuth	0.5000	0.014785	0.0007	0.0000	0.0004	0.0000	0.0100	0.000039
Boron	0.8000	0.023656	1.9000	0.0562	1.2000	0.0355	1.3600	0.005362
Bromine	Trace	0.000000	0.0910	0.0027	0.0575	0.0017	0.1200	0.000473
Cadmium	0.1000	0.002957	0.0120	0.0004	0.0076	0.0002	<0.01	0.000000
Calcium	300.0000	8.871120	405.0000	11.9760	255.7895	7.5638	215.0000	0.847685
Carbon		0.000000	50.5000	1.4933	31.8947	0.9431	490.0000	1.931933
Cerium	5.0000	0.147852	0.2500	0.0074	0.1579	0.0047	0.6200	0.002444
Cesium	0.5000	0.014785	0.0071	0.0002	0.0045	0.0001	0.0100	0.000039
Chlorine	Trace	0.000000	279.0000	8.2501	176.2105	5.2106	75.0000	0.295704
Chromium	0.3000	0.008871	0.0590	0.0017	0.0373	0.0011	0.2200	0.000867
Cobalt	1.0000	0.029570	1.2000	0.0355	0.7579	0.0224	0.6800	0.002681
Copper	4.0000	0.118282	0.1800	0.0053	0.1137	0.0034	<0.01	0.000000
Dysprosium	1.0000	0.029570	0.0091	0.0003	0.0057	0.0002	0.0800	0.000315
Erbium	1.0000	0.029570	0.0035	0.0001	0.0022	0.0001	0.1100	0.000434
Europium	1.0000	0.029570	0.0059	0.0002	0.0037	0.0001	<0.02	0.000000
Fluorine	Trace	0.000000	0.0355	0.0010	0.0224	0.0007	0.1100	0.000434
Gadolinium	0.5000	0.014785	0.0119	0.0004	0.0075	0.0002	0.5200	0.002050
Gallium	1.0000	0.029570	0.0158	0.0005	0.0100	0.0003	<0.01	0.000000
Germanium	0.5000	0.014785	0.0008	0.0000	0.0005	0.0000	<0.03	0.000000
Gold	0.0940	0.002780	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	<0.01	0.000000
Hafnium	0.8400	0.024839	0.0009	0.0000	0.0006	0.0000	<0.02	0.000000
Holmium	0.1860	0.005500	0.0030	0.0001	0.0019	0.0001	<0.02	0.000000
Indium	0.5000	0.014785	0.0002	0.0000	0.0001	0.0000	<0.02	0.000000
Iodine	0.1000	0.002957	0.0001	0.0000	0.0001	0.0000	0.0300	0.000118
Iridium	1.0000	0.029570	<.02	0.0000	<.02	0.0000	<0.005	0.000000
Iron	1000.0000	29.570401	18.0000	0.5323	11.3684	0.3362	280.0000	1.103962
Lanthanum	0.3200	0.009463	0.0501	0.0015	0.0316	0.0009	0.3900	0.001538
Lead	0.4000	0.011828	0.0100	0.0003	0.0063	0.0002	<0.01	0.000000
Lithium	16.0000	0.473126	1.1000	0.0325	0.6947	0.0205	4.2500	0.016757
Lutetium	0.0890	0.002632	0.0004	0.0000	0.0003	0.0000	0.0400	0.000158
Magnesium	2000.0000	59.140802	1000.0000	29.5704	631.5789	18.6760	77.0000	0.303589
Manganese	20.0000	0.591408	14.8000	0.4376	9.3474	0.2764	5.9100	0.023301
Mercury		0.000000	0.0001	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	<0.002	0.000000
Molybdenum	1.0000	0.029570	0.0002	0.0000	0.0001	0.0000	<0.02	0.000000
Neodymium	10.0000	0.295704	0.0471	0.0014	0.0297	0.0009	0.3700	0.001459
Nickel	2.0000	0.059141	0.9000	0.0266	0.5684	0.0168	1.7200	0.006781
Niobium	1.0000	0.029570	0.0010	0.0000	0.0006	0.0000	<0.01	0.000000
Nitrogen		0.000000	4600.0000	136.0238	2905.2632	85.9098		0.000000
Osmium	1.0000	0.029570		0.0000		0.0000	<0.02	0.000000
Palladium	0.5000	0.014785	0.0006	0.0000	0.0004	0.0000	<0.01	0.000000
Phosphorus	14.0000	0.413986	0.2810	0.0083	0.1775	0.0052	1.2900	0.005086
Platinum	0.4700	0.013898	<.05	0.0000	<.05	0.0000	<0.01	0.000000
Potassium	1000.0000	29.570401	20.1000	0.5944	12.6947	0.3754	0.8800	0.003470
Praseodymium	10.0000	0.295704	0.0210	0.0006	0.0133	0.0004	<0.02	0.000000
Rhenium	0.5000	0.014785	0.0005	0.0000	0.0003	0.0000	<0.03	0.000000
Rhodium	0.2340	0.006919	0.0001	0.0000	0.0001	0.0000	<0.01	0.000000
Rubidium	4.0000	0.118282	0.0720	0.0021	0.0455	0.0013	<0.01	0.000000
Ruthenium	0.2100	0.006210	0.0001	0.0000	0.0001	0.0000	0.0200	0.000079
Samarium	0.4800	0.014194	0.0150	0.0004	0.0095	0.0003	0.0600	0.000237
Scandium	1.0000	0.029570	0.0099	0.0003	0.0063	0.0002	0.0900	0.000355
Selenium	0.2000	0.005914	0.0180	0.0005	0.0114	0.0003	0.0900	0.000355
Silicon	60.0000	1.774224	30.0000	0.8871	18.9474	0.5603	1.9000	0.007491
Silver	0.0540	0.001597	0.0001	0.0000	0.0001	0.0000	0.0800	0.000315
Sodium	300.0000	8.871120	350.0000	10.3496	221.0526	6.5366	195.0000	0.768830
Strontium	4.0000	0.118282	2.8000	0.0828	1.7684	0.0523	1.1000	0.004337
Sulfur	Trace	0.000000	29700.0000	878.2409	18757.8947	554.6785	2870.0000	11.315607
Tantalum	Trace	0.000000	0.0001	0.0000	0.0001	0.0000	<0.02	0.000000
Tellurium	5.0000	0.147852	0.0002	0.0000	0.0001	0.0000	<0.05	0.000000
Terbium	0.4500	0.013307	0.0080	0.0002	0.0051	0.0001	<0.02	0.000000
Thallium	5.0000	0.147852	0.0029	0.0001	0.0018	0.0001	6.3500	0.025036
Thorium	2.2000	0.065055	0.0013	0.0000	0.0008	0.0000	<0.01	0.000000
Thulium	0.2200	0.006505	0.0030	0.0001	0.0019	0.0001	1.2900	0.005086
Tin	0.0740	0.002188	0.0001	0.0000	0.0001	0.0000	<0.02	0.000000
Titanium	0.1000	0.002957	0.0600	0.0018	0.0379	0.0011	0.2500	0.000986
Tungsten	5.0000	0.147852	<.05	0.0000	<.05	0.0000	<0.03	0.000000
Vanadium	0.4500	0.013307	0.0470	0.0014	0.0297	0.0009	0.0700	0.000276
Ytterbium	0.0450	0.001331	0.0055	0.0002	0.0035	0.0001	0.0400	0.000158
Yttrium	0.0850	0.002513	0.1050	0.0031	0.0663	0.0020	0.4400	0.001735
Zinc	7.2000	0.212907	8.2000	0.2425	5.1789	0.1531	3.7500	0.014785
Zirconium	1.0000	0.029570	0.0140	0.0004	0.0088	0.0003	0.0100	0.000039

A mineral that is listed as less than a detection threshold is NOT DETECTED; such a mineral cannot be counted as present in "trace" amounts.
Since carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur are ubiquitous in organic compounds and major components of living tissue, they are excluded from the total count for comparison.
Due to its ubiquitous presence and questionable desirability, aluminum is excluded from the comparison.
Analysis results were supplied in g, mg, or mcg per liter. Those results are converted here to a standard of mg per dose here. (Dose size varies.)

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Comparing Various Sources of "Colloidal Minerals" updated on 2016-01-30 at 23:45

Comparing Various Sources of "Colloidal Minerals"
updated on 2016-01-30 at 23:45