“The Best Mineral in the World”

Naturopathic Physician, James Chappell, in His Own Words

My father was in the produce business. As a young boy, I went out in the fields and picked bell peppers, cucumbers, cabbage, lettuce and everything he grew. I used to say to him, “Dad, why is this soil so lifeless? I don’t see any insects, worms or anything!” He’d say, “That’s because we purify and sterilize it. You don’t want to see worms, insects or bugs that might eat the crops.”

As I got older, I found out this was not always the case. We once had a soil that was absolutely thriving with macro- and microorganisms. Farmers used to turn under a crop every seventh year to revitalize the soil and keep it full of minerals. There was no such thing as an insecticide, so the soil was pulsating with life. The crops grown on this soil were full of minerals and other nutrients so there was no need for synthetic fertilizers like N.P.K. (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium). However, this is no longer the situation in America.

Today, the only insurance we have to guarantee a full compliment of nutrients and minerals is to supplement our diet. It doesn’t even matter if you’re eating organic food or not. If the farmer is NOT re-mineralizing the soil, you’re getting demineralized food. From eating devitalized and demineralized food, exposure to toxic chemicals both in our environment and in our food and water supply, to eating out of season, there isn’t just one thing that causes “dis-ease.” It’s life. Add the kind of stress most of us are under and you have a recipe for sickness.

How important are minerals to the whole picture? They are the foundation. Without minerals, life would cease to exist. Plants take up minerals and then convert them into their structure of nutrients and fiber. All nutrients contained in a plant, such as amino acids, enzymes, vitamins, antioxidants and minerals, came from a little seed put into the soil. The seed germinates and the roots pull minerals out from the soil, specifically metallic minerals, which are difficult for humans to digest, but the plant converts these metallic minerals into colloidal and ionic minerals, minerals that we can absorb.

When I set out to write a book on minerals, the working title was The Miracle Elements. But the more I researched minerals, everything led to how powerful and complete fossilized stony coral was relative to other mineral sources. There isn’t any mineral formula that I’ve used in the last 34 years that’s more effective than fossilized stony coral minerals. I changed the title of my book to The Miracle Elements: Fossilized Stony Coral. Experience has shown me it’s the best mineral supplement in the world.

One pathway to osteoporosis has to do with an acid pH of the body. The osteoblasts and osteoclasts are responsible for building up and breaking down our bone matrix. Because the bone is living tissue, it wears out and must be replaced. The osteoclasts come in and dissolve the older bone cells, and right behind it the osteoblasts rebuild it. There’s a constant breaking down and building up and, as long as you have the building blocks—the minerals, specifically calcium—the osteoblasts will build strong bones. If the calcium and other minerals are not available, the body will build very porous or weak bone. When we eat or drink substances that shift the pH of our body to acid, the body will use calcium to buffer the acids. Since our bones and teeth have an abundance of calcium, we lose it there first. Osteoporosis is simply the decalcification of bone caused by nutritional and hormonal imbalances.

I had a patient who lost 50 percent of her bone mass from osteoporosis. She was 55 years old at the time. I put her on a fossilized stony coral mineral called Coral Complex from Coral Inc. Along with the minerals, this company adds vitamin D, which helps drive the minerals into the body. Within six months she regained 25 percent of her bone mass. However, this is not a magic bullet. I also had this lady change her diet, employ gentle impact walking and drink plenty of electrolytic-charged water. Basically, common sense and logic dictate, if you want to acquire optimum health, you need to stop doing the things that are making you sick and start doing the things that will help you get well.

When it comes to minerals, nothing compares to fossilized stony coral.