A while ago I made mention that a person can use non-Organic Selenium and still get a huge benefit from it. But in a way that runs contrary to some known facts and that that is the whole deal about not being able to utilize non-organic forms of the nutrients. I have also made that claim, as we know of those perspectives from really astute researchers. So just how do we reconcile this deal? Since you asked, we are going to look at it. The truth of this is somewhere in the middle.

One element that we must keep in mind and that is when referring to Organic or Inorganic in this type of discussion we are talking about it in a chemical sense. We are not referring  to the typical Organic/Inorganic aspect of traditional thinking with most people. In chemistry and related fields, an Inorganic substance becomes Organic when a Carbon molecule is attached to it. Normally the way it happens in nature, is that the Inorganic form is found in say the soil. As a plant grows in that soil it...

Today we are going to take a stroll around the neighborhood of some Essential Fatty Acids. Even though I have suggested that this discussion is centered around Conjugated Linoleic Acid, it is really about a lot more and the CLA is really just a major part or core of it all. Many other aspects are here as well and we will discuss them. As a general rule the Linoleic Acid is usually called Omega 6 Fatty Acid. The Linolenic Acid is usually called Omega 3 Fatty Acid. In this discussion we are going to introduce a new Fatty Acid, actually it isn’t all that new, but new to most people and that is Omega 7 EFA. Also, Vaccenic Acid and Rumenic Acid will be introduced.

CLA is both a trans fatty acid and a cis fatty acid. Normally, a trans fat, it is considered to be bad as it applies to human health. It is, if certain conditions are not met. But when those certain conditions are met, it then can be beneficial. The whole CLA begins its journey in the Rumen of a Ruminate. Rumenic Acid...

One of the largest aspects, at least to many people when evaluating essential oil quality, will usually refer to a GC/MS report as to the tattle tale for their sole purpose of determining quality. These people will need to expand their scope of education to bring their thinking into line with current trends. This is the main trust of this discussion. I want to bring you up to speed, so to speak as to where things are going.

In many of the Analysis Specifications of various oils, such as the fixed oils or essential oils, one will notice that many times they are listing the various methods used to determine the evaluations run on the given sample. With Essential Oils the typical evaluations run are as follows. Keep in mind that these are not the only evaluations run, but the typical.

Refractive Index; This one determines how fast light travels through a medium. Usually that medium is a Refractometer. This also helps to determine the sugar content of a solution being evaluated. Many of...

In the circles that are common for all of us to run around in, we frequently hear the word Glyphosate or better known as Roundup or in some cases other names. Then at the same time, associated with this topic, we hear all kinds of horror stories. There are a number of other chemicals that will usually surfaces that we hear people carping about. I have written a number of times about one of them,  Glyphosate and have clearly stated my bias against the use of it. We actually have some real good news on this topic this year. The news is that Glyphosate is in limited supply this year. Bayer, the company out of Germany, who is the major company involved in manufacturing the formulated chemical has announced that the manufacturer of a key ingredient has not been able to supply the key ingredient for the final formulated product, Roundup. So their ability to supply this product is severely limited. Officially, by many accounts, the supply available to framers have been cut by around...

Today we are going to look at a situation that is usually not talked about much in many circles, other than agricultural production circles. When it is discussed, then it is only touched on during specific situations and then it is largely a political discussion at best, nothing really meaningful. However, on the human nutrition side, there is really not a lot of discussion, period.  But in reality we really should talk about it. Today is your lucky day!

On average, a normally functioning human, Carbon will consist of about 18% of that person's body weight. In a normally functioning human Nitrogen will consist of about 3% of that person's body weight. Since I will make mention of Potassium in this relationship at a later point in this discussion, I will make mention of Potassium and it will consist of about 1% of the weight of a normally functioning human being. Translation; the 150 pound human will contain about 27 pounds of Carbon. That same 150 pound person will be carrying...

Today we will be be looking at the Human Brain and how we can work with it effectively and safely. However, this will come in a series of discussions, starting with this introduction and eventually ending on a specific point. This introduction will be an extremely limited overview of the brain and the various parts and just what those parts contributes to the overall operation of the human body. I would like to make sure that that you know the brain is a very complex thing and it is impossible to give specific details to understand each part. So we will just give an overview and general idea with the first part of this discussion and then we will eventually narrow the discussion to some specifics and how we can work with those specifics within a self help arena. Basically, we will be driving towards how reasonable, so called normal people, can help themselves.

The human brain contains over 100 Trillion neurons. Neurons are nerve cells that are capable of communicating with each...

In an earlier essay/discussion I cited some studies done with essential oils and testing them on various viruses. In those studies, in the abstracts they talked about and defined just what an essential oil is and here are those two ideas;

By definition, essential oils are a complex mixture of volatile organic compounds which are synthesized naturally in different parts of the plant as part of plants secondary metabolism. The chemical composition of the essential oils is dominated by the presence of a range of compounds including phenolics, terpenoids, aldehydes, ketones, ethers, epoxides and many others inferring that essential oils must be effective against a wide range of pathogens.

Being lipophilic in nature, essential oils can penetrate viral membranes easily leading to membrane disintegration.

There you go, for short and sweet.

End of discussion. KK

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If you are reading this discussion, then it might b safe to assume that essential oils might be of interest to you. I have written a number of these blog/essays/discussions on this subject. But in this one I am focusing in on their mechanism of action against various influenza and coronaviruses. The last word is the one that most people are interesting in.

As we look at different aspects of this "Rona" deal, we are looking at the broad aspect of it. Both on the front end as well as the back end. For this discussion I am pulling from an article in Pubmed, aricle # PUBMED 33212200. Titled; An updated and comprehensive review of the antiviral potential of essential oils and their chemical constituents with special focus on their mechanism of action against various influenza and coronaviruses This is very important discussion. I will cut and paste directly for some of the material.

In this article they are looking at the anti-viral effects of essential oils. They describe the definition...