Foods high in minerals: ionic minerals, mineral deficiency symptoms, and the best mineral rich foods.

Ionic minerals are charged minerals!

Most people know just how important minerals are for the human body, but are unaware of what the proper form should be in order to make the most of minerals. 

Be aware that minerals found in supplements and in rocks will be more difficult for the human body to utilize!

Charged ions can easily pass through your cell membranes and enter your bloodstream which allows for easy distribution to tissues and organs that require minerals.

Ionic minerals are essential for physiological processes!

Nerve transmission: ionic minerals like calcium, sodium, and potassium help to transmit nerve impulses that enable communication between your brain and body.

Energy production and metabolism: ionic minerals like iron, copper, iodine, zinc, and chromium are needed for proper metabolism and proper energy production.

Melatonin levels: ionic minerals like calcium, iron, zinc, and magnesium play crucial roles in the regulation and production of melatonin.

Melatonin is a highly important hormone produced by your pineal gland and your mitochondria which helps to regulate your sleep-wake cycle or circadian rhythm.

Bones and teeth: ionic minerals like calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, copper, and boron are needed to build strong bones and teeth.

Your bones are considered living tissues!  They are dynamic organs that constantly grow and remodel themselves throughout your life.

Building proteins and cells: ionic minerals like sulfur, phosphorus, zinc, copper, calcium, and selenium are needed for cellular repair.

Electrolyte balance: ionic minerals like potassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, and sodium are needed to help regulate fluid balance and your muscle contractions.

Alkaline ionic minerals also assist in removing acidic toxins from your blood and body.

Enzyme activation: ionic minerals like magnesium, zinc, manganese, iron, copper, calcium, and phosphorus are needed to activate enzymes that will facilitate many biochemical reactions in your body.

If you don't eat enough foods high in minerals, your body may struggle to produce the enzymes needed for digestion.

The absorption of minerals primarily takes place in your small intestines and minerals are usually absorbed in an ionic form.

Mineral deficiency symptoms: factors that block mineral absorption.

Mineral deficiency symptoms primarily occur today due to the lack of minerals in our food because of deficient soils from unsustainable farming practices, poor harvesting methods, and the way we process foods.

Mineral deficiency symptoms can occur from eating processed foods, too many cooked foods, following a restricted diet, eliminating food groups, taking medications, synthetic supplements, pesticides, herbicides, heavy metals, lots of stress, and from anti-nutrients in plant foods.

In our modern-day world, it's probably safe to say that we all are suffering from a few mineral deficiency symptoms.

How many mineral deficiency symptoms do you have?

Mineral deficiency symptoms depend on the mineral or the minerals you are low in and just how low your are in a particular mineral or minerals.

Without adequate amounts of minerals, your body's systems will eventually breakdown.  This can lead to illnesses that can range from minor to very dangerous health problems.

Did you know you can have mineral deficiencies from both the major and trace minerals?  There are seven major essential minerals and the number of trace minerals that may be essential for optimal health may exceed thirty.

Major minerals: calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, chloride, sulfur, and sodium.  

Trace minerals include: iron, zinc, iodine, copper, manganese, chromium, selenium, molybdenum, cobalt, silicon, germanium, vanadium, and boron.

Also, is this you? Cravings for salt could be a sign of a mineral deficiency!

Unfortunately, throwing a lot of salt on your food may not be the best idea to fix a mineral deficiency as many have claimed. 

Because according to Aajonus Vonderplanitz author of "We Want to Live", salt demineralizes the body and causes a lot of problems.

He said that salt explodes red blood cells and causes sodium to clump in the blood.  This reverses ion magnetism and pull the guts from your cells.

Because of the effects from the explosive salt, your cells will not be able to absorb as much nutrition anymore.  And some will just shrivel up and die.

That's because I experience burning sensations, dehydration, polarizing of my brain, and sometimes explosive emotions whenever I eat too much salt.

Aajonus also mentioned that salt cravings could be caused by poor thyroxin production which is a thyroid hormone. 

He recommended eating fresh raw ocean fish, scallops, oysters, clams, no-salt added cheeses, whole raw milk, raw tomatoes, and fresh raw celery as some of the ways to supply the thyroid with minerals needed to function properly.

Factors that block mineral absorption: the seed oils, anti-nutrients, and other factors.

There are a number of factors that will block mineral absorption, even when they are present in our foods.

As you probably know by now from reading nutrient dense foods, the lack of fat soluble activators which is vitamins A, D, and K2 will be a problem for mineral absorption.  

Presently, there's a big movement away from consuming seed oils because of the way they are processed and they do not really contain any of the fat soluble activators.

Some studies suggest that the high consumption of seed oils can negatively affect your gut health and produce inflammation which is harmful to your mucosa.

Anti-nutrients that can block mineral absorption.

Anti-nutrients bind with ionized minerals in the digestive tract and prevent them from being absorbed.  Some of these anti-nutrients can also harm your gut lining or mucosa.

Limiting or eliminating these anti-nutrients may be necessary in order to get more minerals into your body.  Techniques like soaking, fermenting, and cooking will help to break down some of these anti-nutrients.

Also, research seems to show that gut bacteria or a healthy microbiome may be able to break down some of these mineral blocking compounds.

Other factors that prevent important minerals from being absorbed.

In this modern world, we're being exposed to way too many toxic chemicals from pesticides, herbicides, pharmaceuticals, and heavy metals that fall from the sky (look up sometime).

These toxic chemicals have the ability to block minerals from being absorbed from your food and can also make you sick.

Did you know toxic metals use the same transport system as essential minerals?  If they are present they can block the absorption of minerals.

Toxic metals can also displace or replace minerals from their binding sites which lead to deficiencies of vital minerals and will create health problems.

That's why you should support regenerative farming methods - to get more foods high in minerals and less toxic substances!

Essential mineral competition is another factor to consider.  Your body uses shared pathways for similar minerals and if you send too much of one mineral at a time - it can create a block for another essential mineral.

For example: consuming lots of dairy foods high in calcium with foods high in iron may block iron from being absorbed.

A high intake of sodium will inhibit the absorption of potassium.  And a very high intake of zinc can interfere with your body's ability to absorb copper.

It's important to eat a balance of foods high in minerals and sometimes at different times, so that you get a variety of the essential minerals your body needs.

Did you know minerals are held ionically in our foods?

Minerals are ingested as integral parts of the foods we consume and are held ionically in a claw-like way or chelated by a large molecule. 

Examples: chlorophyll which chelates a magnesium atom and hemoglobin which chelates an iron atom in blood.

Also, enzymes chelate minerals like zinc, copper, manganese, and iron.

Lack of hydrochloric acid, over-alkaline environment in the upper intestine, deficiencies of enzymes, and a deficiency of nutrients like vitamin C may prevent chelates from releasing their minerals.

Don't worry I'll show you the best foods high in minerals for you to eat.

Best mineral rich foods: eating with the seasons and raw foods.

Ionic minerals can be obtained from various dietary sources.  Foods high in minerals can come from plant foods, animal foods, and seafood.

Just remember, nutrient dense foods that were raised or grown "correctly" will be the best foods high in minerals for you to eat.

It's very important to have enough minerals in your soil and water along with adequate amounts of sunlight.  Then the plants and animals become more resilient and strong.

This was shown to me when we recently traveled back to Northern Arizona and started a few gardens for our new friends there.  

Every now and then my heart seems to always call me back to Arizona and now I know why - it's about electromagnetism.

If you have ever visited Sedona or Northern Arizona, you will have seen the majestic red rocks which are very electromagnetic.  

The red rocks in Arizona, particularly in Sedona are rich in oxidized iron which gives the rocks their distinctive color.  Quartz crystals are also present which amplifies the energy coming from these rocks.

This iron rich composition allows the rocks to act as electrical conductors which can store and amplify electromagnetic energy to the people that visit.

There is actually an excess of minerals in this type of soil and you'll have to add back organic matter as well as improve the biology of the soil if you want to garden.

In a nut shell, we had to add a few soil amendments to the soil before we could plant the gardens up in Northern Arizona close to the Utah border.  

To my surprise - the gardens did exceedingly well!

We grew some of the most beautiful cabbage heads I have ever seen.  What was really shocking to me was the tomatoes we planted in June were still producing in late October in spite of the harsh weather up there. 

In addition, I think the well water we used to water the gardens was a good source of minerals like calcium.

Did you know that spring and mineral water are good sources of ionic minerals like calcium, magnesium, and potassium?

I increase my mineral intake by drinking a high quality mineral water and consuming the best mineral rich foods. 

Best mineral rich food: pastured or grass fed meats especially organ meats.

Pastured and grass fed meats will contain higher amounts of the essential minerals like iron, zinc, phosphorus, selenium, magnesium, potassium, and sulfur.

Be aware that pastured organ meats will be foods higher in minerals when compared to the muscle meats of that same animal.

Liver is particularly rich in iron, zinc, and in copper which is an important trace mineral.  Organ meats also provide more concentrations of fat soluble vitamins.

Best mineral rich food: wild caught or sustainably raised seafood.

Many of the trace minerals once abundant in soil have been washed into the oceans and that's why seafood is actually the best foods high in minerals.

My favorite deep sea fish to eat is fresh wild caught tuna and there's nothing more invigorating than catching that big fish out in the ocean.

Wild caught and sustainably raised seafood can be a rich source of essential minerals like phosphorus, calcium, zinc, copper, iodine, iron, magnesium, selenium, chloride, potassium, sulfur, and sodium.

Seafood is also a great source of omega 3 fatty acids and fat soluble vitamins.

Best mineral rich food: pastured or grass fed dairy.

Dairy foods high in minerals will come from cows that were raised on grass and regenerative pastures.  This type of dairy will be higher in fat soluble vitamins.

Pastured dairy foods contain higher amounts of beneficial minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, chromium, selenium, zinc, copper, sulfur, iodine, sodium, manganese, and molybdenum.

Raw whole milk is one of my favorite foods high in minerals and I drink it every day.  I'm pretty sure the minerals in raw milk is what saved me when I recently tripped and landed square on both knees - on gravel!!

Nothing broke and I was able to walk away at 63 - limping because I had an open wound from the gravel (lol).  It only took about a week or so to heal enough to walk normally again.

Best mineral rich foods: plants grown in mineral rich soil.

You'll want to eat plant foods grown in mineral rich soil if you want to eat plant foods high in minerals.  Growing plants in soil that's connected to the earth is best from my experience and out in the sunlight.

Fresh fruits and vegetables can be a rich source of essential minerals such as potassium, magnesium, selenium, sodium, copper, manganese, chloride, and boron.

Eating with the seasons: foods will be higher in minerals and magnetism.

To be honest, I never really understood what was so important about eating with the seasons.  Finally, it dawned on me - this may be one of the main reasons why the indigenous people stayed so healthy.   

They weren't buying their food from a grocery store, another state, or from another country - like we do today!

Indigenous people ate the foods they could find, hunt, or raise locally which is basically the same thing as eating seasonally.

Locally grown foods will be better for your health for many reasons.  This food doesn't have to be processed, shipped, or stored for a long time before consuming.

Seasonal foods are known to be higher in minerals and other nutrients because this food is usually eaten right after its been freshly harvested and at its peak.

Interestingly, eating seasonally may actually help to synchronize your body with nature's rhythms.

What does that mean?  I'll use the work of Jack Kruse a well known and outspoken neurosurgeon to explain. 

Jack advocates for lifestyle changes to align with the natural light cycles that affect your circadian rhythm.

Dr. Kruse says that the sunlight your body is exposed to should be the same as the food your body eats in order to stay in a more coherent state. 

Which is the less known about reason to eat seasonally or locally.

Did you know the human eye and photosynthesis share similarities in how they perceive and respond to light?

Both systems utilize specialized receptors to manage light intensity.  The human eye uses photoreceptors and plants use chlorophyll to optimize their photosynthetic processes.

Jack teaches the basis for the whole food web is photosynthesis and he says food is fundamentally an electromagnetic barcode of the location that your in at the moment.

So when your eyes take in the sunlight, the message sent back needs to be a match with the food that you eat or you will create chaos in your body.

Jack says you should eat the foods from the environment where the sun built that food!

Foods that are grown or raised in another environment will not have the same magnetic effect on you as the foods grown in your environment and this will create a circadian mismatch.

Dr. Kruse also said that your body breaks down the food that you eat into protons and electrons.  And food is basically an electromagnetic barcode of electrons and protons.

Did you know energy production in your body actually depends on the electron transport chain and your mitochondria?

He said electrons have light on them and that light should come from the environment you live in.

Jack says your environment affects the spin of the electrons and protons and we are not designed to eat food from the supermarkets because the spin will be off.

Basically, your sending the wrong electromagnetic signal to your body.

This all makes perfect sense now because the indigenous people who ate their local and seasonal foods had no health problems.  

One of the most important principles that Dr. Kruse teaches, is you need to get the morning sunlight into your eyes and skin to reset your circadian clock and make important hormones like melatonin.

Morning light has more red light, so it will begin to repair all of the proteins that you need to fix.  The #1 protein being heme proteins.

Red light also significantly helps your mitochondria.

Morning and evening light will have more red light, so watch the sunset too!

This is another reason why the indigenous people stayed so healthy because they woke up with the sun and went to sleep when the sun set.

This creates coherence at the quantum level and a healthy circadian rhythm.  

Dr. Kruse said it's very important to avoid artificial blue light which will throw off your circadian rhythm.

We are being exposed to blue light from cell phones, TVs, computers, and light bulbs which are creating numerous health problems according to Jack Kruse.

Blue light tells your body its daytime because sunlight contains more blue light at this time of the day.

Therefore, you'll need to block blue light at night as much as you can to help your circadian rhythm because artificial blue light will create confusion in your body.

Do this by investing in blue-blocking glasses, incandescent light bulbs, blue-blocking screens for your cell phones, etc.  

Dr. Kruse says all of nature is optimized to red light and if you don't get enough red light - you will have to eat different types of foods to offset this light deficiency.

In my opinion, you will have to increase foods that are high in minerals that give you more electrons and light.  This approach has more or less worked for me.

Foods high in minerals: raw foods are bioactive and higher in electrons.

To be completely fair, foods high in minerals that contain ionic minerals can come from both cooked and raw foods.

Did you know that minerals can already be in their crystalline ionic state in raw foods?

However, the presence and availability of these minerals will vary based on the cooking method and the type of food.

Cooking can enhance the availability of certain minerals especially in hard to digest seeds, grains, and legumes.

However, cooking foods can also reduce the level of available minerals in many other foods by way of leaching and degradation.

According to Aajonus Vonderplanitz, when food is cooked or processed - ions are neutralized and often separate from their minerals.

Therefore, the food is no longer bioactive because mineral absorption and utilization depends upon ion activity and exchange

He said many of the minerals will become free-radicals, including iron which causes cellular destruction and degeneration.

He said the only way to assure that iron is properly absorbed and utilized is to eat raw foods that contain bioactive iron.  A bioactive iron-rich food is raw meat.

Raw foods are considered bioactive because they contain enzymes, whole vitamin complexes, and antioxidants that will support your body's natural processes.

Bioactive foods are able to enhance cellular regeneration and healing.

Raw foods are also higher in electrons!

A great way to get more electrons into your body is to eat raw foods.  Raw foods have a higher amount of electrons compared to cooked foods.  

Whenever, I eat raw foods I notice that it's a very different experience for my body compared to when I eat cooked foods.

Apparently, we absorb minerals from cooked foods less efficiently because our cell membranes are made up mostly of hydrogen ions which are positively charged.

Positive ions attract negative ions because opposites attract.  

Cooked foods will produce more cations which are positively charged ions which makes that food less attractive.

Raw foods are seen as being a lot more attractive because of having a higher electron count which has a negative charge. 

Certain types of raw foods are particularly rich in electrons.  Seafood that's high in omega 3 fatty acids called DHA will contain an abundance of electrons.

Fatty fish like mackerel, salmon, sardines, and shellfish like mussels, clams, and oysters will be higher in electrons.  

Fresh raw fruits and vegetables are also excellent sources of electrons.  Interestingly, flax seeds contain a very high amount of electrons.

Tomatoes, avocados, berries, and citrus fruit will be high in electrons.  And vegetables like broccoli, spinach, kale, carrots, and beets will also have a high amount.

Remember, electrons won't only come from the food you eat.  You can also get lots of electrons from sunlight and grounding your feet to the earth.

Did you know that a big part of staying healthy is having a "net negative charge"?  This will happen when your body has more electrons than protons.  

If your body thinks you are electron deficient, it will hoard the storage form of them - which is fat!  

When your body has too many positively charged particles called protons, this creates inflammation, acidity, and cellular stress.

You should think about consuming more foods high in minerals that are also high in electrons.  

Ironically, a more negatively charged environment in your cells is essential for optimal health as it improves your cellular function.

Because it helps your mitochondria which use electrons to burn oxygen and produce ATP (your main energy currency), water, and infrared heat.

Just remember, your health and consciousness depends on your ability to attract, store, and conduct electron energy in your mitochondria.

The greater your store of this light energy, the more energy will be available for healing and optimal living.

Because at our core we are beings of light and we all need a good amount of foods high in minerals and electrons to power our bodies.

To tie it all together, minerals can carry an electric charge as ions which allows them to attract electrons.  

That's why it's so important to eat foods high in minerals - you know like Jesus and his disciples probably did all those years ago.

Because our bodies run on electricity which is the flow of electrons!

John: 8:12: "I am the light of the world.  Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

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Resources

1. Mineral Primer by Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig, PhD, January 1, 2000, The Weston A Price Foundation

2. We Want To Live by Aajonus Vonderplanitz, Published by Carnelian Bay Castle Press

3. The Recipe for Living Without Disease by Aajonus Vonderplanitz, Published by Carnelian Bay Castle Press

4. Danger of cooking and salt/Primal Diet by Aajonus Vonderplanitz, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUfKVQH9kks

5. Dr. Jack Kruse is a Neurosurgeon and optimal health educator, he is on a lot of very informative YouTube videos.

6. 173: The Electron Diet, the Christian Health Club Podcast, https://www.thechristiannutritionist.com/podcast/173

7. Electrons – Your body’s hidden energy source, October 18, 2025, Aim Health