It seems like this is such a common problem amongst the elderly. Is it a symptom that should be repertoired? repertoised? reported? Used?

It's often from a deficiency of trace minerals. This would be a time when I would make some suggestions for dietary changes.

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Shirley Reischman

What kind of dietary change, Shirley?

What do others think of 'age' spots? I thought it was just the natural process of aging.....

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Foods high in minerals. Leafy greens, beans, fish, dairy, brown rice, nuts, seeds. A mineral supplement that has all the trace minerals, not just a regular mineral pill - the trace mineral supplements usually come in liquid form. No carbonated beverages - they leach minerals.

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Shirley Reischman

This is very interesting...I have lots of brown spots, especially around my stomach, breasts, middle back and I'm "only" 61. If taking trace minerals would decrease the number of new ones, could it be possible the ones I have would fade a bit? They are very unattractive, I think.

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ceross

I have seen them fade over time with a colloidal mineral supplement.

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Shirley Reischman

Thanks, Shirley. I should make certain the label indicates colloidal form? what does colloidal mean, anyway? How do I know how long to take them? Follow the recommended dose on the bottle?

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ceross

I found the following explaination: There is a vast difference between the salt or metallic based minerals one finds in a tablet form (often the label on such a product reads: "from sea clay" or "oyster shells"), and the plant derived, liquid, colloidal minerals. Colloidal minerals are 98% absorbable whereas tablet for m minerals, once one hits age forty, are only 5-10% absorbable. Our bodies are designed to recognize and use minerals as they come to us from plants not from rocks or clay or shells.

Colloids are extremely small particles. Some are 700 times smaller than a red blood cell. One factor which accounts for their absorbability is that their small size gives them a huge surface to mass ratio. Proportionally they have more surface to rub up against and be worked on by, for example, the villa in our small intestines. A second factor which contributes to the high bio-availability of colloids is the fact that each particle is negatively charged. The linings of our small intestines are positively charged. Thus there is a magnetic gradient present which locks these nutrients in. Metallic minerals, in comparison, are positive charged and can actually do harm once they build up to toxic levels.

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Shirley Reischman

I opened a bottle of colloidial minerals a while back and a spark of electricity came out of the package as i opened it..

Fascinating information! I'm off to the medicinary to get some colloidal trace minerals!
Thanks so much for the full explanation.

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