What is the difference between "chelated minerals" and "oral chelation?"
The "usual meaning of the word "chelation."
Definition of Chelation
Research Develops the ANSWER
Formulation of a True Chelate
How Are Chelated Minerals Superior?
As this word is usually used in the field of health and nutrition it applies to "chelated minerals," rather than to "oral chelation." The concept is still the same, but the process is different.
With "chelated minerals," the chelation process takes place outside your body -- the factory MAKES the mineral into a "chelated mineral" as described below.
With "oral chelation," the chelation process takes place inside your body -- the chelating substance does it chelating INSIDE the body (or inside the stomach or intestine) and the substance being "chelated" is not a vital mineral, but an unwanted metal.
The remainder of this page describes "chelation" in reference to vital minerals, not oral chelation. The process is very similar, however, to "oral chelation."
The importance of minerals has finally gained international recognition and acceptance. To meet this vital demand for minerals in nutrition, many have begun including minerals, mostly in the form of inorganic mineral salts. Most calcium that is sold to the public is this type -- it is ground up shells, for instance -- an "inorganic form of calcium." You could also refer to this as "calcium rocks." Unfortunately most minerals in their natural or salt state cannot be absorbed. The movement of most minerals across the intestinal mucosa requires CHELATION with carrier proteins. Most minerals exert most, if not all, of their biological effects while in the chelated state.
The body can naturally chelated minerals inside the stomach and intestine. In other words, even when you swallow plain rocks, it is possible for the body to naturally chelate them inside the stomach and intestine. As people get older they lose their ability to do this. The body's natural chelating process is described here.
The word CHELATION is derived from the Greek word 'chele', meaning CLAW. Pronounced KEY-LAY-SHUN, the chemical definition is: One substance grabs hold of another substance. The "grabbing substance" is called the "chelating substance." The substance being grabbed is called the "chelated substance." More technically, the word chelation means: To firmly bind a metal ion with an organic molecule (ligand) to form a ring structure. The resulting ring structure protects the mineral from entering into unwanted chemical reactions. No company invented chelation -- nature did that! And a German scientist named Werneer discovered it in 1893. It wasn't until 1920 that two other scientists, Morgan and Drew, named the process 'CHELATION'. Closer to the subject of mineral nutrition, a chelated mineral that can be utilized by the body is one that has been bonded to two or more amino acids from hydrolyzed protein. A mineral in this chelated state allows easy passage through the intestinal wall into the blood stream, which results in increased metabolism of that mineral. In other words, when this piece of rock (calcium) is grabbed by some amino acid (as are found in the proteins you eat) the combined particle (rock plus amino acid) is perceived as FOOD by the body, whereas the piece of rock, by itself, is NOT food. Your intestines are designed to allow FOOD to pass through, but not rocks.
Many companies that sell minerals know that minerals are not absorbed into the body without this chelation process. These companies have various ways of "binding" some amino acid to some mineral so that the minerals then become biologically available to the body. This is done, mechanically, through chemically suspending an essential mineral between two or more amino acids. Researchers have uncovered nature's way of chelation which requires that the chelating ligand furnishes at least two donor groups to combine with the metal. One of the donor groups generally comes from an amino of the donor groups generally comes from an amino group (NH2), forming a complex covalent bond. The other donor group should come from the carboxyl group, (COOH), and forms an ionic bond. A minimum of two donor ligands must be used. They should be far enough away from each other to allow for the formation of a double heterocyclic ring compound. It is these discoveries, the processes developed from them, plus the ability to produce the products, giving this vital nutritional knowledge a practical application in a wide variety of areas that has made "chelated minerals" so common in the market place.
The word "chelate," as a noun, would be that combination of some rock with some amino acid in a form that is usable by the body -- this is called a "chelate." It involves a "chelating substance" and a "chelated substance," producing a "chelate." The word "chelate" can also be the verb form -- where one substance "chelates" another substance.
The concept of chelation is simple; making a chelate that is biologically available is not. The criteria established by nature include the following:
The increasingly obvious need for supplementation has led to a real flood of nutritional additives on the marketplace. True chelated minerals have some distinct advantages over other forms. An honest chelated mineral company uses chelated minerals in its formulations for maximum digestibility and usability, with a minimum of side effects. Most consumers (and perhaps even most supplement manufacturers) are under the impression that a mineral is a mineral, and that one form is as good as another. Authorities have finally recognized that without optimum mineral nutrition, dietary protein, fats, vitamins and carbohydrates cannot be utilized by the body. In spite of this, the majority of supplement manufacturers still utilize inorganic mineral salts in their formulas. Unfortunately, most minerals in their natural or salt state cannot be absorbed. The movement of minerals across the intestinal mucosa requires chelation with carrier proteins. Minerals exert most or all of their biological effects while in the chelated state.
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