Why You Need Albion® Chelated Minerals
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NEXT GENERATION MINERALS 7 Reasons Why You Need Albion® Chelated Minerals Minerals are more essential than 1 Vitamins Vitamins & Minerals are often categorized as one • 15% of German adults, about 75% of group in market reports. You probably know that Taiwanese adults, and 28% of Mexican adults minerals are important to your overall health. But do not consume adequate magnesium in do you realize that minerals are every bit as, if not their diets.1 more, critical to your well-being than vitamins? Your • The World Health Organization estimates blood, bones, nervous system, cells, tissues, and im- that 17.3% of the global population does not mune system all rely on minerals to keep your body consume adequate zinc in their diets.2 functioning and thriving. We are not able to produce them ourselves in the body, but need to get them from • Although there has been a significant reduc- food sources. tion of risk of deficiency, it is still estimated that 51% of the global population is at risk of calcium deficiency.3 • Iron deficiency is the most common and widespread nutritional disorder in both de- veloped and developing countries, and is a major global economic drain on productivity.4 Fortunately, science and patented technology can help One reason that our food cannot meet our needs is by creating and mimicking an organic molecule in a form that our agricultural practices are producing less the body can assimilate. These special organic forms nutrient dense foods. In a seminal study in the British of mineral elements are known as mineral amino acid Food Journal, it was found that there were statistical- chelates. Albion’s chelates used in food and nutritional ly significant reductions in calcium, magnesium, iron, supplements provide complete organic mineral nutri- zinc copper, and potassium in fruits and vegetables.5 tion, giving our bodies the ultimate chance to absorb the minerals for our best biological advantage. Dietary food supplements and food fortification strate- gies are very effective to ensure adequate consumption C C of minerals. C C C C C C C C C C N N N N Take the best – take them the Fe Mg 2 natural way N N N N Today most of the minerals used in the food supplement C C C C C C market are an inorganic form (oxides, carbonates, sul- 2 C 2 O O C C O O C fates, etc.), which are poorly absorbed by our bodies. C O OH OH O Minerals found in your daily supplement could be leaving C20 O C your body without ever being absorbed and put to use. Human Blood Plant [ Hemoglobin ] [ Chlorophyll ] In nature, the highly bioavailable forms of minerals are packaged in proteins to protect them from binding to other food, not causing irritation to the GI tract and increasing bioavailability. Two examples are iron in the form of hemoglobin and magnesium in plant chlorophyll. (see picture on the right) The human body is very efficient at absorbing individual Additionally, factors like pH and ionization have influence amino acids. For instance, the amino acid glycine is read- on the absorption of minerals and their final bioavail- ily absorbed across the intestinal wall. When the glycine ability in the circulatory system. Chelated minerals don’t “grabs” and bonds with a Magnesium molecule, you’ve need ionization and are not pH dependent, which results got Magnesium Glycinate. The chelated Magnesium in an improved absorption and higher bioavailability. doesn’t break down in the digestive process. Instead it Organic mineral amino acid chelates have been scientif- is easily absorbed, because it gets carried to your cells ically proven to be more easily absorbed into the human bound to the amino acid. (Figure 1) body. Part of the reason for this higher bioavailability and tolerability is that chelated minerals are absorbed O O NH2 intact and break apart in the intestinal cell for transport. H2C C Mg Excellent safety and tolerability C CH2 4 O O NH2 It is important that as highly bioavailable mineral sourc- Figure 1. Magnesium Bisglycinate Molecular Structure es, amino acid chelates are safe and well tolerated to be considered as effective and nutritionally relevant. Scientifically proven superior • In a study in ileal resected patients com- 3 bioavailability paring magnesium oxide and magnesium Bioavailability is the measure of the amount of an in- bisglycinate chelate, the magnesium bisgly- gested nutrient that is absorbed and made available to cinate caused fewer bowel movements and 9 the body for metabolic use. Bioavailability is important no diarrhea. because nutrients must be absorbed to be available to • In healthy adults, magnesium bisglycinate various body systems for growth, maintenance of body chelates at dosages of 450 mg and 600 mg of tissues, reproduction, and other performance factors. magnesium per day had good bowel physio- No matter how high the nutrient levels or how well for- logical response as determined by fecal con- mulated the product, if the nutrient is not bioavailable sistency scores.13 for use by body tissue, then money and effort have been wasted. Albion® Magnesium bisglycinate chelate ® ® Albion Zinc Albion Iron ® bisglycinate chelate bisglycinate chelate Albion Calcium (Ferrochel®) Up to bisglycinate chelate Up to Up to Up to 5X 1.4X 4X greater 1.5-2X absorption greater greater greater than absorption absorption than absorption than than ferrous sulfate magnesium oxide zinc gluconate calcium citrate & calcium carbonate • Pineda, Ashmead, Perez, & • Schuette, Lashner, & • Gandia, 200711 • Heaney, Recker, & Weaver, Lenus, 19946 Janghorbani, 19949 199012 • Pineda & Ashmead, 20017 • Hartle, Morgan, & Poulsen, • Layrisse & al., 20008 201410 • In adolescents, ferrous bisglycinate chelate, Proven 100% Chelate - TRAACS™ had less than half the gastric distress inci- 5 dents recorded than the equivalent dose of ferrous sulfate.6 In the process of making a chelated mineral there are many factors which contribute to producing a “fully • In healthy adult women there was an over- reacted” amino acid chelate. For example, the amount whelming preference for the ferrous bisglyci- of ligand that is used, the time of the reaction and of nate compared to ferrous sulfate due to lower course, the technology used. A mineral amino acid che- incident of moderate to severe gastric side ef- late is “fully reacted” depending on the measurement fects with the ferrous bisglycinate.14 of bonds between the ligand and the mineral. Albion is unique in that we verify that our mineral products are fully reacted chelates through a series of testing meth- Finally, it is beneficial if the mineral sources do not cause ods and especially Fast-Fourier Transforming Infrared negative side effects with other nutrients in a supple- (FT-IR) spectroscopy. ment, such as phytates and other substances that are not absorbable. In addition, non-chelated mineral com- pounds can destroy other important nutrient factors, Molecular energy signature (specifically the infrared (IR) spectrum of light) of 1.0 pure n bisglycinate sample in KBr such as vitamin E, ascorbic acid, various B-vitamins, and 2.0 certain medications. 1395 1. 5 1643 Symmetric COO- Amino acid chelates were compared to sulfates in a vi- Evidence of ring shift indicating formation bonding of carboxyl tamin and mineral mixture. It was found that the amino 1. 0 No 504 cm-1 peak acid chelates caused less degradation of the vitamins Absorbance present indicating 15 NH2 broad band the carboxyl is 9 when stored at either 20 or 37 C. In another study, a 6 bound to the Zn 6 9 0.5 0 . stretch indicating 8 7 . 9 2 8 4 amine bond to Zn 6 5 0 3 3 comparison of iron amino acid chelate to ferrous chloride 4 in a vitamin A solution showed that the iron amino acid 0.0 16 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 chelate had no effect on the degradation of vitamin A. Wavenumbers (See the graph below) This technology identifies the bonds between the ligand 100 (amino acid) and mineral. Albion can guarantee each 90 batch of minerals has the molecular structure indicat- 80 iron amino acid chelate+Vit A ing that chelation has occurred. We are proud to bring 70 60 you and your consumers the proven clinical benefits of a 50 true chelated mineral. % Remaining % 40 To make it easy to communicate these benefits to con- 30 sumers, we have created an brand name for this unique 20 technology and proof of quality: TRAACS™ – The Real 10 ferrous chloride+Vit A 0 Amino Acid Chelate System, which can be used on the 0 18 40 72 166 242 324 consumer package. Days Patented technology & Albion® has a unique quality which 6 Scientifically proven 7 is approved by EFSA Since 2006 Albion has submitted various dossiers with Albion® creates proven, fully reacted miner- details on Albion minerals to get them approved in al chelates in our lab under tightly controlled Europe. It is only due to the scientific back up and high conditions, specific manufacturing processes, and care- quality production processes that Albion chelates have fully monitored state-of-the-art facilities. Albion has been approved on the EU market. acquired multiple patents on the chelation manufactur- ing process. EFSA stands for European Food Safety Authority. This body follows strict protocols for approving the additives, Today Albion’s patent portfolio includes approximately flavorings, processing aids and materials that are includ- 162 US and International patents with approximately 32 ed in, and that come into contact with food. applications pending. Albion quality begins with the selection of high grade, Research on Albion minerals begins a long history pure ingredients for the nutritional value they provide. of acceptance for publication in peer reviewed jour- We source our ingredients through qualified manufac- nals.