Fulvic Shale

Millions of years ago the earth was a place of lush green forests and plains with soils containing an abundance of minerals and trace elements. Today's richest soils contain more than 77 trace minerals and trace elements. These soil areas are very rare and have been found only where rich fulvic shale deposits exist. Shale deposits are formed by the life and decay cycle of plants. Studies conducted at various agricultural colleges show that today's fruits and vegetables are lacking many of these vital elements. Most samples tested contain less than 30 minerals or trace elements.

As the cycle of life and death continued over millions of years, these mineral rich plants formed huge deposits of fulvic shale later buried under mud, rock flows, silt, and sand. The tremendous weight of these flows produced such enormous pressures that it compressed most of the moisture out of the pure, preserved, prehistoric plant deposits.

This process left deposits in areas where prehistoric vegetation was abundant. The United States contains several such deposits in various Southeastern and Northwestern states. Although the existence of these deposits has been known for some time, the tremendous nutritional benefit that can be derived by ingesting fulvic minerals has only recently become apparent to the health conscious public.

One of the most complex, biochemical phenomena in nature converts solar energy into tangible chemical energy. The process known as photosynthesis means "synthesized by light." This is a biological procedure wherein the energy of sunlight is absorbed and used to power the formation of organic materials like carbon dioxide, nitrogen, oxygen, water, and minerals. Photosynthesis is also the process wherein metallic minerals are converted into organic biologically active molecules.

Only after a mineral has gone through the plants root or folial membranes, is chelated with protein and water, is it then in the proper form for ingestion. Micro-organisms in the soil also play a significant role in preparing inorganic minerals for absorption by plants. This is accomplished through the micro-organism's or plant's membranes converting high molecular weight humus minerals into low molecular weight molecules. This allows the plant to assimilate minerals and other humic substances much more efficiently. Fulvic shale (a type of humic shale rich in water extractable fulvic acids) is earth's greatest storehouse of minerals and trace elements. Fulvic shale deposits contain more than 77 minerals and trace elements in the fulvic colloidal/ionic hydrophilic form. They are ideal for both agriculture and human dietary needs.

Minerals chelated by humus acids (especially those of the fulvic fraction) are highly bio-available to plants and micro-organisms. Fulvic shale contains a rich supply of complex minerals and trace elements all having first passed through the root of a plant millions of years ago. It is this hydrophilic colloidal/ionic fulvic mineral that holds such promise as a supplement for humans, livestock, and bearing great potential to re-mineralize our soils.