ZeoZone

ZeoZone - Clinopolite Zeolite with Magnesium

ZeoZone   is a "chelating" or cleansing formulation containing Clinoptilolite. A natural volcanic ash which is essentially a negatively charged honeycomb like 'cage' structure capable of attracting and electro-chemically bonding with toxic minerals and metals such as lead, mercury, aluminium, cadmium, nickel and arsenic for safe natural removal from the body.

Clinoptilolite is a safe "alumino- silicate", also capable of assisting the transportation of desirable and beneficial nutrients such as calcium, magnesium, potassium , sodium and iron to parts of the body where they are needed most. Therefore   ZeoZone helps to make advantageous nutrients and minerals more readily 'bio-available' while helping to eliminate harmful others.

Living in a world of industrialisation, motor cars, herbicides and pesticides means that we are exposed to more toxins than ever before, and have been building up in our bodies and skin from one generation to the next. Vital organs such as heart, liver, lungs may be working at reduced performance levels and overall health and well being may also be declining.

Magnesium

Magnesium is an essential mineral that serves as a co-factor for many enzymes made in the body. Of the minerals required in large amounts by the human body, the one most likely to be deficient is magnesium. Various disorders have been linked to magnesium deficiencies, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, anxiety disorders, dementia, migraines and osteoporosis. In addition, physicians have found magnesium compounds helpful for treating asthma, chronic lung disease, and cardiac conditions such as heart attack and arrhythmias.

Magnesium is a co-factor in over 300 enzymatic reactions. It is vital to reactions involving ATP production, protein synthesis, DNA manufacture, fatty acid synthesis, and anaerobic glycolysis. Magnesium is also vital to improvements in body composition and recovery from intense training.

A magnesium deficiency can affect all body tissues. Magnesium deficiency has been reported in the literature to be between 54% and 75% in the general population. Not all forms of supplemental magnesium are created equal. ZeoZone has natural mineral transporters which have unique carry and release characteristics. When magnesium is attached to one of these transporters it helps it reach target tissues that need magnesium. The transporters also have their own metabolic activity so the magnesium is easily absorbed into the body and helps in maintaining an overall balance of minerals.

Many people will fail to get the deep sleep they require without sufficient magnesium. When magnesium status falls short, these hormones may over stimulate activity in the central nervous system and stand between you and a restful night’s sleep.

Magnesium plays an important role in the maintenance of adequate hydration throughout the body. Symptoms of dehydration include fatigue, dizziness, and having to urinate regularly during the night.

Even a mild deficiency of magnesium can cause increased sensitivity to noise, nervousness, irritability, mental depression, confusion, twitching, trembling, apprehension, and insomnia.

Magnesium is crucial in both the production of energy and neurotransmitters, and the integrity of the blood brain barrier. Depression and other emotional disorders of the heart are addressed most directly with magnesium.

There is a definite link between how we feel and the condition of our cells. If we think of our cells as a microcosm of our total self, then we can see how cellular degeneration can affect every aspect of our being. When our cells are open, permeable and healthy we feel happy, energetic and optimistic. But when our cells become rigid (from excess calcium and insufficient magnesium) they become closed off and toxic, which can lead us to feel depressed with low energy and pessimistic moods.

The healthy cell is permeable. This means that nutrients are able to pass into them efficiently to be absorbed and the toxic by-products of metabolism are eliminated. When the cells are healthy the polarity of the cell is correct, i.e., there is intracellular potassium and magnesium as well as extracellular sodium and calcium. The cell in this state is healthy, and the person functions optimally both physically and emotionally.

With Natrazone, unique natural transporters carrying and releasing magnesium to where it is needed most helps to keep the body balanced for optimal living, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

History of Zeolite

Zeolite has been used for centuries in various forms; a specific instance was in China where 800 years ago it was regularly used by women wanting to 'cleanse; before falling pregnant. There is lots of anecdotal evidence like this but it was not till last century that zeolite took on real acclaim in industrial usages to more effectively assist us with a cleaner environment. Zeolite has been used in animal husbandry, agriculture, water purification and even Nuclear Waste Reprocessing with remarkable success. It has only been in the last few years however, that zeolite has been considered for medicinal, health and well-being purposes.

Structure of Zeolites

What makes zeolite so unique is its rigid structure which is arranged in an ordered, matrix configuration resembling a bee's honeycomb. The microscopic channels, cavities, pores, cells, or cages (we will call them cages as they trap molecules), which form this intricate honeycomb structure, are usually uniform in shape and size. As the zeolites are microporous crystalline solids they usually have a well-defined geometric framework.

A defining feature of all zeolites is that they are insoluble and are composed of a stable combination of silicon, aluminium and oxygen in their frameworks. Most zeolites are made up of 4-connected networks of atoms, called a tetrahedra. A tetrahedral is formed with a silicon atom in the middle and oxygen atoms at the corners.

These tetrahedra can then be linked together by their corners to form a variety of beautiful structures. The framework structure  contain the linked cages, which are of the right size to allow smaller molecules to enter – i.e. the limiting cage sizes are roughly between 3 and 10 Å in diameter.

Zeolite, technically a mineral, consists of alternating Silica Tetra Oxide and Aluminum Tetra Oxide crystals that arrange themselves in a lattice-like configuration. The compound has a negative electrostatic charge, while toxic heavy metals have a positive charge. Zeolite thus provides an extensive negatively charged surface area that can attract and bind positively charged toxic metals. The Zeolite-metal complex is then excreted from the body. The Aluminum is locked in to the Zeolite structure and is not retained within your body. Zeolites throughout the world have been used extensively in water processing, have been shown to be of value in bacterial diarrhea (it binds to bacterial toxins too), and are now being used in animal and human detoxification. Zeolite is less potent a chelator than  the chemical agents such as EDTA, DMSA, and DMPS, although we do not have a long-term track record with the use of Zeolite in chelation therapy, this material is very safe if purified and sub-micronised. Zeolite is very cost effective and makes chelation therapy affordable to everyone.

The Cation Exchange

Zeolites are also often referred to as molecular sieves. The term "molecular sieve" refers to the particular unique property of zeolites in their ability to selectively sort molecules based primarily on their size and electrochemical charge. The fact that the zeolites were formed from alkaline salts has imparted in them a natural, strong, negative charge, called its cation exchange capacity 'CEC'. Each deposit has its own different CEC that is peculiar to that particular zeolite deposit.

The possibility to attract and hold positively charged cations at ease through their open cage structure gives zeolites their great advantage to act as a natural sieves or filters for many heavy metal cations and other molecules that carry positive charges. To use a layman's explanation it has an action similar to a magnet attracting iron filings and holding them there.

The CEC is measured in milliequivalents per 100 grams [meq/100g]. This measurement is expressing the negative charge of the structure (cage) so that there is a difference between the amount of the positive charged [i.e. 1+, 2+, 3+] cations and molecules that are needed to balance (neutralise) the cage's negative charge.

The higher the negative charge the higher the CEC. The higher the CEC the stronger the attraction and the more cations and other positively charged molecules that can be held in the cages.

Natural zeolites can accommodate a wide variety of cations, for example the heavy metals Al, Pb2+, Hg2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Ba, Fe3+, Zn2+, Cr3+ and others such as Na, K, Ca2+, Mg2+ and many other molecules which carry a positive charge. These positive ions are rather loosely held and can readily be exchanged for others in a contact solution.

Particle Size and Cleansing

Particle size is specified as between 1 micron and 12 microns, the reason it covers this type of range is that the process of air micronisation makes it impossible to have all particles equal and from experience there needs to be a varied range.

Cleaning of the raw product is difficult and time consuming, we use food grade acids and put the raw material through several hot washes and rinses till the level of cleanliness is achieved.

Why Australian Zeolite?

Not all Zeolites are created equal. They are very different in purity and density which affects their abilities and their structure. Australian Zeolite is 300 million years old; it is much older, harder and has greater purity and density than others. The carrying dimensions of the "cages" increase with time and purity of the surrounding environment.

Other Uses

Water, Oxygen, Chemical Purification

This applies to ordinary domestic, commercial, and medicinal applications.
Zeolite is an important factor in water purification and in keeping swimming pools clean.

It easily absorbs ammonia and other toxic gasses from the air for improved health conditions as well as odour removal.

Agriculture

Soil water-retention, slow release fertiliser, feed binders. Animal Husbandry
Improves conversion values of feed nutrient ingredients and substantially reduces noxious methane emissions.

Nuclear Waste Cleanup

Zeolite also has also been recognised as an active ingredient in cleaning up nuclear waste. It attracts and captures waste fission materials for safer disposal elsewhere.

Chernobyl is an example of this.

Australian Clinoptilolite is very well suited to these applications being resistant to extreme temperatures, generous in pore space and basically neutral in structure. There are many forms of Clinoptilolite both natural and synthetic. Natural Australian clinoptilolite is denser than other varieties and once milled offers a harder, smoother finish with more uniformly sized pores.