 manganese is a trace element required by the body for many important processes I mean what nutrient isn't and like iron like copper like zinc manganese is a metal and when I hear the word trace mineral I generally associate it with a mineral that people don't really talk about when discussing nutrition a lot of stuff hits the mainstream this one doesn't possibly because severe deficiency is rare but it is safe to say that stains in American dieters don't have optimal levels of any nutrient so manganese isn't an exception especially when you consider what we need for optimal health and this is one of the minerals that the carnivore diet doesn't have enough of certain shellfish do have decent amounts of manganese and those other elements that the carnivore diet is deficient in but for the most part manganese is specific to plant foods and even so shellfish is so toxic and polluted you don't really want to use it for any source of nutrients unless it's from a really specific location ocean or sea that is known for having minimal pollution levels now I went on Google and I took the most popular list of high manganese foods I put the ones that I wouldn't really consume in red and the acceptable ones in blue muscles are so polluted as we just said no one eats wheat germ it's like a byproduct of wheat processing tofu is tofu is poisonous sweet potatoes aren't good for most people pine nuts are okay but they're super expensive brown rice is typically high in arsenic lima beans regional hard to access chickpeas kind of okay like are you eating hummus though spinach too many anti-nutrients although spinach might be okay for some people pineapple however is a pretty realistic food to consume but again very seasonal usually high quality organic is expensive it's hard to get and they aren't super concentrated in manganese and are you digesting it as well that's why supplements are a little bit easier because it's so concentrated you know you're absorbing it now since this list is from a website you know they didn't actually go out and take every single food possible and look up their manganese content so it's pretty deceptive it excludes many foods that are also excellent sources of manganese but from this list with some critical thinking you can deduce what those are like hey if pine nuts have a lot of manganese other nuts probably do as well if your diet is balanced and you're consuming nuts and grains on a frequent basis you probably have enough manganese in your body for maintenance levels even in my diet where I'm eating pasta and macadamia and butter I'm getting enough manganese the problem occurs when your liver is dysfunctioning your digestive system doesn't work properly and you can't actually absorb the mineral from the food so the raw tarts a lot of people love to say oh get your nutrients from food get your nutrients from food yeah well if your digestive system isn't working and you're not absorbing them you can't get it from food broadly speaking manganese is needed for bone formation reproductive and immune system health blood sugar regulation cellular energy digestion wound healing metabolism for intracellular activity it's a cofactor for many enzymes involved in those processes we just mentioned development digestion reproduction antioxidant defense energy production immune response regulation of neuronal activities the beneficial effects of manganese are from its incorporation into metalloproteins simply proteins that contain at least one metal ion copper zinc manganese all-being metals functions of these manganese metalloproteins include all of those enzymatic processes that we mentioned one of those metalloproteins is crucial for scavenging reaction oxygen species in mitochondrial oxidative stress and that basically means inflammation increased levels of oxidative stress equal inflammation that ultimately lead to metabolic diseases that we know diabetes obesity and heart disease despite manganese being one of the more needed minerals in the body our tissue concentrations are fairly high compared to other minerals deficiency in medical literature is incredibly rare on the contrary manganese excess in a condition known as manganism is pretty well documented but again there's no actual cases reported from diet which doesn't make much sense manganese is used in herbicides pesticides sprayed on crops people eat a lot of whole grains there's manganese and multivitamins you would assume someone had to overdose on it at some point so there's got to be some type of fluke there because the only reported cases of manganese toxicity are you know specific occupations where they're exposed to metals at unsafe levels mainly welders certain people removing different materials off walls without proper you know ventilation and masks now my issue is that these researchers have these crazy understandings of biochemistry stuff I can't even remember thousands and thousands and thousands of hours in research looking at studies but they overlook simple concepts of nutrition like antagonistic nutrients they focus so much on the manganese toxicity why is it happening what are the symptoms trying to deduce food sources and pollutants without realizing it's about the big picture in this case calcium iron and magnesium play critical roles in manganese metabolism and this is why manganese deficiency manifests itself on a carnivore diet carnivore is very high in iron with very little calcium and magnesium the three main minerals that are symbiotic with manganese are way off in the context of an only meek diet and the bigger problem there is probably a magnesium deficiency as opposed to calcium or too much iron so manganese just becomes very depleted as well as some other minerals that I've mentioned in the past on a carnivore diet so not everyone's carnivore what about a standard American diet it's lacking whole foods those higher quality grains nuts and seeds I would speculate the average person would benefit greatly by incorporating more of these foods into their diet especially organic and would also see a substantial boost by taking a manganese supplement for a week or two but that applies to so many other nutrients and minerals not just manganese it's kind of irritating to see people isolate a specific nutrient and say how it's so beneficial because you really need a complete lifestyle and diet to not be messing up too many things either way taking a hair mineral analysis can help you pinpoint your manganese status other mineral status regardless of what diet you're on it may be as simple as taking one or two different minerals that you're deficient in combined with a high quality organic diet based around whole foods and then over the course of several months that should fix everything up I do have a trace mineral supplement on organ supplements calm that includes manganese molybdenum and boron I'll try to talk about those other two minerals more in depth in the next few weeks but as I said earlier hypothetically if you're following a healthy diet with high quality foods you shouldn't need to supplement but with all the Wi-Fi EMF with organ dysfunction with past lifestyles people just don't have digestive systems that are capable of fully absorbing these nutrients from food and if you're deficient in a mineral but you need the mineral to properly digest food how are you going to get it that's why these specific isolations of mineral supplements are a good quick temporary fix and then hopefully you can get your digestive system working in a reasonable period of time so that you don't have to continue taking them that could take months it could take years so thank you guys for joining me hopefully this helped you out you can go to Frank dash to find out calm to support me through all of my businesses you'll see organ supplements calm where we have the trace mineral supplement as well as some very interesting stuff if you could please drop a like on the video 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