"C Colloidal (Kol-oid-al) chemistry is
not new, but it is not widely known about or understood by the
general public.
Doctor Joel
Wallach
By Dr Joel Wallach
CHAPTER 10 (continuation)
3. COLLOIDAL
MINERALS
Colloidal (Kol-oid-al)
chemistry is not new, but it is not widely known about or understood
by the general public. Simply said, a Colloid refers to a substance
that exists as ultra-fine particles that are suspended in a medium
of different matter. The colloidal state is the state of a solute
(mineral or other substance such as a paint pigment) in a solution
when its molecules do not separate into atoms as with a true
solution (sodium chloride or salt separates into separate sodium
and chloride atoms while in solution), but rather they remain
grouped together to form solute particles.
The presence of these
inorganic colloidal particles, which are approximately one hundred-thousandth
to one ten-millionth of a centimeter in diameter (about 400 thousandths
to four millionths of an inch), can often be detected by means
of an electron microscope. As a result of the grouping of the
molecules, a solute in the colloidal state cannot pass through
a suitable semipermeable membrane and gives rise to negligible
osmotic pressure (they will pass through filter paper), depression
of freezing point and elevation of boiling point effects.
These ultra-fine particles
of the Colloid are just barely larger than most molecules and
so small they can't be seen with the naked eye - about one billion
of these Colloid particles would fit into a cubic 0.01 of an
inch.
The "solution"
part of a Colloid provides a solid, gas or liquid medium in which
the Colloid particles are suspended. The suspended particles
in a Colloid can also be a solid, a gas or a liquid
Solutions were classified
by H Freundlich (1925) into three categories:
- True solutions
- Colloidal solutions
- Emulsions and suspensions.
The four part method
of classifying solutions is as follows:
- Identify particle
size.
- Determine presence
of Brownian movement (random movement of particles suspended
in liquids or gasses resulting from the impact of molecules of
the fluid surrounding the particles).
- Ability to pass through
filter paper.
- Level of solubility
In 1975, S. S. Voyutsky
(a Russian) wrote the classic text on colloidal chemistry. Voyutsky
referred to solutions as "molecular dispersion systems"
and "heterogeneous highly dispersed colloidal systems."
The exact point between
the molecular and colloidal degrees of dispersion cannot be established
because the transition from molecularly dispersed systems to
coarsely dispersed systems is a continuous range.
A colloidal system
must have three basic characteristics:
- It must be heterogeneous
(consists of dissimilar ingredients or constituents).
- The system must be
multi-phasic (i.e.solid/liquid, gas/liquid, etc.).
- The particles must
be insoluble (do not dissolve in the solution).
Each one of these classifications
interunique qualities. The interesting thing about colloids is
that they remain heterogeneous, multi-phasic and insoluble at
different concentrations as long as a larger number if not all
of the particles are within the range of sizes of colloids (
In to 100 n).
The molecular groups
or particles of the Colloid solute carry a resultant electrical
charge, generally of the same sign (negative) for all of the
particles. A small percentage of these inorganic colloids will
pass through the intestine of a living animal or human because
a natural chelating process takes place in the gut in the presence
of protein-containing food.
Inorganic colloidal
material which readily passes through filter paper may be separated
from dissolved substances, such as starch, sugar or salt, by
placing the mixture of mineral Colloid and non Colloid in a parchment
shell surrounded by distilled water. The inorganic colloids are
"too large" to pass through the membrane, but the molecules
of salt, starch and sugar or any other dissolved substance pass
readily through the semipermeable membrane (they separate into
individual atoms or very small molecules). This kind of separation
process is called dialysis.
In the process of
digestion the inorganic minerals in food or supplements soon
become inorganic colloids and as an inorganic Colloid they cannot
penetrate the intestinal wall to enter the blood stream. In the
presence of amino acids a small percentage of the inorganic colloids
form chelated minerals and organic colloids which are able to
be dialyzed through the mucus membranes of the intestinal walls
into the blood stream - this form of bio available mineral state
is known as a "crystalloid."
Crystalloids or
organic colloids readily pass through cell walls, while non-organic
colloids are "too large." Additionally we must remember
that in the living organism there are other physiological forces
at work which interfere with or modify the expected osmotic phenomenon.
Colloidal mineral
supplements and commercial colloids are found in four different
forms:
- Unprotected colloids
are made of bare "rock flour," this is the form of
inorganic metallic Colloid found in sea bed minerals, clays,
"soils," and "Glacial Milk." This form of
inorganic Colloid is in fact a metallic mineral and is only available
to plants when there is a healthy soil population of bacteria
and fungi.
- The second type of
mineral Colloid is found in the living systems of bacteria, fungi,
green plants (food crops), animals and humans and is coated by
a water loving (hydrophilic) substance such as gelatin, albumin,
albuminoids, or collagen. This coating protects the now "organic
mineral Colloid" and allows it to be a crystalloid for absorption,
storage and physiological uses and thus maximizing its bioavailabiIity
to 98 %.
- The third type of
organic mineral Colloid has a protective coating of carbon with
a molecular chain length of 10 to 12 carbon atoms. This type
of Colloid is also found in bacteria, fungi, plants (including
some forms of petrified wood), animals and humans and is thought
to be the most stable form of natural organic mineral Colloid.
- The fourth type of
mineral Colloid is not found in nature, but rather is manufactured
industrially by coating the metallic Colloid with sulfated castor
oil ( lipophillic or fat or oil loving) to form commercial detergents.
Doctor Joel
Wallach
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