What Is Fulvic Acid And Why Is It Important For Your Health

You eat the recommended portions of fruits and vegetables each day, incorporate leafy greens, choose whole grains over refined ones, and snack on nuts for a reboot in between meals. Maybe you even take a few daily supplements.

Sounds like you should be getting all the nutrients you need, right?

What if we told you that you can consume as many nutrients as you want, but none of them would be absorbed without help from a certain compound called fulvic acid?

Fulvic acid is a naturally occurring compound that is formed when plants and animals decompose. It may sound off-putting, but it’s actually one of the most important substances on the planet. It can be found in natural materials such as soil, coal, bodies of water, shilajit, and peat.

The more natural components are given to the earth, the more fertile it becomes—and fulvic acid is to thank for that. That’s why composts are so important, and it’s one of the reasons organically grown plants are preferable to plants grown in chemical fertilizers.

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Why is Fulvic Acid So Beneficial to Humans?

Fulvic acid has an incredibly high level of bioavailability. That means that it is readily absorbed into the bloodstream and that it can easily pass through cell membranes.

Each cell must go through a selective process to decide which molecules are or aren’t allowed in. Many times, cells can’t distinguish between a “bad” molecule and unusual “good” molecule. They will, therefore, refuse entry to some very beneficial compounds! Fulvic acid helps to determine and select the good molecules to be absorbed into cells.

Not only does fulvic acid help with the absorption of essential vitamins and minerals, but it also neutralizes toxins like heavy metals and helps with their removal from the body.

Fulvic acid has almost too many benefits to count. These are just five of the many reasons why humans need fulvic acid.

1. Improves Digestion

Fulvic acid is absolutely essential to good gut health. It contains many nutrients that boost gut health, including trace minerals, electrolytes, fatty acids, silica, prebiotics, and probiotics. It supports the beneficial bacteria in your gut—or the probiotics—that are so important for healthy immune function, digestion, and stress response.

Your digestive system is the first place that nutrients go when you eat. From there, they are either absorbed into the bloodstream or passed through the digestive system and eventually excreted. The presence of fulvic acid in the digestive system increases the absorption of all other nutrients consumed.

There is evidence that consuming fulvic acid can improve digestive health and reduce the incidence of digestive disorders such as SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth), inflammatory bowel disorders, bacterial infections, constipation, bloating, diarrhea, and food sensitivities.

2. Protects Brain Health

Studies show that fulvic acid has powerful antioxidant and nutraceutical properties and that it acts as a neuroprotective, improving cognitive health and preventing neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s. (1)

Shilajit, a natural substance found in the Himalayas, is the best source of fulvic acid available for human consumption. Research shows that the fulvic acid in shilajit blocks tau self-aggregation associated with Alzheimer’s disease. (2)

Many people report having more focus and better problem-solving abilities after supplementing with fulvic acid.

3. Boosts Detoxification

Toxins exist in every part of our environment—they’re in our air, water, food, medications, cosmetics, cleaning products, and household items. With the number and amount of toxins we ingest and absorb daily, it’s no wonder most of the population suffers from chronic symptoms and diseases due to toxic overload.

Fulvic acid helps to rid the body of dangerous toxins by binding to them, breaking them down, and neutralizing them.

It even binds to heavy metals, which the body has difficulty getting rid of—especially the “old” ones that have burrowed themselves in the body’s soft tissue.

4. Enhances Skin Health

Humic acids like fulvic acid protect and improve the health of cells, and skin cells are no exception.

Research shows that fulvic acid can improve skin conditions such as inflammation, eczema, and acne, as well as bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. (3)(4)

In addition, it has been shown to speed wound healing and treat all sorts of bug bites, irritations, cuts, scrapes, burns, bruises, rashes, and more.

Throughout history, fulvic acid has been used to treat poison ivy, poison oak, athlete’s foot, spider bites, and many other things. Its antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal properties help to keep the skin infection-free while it boosts circulation and immunity to speed healing.

5. Improves Energy Levels

If you are suffering from chronic fatigue or generally low energy, it’s very likely due to one of the following reasons: nutrient deficiency; toxic overload; or chronic inflammation. It may even be a combination of all three.

Fulvic acid naturally boosts energy by taking care of all three of those things. It increases nutrient absorption, removes toxins from the body, and decreases inflammation.

Lower inflammation is definitely a fulvic acid benefit that should be celebrated because inflammation is the culprit behind most chronic diseases and cancer.

Naturally, the less inflammation your body has, the lower the risk of developing a chronic disease—such as asthma, allergies, arthritis, autoimmune diseases, neurodegenerative diseases—and cancer.

Conclusion

Without fulvic acid, your body would not be able to absorb any of those wonderful essential nutrients that you’re supplying it with daily. In addition to boosting nutrient absorption, fulvic acid is incredibly beneficial for many different functions in the body, such as digestion, brain health, detoxification, skin health, and energy.

Research shows that the more we are exposed to natural organisms from the soil, such as fulvic acid, the better our health, and the more we are protected from inflammation and chronic disease.

Are you thinking about supplementing with fulvic acid? Start out slowly with low doses diluted in water to make sure that you don’t experience any side effects. A little bit goes a long way!

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More Information:

https://wellnessmama.com/25300/what-is-fulvic-acid/

https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/health-benefits-fulvic-acid/

https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/humic-fulvic-acid/?gl=5aeb359702e26b3a557b23c7&mpweb=144-6775334-48908369

https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-1320/fulvic-acid

https://www.purehimalayanshilajit.com/fulvic-acid/

https://draxe.com/fulvic-acid/

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