Deep ocean minerals (DOM) are mineral nutrients (chemical elements) extracted from deep ocean water (DOW) found at ocean depths between 250 and 1500 meters. DOW contains over 70 mineral nutrients and trace elements, including magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), and potassium (K) in their bio ionic form. To extract these products, DOW is treated with microfiltration and reverse osmosis to desalinate and concentrate magnesium, other minerals, and trace elements whilst eliminating the salt (sodium chloride).
Although research about DOM is in its early stages, it is a source of electrolytes that can help to metabolize carbohydrates, proteins, and fat and maintain bone, teeth, and muscle function. Some other health benefits are also possible.
The abundance of minerals and trace elements is also of importance, as deficiencies in macro minerals and micro trace elements can lead to premature aging, immune dysfunction, and susceptibility to cardiovascular-related diseases.
The minerals and trace elements (DOM) present in DOW have three important functions:
Provide the structure to our organs, tissues, and bones – calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, fluorine, and sulfur. The electrolyte form facilitates body fluid activity in tissues to maintain fluid balance, acid-base balance, membrane permeability, and tissue irritability (including nerve transmission and muscle contraction) - sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, and magnesium in blood, all are present in DOMs. Magnesium alone potentially catalyzes up to 600 enzyme and hormone reactions.
Sea water and holistic nutrition
Sea water has a long history of therapeutic use, referred to as "Thalassotherapy" it originates from the Greek word "Thalassa." Both Greeks and Romans used the therapeutic effects of seawater for relaxation, regeneration, and stimulation. Books on the healing power of seawater first appeared in the 17th century, and until the early 20th century, seaside holidays were considered both therapeutic and recreational.
In 1897, René Quinton published the first comprehensive scientific thesis advocating the medical use of seawater in his book, Seawater Organic Matrix, 1904. He discovered the similarity between the nutrient profile in microalgae ocean water and our blood nutrient profile. He noted that the ratios of minerals in both fluids were similar, with the exception of sodium chloride, which he adjusted. Quinton selected seawater from regions that also contained microalgae.
Ocean water profile
There are three distinctly different layers of ocean water - Surface Sea Water, Deep Ocean Water (DOW), and Very Deep Ocean Water. Each layer remains separate and autonomous from the others, moving at different speeds and directions from different kinetic forces and having different temperatures, densities, and life-form statuses.
The surface seawater layer is influenced by sunlight penetration and circulates rapidly in unison with the seasons and wind patterns to a depth of 250 meters. It supports micro and animal life.
The middle layer is DOW, where the water is free of sunlight and life forms. It is characterized not only by its mineral density but cold temperature, cleanliness, and trace elements. DOW is present at depths of between 250 and 1500 meters. This deep ocean current moves very slowly under the influence of density and temperature gradients. The high mineral density is attributed to the depth-related pressure and the change in temperature from 20°C+ at the surface to 8°C at 600 meters depth generates the movement of this layer.
Very deep ocean water has been discovered in a number of troughs in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Depths can range from 1500 meters to 15 kilometers and life forms are supported where volcanic processes bring heat and minerals to the seabed floor.
DOM creation begins when the summer ice melts from both Greenland and the Sub-Arctic region. The melting water collects minerals and trace elements during its journey to the ocean.
The minerals make the water heavier (DOW), so the water naturally sinks to the ocean floor where it commences a 2000-year journey. It flows southwards down the Atlantic Ocean, moves around the African Cape, and then inches north through the Indian Ocean and also into the western Pacific Ocean, first coming close to land in Taiwan, then Okinawa and Hawaii. Here it starts arching back south, towards the Antarctica where the changing seawater temperatures from the summer sun force the deep ocean water to the surface to feed the largest micro and macro food chain on our planet.