Humifulvate® - the engine for Heavy Metal Detox

Humifulvate® is derived from a unique stratum of peat found along the northwest shore of Lake Balaton in Hungary (see above). Estimated to be between only 3,000 and 10,000 years old, this peat is classified as young! The chemical and biological properties of this bog have been studied for over 40 years. This extensive scientific research has established that this peat deposit is slightly alkaline (pH 7-8) and contains significant quantities of the two predominant humate compounds, humic and fulvic acids, along with minor amounts of phenolic acid. The peat deposit also contains calcium huminate, a degradation of lignans, shell remnants, calcareous materials, sand and other minerals in trace form.

Humifulvate® is a chemically distinct and identifiable mixture of humic, fulvic and phenolic-type acids in a humate/polyphenolic complex.

Despite the complexity in its composition, infrared spectroscopic analyses have revealed that Humifulvate® is a distinct mixture of predominantly humic and fulvic acids; therefore, the humate/polyphenolic complex comprising this new dietary ingredient is referred to as Humifulvate®.

Humifulvate® is a negatively charged (anionic) metal complexing ligand. There are a number of active sites where metal ions may bind to aromatic and aliphatic carboxyl and phenolic hydroxyl groups within the Humifulvate® complex, allowing Humifulvate® to act as an ion exchanger, releasing metal ions or low atomic mass and chelating, or binding to, heavier metals.

Research results suggest that Humifulvate® prevents mineral toxicity by chelating poisonous metals; such as Cadmium, Lead, Mercury, and Aluminium. (See our new Science Section)

According to ethnographic observations, humic substances have been used since ancient times as mineral supplements, for example as Humet®-R, and as detoxifying agents. These materials - due to modern industrial food processing - are almost totally excluded from the normal food chain. However, the human body accidentally takes up toxic metals - although in minuscule amounts - because of their widespread occurrence in the environment. Over time, these minuscule amounts can accumulate and may effect your health.

Based on scientific studies conducted so far and still underway, a notification for Humifulvate® was submitted to the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in early 2001 - and further information in 2004 - and this authority had no objection to this unique material being traded as a new safe dietary ingredient.

Humifulvate® may also be processed into a concentrate for inclusion in dietary supplements of liquid and solid forms intended for oral consumption.

To visit the extensive scientific studies of Humifulvate®, click here.

Humifulvate® is processed into a concentrate for inclusion in dietary supplements of liquid and solid forms intended for oral consumption; for example Humet®-R.

For a more scientific discussion, look in our new Science Section, click here.