Information from TBM Seminars

Edited By Dr. Eknapa Namsirikul, M.D.  (Thailand) 15th January 2018

Translated to Chinese by Dr.James Chan M.D. (Hong Kong)

• The most abundant mineral in the body 身体中最丰富的矿物质
• Required for virtually all physiologic functions 几乎所有的生理功能都需要
• Ligament, bone, and tendon integrity 韧带，骨骼和肌腱的完整性
• Vital for development of bones and teeth 对于骨骼和牙齿发育至关重要
• Plays a crucial role in nerve impulse transmission 在神经冲动传導時至关重要
• Skeletal, cardiac & smooth muscle contractions 骨骼肌，心脏肌和平滑肌收缩
• Heart rhythm 正常心律
• Release of hormones and neurotransmitters  激素和神经递质的释放
• Helps cholesterol make sex hormones 帮助胆固醇制造性激素
• Required (along with vitamin K) for blood clot 与维生素K合併用于血块
• Used by muscles in energy production 用于肌肉製造能源
• Activation of enzymatic reactions 活化酶促反应
• Needed for the absorption of vitamin B12 吸收维生素B12時需要
• Regulates ion transport in your cells 调节细胞内的离子转运

• Antimicrobial (only the bad bugs!) 抗菌
• Involved in energy production 参与生产能源
• Involved in nerve function 参与神经功能
• Required for normal function of thyroid, breast, prostate, kidneys, spleen, liver, blood, salivary glands, and intestines 甲状腺，乳腺，前列腺，肾脏，脾脏，肝脏，血液，唾液腺和肠道的正常功能需要
• Needed for the development and functioning of the thyroid glands and hormones 甲状腺和激素的发展和功能必需要的營養
• Promotes hair and skin growth 促进头发和皮肤生长
• Maintains healthy breast tissue in women 保持女性健康的乳房组织
• Relieves pain and soreness associated with fibrocystic breast disease 缓解与纤维囊性乳房疾病相关的疼痛和酸痛
• Protect against toxic effects of radioactive materials 防止放射性物质的毒性影响

• Natural anti-convulsant 天然抗惊厥药
• Natural tranquilizer 自然镇静剂
• Can help induce sleep 可以帮助诱导睡眠
• Relaxes electrical impulses & encourages calmness放松电子冲动，并鼓励冷静
• Enhance functions of various brain antioxidants 增强各种脑部抗氧化剂功能
• Assists with nerve function 协助神经功能
• Assists with skeletal muscle function 协助骨骼肌肉功能
• Improve muscle strength and endurance 提高肌肉力量和耐力
• Relaxes muscles 放松肌肉
• Maintain normal heart rhythm 保持正常的心律
• May reduce arrhythmia after bypass surgery 可能会减少绕道手术后的心律失常
• Decreases blood vessel constriction 减少血管收缩
• Necessary for bone formation 骨骼形成的必要成份
• Necessary for teeth formation 牙齿形成的必要成份
• Decreases risk of tooth decay 减少蛀牙的风险
• Essential to the life of all cells 对所有细胞的生命至关重要
• Helps heal wounds 帮助治愈伤口
• Important for functions of immune system 对免疫系统功能很重要
• Improve glucose uptake by insulin 改善胰岛素对葡萄糖的摄取
• Metabolizes fats and carbohydrates for energy production 能源從脂肪和碳水化合物代谢而生产
• Necessary for protein synthesis 蛋白质合成的要素
• Necessary for steroid hormone production 类固醇激素生产的必要条件
• Increase HDL  增加HDL
• Help synthesize and oxidize fatty acids 帮助合成和氧化脂肪酸
• Prevents production of inflammation-increasing chemicals 防止产生增加炎症的化学物质
• Removes excess ammonia 去除多余的氨
• Reduce acidity 降低身体酸度
• Help prevent labour complications 帮助预防分娩時的并发症

• Boosts immune defenses 提高免疫力
• Breaks down and metabolizes proteins 分解和代谢蛋白质
• Helps assemble proteins inside the cell 帮助在细胞内部装配蛋白质
• Metabolizes carbohydrates 代谢碳水化合物
• Helps balance blood sugar levels 有助于平衡血糖水平
• Decreases the body’s requirement for insulin 降低人体对胰岛素的需求
• Needed for the formation of bone and skin 需要形成骨骼和皮肤
• Essential component of hormones 激素的基本成分
• Promotes thyroid activity 促进甲状腺活动
• Thyroid function (convert T4 to T3) 甲状腺功能（将T4转换为T3）
• Contribute to a healthy prostate 有助于保持前列腺的健康
• Inhibits the enzyme that reduces levels of DHT 抑制降低DHT水平的酶
• Related to sexual maturation 与性成熟有关
• Essential for fertility and reproduction 对生育和繁殖至关重要
• Is an antioxidant—Has anti-inflammatory effects 一种抗氧化剂 – 具有抗炎作用
• Important component of superoxide dismutase, an essential antioxidant 超氧化物歧化酶是一种重要的抗氧化剂
• Helps absorption of vitamin A 有助于维生素A的吸收
• Transports vitamin A to retinas, thereby improving night vision 运输维生素A到视网膜，从而改善夜间视力
• Enhance the biochemical actions of vitamin D 增强维生素D的生化作用
• Necessary for the proper maintenance of vitamin E 必須用於适当维持维生素E
• Helps stabilize cell membrane and structures within the cell 有助于稳定细胞内的细胞膜和结构
• Essential for cell division and replication of both DNA and RNA 对DNA和RNA的细胞分裂和复制至关重要
• Improves taste and appetite 改善味道和食欲

• Helps prevent cancer (due to its role in DNA repair) 有助于预防癌症（由于其在DNA修复中的作用）
• Works with Vitamin E as an antioxidant 与维生素E作为一种抗氧化剂
• Reduces inflammation 减少炎症
• May prevent heart disease 可能预防心脏病
• Involved in thyroid function 参与甲状腺功能
• Needed for immune system 免疫系统需要的
• Reduces heavy metal toxicity and detoxification 减少重金属毒性和解毒

• Detoxifies chemicals 解毒化学物质
• Key to the synthesis of several neurotransmitters, including the metabolism of tryptophan to serotonin 几种神经递质的合成的关键，色氨酸代谢为5-羟色胺
• Needed for the absorption of fats and proteins 吸收脂肪和蛋白质時需要
• Involved strengthening connective tissue 参与加强结缔组织
• Needed for REM sleep REM睡眠需要
• Needed for the immune system 需要免疫系统
• Needed for the production of HCl acid 生产盐酸時需要
• Needed for the transfer of amino groups 转移氨基酸時需要
• Used in the metabolism of amino acids 用于氨基酸的代谢
• Used in the methylation process, which lowers homocysteine levels (high level —> risk factor for heart diseased memory loss) 用于降低同型半胱氨酸水平的甲基化过程（高水平 – >心脏疾病记忆丧失的风险因素）

• Aids in the absorption of calcium from the intestinal tract有助于从肠道吸收钙
• Helps the body assimilate phosphorus 帮助身体吸收磷
• Helps the pancreas release insulin 帮助胰腺释放胰岛素
• Necessary for blood clotting 血液凝结必要的
• Necessary for growth and development of bones and teeth 骨骼和牙齿的生长和发育必要的
• Necessary  for thyroid function 甲状腺功能必要
• Stimulates bone cell mineralization 刺激骨细胞矿化
• Necessary for immune function and cancer prevention 预防免疫功能和癌症

• Can stop cholesterol-like substances from damaging your blood vessels, which can cause heart disease or strokes 可以阻止胆固醇样物质损害血管，这可能会导致心脏病或中风
• Fight inflammation 抗炎
• Reverse plaque build-up 反向积聚斑块
• Improve action of insulin 改善胰岛素的作用
• Increase your immune system 增強免疫系统
• Reduce risk of cancer 降低癌症的风险
• Help prevent lung, esophageal & colorectal cancer 预防肺癌，食道癌和结肠癌
• Help prevent Alzheimer’s disease 帮助预防阿尔茨海默病
• Needed by ovaries to function properly 卵巢需要正常运作
• Can act as estrogen substitute and relieve hot flashes 可以作为雌激素替代品，缓解潮热
• Help relieve atrophic vaginitis 帮助减轻萎缩性阴道炎
• Protect vitamin A and increase its storage 保护维生素A并增加其储存
• Inhibit planet adhesion 抑制行星粘附

• Crucial for brain functions 大脑功能的关键
• May protect against heart disease 可以预防心脏病
• Decrease arrhythmias 减少心律失常
• Decrease inflammation 减少炎症
• Diminish build-up of plaque in arteries 减少动脉斑块的积聚
• Enhance insulin function 增强胰岛素功能
• Help convert nutrients from food into usable form of energy 帮助将食物中的营养物质转换成可用的能量形式
• Important for mitochondrial function —> energy 重要的线粒体功能 – >能量
• Improve immune function 提高免疫功能
• Involved in cell-to-cell communication 参与细胞间通信
• Lower blood pressure 降低血压
• Lower triglycerides 降低甘油三酯
• Make blood less sticky and less likely to clot in dangerous places 使血液变得不粘稠，不易凝固在危险的地方
• May decrease homocysteine —> reducing heart disease 可能会降低同型半胱氨酸 – >减少心脏病
• Necessary for normal development and function of your adrenal glands, brain, eyes, inner ear, and reproductive tract 肾上腺，脑，眼睛，内耳和生殖道正常发育和功能的必要条件
• Need to make certain prostaglandins (hormones which affect inflammation, decrease menstrual cramps, and increase immune function) 需要使某些前列腺素（激素影响炎症，减少月经来潮，增加免疫功能）

• Reduce inflammation 减少炎症
• Nutritional aid for cancer patients 援助癌症患者营养
• Good for prostate health 对前列腺健康有益
• Encourages mental well-being 鼓励精神健康
• Fights hair loss in men 对抗男士脱发
• Great for heart health 对心脏健康有益
• Treats diabetes 治療糖尿病
• Soothes overactive bladder 舒缓膀胱过度活动
• Helps detoxification in men 帮助男士排毒

• Zinc, Selenium, Iodine 锌，硒，碘
• Essential fatty acids 必需脂肪酸
• N-Acethyl-Cysteine N-乙基半胱氨酸 – > Glutathione 谷胱甘肽
• Melatonin 退黑激素
• Astaxanthin 虾青素