Cobalt - Nature Cures®

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Cobalt is a trace mineral element with the atomic number of 27 and a component of vitamin B12, a nutritional factor necessary for the production of DNA, choline and red blood cells and can thus prevent anaemia and help with repair from injuries. Recent research in vitamin B12 has shown that its pink colour is attributed to the presence of cobalt in it. The presence of this mineral in foods helps the synthesis of haemoglobin and the absorption of food iron.

Cobalt is needed to produce vitamin B12 by bacteria in the soil and therefore a lack of cobalt in this soil can result in a lack of vitamin B12 being produced which results in B12 deficiency in both the plants and the animals that consumed these plants. This can then result in a lack of vitamin B12 in the humans that consume these plants and animals.

Together with vitamin B12, cobalt can promote a healthy nervous system, lower the blood pressure and can hold the myelin on level, the greasy cover that protects the nerves. Cobalt specifically affects the right coronary artery, resulting in vasodilatation with low levels and vasoconstriction with high levels, while nickel exerts the same vasodilatation / vasoconstriction effect on the left coronary artery.

The cell receptors of nickel and cobalt are neurologically linked to the spinal segment T4, whereby both, its alignment, and various nutritional factors control the ratio of nickel and cobalt. Alignment problems of T4, or nutritional imbalances involving nickel, cobalt, vitamin C, vitamin E, and vitamin B12 can either result in localised physical discomfort, or they can trigger cardiac, cerebral, emotional and/or anxiety-problems due to blood flow changes to the heart or brain through their respective vasoconstrictive or vasodilating changes.

Cobalt deficiency

Anaemia can be the consequence of insufficient cobalt in the soil which can be caused by intense farming techniques that leach out many important minerals such as cobalt but never replace them.

Cobalt overdose

Ingestion of above 30 mg of cobalt can cause crop swellings, decreased thyroid gland function and cause heart arrests.

Natural sources of cobalt in alphabetical order

Alfalfa
Algae and seaweed
Broccoli
Clams
Green leafy vegetables
Nuts
Oily fish
Organ meats
Oysters
Spinach
Watercress
Whole grains

Recommended daily requirement of cobalt

No daily allowance has been set but only a very small amount, up to 8 micrograms, is considered necessary.

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