Benefits of Seawater

Rene Quinton Quote...

2007-04-18T14:04:00.000-07:00

"Everything in the human body responds to the condition of our extracellular fluid ・
our internal 'marine aquarium.・Physiologically, it is a microcosm of the sea itself.・

-Rene Quinton

Extracellular fluid is basically human blood plasma, but there are several other fluids used in the human body for transport, export and basic performance of the cells in the body, such as lymph fluid, stomach acid, saliva, and mucosa. All of these fluids carry important chemicals,hormones and nutrients to the cells of the body. So why shouldn't you take good care of that extracellular fluid with marine plasma supplementation?

All About the Plankton Bloom Pt. III

2007-04-17T12:28:00.000-07:00

Even though areas of the ocean have been found sufficient enough in macronutrients to support a plankton bloom, they have also been found to be lacking in Iron, which is essential for a plankton bloom to get started.

Scientists have found that by 'seeding' the waters with iron they've been able to get plankton blooms started in these barren areas of the ocean. There are a few good reasons for seeding the ocean with iron to start new plankton blooms.

1. Plankton are the basis of the food chain and provide food to many species of fish larva, so the number of fish is largely dependent on the amount of plankton.

2. Plankton blooms help pull carbon out of the atmosphere. Its been theorized that by seeding the ocean we can create plankton blooms large enough to halt global warming.

3. More Marine Plasma for us!

All About the Plankton Bloom Pt. II

2007-04-17T12:19:00.000-07:00

Plankton require very specific conditions to get a nice plankton bloom started. There needs to be sufficient sunlight for the Phytoplankton. There also needs to be sufficient amounts of macronutrients and in particular the element Iron for a plankton bloom to get started. Macronutrients are chemical elements that many organisms need in large quantities in order to survive. Scientists have found areas of the ocean with sufficient light and macronutrients but lacking Iron so there are no plankton blooms. Coincidentally, humans need Iron to produce enough red blood cells otherwise we can develop a condition known as anemia.

By harvesting from these plankton blooms the makers of Original Quinton are ensuring that their product contains large percentages of Iron, and other essential nutrients.

All About the Plankton Bloom Pt. I

2007-04-17T12:02:00.000-07:00

As you know, Marine Plasma is harvested from plankton blooms in the ocean. What you may not know is that the plankton bloom is made up of several different marine organisms that form their own miniature environmental cycle.

There are Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, and Bacterioplankton, each variety living at a different level of the plankton bloom and each carrying out a different responsibility. Phytoplankton live in the surface waters of the ocean. They are mostly algae and carry on through photosynthesis. The Zooplankton are small marine creatures such as tiny crustaceans that feed on other plankton within the plankton bloom. They live further down in the plankton bloom. Bacterioplankton are smaller organisms like archaea and they are responsible for remineralizing organic material within the bloom. These little guys are the recyclers of the plankton bloom and help to return some of the essential nutrients to the marine plasma that can be taken up by other phytoplankton.

Study Indicates Components in Seawater Can Help Dermatitis

2007-04-14T13:07:00.001-07:00

Most of the research done on seawater and its benefits has been done in Europe. Over here in the states we just don't seem to be that aware of the possibility of taking a mineral supplement in the form of seawater.

Here's another pdf. on how well seawater works to heal the dermatitis in man, it also indicates that the components in seawater are what are responsible for healing the dermatitis.

Study Indicates Components in Seawater Can Help Dermatitis

2007-04-14T13:07:00.000-07:00

Seawater Supplements Not Going to Dehydrate You

2007-04-14T12:59:00.000-07:00

There are many things in the sea, in fact as I've said before on here, it's thought that all life came from the sea. So why is it so hard to believe that seawater properly filtered and packaged can be good for you?

Maybe, it's just the fact that we all know drinking seawater will make you ill. It's true, however, this is due to dehydration. There's lots of salt in seawater, so it will dehydrate you even faster if you drink it without fresh water available. Seawater supplements are not sold in large buckets of water, but small ampoules so you won't dehydrate by taking the supplement on a regular basis. Plus ideally people, you won't be taking these supplements without drinking that classic 8 glasses of fresh water on a daily basis.

Positive Outlook and Connection Between Mind and Body

2007-04-12T11:13:00.000-07:00

There is a surprising connection between the mind and body. You've sometimes even heard a doctor acknowledge that connection by telling a patient that he or she won't work on the patient unless that patient is willing to think positive about the treatment and get involved. This is because its shown that a positive outlook and a positive effort towards feeling better has been shown to work.

Steve Beller at Curing Healthcare has a post on alternative therapies, like Seawater therapy or drinking Marine Plasma Supplements or just plain old acupuncture. Sometimes, I feel like acupuncture has been used as an alternative therapy for so long its become old hat.

Anyway, you'll find a lot of alternative therapies out there. Some of them will work and some won't. Perhaps, looking for a cure is part of that essential positive outlook that you really need to help your body heal.

Minerals Suspended in Seawater Easier to Absorb

2007-04-11T11:38:00.000-07:00

Modern people tend to be low on certain minerals. In particular those minerals that are hard to absorb in certain forms such as magnesium. Yet, its been found that minerals suspended in ocean water can be absorbed more easily than minerals found in veggies. This applies to calcium, magnesium and a few other trace elements found in the sea. I'll try and find the studies that support this information and get it up on the site.

Dolpins for your Seawater Therapy

2007-04-09T09:35:00.000-07:00

Look out sufferers of Psoriasis, Dermatitis and other skin conditions. You just may be getting a little assistance from Dolphins soon. It seems that Dolphin Assisted Seawater Therapy can help to relieve the pain some experience from bathing in seawater with severe skin conditions.

We all know that seawater has been used for probably thousands of years to clean out wounds and help restore skin to its normal feel and appearance, but sometimes its painful. After all, you are getting salt in an open wound. But the researchers found in this recent study that the dolphins help to distract patients who are undergoing the therapy. One more point for the dolpins folks.

Marine Plasma will Help You Detox

2007-04-09T09:33:00.000-07:00

It’s a difficult diet to detoxify the body in order to improve your health. Many times you'll need to change what you eat, choosing only certain foods high in antioxidants and drinking lots of water. This can also be alternated with flushing out your system through water fasting. There are lots of symptoms that people experience when detoxing like: cold sweats, nausea, hunger, headaches, and fatigue. The symptoms themselves are sometimes bad enough to make people quit their detoxification before they experience the benefits of the detox process, a happier, healthier body. You can incorporate seawater and marine plasma into your detox diet to get through the rough spots a little sooner. Marine plasma is chock full of vital nutrients that can help the body flush out toxins and get balanced. Saltwater baths on a daily basis can help draw toxins out of your skin and can also help out with certain skin conditions like psoriasis.

Why Go with Marine Plasma? Because Kelp Supplements are Found to Contain Arsenic

2007-04-07T12:22:00.000-07:00

Here's another reason to choose a marine plasma supplement instead of going with a seaweed or kelp supplement for your dietary needs. A company called Davis Enterprises has released a study finding that some major kelp supplement products can contain arsenic. Read more on the study and how it got started at UC Davis study finds high arsenic levels in herbal kelp supplements

Scary stuff. The FDA doesn't examine the vitamin and herbal supplements that are sold on today's market so you don't really know what you are getting unless you go with a reputable company that has been in service for years.

Skateboarders take Marine Plasma, Too!

2007-04-06T10:04:00.000-07:00

Marine plasma is a great supplement for athletes to take. Most athletes are always on the look out for something that will help boost their energy and keep them going for those last few all important seconds of time needed to win.

Even famous skateboarder Bob Burnquist takes marine plasma on a daily basis to get all the 83 essential nutrients he needs to keep his body balanced and ready to go anytime. Look at how far he's come!

Athletes who've taken marine plasma report an 73% increase in their overall athletic performance and a 60% improvement in recovery time.

The Harvesting of Marine Plasma

2007-04-05T10:50:00.000-07:00

How is Marine Plasma gathered for use? Well, its an involved process. It must be harvested ten meters from the bottom of the plankton vortex and thirty meters from the surface. Isothermic vehicles then transport the water to the Quinton labs where the water is sterilized and cold filtered to remove impurities within forty eight hours of harvesting and its completely packaged in vials within twenty four hours of arrival at the lab and ready to be shipped out.

This method ensures the marine plasma isn't contaminated by environmental factors and that it stays fresh until its safely stored in standardized glass vials.

Old, Tired Skin? Rinse with Seawater.

2007-04-03T15:02:00.000-07:00

Have you spent years going to the doctor for chemical treatments for tired, worn skin? Have you spent hundreds, no, thousands of dollars on treatments and facelifts just to make your skin appear a little more youthful?

That is not the answer! Men and women can use all natural skin remedies to make the skin appear younger and even give it a healthy glow. Since your on a seawater blog I bet you already know what I'm going to suggest...

Yes, it's Seawater!

Seawater can help to pull the toxins out of your skin that accumulate from every day activities. It also encourages cellular growth and increases circulation to the skin's surface.

If you have a chronic skin condition to deal with such as eczema or acne seawater or a special product from the deep sea called Marine Plasma can help to balance your skin and return it to normal.

All this from regularly washing in seawater.

Marine Plasma to Replace Antibiotics?

2007-04-02T08:47:00.000-07:00

Many doctors fear the wrath of superbacteria, that we ourselves have created through the overprescription of antibiotics. For a long time the only solution to treating these new stronger bacteria was to create newer, stronger antibiotics and use them sparingly. But what if there were a way to fight off bacterial infections by making the body stronger?

Doctors are already working on ways to improve the body's own defenses so that it hs a better chance of fighting off bacteria and staying healthy. Yet, there is a source that has been used for over one hundred years in Europe in the form of Marine Plasma. So why aren't more doctors all around the world using it?

Rene Quinton and Original Quinton

2007-04-02T07:27:00.000-07:00

I talk a lot about the Original Quinton products on here. Simply because, of all the seawater supplements and plankton products out on the market, only Original Quinton is 'Marine Plasma' and only Original Quinton has been carefully sterilized while still preserving the beneficial microscopic life within.

You know the company in Spain that makes Original Quinton still uses the same methods that Rene Quinton first developed to harvest marine plasma? In fact the Quinton family are still shareholders in the company, allowing them to benefit from Dr. Rene Quinton's extensive work in the study of Marine Plasma.

If you want learn more about Rene Quinton and his efforts you can head over to Wikipedia.org. I've heard that soon the company will be launching a new website, so I'll keep an eye out and alert you to its release.

Picture of a Plankton Bloom

2007-03-31T19:22:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of what a plankton bloom looks like from above the earth. You can easily see the characteristic bright green color of the plankton bloom. This is exactly the sort of plankton vortex that Marine Plasma supplements are taken from.

Seaweed an Anti-Inflammatory

2007-03-31T12:49:00.000-07:00

There are lots of things on this planet that grow naturally and provide us with all the medicine we could ever need to help heal ourselves and stay healthy in the long run. It seems that the sea has offered up an anti-inflammatory in the form of seaweed. There is also evidence that algae from the sea is an anti-inflammatory as well. Here's the link to an abstract on a research study on wintsar rats with edema that showed algae had a beneficial effect on the swelling.

The marine mixture used on the rats was injected and there are marine plasma supplements available that can be injected such as Quinton Original. You'll need a doctor's permission to get it though.

Thalassotherapy and the skin

2007-03-29T20:37:00.000-07:00

Our skin is the largest organ of the human body. No doubt many have learned that fun trivia fact in early schooling years, but as we get older I think we tend to forget just how important skin is in protecting and healing the human body. It provides protection from the sun's radiation and just the everyday grit and grime that wouldn't feel too good on muscles and bones without skin.

It also helps our bodies get rid of its own toxins through millions of tiny pores all over the skin's surface. Sometimes the skin can be harmed by toxins from the environment or even clogged with our own toxins.

That's where Thalassotherapy can come in. 'Thalasso' comes from the greek for sea and we all know what 'therapy' means. I've mentioned it before but seawater can be great for the skin. Nearly everyone knows that gargling with seawater can help to fight infection and heal canker sores or infected tonsils. Imagine what it can do for those small cuts and abrasions on the rest of the skin.

Here's a link the post at Life Technology with lots more information on thalassotherapy. The formating is a little funky but you should find it useful.

Atherosclerosis and Deep Seawater

2007-03-28T18:36:00.000-07:00

Scientists are having a bit of a debate over whether deep seawater is better for you than surface seawater. There are plenty of seawater products and lots of different companies putting them out there.

Here's a recent research study comparing the efficacy of deep seawater to surface seawater in the treatment of atherosclerosis. (warning its a pdf.) Of course there's also the Marine plasma subtance that's used by many for the treatment of everything from psoriasis to joint pain. As I mentioned before Marine plasma is the substance created by plankton in plankton vortexs deep in the ocean.

Qoute about Seawater and its benefits

2007-03-27T21:54:00.000-07:00

All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea -- whether it is to sail or to watch it -- we are going back from whence we came.

John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Speech given at Newport at the dinner before the America's Cup Races, September 1962

The exact same substances that are found in marine plasma are found in our blood, in about the same percentages and amounts. How can seawater not be good for helping the body stay balanced and healthy?

No Need to Fear the Use of Seawater Supplements

2007-03-26T19:19:00.000-07:00

Now I've been mentioning a lot about drinking seawater and gargling seawater for your health and I'm certain that someone is going to pop a comment on this blog that goes something like 'Yes, but drinking seawater can kill you...' which is true. I don't suggest anyone start using seawater straight from the ocean in their homeopathic remedies.

The seawater products sold for use as supplements by companies like Original Quinton have been sterilized and have had the salt removed to eliminate the risk of dehydration.

In addition the original quinton isotonics and hypertonics are dosed in such small amounts that you won't need to worry about the possibility of dehydration or other illnesses resulting from drinking seawater. Read more on it at

and Original Quinton

Treat those Allergies with Saltwater

2007-03-25T14:18:00.000-07:00

Its that allergy season time of year again and I know that many like myself are succumbing to the effects of pollen and other environment factors that cause the symptoms of allergies.

How do you know if you have allergies?

Well, if you sneeze, wheeze and feel generally uneasy during warmer outdoor weather or even if you feel like this indoors you probably have an allergy. One big way to tell if its allergies and not just a cold is, if you start feeling better as soon as you remove yourself from the environment where you started feeling sick.

Make it Better!

Research has shown that you can use a saline nasal solution to help reduce swelling, inflammation and excess mucous caused by allergies. The hypertonic solution sold by Original Quinton is just such a solution that can be used regularly to help fight the symptoms of allergies.

How Should One Take Seawater?

2007-03-24T09:58:00.000-07:00

There are three different ways that you can take seawater or marine plasma. You can drink it, apply it topically or inject it. If you need it injected you should definitely have your doctor perform that particular service.

Now this doesn't apply to water taken straight from the ocean. Don't be under the impression that's what companies like Original Quinton do, take seawater and just sell it unprocessed. No, Quinton cold-process microfilters the Marine plasma that it takes from the ocean in order to clean out the impurities and make sure its safe to give to patients. Other possible methods for sterilizing seawater include heat pasturization and UV radiation which are both cheaper, so a lot of other companies use them, but they will destroy the plankton and nutrients that make this stuff so helpful.

Video on Plankton Blooms and Marine Plasma

2007-03-23T08:48:00.000-07:00

Look to this video link at Original Quinton.com to learn all about the plankton life in the sea that create those amazing plankton blooms. Biocenosis its called, I believe.

The video is a few minutes long, so get the popcorn out and sit back for an enjoyable entertainment interlude during your day.

Seawater for skin conditions

2007-03-22T18:43:00.000-07:00

I've recently found a great post on seawater therapy at Life Technology. Apparently seawater has been used for thousands of years to help heal those with health problems, especially skin problems.

Just as Dr. Rene Quinton found that eczema sores respond well to Marine plasma it seems lots of skin conditions can be treated with the stuff. You can see some great research on the topic at the Original Quinton website.

Essay post on Seawater/Original Quinton

2007-03-21T11:38:00.000-07:00

The blog, Food for Thought with Adam has a great essay posted on seawater and how Dr. Rene Quinton first discovered it was very similar to our own mammelian blood plasma. His deductions led the way to a lot of great health discoveries.

Here's a brief excerpt from the essay on the blog:

Babies were brought back from near death from cholera and other causes; cadaver-like bodies filled out to healthy plumpness; raw, weeping skin from eczema made smooth and lesion free all by the power of seawater.

Written by Mark Sircus, Ac., OMD, author of Transdermal Magnesium Therapy.

I think I also read that the similarities between our own blood plasma and the contents of ocean water helped serve as one of the proofs that our distant ancestors evolved from the ocean. This marine plasma is amazing stuff!

Marine Plasma can Replenish the Minerals you can't get from Veggies

2007-03-20T10:08:00.000-07:00

In my last post I mentioned that people can get many of the essential minerals they need from taking Seawater or Marine Plasma supplements. However, many readers have probably thought, 'well, I eat plenty of vegetables and they provide me with all the minerals I'll ever need.' Its true that vegetables, especially the tubers will store minerals from the soil, but its also true that vegetables from today's soil don't have as many minerals as vegetables from the soil of say 100 years ago.

You'll see in this pdf. document that concerns in the United States senate are growing over this simple fact. Why? Because the overfarming of soil combined with the push to increase the size of vegetables with hormones and water are creating veggies that can't possibly provide us with enough minerals to meet our daily needs.

So, Marine Plasma starts looking like a pretty good supplement to your diet. In particular plasma sold by Original Quinton, which probably has the highest concentration of these essential minerals.

Marine Plasma is the Stuff that Helps Your Body!

2007-03-19T16:24:00.000-07:00

Seawater, of course from the sea, is good to use as a supplement because it contains lots of minerals. In particular, I've learned that there are places in the world's oceans where plankton colonies form a sort of vortex. Seawater or Marine Plasma from these vortexs contains even more minerals and beneficial elements because of the swirling action in the vortex that drags up minerals from deep in the ocean.

Our bodies need these minerals just as much and perhaps even more than we need vitamins. Okay, maybe that's an even tie, but minerals are just as important to the health of the human body. We need calcium for our bones, iron for our blood and so on and many vitamin supplements overlook this need for minerals. So its best to look into a mineral supplement for your health such as Marine Plasma

Hi all!

2007-03-18T19:23:00.000-07:00

This is the very first post of a blog that will hopefully provide all with lots of great information on benefits of seawater. I know it sounds a little unusual, but there is lots of research showing that seawater taken from specific plankton vortexes in the ocean can help to restore the body and mind, along with keeping you healthy.

In fact, one doctor, Roy Dittman has a theory that man's evolution to where we are now is the result of returning to the sea by taking up the practice of fishing!