And so what finally 'broke the puzzle' for me, as to the identity of this 'mystery ingredient' (i.e. necessary trace mineral) in my diet?
Eventually, after two decades plus of owning it, getting around to (re-)reading (or possibly even perusing for the very first time) a fantastic-looking and -sounding little booklet, Healing Foods from the Bible, that, oddly enough, I happened to pick up at a local grocer (equivalent of kiwi corner store, dairy or (in olden times) 'milkbar') - the last sort of thing one would stumble across in such a shop in NZ...though it was around 24-25 years ago, admittedly...whilst living in Minnesota's *'Twin Cities'...
And when I came to the eighth of these seventeen odd foodstuffs, 'grapes', within moments I read these amazing words:
Regrettably, and after quoting an entire (largish) paragraph (just now), I decide to check the copyright instructions at the book's front, and read this prohibition:
**Reproduction in whole or part of any Globe Digest TM without written authorization is prohibited.
So, so much for that! Anyhow, in case you're still in suspense, ***boron is the age-old 'mystery' mineral, and is clearly found in 'grape-stuffs', whether they be plain ole grapes, the pure, unfermented biblical 'new wine' of grape juice, raisins or white and red wine. And an appreciable amount evidently too.
At which point a whole lot of things 'clicked' for me, in particular the (seeming) obsession these days with a thing/substance called 'resveratrol', which is derived from grapes and/or their seeds...as well as peanuts...and about which all manner of incredible, even seemingly outrageous claims are regularly made.
And though E G White rightly warns against alcoholic beverages for all their well-known health risks, it's at least true that via boron they thus provide ye average citizen throughout the world with some handy built-in protection against at least one major scourge of the (at least Western) aging process.
Nuff said for now whilst I seek out the necessary copyright approvals, the lack thereof having inadvertently taken the wind clean out of my sails for the foreseeable...
*I.e. Minneapolis-St Paul, the childhood home of my Mum.
**Assuming, naturally enough, that GD aren't averse to my quoting that proviso/stipulation.
*** (Ditto to the immediately prior footnote, plus): Or to my merely giving the guts of the insight.
Part Two (Days and weeks on/August 23rd in fact): [Necessary Disclaimer]
Having - admittedly taken my good time in (the process of) - done my level best in seeking to secure the relevant copyright approvals involved...I'm giving up...-hey, apart from there being no email address full-stop let alone any suitable one; much less - as I discovered this morning - any physical address of either Global Communications Corporation or Global Digest in Boca raton, Florida - or specifically the actual phone number in America I was trying (from online info provided) and/or seeking (when this proved unavailing)...
...and the - exceedingly polite and moreover helpful - relevant '018' call centre lady not even finding any actual physical address much less phone number throughout the USA for either 'outfit'...
...let me simply say I'm gonna plough on ahead and write up what I'd originally, initially intended to ...until stopped in my tracks by an ever over-wrought and super-sensitive conscience/ conscientiousness which has verily afflicted me from the earliest moments of life through to this very day...
...understanding from many copyright conversations with the relevant local folk in times gone by that perfection isn't required so much as real, genuine effort to seek out those responsible for the particular copyright involved...
To Be Continued...hopefully in a few minutes! ...or, perhaps - not!
Eventually, after two decades plus of owning it, getting around to (re-)reading (or possibly even perusing for the very first time) a fantastic-looking and -sounding little booklet, Healing Foods from the Bible, that, oddly enough, I happened to pick up at a local grocer (equivalent of kiwi corner store, dairy or (in olden times) 'milkbar') - the last sort of thing one would stumble across in such a shop in NZ...though it was around 24-25 years ago, admittedly...whilst living in Minnesota's *'Twin Cities'...
And when I came to the eighth of these seventeen odd foodstuffs, 'grapes', within moments I read these amazing words:
Regrettably, and after quoting an entire (largish) paragraph (just now), I decide to check the copyright instructions at the book's front, and read this prohibition:
**Reproduction in whole or part of any Globe Digest TM without written authorization is prohibited.
So, so much for that! Anyhow, in case you're still in suspense, ***boron is the age-old 'mystery' mineral, and is clearly found in 'grape-stuffs', whether they be plain ole grapes, the pure, unfermented biblical 'new wine' of grape juice, raisins or white and red wine. And an appreciable amount evidently too.
At which point a whole lot of things 'clicked' for me, in particular the (seeming) obsession these days with a thing/substance called 'resveratrol', which is derived from grapes and/or their seeds...as well as peanuts...and about which all manner of incredible, even seemingly outrageous claims are regularly made.
And though E G White rightly warns against alcoholic beverages for all their well-known health risks, it's at least true that via boron they thus provide ye average citizen throughout the world with some handy built-in protection against at least one major scourge of the (at least Western) aging process.
Nuff said for now whilst I seek out the necessary copyright approvals, the lack thereof having inadvertently taken the wind clean out of my sails for the foreseeable...
*I.e. Minneapolis-St Paul, the childhood home of my Mum.
**Assuming, naturally enough, that GD aren't averse to my quoting that proviso/stipulation.
*** (Ditto to the immediately prior footnote, plus): Or to my merely giving the guts of the insight.
Part Two (Days and weeks on/August 23rd in fact): [Necessary Disclaimer]
Having - admittedly taken my good time in (the process of) - done my level best in seeking to secure the relevant copyright approvals involved...I'm giving up...-hey, apart from there being no email address full-stop let alone any suitable one; much less - as I discovered this morning - any physical address of either Global Communications Corporation or Global Digest in Boca raton, Florida - or specifically the actual phone number in America I was trying (from online info provided) and/or seeking (when this proved unavailing)...
...and the - exceedingly polite and moreover helpful - relevant '018' call centre lady not even finding any actual physical address much less phone number throughout the USA for either 'outfit'...
...let me simply say I'm gonna plough on ahead and write up what I'd originally, initially intended to ...until stopped in my tracks by an ever over-wrought and super-sensitive conscience/ conscientiousness which has verily afflicted me from the earliest moments of life through to this very day...
...understanding from many copyright conversations with the relevant local folk in times gone by that perfection isn't required so much as real, genuine effort to seek out those responsible for the particular copyright involved...
To Be Continued...hopefully in a few minutes! ...or, perhaps - not!
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