Has anyone use PrimaVie® (shilajit fulvic acid complex). I'm just curious if has any impact.
The PrimaVie® brand used in studies not off label shilajit.
HUMIC ACID SOURCES IN NATURE
There are many sources of Humic Substances in Nature.
SOIL: The commonly known continuously renewing Humus source. The Humus content of the upper 20-30 cm soil layers are generally 1-5 %. But the Humic Acid content of the Humus is only 10-30%.
WATERS: Natural ground waters generally contain certain amount of Humic Substances especially Fulvic Acids. The yellowish brown color of waters are coming from Humic Substances dissolved from soil and other organic sources.
COMPOSTS A popular form of Humus production. The bio-humus and humus names of composts are misleading because the Humus content is not exceeding a good quality soil.
SAPROPELS Humic Acid containing organic matter on the bottom of some rivers and lakes as the decomposition product of plants and some microorganisms, planktons, algae in waters. Humic Acid content is about 10-20 %.
PEAT The first step of humification process in nature. Humic Acid content is about 10-50 %. As raw material has great importance related to some balneological applications - medical, thermal waters - where the medical effects are related mainly to their Humic Substance content. But we have to emphasise that peat as a raw material contains several pollutions having an open surface-for example birds, insects, air pollution, chemicals etc.
SHILAJIT (Mumio) Plant and algae origin biomass found in the mountains of inner-Asia. The Humic Acid content of these deposits can be 40-60%. Shilajit is not a sterile source sometimes contaminated with environmental pollution and contains several non-humic waxes and resins.
LIGNITE, BROWN COAL In the normal coal formation process lignites contain 20-40% Humic Acids while brown coals contain 10-30 % Humic Acid. The extraction of Humic Substances from these deposits is not economical.
LEONARDITE Under certain exceptional geological conditions Humic Acids is been conserved in highly oxidized form. The Humic Acid content of these Leonardite deposits can be 50-80%. These are the economically extractable Humic Acid sources.
The best source is the LEONADITE. All the other sources contains a % of Humin matter: (summary of the non-humified and over-humified organit matter plant bíomass). The SHILAJIT contains 19%. I am not saying that the SHILAJIT is bad produce is just not the best. Also contains 2 x more lead than the LEONADITE source.