Ion Biome

As you can see, this supplement is best used for PREVENTION of issues, rather than treatment. Obviously, once a pathogen has already passed through the permeable walls, or a deficiency/toxicity has already occurred it's hard to prevent symptoms and damage. However, starting the supplement after infection or imbalance could help to prevent worsening illness or imbalance so I wouldn't forego it because it's too late, either.

Through state-of-the-art scientific cell culture studies and compelling unpublished clinical observations of people who use ION*Gut Health, they know that by keeping the gut healthy and functioning optimally, which can protect the gut from gluten and other chemicals
The gut lining is a barrier, our first line of defense, working to protect our bloodstream (and the rest of our body) from toxic substances such as glyphosate, gluten, and other foreign particles. But just as importantly, it functions to allow the passage of beneficial nutrients. Preserving the integrity of this barrier is key to health.

Instead of feeding your microbiome with various bacterial strains, ION*Gut Health works via carbon-based redox signaling to maintain tight junction integrity in the epithelial layer of the gut lining. ION*Gut Health primarily functions as a signal, not a nutrient. It provides a framework of communication for the gut bacteria, because of the ancient soil/bacteria carbon molecules it is derived from which, when stabilized, contain the same carbon-based redox signaling molecules produced by gut bacteria.

This directly affects mitochondrial redox signaling with a differential response - improves healthy cell longevity and increases apoptosis (cell death) in unhealthy cells.
ION*Gut Health helps maintain communication channels between our microbiome, the cells that line our intestines, and other parts of the body.

Humic substances/ lignite and coal are related in that they both contain carbon. Humic substances/ lignite begins as an accumulation of partially decayed plant material, or peat. Burial by other sediments causes compaction. Thus, humic substances/ lignite is a complex of trace minerals and carbon family molecules from ancient composted soil, naturally rich in a variety of humic substances. If geological events cover the material with layers of rock, then lignite would eventually form coal. Brown coal is further down the scale of compression and metamorphosis than our source, and this is an important difference between various materials in the humate category.

The gradient from peat moss to humus, to leonardite, to lignite, to coal contains a spectrum of compounds, and the metamorphosis of carbon materials from peat soils to humic substances to fossilized soil to lignite to coal takes millions of years. The pressures and extended time that form coal create unique chemical reactions that create aromatics, some of which are carcinogenic.[1] The source, the location in geological strata, the possible exposure to Mesozoic volcanic ash, and countless other variables determine the quality and safety of the source. We have concluded that the best way to test the efficacy and safety of a product is regular cell culture studies on the product in question, in this case, ION*Gut Health.

We take the safety of our product very seriously and mass spectroscopy shows our US source of humic substances/lignite to be a very pure source. Our Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Team does regular testing for bacterial contamination, heavy metals, and overall product composition and strength. In compliance with California’s Prop 65 legislation, we test ION*Gut Health for levels of mercury, lead, arsenic, and cadmium. In addition, we continue to exceed all industry standards in the dietary supplement field with our own multi-specialty basic science laboratories onsite.