Best MSM and Best MSM Powder contain pure MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), a
white crystalline substance that occurs in the human body and in some foods. MSM
is an excellent dietary source of bioavailable organic sulfur.
The MSM Story-One of Nature’s Primary Sources of Organic Dietary Sulfur!
The human body requires a continuous supply of usable sulfur, and MSM is one of
the primary organic sulfur-containing molecules for use by living organisms.
From life’s earliest beginnings, primitive marine organisms (blue-green algae
and phytoplankton) have absorbed inorganic sulfur from ocean waters and produced
organic sulfur molecules, primarily dimethyl sulfonium salts. These salts are
released back into the sea, where they are converted to dimethyl sulfide, which
readily evaporates, ending up in the upper atmosphere. Dimethyl sulfide is then
oxidized by UV light, forming DMSO and MSM. The two compounds are delivered to
land masses in rain water, and absorbed by plants. MSM is a stable end-product
of this process, and thus serves as a primary source of sulfur in the food
chain.
Though present on earth since before life appeared on dry land, and known to
science since the 1950’s, MSM has only recently been recognized as having
importance in human nutrition.
Why the Human Body Needs MSM
MSM occurs naturally in the blood, body fluids and tissues. It is now believed
that a minimum MSM concentration of 0.2 parts per million is necessary for the
body to function normally. MSM may be the most easily absorbed and non-toxic
source of nutritional sulfur occurring in nature.
Sulfur is a structural mineral that maintains the strength of various tissues by
forming sulfur "tie-bars" (sulfhydryl bonds) between connective tissue proteins.
MSM serves as a readily available source of sulfur for this function, and thus
helps maintain the pliancy of tissues and cell membranes. Repair of damaged
tissue depends upon a supply of sulfur for continuation of reactions involving
sulfhydryl groups (-SH). Sulfur is required for the maintenance of healthy hair,
skin and nails. In view of the presence of MSM in biological systems since the
beginning of evolution, it is logical to assume that all higher life forms,
including humans and animals, are well adapted to use MSM as a sulfur donor. |
