BSE - a mineral imbalance?

Larry L. Berger, Ph.D.
Salt Institute
Salt and Trace Minerals newsletter
Winter 2001 (Vol 33, No.2)
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE or "mad cow disease" has devastated the cattle industry in the United Kingdom and terrified producers worldwide. It may even be spreading to humans in the form of Creutzfeld-Jakob disease. The cause is undetermined; bacteria and viruses have been ruled out. A new and controversial theory is that trace mineral imbalance is the root cause.