Chapter 12 - From Story to Circuitry: The Deep Science Behind Shimanishi’s Mineral Matrix

A fork in the road: skip to the layman’s summary or dive into the geochemistry that powers biology.

Warning- Deep Science Ahead

One of my best, oldest, (and smartest) friends, John Durkin, the long-time mayor of Roslyn, NY has been immensely successful over decades due to his exceptional talent and intellect (albeit rooted in culinary, music, literature, and art)—read an early draft and gave me feedback that hit hard: “Just stick with the story. Tell them what the minerals do in layman’s terms. People will believe you. Don’t bore them with ‘science.’”

He had a point. But I just couldn’t do it. Something in me refused to bury in an appendix what had revealed itself as a beautiful tapestry—the delicate, measured dance of protons, electrons, and mineral matrices. We are talking about the very core of creation: the primary mechanisms God built to spark and sustain life in every biological system on Earth.

Still, I know not everyone wants—or needs—to trek through dense biochemistry. So I’ve created two paths through this material:

• PATH 1 (Recommended for the scientifically incurious reader): Skip ahead now to the summary of all the science in “Chapter 15: Minerals Made Simple: How Nature’s Elements Keep Water, Plants, and People Alive.” There, I explain everything much, much more concisely in plain language.

• PATH 2 (For the science curious): Keep reading. What follows is a deep, deep dive into the biochemical mechanisms by which minerals govern energy production and flow, protect and balance cellular health, and purify and structure water. I found that scientific journey absolutely fascinating (obviously because I wrote a whole darn book about it in two months). If you also find it intriguing, congratulations — you’re my kind of nerd. Just don’t blame me when you start talking to your friends all the time about mitochondria, proton gradients, and flocculating ions.

One request, if you have already decided to skip: Consider reading the very last one, Chapter 14D: The Cell’s Battery: Proton Gradients, Leaks, and Modern Stressors. It’s literally about the origin of energy and life itself. Worth 15 minutes of anyone’s time.

Now, I’m not a chemist, physicist, physiologist, or biologist—though I’ve studied all as part of my training and career as a physician. In writing these upcoming sections, I’ve benefited from the guidance of experts whose depth in mineral science far exceeded my own (along with massive doses of both coffee and AI). My goal was to illustrate the unparalleled biochemical forces arising from the unique and precise ratios of major and trace minerals in the primordial extract that Shimanishi achieved.

Shimanishi’s discovery represents, I believe, a new functional category: a mineral-structured water matrix.

We will be doing this across two multi-sectioned chapters. In the first chapter (13), we’ll explore the diverse biochemical pathways through which his ionic, sulfated mineral complex interacts with water and, in the second (14), its physiologic impacts on biological systems (plants/animals/humans). I have realized that the impacts on each system are more distinct than related so that we will address each in turn.

Themarox Impacts In Water

13A: Purification - eliminates heavy metals, pesticides (glyphosate), fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, and other toxic contaminants found in our water suppl

13B: Increases oxidation reduction potential (ORP), which reflects how readily electrons are exchanged—an essential process in the natural self-purification of rivers, lakes, and groundwate

13C: Forms 4th phase (structured) water - enhancing hydration dynamics and contaminant clearance

13D: Increases electrical conductivity - making the water’s minerals interact more effectively, creating a balanced, energized structure that improves hydration and function.

Themarox Interactions Within Biological and Environmental Systems

Themarox introduces a broad spectrum of ionic, sulfated minerals that engage dynamically with their surroundings.

14A — Sulfur: The Switch That Turns Detox On
Dietary sulfur → sulfate via sulfoxidation; sulfation tags molecules for elimination and builds GAGs—powered by mineral cofactors (molybdenum, selenium, zinc, copper, iron). What is a GAG you ask? Glycosaminoglycans are the body’s shock absorbers and lubricants.They give tissues cushion, flexibility, hydration, and resilience

14B — Themarox vs. Oxidative Stress: The Proton–Mineral Shield
Stabilizes metabolism under oxidative stress, the single process behind all disease and aging. Its ionic composition provides sulfate and hydroxide species that participate in oxidation–reduction reactions essential to maintaining electrochemical balance in living systems.

14C — The Proton Code: How Minerals Keep Acid in Check
Keeps pH and charge in a safe operating range. Minerals orchestrate proton/electron shuttling; balanced sulfated minerals tame free Fe²⁺ reactions, maintain OH⁻ states, and preserve acid–base equilibrium.

14D — The Cell’s Battery: Proton Gradients, Leaks, and Modern Stressors
Foundational to producing ATP. Mineral cofactors build the ETC that pumps protons; stable gradients drive ATP synthase. Toxins/uncouplers increase “leak,” while mineral sufficiency helps defend the motive force.

Let’s break the above mechanisms down one by one, starting with the four mechanisms that Themarox exerts in purifying and re-structuring water, followed by the four main mechanisms in which minerals exert their biological functions in the human body by creating energy, removing toxins, buffering acids, maintaining electrolyte balance, powering enzyme function, and preventing excess oxidation.

It’s going to be a heavy job, so get ready. Again, for those uninterested in all the biochemical and metabolic pathways that I will elucidate in the following, I suggest skimming, or just outright skipping to Chapter 15 - “Minerals Made Simple: How Nature’s Elements Keep Water, Plants, and People Alive” This way you won’t get mad at me or complain that the book was too “scienc-ey.”

Next: Chapter 13 - Living Water And The Science of Mineral Purification

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P.S. If you want to learn more about the water purifier we made from Shimanishi’s volcanic-mineral complex, go to Aurmina.com.

P.P.S. — If you’ve read Chapter 19, “What’s Really in Your Water,” you already know how critical purification and remineralization are in an increasingly industrial world. Below is a list of some of the 250 pollutants and toxins that Aurmina removes (a sight to behold):

Upcoming Book Publications

Yup — not one, but two books are dropping from yours truly (at the same time? What?)

1. If, instead of (or in addition to) this Substack version, you prefer the feel of a real book—or the smell of paper—or like to give holiday gifts, pre-order From Volcanoes to Vitality, my grand mineral saga, shipping before Christmas.

2. And if you want to read (or gift) another chronicle of suppression, science, and survival, grab The War on Chlorine Dioxide—the sequel you didn’t see coming—shipping mid-January. On this one, I say: “Buy it before they ban it.” Hah!