Silicon – An Essential Mineral?

Silicon – An Essential Mineral?

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Silicon’s Emerging Role in Health: Insights from the 1980s

Given the distribution of silicon in the body, as well as the biochemical changes that occur in bone with a silicon deficiency, silicon is involved with the formation of bone in chickens and rats (Carlisle, 1980a, 1980b, 1981; Schwarz and Milne, 1972). Silicon contributes to prolylhydrolase activity, which is essential for collagen formation (Carlisle, 1984). Chicks fed a silicon-deficient diet exhibited structural abnormalities of the skull and long bone (Carlisle, 1984). Rats deprived of silicon showed decreased bone hydroxyproline and alkaline and acid phosphatases (Seaborn and Nielsen, 1993, 1994). Silicon was suggested to be an important ætiological factor in atherosclerosis. Unusually high amounts of bound silicon are present in the arterial wall, especially in the intima. (Schwartz, Lancet 1977).

Silicon’s Many Roles

It has been proposed that silicon plays a part in immune system health, atherosclerosis risk reduction, reduced metal accumulation in Alzheimer’s disease, neuroprotection, detoxification of Aluminium and other heavy metals, the structural integrity of nails, hair, and skin, overall collagen synthesis, bone mineralization, and bone health and much more! For all the latest research, ensure you watch the webinar!

Bioavailable Silicon

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