Silica is a great mineral to supplement to strengthen bones and to detox aluminum.
Glass typically contains about 70-75% silica (SiO₂) by weight
Why does silica detox aluminum? Because aluminum is naturally bound to silica in the environment.
There are various forms of silica to supplement:
DE, or Diatomaceous Earth (which must be food grade),
Silica-rich volcanic spring waters such as Fiji brand or other brands,
Horsetail herb,
Silica drops.
DE is the cheapest, but has three problems.
- It does not work very well. It is poorly absorbed in the intestinal tract, only about 1% of it is absorbed. One way around this is to take it with food, so that the digestive juices can help to break it down so that more is absorbed.
- It has a negative charge, and copper has a positive charge. It can thus absorb or bind to copper, blocking copper’s absorption. In our experience, people who take from 1-2 tablespoons of DE often do not see the benefits from taking copper on our protocol. Thus, that amount tends to be too much. We would prefer people take no more than 1 teaspoon of DE, or none at all.
- DE comes as a powder that easily gets into the air if you handle it. If you breathe this in, it may cause lung damage. Due to this danger, DE is not a preferred form of silica supplementation.
https://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/degen.html#study
“Long-term inhalation of the crystalline form is associated with silicosis, chronic bronchitis, and other respiratory problems.”
People often take DE also to kill parasites and/or other health benefits. Copper and iodine also kill parasites. The only thing I see that silica can do the best is to detox aluminum.
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The most preferred form of silica is silica rich waters like Fiji brand.
The world’s best known researcher on aluminum toxicity is Dr. Exley. He determined that silica waters were superior for detoxing aluminum, because the silica is more bioavailable to get aluminum out of the brain.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22976072
Abstract
There has been a plausible link between human exposure to aluminum and Alzheimer’s disease for several decades. We contend that the only direct and ethically acceptable experimental test of the ‘aluminum hypothesis’, which would provide unequivocal data specific to the link, is to test the null hypothesis that a reduction in the body burden of aluminum to its lowest practical limit would have no influence upon the incidence, progression, or severity of Alzheimer’s disease. Herein we are testing the hypothesis that silicon-rich mineral waters can be used as non-invasive methods to reduce the body burden of aluminum in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and a control group consisting of their carers and partners. We have shown that drinking up to 1 L of a silicon-rich mineral water each day for 12 weeks facilitated the removal of aluminum via the urine in both patient and control groups without any concomitant affect upon the urinary excretion of the essential metals, iron and copper. We have provided preliminary evidence that over 12 weeks of silicon-rich mineral water therapy the body burden of aluminum fell in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and, concomitantly, cognitive performance showed clinically relevant improvements in at least 3 out of 15 individuals. This is a first step in a much needed rigorous test of the ‘aluminum hypothesis of Alzheimer’s disease’ and a longer term study involving many more individuals is now warranted.
Key to note:
We have shown that drinking up to 1 L of a silicon-rich mineral water each day for 12 weeks facilitated the removal of aluminum via the urine in both patient and control groups without any concomitant affect upon the urinary excretion of the essential metals, iron and copper.
And more:
Aluminum Should Now Be Considered a Primary Etiological Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6159653/
research has shown a significant protective effect of silicon in drinking water, irrespective of the aluminum content, with higher silicon reducing the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease [23].