Benefits of a Silicon Supplement

Mr. Christopher C. Barr is a Health and Nutrition Historian who writes for the Crusador, a bi-monthly newspaper dedicated to revealing the truth about natural health products. Here is a linked article, authored by Mr. Barr in 2007, speaking to the benefits of a silicon supplement like Alta’s Silica with
Bioflavonoids.(http://www.healthtruthrevealed.com/full-page.php?page=article&&id=11591534812) Chris notes the strong advertising claims of calcium-rich products to manage bone-health, but these types of supplements are not what your body needs. Despite the popularity of calcium-fortified products and pharmaceuticals like Fosamax, osteoporosis rates have escalated.

Research shows that there are high levels of silica throughout the human body. It is an essential trace mineral that plays a biological role in the processes by which bone, cartilage, connective tissue and skin are formed and is a component of collagen. Silica is found naturally in many foods, especially green, leafy vegetables. But the processing and refining of these foods combined with chemical fertilizers and soil depletion has caused the silicon content of these foods to decrease dramatically. Consequently a large part of our silicon dietary supply has been removed and this is why pioneer investigators (Kervran, Charnot, Monceaux, Schwarz, Carlisle, Barmakian and others) emphasize the need for silica supplementation. It should be noted that there is more silicon in the body than iron because of the multiple roles played by this essential trace mineral in normal growth and development of bones, teeth, connective tissue, skin, collagen, hair and nails.

Alta Health Products Inc. via the Kervran/Barmakian alliance (since 1972) originally developed the concept of Silica Supplementation. Alta’s Silica with Bioflavonoids is highly acclaimed for its reliability and consistency of quality. The Horsetail herb (Equisetum arvense) used for our extract is grown without the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers and is gathered only in the spring when the content of soluble/colloidal chelated Silica vs. mineral Silica is the highest. By means of a special extraction process the soluble/colloidal chelated Silica, plus the associated bioflavonoids, is separated from the inorganic Quartz form of Silica and concentrated to give the highest quality and potency Silica supplement possible.