Supplementing with silica
Silica qualifies as a dramatic, anti-aging element – one that everyone needs.
T he mineral silica, in supplement form, is most often sold as a beauty aid because it improves skin elasticity, and hair and nail growth. But silica has a host of other functions in the body, including keeping bones strong, and maintaining a healthy cardiovascular system. When you add it all up, silica qualifies as a dramatic, anti-aging element – one that everyone needs.
Most of silica’s health and beauty benefits are based on it being required by the body for collagen formation. Collagen is our main skin protein – it’s the “glue” that holds us together.
Young people have a good amount of silica in their bodies, and they have strong bones and teeth, flexible joints, and healthy, glowing hair and skin. But as we age, our silica levels decline. As a result, aging people show a wide range of symptoms linked to the ensuing reduction of collagen in the body. Symptoms include, but are not limited to arthritic conditions, dental problems, gum disease, hardening of the arteries, osteoporosis and wrinkled skin.
Let’s have a look at the top ten reasons why you should be supplementing with silica: 1. You cannot get enough silica from your diet 2. Silica keeps skin healthy and prevents wrinkles 3. Silica protects bones and prevents osteoporosis 4. Silica protects teeth and gums 5. Silica supports joint health and
prevents arthritis 6. Silica protects the heart 7. Silica helps remove aluminum from the body 8. Silica makes hair thick and strong 9. Silica maintains healthy nails 10.Silica helps digestive function
When you begin taking a silica supplement, you need to take it for a few months in order to see the benefits. Increased silica intake needs to be present throughout the regeneration, and new growth of hair, skin, nails and connective tissues.
Victoria-based vitamin company NutriStart offers a silica product made fro. It contains over 70 per cent organic silica. This plant-based form of silica is in a naturally extracted form, along with plant co-factors, and is unlike products made of “orthosilicic acid”, which is a laboratory produced, isolated element.
Since one capsule of NutriStart Bamboo Silica provides 70mg of elemental silica, it easily covers our daily requirement for this essential mineral nutrient. Read the full article at: