:> : Silica or silicon dioxide, is an essential nutrient needed by the body
:> : to build hair, skin, nails as well as deep cleansing of toxic
:> : accumulations. The fact there is no RDA for silica shows the inadequacy
:> : of modern medical science and their knowledge.
:> Why do you refuse to do the relatively simple calculation that I outlined
:> to determine the likelihood that any given person suffers from a silica
:> deficiency?
: I must have missed that post.
Well, why don't you try the following calculation: what is the solubility
of silica in water at physiological pH? Assume that the amount needed in
the body is the amount to keep the body's fluids saturated. How much
silica would then be lost per day? Now calculate how much silica a person
is likely to ingest each day from natural sources.
This is a back-of-the-envelope estimate, but it should give you some idea
of the likelihood that people suffer from silica deficiency.
: But anyway modern medicine doesn't even acknowledge that silica is an
: essential nutrient, so what are you suggesting?
I'm suggesting that your notion that silica deficiency is a major problem
is a notion that is a priori absurd.
: But I just gave you one of the indications, ie underarm odour or wetness.
: What more do you need to know?
Don't you find it strange that the only symptom of silica deficiency is
underarm odor -- especially since there is a far more plausible explanation
for the cause of underarm odor, and you have no plausible suggestions for
the mechanism(s) by which silica might prevent underarm odor?
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Richard Schultz schultr@mail.biu.ac.il
Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not those of Bar-Ilan University
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"You don't even have a clue about which clue you're missing."