Silica Removes Aluminum From The Body
As
@adreno mentions above,
silica (SiO2, silicon dioxide) removes aluminum from the body.
The
significant improvements in my ME/CFS that I observed occurring during the two years of 2012 and 2013 may have been the result of me taking up to
120 mg of silica each day during that period.
I took
horsetail herb (Equisetum) 800 mg daily in during 2012 and 2013, and horsetail contains 10% to 20% silica.
So it's quite possible that the silica I took was responsible for this improvement of ME/CFS symptoms, via its ability to detoxify aluminum. I had a viral onset of ME/CFS, though, not vaccine-triggered ME/CFS.
Long term treatment with silica might be worth trying for vaccine-triggered ME/CFS:
this study found aluminum overload in a case of vaccine-associated ME/CFS and macrophagic myofasciitis in.
(Caveat: in in 2012 / 2013 I also took a four month course of Nexavir, and started taking on a permanent daily basis: selenium, N-acetyl-glucosamine, and very low dose amisulpride. So alternatively one or more these may have been responsible for my ME/CFS improvements)
There is an interesting thread about
silica for aluminium detoxification here:
Silicon rich mineral water purges aluminium from body - Supplements - LONGECITY
That thread quotes Prof Christopher Exley, who says the best source of silicon for aluminum detoxification purposes is a
silicic acid such as
orthosilicic acid (H
4SiO
4), which according to Exley is much better absorbed than other forms of silicon, including silica from horsetail herb.
The body does not absorb silica directly, but absorbs the small amounts of orthosilicic acid that form when silica is dissolved in water. Orthosilicic acid is formed as this equation indicates: SiO
2 + 2 H
2O <--> H
4SiO
4. Silica has a water solubility of 120 mg per liter.
1
There have been
suggestions that silicic acids such as orthosilicic acid could be added to the drinking water, to help lower the aluminum burden in the general population.
Orthosilicic acid is found in mineral waters that have a high silicon content.
Volvic mineral water has high levels of silicon, 15 mg of silicon per liter (32 mg silica per liter).
Fiji mineral water contains 43 mg of silicon per liter (92 mg silica per liter).
Diatomaceous earth is another source of silica, and this contains 80% silica, much more than horsetail.
More info on aluminum and the aluminum hydroxide adjuvant:
• This study found that when 6 doses of aluminum hydroxide (the vaccine adjuvant) were injected into mice, it resulted in
significant impairments in a number of motor functions as well as
diminished spatial memory.
•
This study and
this study found that the neurotoxicity of aluminum was centered around this metal's effects on the astrocyte cells of the brain. Now interestingly, coxsackievirus B (a virus strongly linked to triggering ME/CFS), has been shown to specifically infect astrocytes as well as the brain's neural progenitor cells (refs:
1,
2,
3). So perhaps if both this virus and high levels of aluminum are present in the brain, this deals a double blow to the astrocyte cells.
• Deferoxamine and
malic acid are both chelators of aluminum.
Silica Safety Issues:
I read that silica taken at very high doses, or taken for long periods, has caused
irreversible kidney damage:
Silica supplements can product toxicity in people at doses over 100mg per day, but horsetail supplements (which are a natural source of silica) have less toxicity at higher doses than silica, but long-term use or very high doses of horsetail supplements have caused irreversible kidney damage (from excessive silica intake). Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not take excessive amounts of silica and neither should people with kidney or heart disease, due to the issues with kidney function. Safety of silica in doses over 50mg has not been established, so it is not advisable to take it higher than this level.
Source:
here.
