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Silica is made up of
silicon a mineral needed in your body for the building of
collagen for your bones and connective tissue. It is also
required for good healthy skin, fingernails, and hair. Silica is needed for calcium absorption in the beginning
phase of bone formation. Silica also benefits your cardiovascular
system and is required to keep your arteries flexible.
The mineral silica also
reduces the effects of aluminum on your body, thus helps
in prevention of Alzheimer's disease and osteoporosis.
Silicon also serves to
stimulate and boost your immune system. It also inhibits
the aging process in body tissues.
Silicon levels decrease as people get older. Thus elderly
people benefit from taking supplements with the mineral
silicon.
Silicon is used by your
body better when you are also getting the minerals boron
, calcium , manganese, and potassium in the multi-vitamin or other
health supplement.
Silica is also used in parasite formulas for worm and other parasitic
health problems.
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