| 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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