Osteoporosis Has a Strong Enemy: Silica

After cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis is the second most spread health problem, in the world. Also called de-mineralized bone illness, osteoporosis affects 1 man in 8 and 1 woman in 3, being more spread in women. It occurs especially after the age of 50. This is because after it ages, the body looses its capacity to mineralize bones, and the transformations suffered by bone tissues lead to joint pain and even fractures. Osteoporosis is considered to be one of the most painful diseases.

Many pharmaceutical companies came up with all kinds of treatments against osteoporosis and the pain caused by it. Many of these treatments are based on a single herbal ingredient: horsetail extract. Due to its high content of silica, horsetail extract works extremely well in the re-mineralization of bones, being also an incredible physiological helper for the joints and bones. Besides these health advantages, silica plays a major role in helping the cardiovascular and respiratory system. It helps the important minerals needed by our bodies, such as calcium and magnesium to get deposited in the tissues that need them. Many scientific studies revealed that, as soon as our bodies are missing calcium, silica has the ability to fill in and transform into calcium. That's why silica is so recognized by many scientists and doctors, as being a precursor for calcium. When the calcium's missing, our bodies transform silica into calcium, providing the bone tissues the calcium content needed to develop.

In the process of healing or dealing with osteoporosis, other minerals besides silica, such as calcium, vitamin D and vitamin K, are needed. If you only want to prevent osteoporosis, you'll only have to take care of your diet and pay attention to obtain enough silica from what you consume day by day. In order to get that perfect diet, you'll need these daily minerals' values in your body: 1500 mg of calcium (for adults, and 1000 mg of calcium for kids). You can obtain the calcium from meals such as yogurt and other dairy products, soy and seafood.

Osteoporosis appears as soon as the calcium levels in our bodies start to go down. This is because of the aging process. When this happens, our bones start to get weaker and weaker. If you are using only calcium supplements, it is not enough at all. As said before, calcium needs to be putted in its place (in the bone tissues) and this is a task only silica can perform. And this is not the only way by which silica fights osteoporosis. It also performs another amazing task, balancing the hormonal levels. By setting up a balance between calcium and magnesium, the hormones get to be stabilized, these 2 being the most important substances of a perfect hormonal balance. We all know that one of the conventional treatments for osteoporosis is hormonal therapy. If you take care of your silica intake, this kind of treatment will never be necessary. This is also the reason why women at menopause start to feel pain in their joints, and get sick of osteoporosis.