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BORON
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Boron
supplement relieved
osteoarthritis symptoms Low
boron higher arthritis Boron
a safer HRT? Boron
protected against
osteoporosis Boron
improved brain function Boron
may protect against
prostate cancer Boron
- Rex sums it up Boron
levels reduced by
modern agriculture? Boron
helps body absorb
minerals and vitamins Boron
- very low risk of toxicity Boron
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Boron
- no evidence of toxicity
IThere was no evidence of toxicity in people given 10mg of boron
a day for long periods, concluded this study. In healthy people,
boron is rapidly absorbed and then excreted in the urine.
Another study [1] put eleven postmenopausal
women onto a diet delivering 0.3mg of boron a day, then gave them
a daily 3.0gm boron supplement. Although the researchers had effectively
increased the women's boron intakes tenfold, their blood plasma
boron levels only increased by half. This suggested that the body
was good at taking what boron it needed then excreting the rest.
Contraindication
In individuals with kidney problems, boron intake, as with any
mineral supplement (particularly potassium) should be carefully
monitored as impaired kidney function could reduce excretion,
resulting in boron accumulation.
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boron-based Osteo-trace supplement
Ed.- The Tolerable Upper Intake Level for boron
set by the US Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine
for adults over the age of 18 years has been established at 20mg/day
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[1] Hunt,CD et al. American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition 1997;65(3):803-13
[2] Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin A, Vitamin K, Arsenic,
Boron, Chromium, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Manganese, Molybdenum,
Nickel, Silicon, Vanadium and Zinc. Institute of Medicine: National
Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2002.
(14108) Von Burg,R. Journal of Applied
Toxicology 1999;12:149-52
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