Posted on 01/04/2020 7:11:58 AM PST by ConservativeMind
Our capacity for growth and the regenerative nature of our cells and tissues becomes progressively less with age, particularly in tissues such as our skin and those that form our joints.
There are, however, nutritional supplements that may help us combat these challenges. The trace element boron, cartilage-derived proteoglycans and collagen, and a bioavailable format of curcumin are four tools which all may play important roles in keeping our bodies healthy and active with increasing age.
Boron
Boron has considerable importance for the health of our bones.
Lower serum levels of boron have been shown in individuals with both rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). Low boron levels were correlated with higher levels of rheumatoid factor (RF), the antibody that causes destruction of the joints in RA, and in OA, were correlated with disease duration and severity.
Proteoglycans and Collagen
Proteoglycans and collagen are essential to the health of the joints. Because the chondrocytes within the cartilage have minimal ability to replicate and decline in their ability to synthesize these molecules as we age, we see diminished articular tissue integrity with aging.
Supplementation with proteoglycans and/or collagen has been shown independently and in combination to support joint health.
Salmon nasal cartilage, providing both 40% undenatured type II collagen and 30% proteoglycans, taken daily at a dosage of 50 mg for four weeks significantly improved pain scores in healthy subjects experiencing rigidity of the knee compared to placebo, with more significant improvements being seen than the third group receiving 1500 mg of glucosamine hydrochloride daily.
Curcumin
The curcumin formulation that was found to be best utilises a molecular dispersion process to dissolve a highly purified powder consisting of at least 95% curcuminoids in a water-soluble base, followed by the addition of antioxidants to protect the curcumin from degradation.
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A diet of wide variety allows for trace elements to work their wonders.
I’ve read that calcium and Vitamin D supplements are key.
Salmon nasal cartilage. Out of all possible cartilage on the fish, let’s pick out the nasal cartilage.
Cats can have the rest.
Those are needed for bone, along with Vitamin K/K2 and boron.
This article is about the joints between your bones and of boron, which minimizes pain issues even when bone is on bone.
Timely article for me. Thanks
Been using Boron since last April (as in actually diluting Borax in water, and then using that as a concentrate to add to my daily lemon water). I initially started using it for my arthritis (which it HAS helped tremendously) but the side effect of minimizing my hot flashes has been WONDERFUL. I’m talking body drenching, clothes clinging hot flashes, which have almost totally gone away. I still get them, but NOTHING like I was. It truly has been a God send for me. I initially got this link right here at FR, and have been spreading the word ever since: http://www.health-science-spirit.com/borax.htm
One of the things Boron does is increase estrogen AND testosterone. Body builders use it while bulking up, etc. The article above is fascinating. I tell all my female friends who look at me like I’ve been eating Tide Pods to check ANY over the counter hot flash medication and I guarantee Boron will be in the ingredients. Who knew?
I’ve been noticing that a wide variety diet seems to REQUIRE more vitamins and minerals. Note, for example, the Eskimos surviving on a diet of fish and not suffering from scurvy. British sailors who ate large amounts of fish while also eating carbohydrates (bread) required citrus to avoid scurvy. How can that be? I’ve seen this phenomenon many times but nobody else seems to notice.
I agree with you... but I look at a piece like this - do a few Google searches to see if my 'variety' diet is inclusive... For instance:
(from Wiki) Boron is an element found naturally in leafy green vegetables like kale and spinach. It can also be found in grains, prunes, raisins, noncitrus fruits, and nuts.
... The five most common sources of boron in a person's daily diet are:
apples. coffee. dried beans. milk. potatoes.
Other than dried beans I check them all off... then google the next one... Best of both worlds...
Just my thoughts but, there might be a difference between a disruption of diet on an 8 month sea journey, and a multigenerational acclamation to a steady, veggie free diet.
Another idea, Eskimos ate meat from animals that that ate animals that fed on veggies (kelp, etc.)
Yes, the concept of ‘trace elements’ is important.
On the ranch, there is a problem with cattle called tetanus. Not the kind we get from rusty nails. In this case, magnesium works as an electrolyte to send impulses from the brain to the muscles. In days of old, if farmers used fertilizers at all, it would be something like chicken manure, which has traces of magnesium.
However, with the advent of pure fertilizers, farmers might use something like 10-10-10 which has NO trace elements. Then, when the lactating cows get out on the green grass after a winter diet of dried hay, they get the cattle tetanus. Very quickly fatal if not addressed. Sometimes, we had to pierce their stomachs with a knife to relieve pressure.
Agreed, that’s perhaps not the best example. If you have time look at the results of people like Jordan Peterson and his daughter, who moved from a varied diet to a diet consisting of beef and water, nothing else.
Peterson is pretty amazing! Substitute coke zero for water and I would sign up on his diet in a heartbeat!
When doing laundry, my grandma would always dip a finger in borax and taste it. As a child, I thought grandma was checking if the borax was still fresh.
I remember and kept that link, too.
However, I’ve not wanted to do the actual Borax approach.
I have identified several boron sources, though, each working in different ways in the body.
- FRUITEX-B (Calcium Fructoborate) (I’ve read this can have up to three mechanisms of action in our bodies (and a portion functions like Borax))
- Boron (citrate, aspartate and glycinate)
- Boroganic Glycine
Swanson has the last two bullets available at inexpensive prices. The former I get in a supplement with other things in it.
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I have been taking a high quality Curcumin for years. I will be testing out boron. I have bad joints and bones. I recently had aseptic neurcorus of my hip bone.
It might be to late for me though.
Lol, I was thinking the same thing.
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