Hair loss & organic vegetal silica

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HI Ladies,

> I just had the most interesting conversation with the

> woman at my health food store, who had contacted a

> FLORA rep on my behalf because I had some questions

> about silica. FLORA sells a product called organic

> vegetal silica, which normally I would steer way clear

> of, but I had read a book recently on hair loss that

> discussed how valuable silica is for the hair, and

> suggested using powdered vegetal silica and mixing it

> in your shampoo, (among other things)to help

> strengthen the hair shaft. Silica actually, not

> surprisingly, is in our bodies in large quantities,

> and helps build strong nails, hair, elastic skin and

> connective tissue. (I have to really wonder why the

> medical community can't make the connection to

> silicone causing connective tissue disease, as

> silicone is a man-made substance, NOT identical to the

> organic silica normally found in our bodies. We have

> indications that synthetic hormones screw things up,

> so why can't synthetic silicones screw things up?)

>

> Anyway, the discussion that ensued about my fear of

> taking silica internally centered on the idea that the

> silicone found in implants is fat soluble, while

> organic vegetal silica found in plants is water

> soluble. Maybe this is a key piece to the puzzle in

> our healing, at least for those with silicone gel

> issues, and for those who had a reaction to the

> silicone shell of their salines, rather than

> contaminated saline filling.

>

> The rep furthermore stated that the most difficult

> substance that humans have had to be detoxed from is

> Agent Orange (hmmm, another Dow product, no less), and

> to detox successfully from that takes ingestion of a

> large amount of the healthy fats (such as evening

> primrose oil, flax seed oil, fish oil, olive oil,

> etc.), and then sweating it out. The large amounts of

> healthy fats would probably cause our cells to flush

> gunk out.

>

> He said that detoxing Agent Orange through the organs

> would be much too stressful to them, so getting the

> toxic substances out of the body through the skin is

> the preferred method for healing from Agent Orange

> exposure, according to the Flora Rep. This means high

> amounts of healthy fats and sweating up a storm in

> saunas.

>

> This really did make alot of sense to me! It would

> seem to me that the liver flush, which has cured so

> many people of various ailments is one way to ingest a

> large amount of healthy fats and cause the body to

> flush stuff. I have always felt better right after a

> liver flush. Now perhaps adding in that sweating

> factor would benefit us even more.

>

> I just wanted to share that with you all. I thought

> it was quite interesting. I still have a fear of

> ingesting silica supplements, but I have to wonder,

> (and the rep suggested this too), perhaps getting the

> natural good silica would help in the long run with

> building strong hair and nails? I can only wonder how

> our bodies might react to a silica supplement....I

> know too much of a good thing can be detrimental as

> well.

>

> In any case, I will use the silica in my shampoo, and

> start more use of my infrared sauna!

>

> Patty