"Nothing Boring About Boron" (article of interest)

[wise-crow]

Interesting research article about the Healthy function(s) of Boron, including its Borax source, is a must-read for anyone struggling with disease.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

[Brundo]

Thank you for the article. It looks interesting and worth a try. My only confusion is that once I researched a little bit more it said that it increases the free testosterone. How would this impact ADT and the PC itself? Thank you.

[Shooter1 in reply to Brundo]

Very little for someone like me who had an orchiectomy. Even before T was 7 and DHT was undetectable. Good luck.

[wise-crow in reply to Shooter1]

But you are still a human being & need your trace elements. I recommend the same, the Pink Salt replace the table salt and talk to your doctor about the Boron. It is such a important/diverse element that you will definitely need some, but will also need all the others.

[wise-crow in reply to Brundo]

Boron is an essential trace element normally found in properly nourish fresh fruits and veggies from plants grown in boron rich soil (or normal soil). Yet, it is only one of many that we need for proper functions (we don't know all of them yet). So, you may need to supplement all of your trace elements to get balanced functions and not rely too much on just supplementing one. I recommend you check out natural rock salt, like Himalayan Pink Salt to replace any table salt. You can ask your doctor these types of questions, for they are more aware of your condition(s) and your medications. Good question & Thx.

[pjoshea13]

See also:

healthunlocked.com/advanced...

-Patrick

[homer13 in reply to pjoshea13]

Interesting. I started taking boron 3 mg daily several months ago for my Dupuytren's Contracture. Maybe it will be provide a double benefit. The 3 mg was based on some recommendation. Who knows?

[pjoshea13 in reply to homer13]

Homer,

Are you also using iodine for Dupuytren's? See:

healthunlocked.com/advanced...

-Patrick

[homer13 in reply to pjoshea13]

Not at the moment. I have used iodine (mixed with several ingredients) in the past, but did not see noticeable results. Over the last year, I have been using DMSO and Magnesium spray. I added boron recently and think it might be helpful. Any other suggestions?

[pjoshea13 in reply to homer13]

My own contracture was entirely due to an iodine deficiency. It developed very quickly after my salvage radiation, but reversed at the same rate when iodine sufficiency was restored. So I never went looking for another smoking gun.

-Patrick

[wise-crow in reply to pjoshea13]

This is a good one (link) for those seeking to balance trace minerals or supplement to treat conditions caused by deficiencies. Thx

[Hidden in reply to pjoshea13]

Patrick, I'm wondering how you administer iodine / iodide. In your iodine post you mentioned your "arm painting" experiment. Were you using lugol's solution (2%?)? How are you supplementing now? Dosages?

[pjoshea13 in reply to Hidden]

I wasn't painting with lugol's. When I found an integrative medicine doc, he advised switching to Iodoral, which is solid lugol's. I take one a day. I have done for 12-13 years.

swansonvitamins.com/optimox...

-Patrick

[j-o-h-n]

I think I'll passon the boron.

BTW I never trust a User who has a dash in their User Id.

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Tuesday 04/16/2019 4:55 PM EDT.

[wise-crow in reply to j-o-h-n]

Ha-Ha-Ha funny j-o-h-n. I never considered that dash concept before.