Wind/Kate - Silica ?
#212218 - 09/10/05 09:15 AM
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I ordered some Silica gel - it says a colloidal preparation of silica in a highly dispersed form -- by Nature's way - 420 mg - 1 tbsp per day.
I tried to take it and it was gross stuff. Thick and sort of sandy tasting. Is this the way yours is? Do you take it with something?
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Yes, I suppose it is gross! It looks like something you'd fix your house with. I just downed it, and then had a cup of really strong herbal tea WITH HONEY!!! You could mix a little honey in with it, I suppose. It mixes alright with applesauce, I found, as well, if you can't handle it straight up right away. (Another thing is to just hold your nose, i.e. like you're going to jump into water, close your eyes and open your mouth) Have a swig of juice afterwards to shake that "yuck" sensation.
It's amazing--or at least I'm living proof. Last year, I was basically bald. Now, I have a head of hair. My osteopenic bones are stronger, too.
Kate.
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hi kate- was wondering how long it took for you to notice hair growth after starting the silica?
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I noticed regrowth after 2 months. I also upped the intake of vegetable silica in my diet SIGNIFICANTLY and noticed a further acceleration of hair regrowth. So, it's not just the gel itself, but a diet EXCEPTIONALLY high in silica.
I think I keep Cost Co. in business eating their baby spinach like it's going out of style. It's just the most easily digestible form of silica compared to the 'wholegrain' sources of the trace mineral.
Kate. 
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How much do you take per day? I want my hair back.  But I don't want to mess up my tummy any more than it already is.
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~ Beth
Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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Re: Beth
#212278 - 09/10/05 05:38 PM
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Wind
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I started with 3 Tbsp./day, i.e. one @ breakfast, one @ lunch, and one @ supper. I now only take 1 Tbsp./day and EAT TONS of silica.
The interesting thing about silica is that it's in a lot of tummy medicines. If anything it helped soothe my guts, too.
Kate.
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I saw some in the HFS and it cost $17.00 for a bottle containing only 13 Tablespoons. This would only last 4 days if I started it at 3 T a day. 
Was yours cheaper...including the shipping cost?
Thanks
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~ Beth
Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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kate
#212298 - 09/10/05 08:07 PM
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Augie
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how long did you take it 3 times a day before going down to 1 Tablespoon?
Thanks! 
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~ Beth
Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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I buy my collidal silica gel from the HFS. The cost you mentioned sounds right to me.
I also eat A LOT of silica, now. When I say A LOT, I mean I eat Cost Co. 1kg bags of fresh spinach like it's going out of style. (It's nothing for me to go through 4-6/week) I also eat a lot of green beans. Oats, if you can tolerate them, are a really good source. I eat a lot of greens, including watercress, swiss chard. I just find the vegetable sources easier to tummy versus the grain sources.
The gel got me started and I still use it to supplement, but not at the level I started. It's more of a maintenance dose.
The silica stuff is in tons of skin lotions/hair products as well, incidentally.
Kate.
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Re: kate
#212311 - 09/10/05 11:03 PM
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Wind
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About 4 or 5 months.
Kate.
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