When you drink a mineral water that contains at least 30mg/L (ppm) ‘silica’ (as often written on the bottle) or more accurately at least 14mg/L ‘silicic acid’ (the soluble and hence biologically available form of silicon) you will excrete systemic aluminium in your urine. You will remove aluminium from every tissue in your body.
Stainsby Girls and All That
One of the greats left the building just now so I couldn’t resist using one of his best songs as part of my musing’s title.
I have recently mused on the subject of Alzheimer’s disease and promised to recap with you how a silicon-rich mineral water imbibed each and every day will help to ward off this terrible disease. Those of you with time on your hands this holiday might like to watch a talk I gave on this subject a few years ago, a presentation that somehow has survived the censorship of YouTube. If you are diligent and patient and watch through to the end the talk will tell you everything you need to know about how and why we should all be drinking silicon-rich mineral waters.
If you prefer the platform of substack to get your fix on this subject then may I recommend some previous musings including;
Silicon-Rich Natural Waters
I have written extensively about the natural history of silicon-rich mineral waters in my recent book, Imagine You Are an Aluminium Atom, and elsewhere. I …