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How to determine the amount of silicon in the human body

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    In this section, we are honored to present you silicon (Si), a vital trace element, located in the periodic table, under the number 14.

    Pure silicon was first derived from fluorous silicon in 1825 by a Swedish chemist J. J. Berzelius.

Silicon is an element of the essential nature, which means that it is not capable of self-generating in the human body, but it must be present in the body in order to ensure its normal functioning. Silicon gets into the human body mainly through water and food we consume.

    Silicon is mostly contained in husks of graminaceous plants, fruit peel, garlic and onion. It is important to know that there is almost no silicon contained in such products as white bread, peeled vegetables or fruit, since it is mainly concentrated  in the outer parts of the plants. Also, tap water is poor in silicon, which especially goes for metropolitan cities.  The highest concentration of silicon was found in such plants as field knotweed, medicinal lungwort, field horsetail and common hemp nettle.

    The accumulated amount of silicon in the human body comes up to  2500 mg at most. Its concentration in blood is 0.1-0.6 mg / l, 0.04% of its total amount is concentrated in bones and 0.03% in the enamel of teeth. Silicon also concentrates in connective tissue, tendons, trachea, aorta, hair, and eye lens.

    Localization of silicon in the brain has its own specifics. Thus, the highest level of silicon is found in the cerebellum and the black substance. The level of silicon in grey and white substance keeps on increasing by the time of birth. Fracture of the bone triggers an adaptive reaction which causes the silicon level to increase by 50–200 times at the simultaneous decrease of its content in the blood by 4 times. Silicon absorption is prevented through forming its insoluble compounds with oxides and hydroxides of calcium, magnesium, aluminum and iron.

     Silicon is an essential trace element regarding its role in ensuring resistance of the body to various adverse conditions. It plays a crucial role in shaping the skeletal system and also takes an active part in cardiac activity, activity of  vessels and lungs, and development of the integumentary system.

The lack of silicon in the body can provoke a number of diseases violating its normal absorption and assimilation, such as a diminished secretion of hydrochloric acid in a stomach or enteritis with diarrhea.

Silicon is involved in shaping of the organic bone matrix in the initial stages of its forming and it also inhibits enzymes such as hyaluronidase, acetylcholinesterase, succinate dehydrogenase and hepatic estrases.

It is especially important to monitor the presence of silicon in the bodies of new-born children and teenagers during the period their bodies undergo active forming.

The abnormal metabolism of silicon is typical for patients with neuroinfections, such as neurosyphilis, acute viral encephalitis, meningitis.

    A study of mortality rates among the people living the United States within the zones of  cristobalite deposits revealed that a relatively high rate of mortality was caused by lung cancer, thyroid cancer and myeloma. Yet, the rate of deaths from cardiovascular diseases, brain and nervous system tumors among the people with the exceeded level of silicon in the body was extremely low.

The studies of carcinogenic effect of silicon has become especially relevant lately as the use of organosilicone materials used for prostheses and implants has increased.

    Various studies of silicon have reveled some new fact on this matter. For example a relation between a  case of pneumonia, a non-smoking man suffered from, and fact that he worked as a computer typesetter in a printing house for 1.5 years. Or silicon contained in blood and breast milk of people with breast implants. As well as  the fact that having 1.1 liter of beer containing 600 moles of silicon per liter by healthy people in the fasted state increases the excretion of silicon  by 328 mole and aluminum by 0.7 mole.   

Both lack and excess of silicon can affect the vital functions of the body, which is why it is necessary to determine its optimal limit in the body and monitor its level.

    The lack of silicon deficiency manifests itself through such symptoms such as:

- the growth inhibition and weight loss;

-the weight loss of cartilage tissue (relative osteochondrosis);

- losing the elasticity of the bones;

- increased fragility of hair and nails.

    The lack of  silicon vegetable fiber causes lowering of the supporting collagen layer in skin leading to its premature aging.

Scientists have detected the combined lack of calcium and silicon in hair and nails of children suffering from severe cerebral palsy. The pathological mobility of joints, the excessively extensible and flexible connective tissue, weak ligament, fragile and dull hair and nails are common for such patients.

The exceeded level of of silicon in the human body leads to progressive fibrosis of the bronchi, blood vessels and lymph nodes of lungs, urolithiasis and, more importantly, increases the risk of esophageal cancer (if the amount of diatoms in water is exceeded).

The exceeded level of silicon most commonly leads to silicosis, i.e. the chronic lung disease caused by inhaling dust for a long time followed by pulmonary fibrosis. Silicosis is caused by silica. Thus, people who are engaged in any work involving  silica are at the biggest risk of this form of pneumoconiosis.

Acute, recurrent or chronic pneumonia, bronchiectasis, asthma, pulmonary cancer and pulmonary tuberculosis, pleural mesothelioma can appear secondary to silicosis.

Such review allows us to conclude that maintaining the normal level of silicon along with the other vital trace elements in the body directly affects its proper functioning and make it able to avoid serious diseases, even the terminal ones. That is why it is so crucial to monitor the level of silicon in your body.

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    Answering the question of “how to determine the amount of silicon in the human body / how to study the level of silicon in the child's body”, we must say that there is only one method capable of determining the most exact amount of trace and major elements in the human body.

    Such technique is based on studies of inorganic body tissues, such as nails, hair or teeth, through their spectral analysis (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry). It was elaborated within a national healthcare program aimed at studying  the trace element composition in the human body.

It is especially important to know that this method is capable of providing complete information on the other 32 trace elements, both  vital and pathogenically noxious, within determining the bioelemental status of a patient under study.

The obtained information will make it possible to predict and detect the weak points of the body, make a special  program aimed at replenishing vital microelements and, if necessary, at 1.5 excreting toxic noxious ones.

If we compare the spectral analysis to other methods used for studying presence of silicon in the body, we will learn that it is impossible to determine the veracious quantitative content of this trace element in the body through any methods studying organic samples (blood, urine, saliva, etc.).

    Toxic trace elements get systematically accumulated in the tissues, organs, bones and other body structures, therefore it is impossible to detect their exact presence through studies of the organic samples such as urine, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, saliva, etc.

It also applies to the detection of the vital trace elements when their exact quantity needs to be determined in order to build an overall picture of the bioelemental status qua the aggregate of vital and toxic elements.

    That is exactly why the unique laboratory of elemental analysis aimed at detecting and monitoring the presence of toxic trace elements in the human body of was launched within the Clinic of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in 2007. The service was initially meant for employees of the huge structure accountable to the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

    The spectral analysis (you can learn more about the method by clicking this link http://www.mineralogram.com/bioelementnyystatus.html) is a unique method which provides the most  accurate information both on vital and toxic trace elements, present in a human body, which makes it possible to study the wide range of indicators instead of focusing on a certain single chemical element.

You can look into an example of the study done through the method of the spectral analysis by clicking this link.

It is a matter of great importance, since the trace elements constitute a single system and the lack of some elements causes the accumulation of the others, which results in replacement of the certain elements with the other once.

    As you might see, our project is fully devoted to the spectral analysis and its principle with regard to health control. We will gladly assist you at every step of this study, elucidate the obtained results and, if necessary, advise you on how to restore the elemental status of your body.

Our experts will be happy to answer any questions you may have regarding the method of spectral analysis!

The uniqueness of this method makes it possible to study samples sent from any part of the world as a usual letter. It is a truly unique tool of the health control.

Remember that the systematic control over the vital sighs it is the major step on the way to well-being and longevity.

We would like to thank you for your kind attention!

Yours faithfully, 33 Elementa.Ru