Reference material for Boron Supplementation for PWCs

[Guest guest]

Ken,

Thanks for all your good sites.

The need for boron first came to my attention about 1998-99 when I

had been in a wasting syndrome and was trying to turn things

around. I was also found to have developed very serious bone

problems, probably resulting when my body was not able to absorb

nutrients for quite a period of time.

The site, www.arthritistrust.org under " Articles " has a great

article on " Boron and Arhtritis " which you may be interested in, if

you have not already read it.

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One of the excerpts is:

" Dr. Newnham states that the parathyroid gland contains more

boron than any other tissue in humans. Boron enhances parathormone

activity which is the prime organ controlling bone mineralization.

Dr. Newnham's research makes me now consider that if arthritic

patients are deficient in boron, there is a strong possibility that

the parathyroid bone mineralization effects are not functioning

efficiently. By supplementing these patients with boron, could the

patients be given regular forms of calcium such as calcium carbonate

and would they receive the same benefits as by using the orotates

and aspartates?

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> " boron alleviates some symptoms of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid

arthritis.'

> http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/evm_boron.pdf

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> " Nutritional intakes of boron have been shown to lessen the adverse

> consequences of vitamin D deficiency "

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> " short periods of restricted boron intake may affect brain

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> cognitive performance in healthy humans. "

> http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/evm_boron.pdf

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> " Boron's anti-inflammatory actions have been attributed to various

> mechanisms. These include suppression of serine proteases released

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> inflammation-activated white blood cells, inhibition of leukotriene

> synthesis, reduction of reactive oxygen species generated during

> neutrophil's respiratory burst, and suppression of T-cell activity

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> antibody concentrations. "

> http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FDN/is_4_9/ai_n9479460

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> Report of body temperature becoming normalize (no longer

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> This is consistent with reports of Vitamin D supplementation

normalizing

> body temperatures of PWCs.

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> New reference page:

http://lassesen.com/cfids/supplements/boron.htm

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> Ken Lassesen,

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[Guest guest]

“boron

alleviates some symptoms of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.’ http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/evm_boron.pdf

" Nutritional intakes of boron have been shown to

lessen the adverse consequences of vitamin D deficiency”

http://www.ncbi..nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstract & list_uids=15504575

“short periods of restricted boron intake may

affect brain function and cognitive performance in healthy humans.” http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/evm_boron.pdf

“Boron's anti-inflammatory actions have been

attributed to various mechanisms. These include suppression of serine proteases

released by inflammation-activated white blood cells, inhibition of leukotriene

synthesis, reduction of reactive oxygen species generated during neutrophil's

respiratory burst, and suppression of T-cell activity and antibody

concentrations.” http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FDN/is_4_9/ai_n9479460

Report of body temperature becoming normalize (no longer

subnormal) with PWCs -- infections/message/306

This is consistent with reports of Vitamin D supplementation

normalizing body temperatures of PWCs.

New reference page: http://lassesen.com/cfids/supplements/boron.htm

Ken Lassesen,