Luke Pryor - The HTMA Pro

Since this post always gets traction whenever re-shared, let me elaborate further:    • No, horsetail tea or nettle tea will not get you the same results. For silica to bind with aluminum during renal filtration, it must be absorbed by the intestine and enter the blood. Silica in plants is stored in cell walls and insoluble in water. In general, in plants, silica is “trapped” in polymerized complexes that limit the intestine’s ability to absorb their silica systemically. The silica found in volcanic waters (orthosilicic acid) is dissolved and easy for the intestine to assimilate.  • Orthosilicic acid (OSA), the soluble form of silica found in some mineral waters—especially volcanic waters (e.g., Fiji, Egeria, most mineral waters from the Canary Islands, Gerolsteiner to a lesser degree)—reacts with aluminum hydroxide to form stable hydroxyaluminosilicate complexes.   • This binding takes place in the kidneys. Both OSA and aluminum are continuously filtered out of the blood by the kidneys. In the renal tubules, OSA “traps” aluminum, creating a stable complex that prevents aluminum from being reabsorbed into the body and forces it to get flushed out with urine.   • Since the body likes to keep the blood in absolute homeostasis, when blood aluminum levels fall (thanks to OSA helping us pee it out), the sudden drop in blood aluminum levels prompts tissues (the brain, bones, kidneys even) to release stored aluminum into the blood to maintain equilibrium (ergo my comment on Fiji water plucking aluminum from my brain).    To learn more about this, go check out the work of Dr. Christopher Exley. For example, his study “Non-invasive therapy to reduce the body burden of aluminum in Alzheimer's disease” (pic below) directly supports what I said, showing that drinking 1.5L silica-rich water a day lowers the body burden of aluminum.     His 2016 paper “What is the mechanism of formation of hydroxyaluminosilicates?” also goes over the mechanism I explained above.    You can find a comprehensive global list of silica-rich waters on Scribd. It comes from the book: “Silica Water the Secret of Healthy Blue Zone Longevity in the Aluminum Age” by Dennis N Crouse.    There you go. You can now give “Gronk is this true” a rest.