What Is Silica?

It's the beauty mineral! 

 

If you google...What is silica in the body? 

Google says : 

 Silica is an important trace mineral that provides strength and flexibility to the connective tissues of your  body — cartilage, tendons, skin, bone, teeth, hair, and blood vessels.  Silica is essential in the formation of collagen, the most abundant protein found in your  body.

 

Silica is the second most common element in the earth’s crust, making up 59%. It is found in our body, most rocks, sand, clays, food (brown rice, wholegrain, cucumbers), plants, it is basically everywhere.  

 

Seems important enough to know, yet most people have never heard of it. 

 

It is the third most abundant trace mineral in the body after iron and zinc. It also helps keep minerals in balance, like calcium and magnesium, which in turn help keep our hormones in balance. We will get to hormones later later….

 

Its impact on skins regeneration is tremendous as it aids in the the skins natural ability to retain water, keeping the skin hydrated, fresh and youthful.

 

Silica is imperative for rebuilding collagen as it sits in collagen acting as a glue. This provides strength, flexibility and resilience to connective tissues. Just thinking about that for a second or minute. Who doesn’t want stronger bones, teeth and nails, to feel lubricated in joints, to have a flexible body and of course have tighter skin and healthier hair? Do you need silica in your life? 

 

Fun fact, our body produces less silica as we gracefully age! Yup, that’s why we start seeing fine lines, loss of hair…(which many women don’t talk about to ANYONE!  Btw, we need to start having these uncomfortable conversation until they are recognized as being very normal in everyones lives) and brittle nails, just to name a few.

 

I started noticing a difference in the skin around my eye when I was 36 and it freaked me out! Why, you ask…

Well, of course everyone else ages; I/we don’t age!! At least that was my sub sub-conscious logic that I didn’t know existed until I saw the wrinkle of reality on my face.

 

After I freaked out, I was fine but a bit concerned. Thankfully, later that year Koko introduced me to silica. I mentioned silica in one of my last blogs, What the Beauty Industry Doesn’t Tell You, and about how, when and where I found out about this crucial mineral. Thank you Koko!

 

Having my freak out moment, learning about all the amazing benefits silica possess, and not to mention learning that we produce less silica as we age was a no brainer… I needed more silica in my life!

 

Naturally our next questions would be:

Where can I get silica from? What holds the highest amount of plant based silica? You can find silica in YKB Bamboo Tea and bamboo tea leaves hold the highest amount of silica on earth!

A cup of bamboo tea holds about 350 mg of silica and that is based on using 1 tsp/pinch of tea per 8 oz. of water. Have you had your daily cup today?

 

Bamboo tea has been used in Ayurvedic and Chines medicine for centuries for beauty and health benefits. The properties and benefits are still the same today as they were centuries ago. However, the education and knowledge about bamboo tea is just starting to resurface. 

 

To sum it all up, silica is an essential trace mineral that our body most definitely needs to stay as vibrant, flexible, and strong as it is and should be. It keeps our skin hydrated, our joints lubricated, our hair, teeth and nails healthy and these are “superficial benefits.” Silica also strengths the blood vessels and muscle tissues, which strengths the heart and increases blood flow. It is also important to the digestive system, building strong stomach and digestive tract muscles and tissues.  The benefits of silica are just outstanding for the human body!

What are you waiting for? Drink your way back to glowing!