Borax Dosing
I'm curious as to why it's recommended to take borax diluted in a liter of water over several hours. I've heard of some people who take 1/8 to 1/4 TSP in their morning coffee. Is that not advisable?
Second question - Dr Jorgas Flechas gave his wife 150 mg of borax daily to reverse osteoporosis. Has anyone had a similar experience? If you have what dose did you take and how long before you saw results?
Hi Jse,
Some people have reported that borax gave them an uncomfortable stomach. I think Teds intent by diluting the borax in a liter of water and sipping it throughout the day was to essentially make it like a timed dose, preventing large amounts of borax from being in the stomach at any one time and potentially prevent upset stomach in people who seem to be sensitive to borax.
I have taken borax by dumping my 1/4 teaspoon in my mouth and washing it down with a couple of swallows of water without stomach problems as a test, but some people are too sensitive to borax to take a large amount so fast.
The science is there to support Dr. Flechas contention in human bones as discussed here :
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0946672X20301425?via=ihub
Here is a relevant quote from the link :
' The studies considered in this narrative review have evaluated the positive effectiveness on bone, in humans, through control of calcium, vitamin D and sex steroid hormone metabolism, considering a dietary supplementation of 3 mg/day of boron (alone or with other nutrients); this supplementation is demonstrably useful to support bone health (in order to prevent and maintain adequate bone mineral density), also considering the daily dose of 3 mg is much lower than the Upper Level indicated by EFSA in the daily dose of 10 mg. '
While the dosing they described is lower than the 17 mg, most people have a daily intake of only 1 to 1.5 mg per day from food sources.
Borax is said to be approximately 11.3% boron. So 150 mg of borax times .113 = 16.95 mg of boron or about 17 mg of boron. While that is less than Ted recommended for arthritis, it is probably sufficient to be useful in osteoporosis.
The following study adds further confirmation to the idea that boron significantly improves bone mineral density :
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11317700/
Here is a relevant quote from the link :
' A significant link was found between boron intake and bone mineral density highlighting the importance of nutritional and lifestyle factors affecting bone health. '
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