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At the risk of sounding like a raging self-promoter, I posted on boron recently.

I'm not jabbed, not a doctor, but have doctored the family for the last fifteen years and've been using boron for about seven years or more. (It's not toxic as commonly promoted.)

In research for the post, regulation of mRNA came up over and over again. I was going to make a feature of it but couldn't afford the time to study it specifically because boron is so valuable to so many other areas as well. I might do it in the future but getting folks to realise it's not poison seemed the most important aspect.

It has worked on me and even my teenager is balanced hormonally - it does so much, quite extraordinary- but it's considered poison by the pharmaceutical companies (which is as good as saying it's gold really, haha).

So anyway, I did a search for boron and neutrophils just now; I already know it strengthens cell walls and is a semi-conductor, relevant to blood, bones and brain. If nothing else it'll clear your head to help with further research.

(I wonder if you were the one asking about osteoporosis and arthritis? It's in the recent boron post).

Anyway below are notes from the just looked-up study on boron and neutrophils, RNA etc.:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2156587211407638

Neutrophil dog-whistle to start:

-Activation of neutrophils and phagocytes during the inflammation process results in the production of reactive oxygen species [...] that are used for microbicidal purposes. Excess reactive oxygen species are destroyed in reactions involving glutathione, superoxide dismutase, and catalase.

Evidence exists indicating that boron status can affect the destruction of reactive oxygen species. Boron supplementation (3.0 mg/d) significantly increased erythrocyte superoxide dismutase concentration in boron-deprived (0.25 mg/d) men and women.59 Low doses (eg, 5 mg/L) of boron were found to support antioxidant enzyme activities, including superoxide dismutase and catalase, in human blood cultures.

-How they think it might work...

This property results in boron as boric acid forming complexes with several biologically important sugars, including ribose. The fact that borate can stabilize ribose has given support to the speculation that early life on Earth was one in which RNA was the only genetically encoded component of biological catalysts.75 Without boron, RNA would have been unlikely to form spontaneously in prebiotic conditions because its ribose component would have decomposed under the harsh conditions of early Earth.

And from the end of the study:

-The evidence that boron is a bioactive beneficial trace element is substantial. The evidence has come from numerous laboratories that have used a variety of experimental models, including humans. Boron apparently has diverse effects through influencing a cell signalling system or the formation and/or activity of an entity involved in many biochemical processes. Findings have shown that boron is needed to complete the life cycle of some higher animals; in nutritional amounts, it promotes bone health, brain function, and the immune or inflammatory response; alleviates or decreases the risk for arthritis; facilitates the action or utilization of several hormones; and is associated with decreased risk for some cancers. This suggests that boron intakes above 1 mg/d could help people “live longer and better.”

For the record our family takes about 3mg-8mg per day.

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Mz's avatar

Hey Damon, it would seem that you and I are on somewhat of a parallel journey, with somewhat of the same intent, and somewhat of the same grasp (or lack of) of the subject matter at hand. It's a steep learning curve, eh. But someone's gotta do it. Kudos to you for getting the message out there.

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