http://www.upnaway.com.au/~poliowa/Away%20with%20Arthritis.html
"ARTHRITIS IS A MINERAL DEFICIENCY - BORON IN PARTICULAR." So claims Rex Newnham PhD DO ND, in his book "Away with Arthritis" (2nd edition printed 1993). Rex, a Western Australian now resident in the UK, lived at Guildford in the early 1960's. He taught chemistry, biology, geology, soil science and agricultural botany. In 1963 Rex moved to a house in a sandy area of Perth rather than the clay soil at Guildford. He had grown his own vegetables at both places but found that in sandy soil his crops showed signs of mineral deficiencies and he developed arthritis. With his scientific background Rex looked for the cause in recent changes. As an agriculturist he knew that boron was necessary for green plants, where it helps in calcium metabolism. In pursuing this he decided to trial it on himself using borax, a boron extract. Rex took 30 mg of borax, twice a day. In 3 weeks the pain swelling and stiffness had gone. He stopped taking it . A year later the symptoms came back and disappeared quickly again on resumption of his borax dose. (older people may take longer) Over the next 10 years he told many people he met and they tried borax with similar results. In 1976 Rex had some boron tablets made up. By the early 80's he was selling 10,000 bottles a month. Rex approached a drug company marketing a common painkilling drug for arthritis. They were only concerned about loss of their own profits and ended up instigating a government law that boron be declared a poison in any concentration. This resulted in Rex being fined and made boron unavailable. Boron is toxic if taken in large quantities. Rex points out that ordinary salt is toxic as well if too much is taken but salt is not banned. Rex has since researched the effects of boron . It is well known that Carnarvon is a good place for arthritis. Many elderly people go there for a couple of months at a time to get rid of their arthritis. In 1981 Rex employed a number of school leavers to carry out a survey in Carnarvon. This showed that only 1% of the local population had arthritis. Other main Australian towns had a 20% rate of arthritis. Rex investigated further and found that it was not the climate that helped but the high boron content in water & food grown in the Gascoyne River bed. Rex researched many areas of the world looking at arthritis incidence and soil content. Israel has some of the best soil in the world and a high boron content. An independent survey in 1978-1980 at the Kaplan Hospital showed arthritis for the whole country to be less than 1%. In New Zealand a number of spas pools are recommended as being good for arthritis. They all have high boron readings. One motel at Ngawha has a collection of wheelchairs and crutches left behind by people no longer needing them when they leave. The NZ green lipped mussel extract that is claimed to relieve arthritis was originally gathered from White Island, a volcanic island with vents under the sea. The mussels absorbed boron from the sea in this way and this was the secret to their success. Mussels gathered from other areas do not have the same effect as they lack the boron. There are a number of degenerative diseases that appear to benefit from boron supplementation. -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
