Posted by avid abulia on June 16, 2003, at 15:07:19
In reply to Re: vitamin and mineral supplement for mad pigs » avid abulia, posted by Larry Hoover on June 16, 2003, at 7:29:00
> > > Hmmm....Maybe boron is the special ingredient.
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> > > Lar
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> > i`ve also heard a lot about boron and neurones/hpla axis function as well. i have been trying to get ahold of a source higher in boron than my current 3mg per day calcium/magnesium supplement. i`ve heard that 7-9mg per day is the safe upper-limit.
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> Actually, the UL is set at 20 mg, but the scientific evidence is that level is probably about 1/1000 of the observable adverse effects level.
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> There is no currently accepted "essential intake" level for boron, so they fudged all the various bits of info they had, and built in major UFs (uncertainty factors). It's actually a bit comical how they played with the numbers (I just read the whole thing last night).
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> Larinteresting... i can`t recall my source that said 9mg was the safe UL, but if you can remember your source, i would like to read that as well.
~AA
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