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SILICA: Bamboo or Horsetail?

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...does it matter which one? is one better than the other? if so, which?
and what exact differences have you noticed with taking Silica?
 
Silica helps strengthen and add shine to hair. Silica also helps support all the connective tissues in your body. Bamboo offers a higher and more consistent dose of silica vs horsetail.
 
Thanx GF...I have the horsetail,Im gonna buy the Bamboo now that u have educated me:)
gymfreak336 said:
Silica helps strengthen and add shine to hair. Silica also helps support all the connective tissues in your body. Bamboo offers a higher and more consistent dose of silica vs horsetail.
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I have the horsetail too, but had told myself to try and find the bamboo next.... since i understand that this is far better.
 
Hey, patiencevirtue! :wave:

The lady in the vitamin area at Whole Foods told me that BioSil is the most effective way to get silica in your system; apparently, it is better asborbed than horsetail and more effective.

I haven't seen a whole lot difference that I can pinpoint, since I take a big "cocktail" of vits, but my hair is much shinier and strong, and is growing faster, but that could be from the BT; I am a little less than a week from being 4 weeks post and have some serious ng!

Here's the link; it runs about $26.99 at Whole Foods, but they had it on sale at the Vitamin Shoppe a few weeks ago for $21.99. It is a liquid, and the bottle holds a 3-month supply; you can take it with water like a shot, but the lady says it tastes pretty nasty; I got some empty pill capsules and drop six drops (that is the daily serving) in and take that way.

http://www.jarrow.com/biosil/

HTH!
 
An herbalist told me that bamboo contains more silica than the same quantity of horsetail (bamboo gives pandas that shiny coat of fur).


 
well i had no problems wit taking Silica vs horsetail..with horsetail my skin would feel as if it was crawling and itching alot...something is in it tht im allergic to...so i avoid anything with horsetail in it tht i have to take...silica i had no problems with..but i didnt take it long enough to see any improvements though...
 
I use/used Bamboo Silicia but have recently cut back on them because my hair texture was changing too much. I couldn't really tell how much ng I had and my ng was too:confused: ...I can't really explain it other than I want my ng to have a little wave to it but I don't want it to be completely gone:) besides my viviscal contains silica and I'm not happy with my hair texture. I do take bamboo every other day though. Overall, they are very good supplements:)
 
I've been taking bamboo silica in liquid form for about a month or so. I did it mostly for the skin and cell benefits. I haven't noticed a huge change in my hair since I'm in the hide you hair challenge, but my skin has really cleared up, and I'm not getting the amount of breakouts I used to. Especially my body skin has a nice glow to it, even when I haven't lotioned.
I can attest that the liquid form is not that bad. At least not the one I have. I take it in the morning when I wake up and it has a second of bad taste and then it's gone. It kinda tastes like if you ever ate a plastic bag or somethign when you were little or like metal(does that makes me sound weird?) :perplexedIt's like little strong but it doesn't last long, and I don't need to take anything to get rid of the taste. I only take about a dessert spoon a day, but the woman who sold it to me said to take two spoon fulls a day, but I always forget to before bed.
 
I have been taking the Horsetail for almost 6 months but when this final bottle runs out, I won't buy anymore.

I now take the Bamboo which is a much higher concentration and I'm going to stick with that. Been taking it for almost 2 months and I just got another 6 month supply.
 
I started taking Bamboo Silica almost 2 months ago. The differences that I have noticed so far are clearer skin, less-kinky new growth, and almost non-existent menstrual cramps. I've been trying to stretch my relaxers for longer than 10 weeks, and I think I will actually make it to 12 weeks this time. This stuff is a keeper for me.

I've never tried the horsetail.
 
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I have been taking Solaray bamboo. Before that I was taking Horsetail from GNC (Nature's Fingerprint).
 
What brand is your liquid bamboo silica? Do you order it online?
tia
bLackButtaFly said:
I've been taking bamboo silica in liquid form for about a month or so. I did it mostly for the skin and cell benefits. I haven't noticed a huge change in my hair since I'm in the hide you hair challenge, but my skin has really cleared up, and I'm not getting the amount of breakouts I used to. Especially my body skin has a nice glow to it, even when I haven't lotioned.
I can attest that the liquid form is not that bad. At least not the one I have. I take it in the morning when I wake up and it has a second of bad taste and then it's gone. It kinda tastes like if you ever ate a plastic bag or somethign when you were little or like metal(does that makes me sound weird?) :perplexedIt's like little strong but it doesn't last long, and I don't need to take anything to get rid of the taste. I only take about a dessert spoon a day, but the woman who sold it to me said to take two spoon fulls a day, but I always forget to before bed.
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I currently take SOLARAY Bamboo and I have been taking it for about a month. My hair has become more manageable the last few times I have washed it and my skin and nails have improved. I plan to order a 3 month supply as soon as vitaminshoppe.com gets some more in. Right now they are back ordered :ohwell:

Apparently from other threads that I have read Bamboo contains more Silica than horsetail.
 
taraglam2 said:
I currently take SOLARAY Bamboo and I have been taking it for about a month. My hair has become more manageable the last few times I have washed it and my skin and nails have improved. I plan to order a 3 month supply as soon as vitaminshoppe.com gets some more in. Right now they are back ordered :ohwell:

Apparently from other threads that I have read Bamboo contains more Silica than horsetail.
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thanks taraglam for posting which one you take. Just to make sure is this the one you take:
http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/store/en/browse/sku_detail.jsp?id=SO-2013

thanks in advance,
tishee
 
tishee said:
thanks sweetie! I ordered 3 bottles from luckyvitamin.com


thanks again
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I think I am going to go ahead and order from luckyvitamin as well. I actually called luckyvitamin last week to make sure they had it in stock and he said they did. I am just so loyal to vitaminshoppe but luckyvitamin here I come !
 
taraglam2 said:
I think I am going to go ahead and order from luckyvitamin as well. I actually called luckyvitamin last week to make sure they had it in stock and he said they did. I am just so loyal to vitaminshoppe but luckyvitamin here I come !
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Just want to let you know that it take about 20day for a package to come in from Lucky.
 
NATBTY said:
Just want to let you know that it take about 20day for a package to come in from Lucky.
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OH MY GOODNESS! No wonder their prices or low...they are taking forever and a day ! I will stick with vitaminshoppe from now on. There was another online vendor that I had tried and their prices were low but they took like 10 to 15 days---on some orders longer than that and I dropped them with a quickness after I got my 8 bars of Sul-Ray Acne Soap. Staying loyal to vitaminshoppe from now on --- even with the backordered stuff. Vitaminshoppe I will not cheat on you anymore :lol:
 
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