? Does anyone use silica supplement?

[Lilian]

Hello,
I'm wondering if anyone has used or is using silica supplement for their diabetic cat? Some research say it is beneficial. And how do you feed it to your cat? It is said that it should be added to drinking water, but I have 2 cats and 4 drinking places. Pet shop's assistant advised to add it to food.
Thank you in advance

 

[Larry and Kitties]

I never heard of it before. Can you provide some links?

 

[Lilian]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2559826

 

[Lilian]

http://to-reverse-diabetes.blogspot.com.ee/2007/12/there-is-no-life-without-silica.html?m=1

 

[Critter Mom]

http://to-reverse-diabetes.blogspot.com.ee/2007/12/there-is-no-life-without-silica.html?m=1

From the above article:

As more and more research is done, they are finding out more and more that silica is turned into calcium, and is called by many scientists as a precursor to calcium.

[Emphasis mine]

Some trick, considering silica is silicon dioxide ...

I'd take anything in that particular article with a rather large pinch of salt.


Mogs
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[Tuxedo Mom]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2559826

That study used an injectable form of silica to help with induced diabetes. I would be very leery about giving this to a kitty without some current studies that oral silica can be beneficial with cats.

There are also websites that debunk silica:

http://healthwyze.org/reports/231-silica-supplements-just-another-fraud

More research on this would be my opinion

 

[Larry and Kitties]

Based on the links provided I see nothing that supports that oral silica (sand) helps diabetes