Re: boron toxicity
Other stuff I discovered in those early days was that everyone is deficient of minerals like Magnesium, Iodine, Borax and Vitamiin C etc. And there is way too much fortified Calcium in processed foods which acidifies your cells. It's interesting that when Dr Abraham -- from the Iodine Project -- did an experiment and tested 500 American people randomly with his iodine loading test he found that 97% of them were seriously iodine deficient. Additionally, because of bad processed foods, drugs, toxins etc that we constantly eat and drink, other antioxdants like Glutathione and SOD -- essential and protective body antioxidants -- are also sadly lacking in our bodies which is why I think our bodies age or "rot" so quickly. Part of the cause of this problem is the ridiculously low redommended RDA doses given for these nutient substances by agencies like the FDA.
I also had heart arrythmia and serious insomnia problems as well as bad leg cramps at night. Magnesium Chloride(Mag Oil) and Iodine -- in higher doses -- got rid of all those problems very quickly.
I always take minerals and vitamins now in my own larger amounts which has done me well. I've found it easiest to take mineral water of my own making -- consisting of borax, sodium bicarbonate(alkalizing), magnesium sulphate or chloride, lugol's iodine and fulvic acid drops(minerals baseline) in my drinking water. This, I think, gives me more or less the full spectrum of minerals that I need every day in an easier and more natural form to take than tablets and also seems to provide strong, protective antiobiotic action.
I also take 8 - 10 drops of 10% Sodium Thiosulfate in a glass of water a few times a week which continually detoxes and clears my system of heavy metals, chlorine, arsenic and cyanide. The iodine also helps to clear out lead, mercury, aluminium and cadmium as well. You can by 10% ST from any aquatics shop -- used for removing chlorine from fishtanks. They also use Sodium Thiosulfate -- in much larger amounts -- in medicine as an IV flush after you've had chemo for cancer to help clear out the heavy metals. I just use !0% ST as a gentle, constant detox, as a defence against any processed food I might eat. No side-effects at all. Eating raw cilantro in salads and drinking green tea will also help detox heavy metals from the body.