surfsteve wrote:wildrose wrote:So, while boron might seem to be a miracle cure when administered to someone with a boron deficiency, it would do nothing to help a person not suffering from such a deficiency (and the symptoms of boron deficiency are not uniquely caused by a deficiency in boron). It is unlikely that many people would benefit from the use of boron supplements, but it is something worth considering and something that should be easily detected with a blood test.
LINK:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-boron-deficiency.htm
Are you being funny? You just proved that classic arthritis symptoms equal boron deficiency. If you had done your homework you would have also discovered that all of the sources of boron you quoted have been drastically depleted by the use of modern fertilizers and farming practices and that many vegetables contain as little as 1/20th of the boron they contained just a few generations ago. Sure, if you can find a doctor that you can afford and trust you could get tested for boron deficiency. You could also do your homework and read up about it and maybe even take a pinch of 20 Mule Team Borax in a glass of water and see if it does anything.
I don't mean to be rude, but reading through your reply to my post and your reply to MrFish, it would seem that you must be drunk or under the influence of some mind altering drug, because your replies seem to come out of left field. I won't address the errors you make in your reply to MrFish, but in the reply to my post, you commit one of the most basic logical fallacies. It's known as affirming the consequent. Here's an example just so you can see how it works:
Argument: If it rains, the ground gets wet. The ground is wet, therefore it rained.
Problem: There are other ways by which the ground could get wet (e.g. someone spilled water).
Your argument seems to go like this:
Argument: If one has a boron deficiency, then one will have arthritis. Someone has arthritis, therefore that person has a boron deficiency.
The problem is that there are other causes of arthritis. As for your comments regarding depletion of boron in the soil, that is common knowledge and it is a problem with all minerals, not just boron. Other minerals relevant to arthritis include calcium, magnesium, sulfur, copper, zinc, manganese, and selenium. Also several vitamins are correlated with arthritis and so a deficiency of any of them could contribute to the development of arthritis. And then there's genetics....