Next to Bioflavonoids, silicon helps in keeping blood vessel walls healthy, and it has been found that silicon concentrations of the thymus, skin, aorta and other arterial vessels decrease with increasing age and with the onset of atherosclerosis, which is reversible to some extent with oral or intravenous doses of silicon. Silica promotes the union of bone after a fracture, in contrast to calcium, which can actually slow the healing process or interfere with it altogether when calcium levels are on the high side. In contrast to nutritional forms of silicon, Silicone products with an e at the end are manufactured siloxane polymers... Full Text