In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> Study finds beer is good for your bones: Light-colored ales most effective
> against osteoporosis
>
> BY Rosemary Black
> DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
>
> Tuesday, February 9th 2010, 12:58 PM

> <http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle...09_study_finds
> _beer_is_good_for_your_bones_lightcolored_ales_mos t_effective_against.html>

Color me skeptical. Silicon is not exactly scarce. Most dirt and rocks
are made out of silicon dioxide. Silicon is a nutrient mostly for
plants and lower animals, like diatoms:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon

A Google search on "silicon nutrient" turns up references mostly to
plants (as in growing plants, not eating them), with references to
humans from the "health nut" people.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA