Three to four tablespoons of oats or barley are enough to satisfy your daily requirement for silicic acid – this was what many food experts recommended until recently. Today’s reality, however, looks quite different: Plants frequently do not take up enough silicic acid from the soil because it is depleted or had a low silicic acid content in the first place, for example calciferous soil.
Des expériences in vitro faites sur l'Escherichia coli ont montré que l'acide silicique dans la concentration telle que présente dans le produit silicea Gel gastro-intestinal a une absorption virtuelle de 100% des bactéries et de leurs toxines.