Silicon is essential to human health as well, and is the most abundant mineral in the human body. Silicon deposits can be found in the kidneys, liver and lungs as well as in bones, nails, teeth, tendons and arteries. Silicon helps maintain the proper balance between magnesium and calcium, and helps your body absorb the calcium that leads to strong and healthy bones.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, without supplements many of us don\u2019t get enough silicon in our daily diets. Commercial fruits and vegetables that look good on the grocery store shelves often lack essential nutrients and minerals that contribute to optimal health. That\u2019s why more and more home gardeners, organic farmers and natural growers use Cascade Minerals. Our Remineralizing Soil Booster puts soluble silicon into the soil where it can be absorbed by plants that grow strong and healthy to produce nutrient-rich food for humans.<\/p>\n

This is an updated version of a blog post originally published in August 2013 and is the first in a multi-part series by Cascade Minerals on silicon\u2019s benefits on the health of soil, plants and people.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cascade Minerals Remineralizing Soil Booster is derived from finely milled volcanic basalt and nothing more. With no synthetic chemicals or man-made additives, our rock dust is approved for use in organic production. Yet we\u2019ve noticed puzzled expressions when people see silicon dioxide (SiO2) listed as an ingredient. \u201cHey, isn\u2019t this supposed to be an all-natural… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[4,16,5,15],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/si02_3.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YalT-ct","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2014,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions\/2014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascademinerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}