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This Cancer Fighter Isn’t Even on their Radar Screen
If you’re a man in this country, you’ve probably heard a lot about skyrocketing rates of prostate cancer. With good reason: it’s the second leading cause of cancer death in American men.
Today I’ll tell you about a little-known weapon in the battle against this man killer. It’s a basic, plentiful mineral, but few doctors know much about it — or its health benefits. It’s called boron.
Boron is one of nutritional science’s ugly stepchildren. It’s a “trace element,” meaning it’s toxic in high doses, but vital to health in small amounts. It’s also toxic to animals and insects, which is why it’s still used as a commercial pesticide in the form of boric acid.
That’s one reason people don’t know about boron. Another is that researchers didn’t even recognize its role as an essential nutrient until the late 1980s. They stumbled on it by chance while conducting animal studies.
