Supplements / Exploratory
Silicon (Silica)
Best for: Healthy aging
Silicon (Silica) is rated traditional use (tier D on our evidence scale). 5–20 mg ch-OSA daily. Morning.
Sources last reviewed
When and how to take Silicon (Silica)
- Dose
- 5–20 mg ch-OSA daily.
- Timing
- Morning.
- Review
- Reassess after 12 weeks.
- Forms
- ch-osa, orthosilicic acid
What Silicon (Silica) is used for
- Small trials suggest hair and nail strength benefits.
- Evidence is preliminary; effect sizes are small.
What to look for when buying Silicon (Silica)
- Preferred third-party verification: Third-party tested (COA).
- Common contamination risks: Mislabeling / identity.
- Form: Choline-stabilized orthosilicic acid (ch-OSA) has the most evidence.
Where to get it
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Your experience
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We frame these as personal experience, not medical claims. Self-reported subjective outcomes are influenced by placebo, regression to the mean, and parallel lifestyle changes. We’ll never present ratings as equivalent to RCT evidence.
Research sources for Silicon (Silica)
- Silicon for bone, hair and nails: review (reviewed 2026-04-30)
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