Boron And Its Importance For The Immune System
Boron is a mineral that must be obtained from food as it cannot be produced in the body.
Supplementing boron has been shown to reduce levels of inflammation by 30-50% (depending on which type of blood test you’re looking at) (1). Studies show those who have higher baseline levels of inflammation are at increased risk of infection (2) and are more likely to be hospitalized once they are infected (3). Aside from infection outcomes and immunity, chronic inflammation can lead to diseases such as “allergies, atherosclerosis, cancer, neurodegenerative or autoimmune diseases” (4).
Boron has also been shown to improve wound healing (5). Wound healing is carried out by the immune system (6), so in a way, this further supports the idea that boron has the ability to improve the immune system.
Boron also has this very fascinating ability to reduce the breakdown of vitamin D (7). This effect can be so pronounced that even during the transition from autumn to winter vitamin D levels went up by 20% (7). This is a time when vitamin D levels should be decreasing. We already covered the importance of vitamin D for health and the immune system in previous articles (part 1, part 2). As mentioned in those articles there can a 2.9-fold variation in people’s responsiveness to the same dose of vitamin D. Part of the reason for this may be varying boron intakes. By ensuring we get a little bit of boron every day, we are helping our body make sure the levels of vitamin D are optimal for healthy immune function.
In rats, boron has also been shown to raise levels of antioxidant enzymes (8). Antioxidant enzymes play an important part in the functions of the immune system, including the killing of microbes (which includes bacteria and viruses) (9). As we mention in our other pages, magnesium, copper, zinc and selenium have all been shown to be important for our antioxidant enzymes.
Although the world health organisation has noted that levels of intake between 1-13mg are deemed acceptable (10), a comparison of clinical studies showed that the lowest dose of 1.5mg of boron yielded the best reductions in levels of an inflammatory marker called CRP, which reflects the levels of inflammation in the body (11). This is why we use 1.5mg of boron in our ThinkPharm Formula.
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