20mg of boron each day?

engineer

Hi everyone, I've been Peating for a little bit and there is something I just can't find any more info on.

I take boron as a way to efficiently reduce SHBG and also as a hedge against joint issues. Right now I take one 10mg capsule every day but I have seen reports of 3mg having effects and others taking 6mg and 9mg and 12mg, and almost nothing above that. So, I was wondering if there could be any benefit from bumping up my boron to 20mg/d.

For:

Looks like those using borax as the boron source are regularly taking in 20mg+ and not seeing any issues?
If the curve for boron absorption looks logarithmic (lots of benefits at first but then plateaus) then 20mg would theoretically bring me a little bit more benefits
Foods like nuts (I know I know, not Peaty) regularly contain multiple mgs but nobody's specifically eating nuts for the boron content, maybe it's not enough or the measured values are outdated?

Against:

Would use up my boron supplement faster

Peatful

@engineer

No
Don’t bump up

In fact
Why taking isolated?
Food first
And if taking a singular vitamin or mineral
You should take judiciously and therapeutically for a very limited time

Taking something in such a dose -unnaturally -sets you up to throw yourself out of balance

engineer

@Peatful I don't take boron alone, I combine it with all my other vitamins and I HAVE to take all of them with food or else I have mad stomach issues (speaking from experience).

sunsunsun

pretty sure raisins are a good way to get a lot of boron

sunsunsun