According to everything I read, this product not only removes what stays in the crevices of the bowel, but it also removes toxins and doesn't allow them to be reabsorbed back into the blood stream.
So long as you drink lots of water and Psylium and keep things moving, isn't this novel for detox ? It would just make sense to me.
I just ordered some and will see how it goes for me. Should have it in 2 days. The cheapest I found was from vitacost.com
Lymetwister
Posted by hoot (Member # 19281) on :
My son's doc (not llmd but treats medical issues associated with autism) recommends clay or charcoal for many of her patients.
Posted by Jasmin (Member # 19959) on :
I've been using it. I live in Utah, where Redmond clay comes from. I'm planning on getting a big bag of it soon.
Has anyone heard of diotomaceous clay? I'm not sure if I'm spelling that right, but the people who mine Redmond salt and clay also sell doitomaceous clay. It's known for use with parasites, but a local woman uses it for far more. It is high in silica...and I intend on doing a search for silica and Lyme.
Posted by dguy (Member # 8979) on :
To answer the question about why not, it's because "detox" and "toxin" are vague, amorphous terms that have no objective measurement. Conversely, if a lab could measure my "detox" number and therefore provide evidence treatment XYZ is gradually helping, I'd know and feel better that XYZ was not just a waste of time and money.
Posted by m0joey (Member # 13494) on :
you can't just ingest any type of clay. I was taking yerba prima bentonite and it ended up testing very poorly for me. I just bought the green clay from biopure that Dr. K's recommending for many autistic kids
Posted by AndrewInCA (Member # 2010) on :
I tried that green bentonite clay from biopure and surprisingly, it energetically tested poor for me.
But another type of green clay (illite) from France (brand Argiletz) tested great, and I've been using it for months. Just thought I'd mention to people that there are several types of green clay out there.
Also here is a website with a lot of info on healing clays:
I can't find the research study right now, but there are differences in what they absorb. Chlorella is better at absorbing a wider range of toxins than bentonite including neurotoxins. Bentonite primarily absorbs heavy metals. Bentonite will also absorb some of your other minerals as well. Some bentonite products are also high in aluminium.
Posted by sparkle7 (Member # 10397) on :
Diatomaceous earth is similar (if not the same) as zeolites. There's also fulvic & humic acid.
Clay is a good detoxifier but it can also absorb nutrients so it's best not to over do it or use it in rotation away from meds or supplements. Charcoal is also very good.
Being able to do medical dowsing or ART is probably very useful for sorting out which of these to use.
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FYI- from Wikipedia
Diatomaceous earth (pronounced /ˌdaɪətəˌmeɪʃəs ˈɝːθ/) -- also known as DE, TSS, diatomite, diahydro, kieselguhr, kieselgur or celite -- is a naturally occurring, soft, chalk-like sedimentary rock that is easily crumbled into a fine white to off-white powder. This powder has an abrasive feel, similar to pumice powder, and is very light, due to its high porosity. The typical chemical composition of diatomaceous earth is 86% silica, 5% sodium, 3% magnesium and 2% iron.
Diatomaceous earth consists of fossilized remains of diatoms, a type of hard-shelled algae. It is used as a filtration aid, as a mild abrasive, as a mechanical insecticide, as an absorbent for liquids, as cat litter, as an activator in blood clotting studies, and as a component of dynamite. As it is also heat-resistant, it can be used as a thermal insulator.
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Zeolites are microporous, aluminosilicate minerals commonly used as commercial adsorbents.[1] The term zeolite was originally coined in 1756 by Swedish mineralogist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, who observed that upon rapidly heating the material stilbite, it produced large amounts of steam from water that had been adsorbed by the material. Based on this, he called the material zeolite, from the Greek ζέω (zeō), meaning "boil" and λίθος (lithos), meaning "stone".[2]
As of January 2008, 175 unique zeolite frameworks have been identified, and over 40 naturally occurring zeolite frameworks are known.[3][4] Zeolites have a porous structure that can accommodate a wide variety of cations, such as Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and others. These positive ions are rather loosely held and can readily be exchanged for others in a contact solution. Some of the more common mineral zeolites are analcime, chabazite, clinoptilolite, heulandite, natrolite, phillipsite, and stilbite. An example mineral formula is: Na2Al2Si3O10-2H2O, the formula for natrolite.
Natural zeolites form where volcanic rocks and ash layers react with alkaline groundwater. Zeolites also crystallize in post-depositional environments over periods ranging from thousands to millions of years in shallow marine basins. Naturally occurring zeolites are rarely pure and are contaminated to varying degrees by other minerals, metals, quartz, or other zeolites. For this reason, naturally occurring zeolites are excluded from many important commercial applications where uniformity and purity are essential.