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Diatomaceous Earth, food grade powder.
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Date: March 25, 2012 10:30PM I'm thinking about supplementing with this, what do you think?
[www.morethanalive.com] Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/25/2012 10:30PM by coco. Re: Diatomaceous Earth, food grade powder.
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phantom
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Date: March 26, 2012 07:27AM Diatomaceous earth is a wonderful way to pull radionuclides from the body, internally, I try to remember to have a big swig of bentonite from time to time...
But if you are more interested in silica, you can always forage for wild horsetails (best served steamed lightly). They are apparently best to pick when young and resembling asparagus... but that's one of the highest wild sources of silica.  Re: Diatomaceous Earth, food grade powder.
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Anonymous User
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Date: March 26, 2012 02:10PM Bentonite is clay... DE is something else, no?
I do like to harvest wild edibles but they are available for limited time yearly. Re: Diatomaceous Earth, food grade powder.
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vermontnl
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Date: March 27, 2012 12:04AM DE is fossilized diatoms, shelled creatures that lived along time ago. Re: Diatomaceous Earth, food grade powder.
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powerlifer
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Date: March 27, 2012 08:27AM Horsetail i don't recommend as it does contain nicotine which is vaso-constrictive.
DE is a great way to supplement Silica, i had very good effects on my hair, skin and nails. Also an effective intestinal parasite cleanse. [www.amlaberry.co.uk] Re: Diatomaceous Earth, food grade powder.
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eaglefly
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Date: April 01, 2012 06:54PM Oh gosh,I remember putting this stuff in our pool filter yrs ago.
Can it be consumed?? Re: Diatomaceous Earth, food grade powder.
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Anonymous User
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Date: April 01, 2012 07:26PM Not the sort you would use in a pool as that isn't food grade .Re: Diatomaceous Earth, food grade powder.
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ivac
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Date: April 01, 2012 08:43PM I visualize DE as very small, sharp pieces, so I feel like it could cut your insides, and I don't want to ingest or breathe it. I have a mental block against it.
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powerlifer
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Date: April 01, 2012 09:23PM It has to be food grade DE if you are to consume it.
DE is actually very good for healing the stomach lining due to the silica content and is not irritating at all. But yes you do not want to breathe or inhale diatomaceous earth. [www.amlaberry.co.uk] Re: Diatomaceous Earth, food grade powder.
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Anonymous User
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Date: April 01, 2012 09:31PM As I understand it, the particles are microscopically edged, is that not so? They would be harmful to inhale but not to ingest. I'd think crunchy toasted bread would be scratchier by far.
Did you know that you're supposed to take care not to inhale any of that mineral makeup that's so popular now? It certainly doesn't come with any warnings to that effect but it can be very damaging to the lungs. Think about it, it's powdered minerals of all sorts. Not very respiratory system friendly, that. Re: Diatomaceous Earth, food grade powder.
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Tamukha
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Date: April 01, 2012 10:15PM coco,
That mineral makeup--I use a safer one than the infomercial stuff, and I worry that the few times I have released whisps of it into the air and then taken a breath will result in a Black Lung diagnosis in twenty years! Hypochondriac, me
powerlifer, At the risk of arousing anti supplement ire: couldn't one just take a silica supplement instead of ingesting ground up clam shells? Re: Diatomaceous Earth, food grade powder.
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Anonymous User
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Date: April 01, 2012 10:20PM Hmm... do you suppose that this would be considered technically non-vegan even though they are fossilized clam shells (I assume this makes them as close to rocks as actual rocks...)? Re: Diatomaceous Earth, food grade powder.
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powerlifer
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Date: April 01, 2012 10:29PM Tamukha Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > powerlifer, > > At the risk of arousing anti supplement ire: > couldn't one just take a silica supplement instead > of ingesting ground up clam shells? What silica supplement are you thinking of Tamukha ?, the majority of silica supplements on the market are just horsetail extracts, horsetail contains nicotine which is vaso-constrictive. In general silica is very poorly absorbed you are better taking it over the day rather than all at once, which is why i DE is a preferred choice. Also that it is cheap. [www.amlaberry.co.uk] Re: Diatomaceous Earth, food grade powder.
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Tamukha
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Date: April 02, 2012 02:57AM powerlifer,
I'm don't really need silica myself, right now, but was asking to just learn more about it in general. This is my answer, I guess:
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