Anybody use Diatomaceous Earth(food grade)?

[tony58]

I'm 71 and never heard of it until a month or so ago.According to the companys that sell it DE Earth(food Grade) it cures everything but cancer.My wife and daughter are taking 1 tablespoon a day.
Here is one co. that sells DE Earth(Silica) I have never seen so many things it cures?
More Reported Benefits Of Diatomaceous Earth:

• Silica lowers bad cholesterol and raises good
• Silica fades age spots
• Silica stimulates metabolism for higher energy levels
• Diatomaceous Earth has a negative charge and bacteria has a positive charge. It is believed that Diatomaceous Earth sweeps bacteria out of the body by trapping it in its honeycomb shaped skeletal form.
• Silica supplementation helps repair and maintain vital lung tissue and protects them from pollution. By maintaining or restoring the elasticity of lung tissue, silica reduces inflammation in bronchitis.
• It acts as a cough decreasing agent. Silica tones the upper respiratory tract (nose, pharynx, larynx) and reduces swelling because of its positive action on the lymphatic system.
• Silica supplementation keeps menopause free of stress and helps to prevent many unwanted side effects of menopause
• Silica works with other antioxidants to prevent premature aging and to preserve youthfulness.
• Silica can help prevent kidney stones and heal infections of the urinary tract. It is a natural diuretic which can increase excretion of urine by 30 percent, thus flushing the water-excreting system and restoring normal function to these vital organs.
• The presence of sufficient silica in the intestines will reduce inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can cause disinfection in the case of stomach and intestinal mucus and ulcers. Silica can prevent or clear up diarrhea and its opposite, constipation.
• Silica will help normalize hemorrhoidal tissues.
• In regulating and normalizing the bowels, silica has a pleasant side effect; it can alleviate lower back pain, which often troubles the elderly.
• Silica proves effective with female discharge, abscesses and ulcers in the genital area and cervix, as well as mastitis (especially for breast feeding mothers).
• The intake of silica acts as a supportive treatment for inflammation of the middle ear. Because of the beneficial effectiveness on the lymphatic system, silica can be used for swelling of the lymph nodes in the throat.
• Has anti-inflammatory disinfecting, absorbing and odor binding effects.
• Silica can normalize circulation and regulate high blood pressure (hypertension).
• Silica can decrease vertigo, headache, tinnitus (buzzing of the ears) and insomnia.
• Silica can help diabetes by promoting synthesis of elastase inhibitor by the pancreas.
• Silica can help arterial disease by strengthening the blood vessels. Studies confirm that with age, silica disappears from the aorta, the heart's key blood vessel, thus weakening its critical connective tissue and resulting in a greater cardiac risk.
• Silica can help prevent Tuberculosis.
• By improving the elasticity of the joints, silica helps rheumatism.
• Silica has inhibitory effects on coronary diseases.
• Silica can help avoiding or alleviating Alzheimer's disease by preventing the body from absorbing aluminum and may flush out aluminum from the tissues. Silica can stimulate the immune system.

USAGE: Most who use Diatomaceous Earth mixed with a juice or liquid say that they use one to two tablespoons daily.


If it does all this -Why did it take me 71 years to find the stuff?Any Experience with DE Earth here?

There is also a non-food grade used for flea,tick and insect control.....

[jclary]

I have used it as an insecticide. Of course, if it could do for you what it does for the insects...I suppose all the other won't matter.

[31Streetrod]

DE is also used as a filter media for swimming pools and spas.

[Son O Lark]

Why not just drink a glass of diatoms?

[wolfie]

Stuff must be made by the same folks that make Blue Star Ointment. If it wont cure it, you aint got it. Steve

[JimC]

My thought concerning stuff like this is about the same as my thought on gas additives: if it's really that good for you, wouldn't they put it in food anyway? I mean, seriously, if the health benefits of this were true, you'd think someone would be rolling it into their food. Little Debbie could put it in their snack cakes, and suddenly eating Swiss cake rolls is good for you!

Back in my days of being a semi-ethical college student, I had a housemate who was obsessed with colloidal silver. He swore that without a regular dose of it daily, his chronic stomach ulcers would return in a matter of days, leaving him miserable. The stuff he ordered looked and tasted like water with a little dye added. So one day I took one of his old bottles he had discarded, cleaned it out, and refilled it with water dyed to match his colloidal silver. I replaced my placebo bottle with his, and waited. For the two weeks that passed as he spooned the stuff out, he was just as healthy as he always was, which says a lot, because he was the sort of guy that could look at a photo of a person with a cold and catch the bug. Through my entire placebo experiment, he never had a problem.

I think a lot of these things are effective because of the placebo effect. We want them to work, and believe they do work, so when we take them, we feel like they work. If it makes you happy, go for it. Me personally, I'd rather invest in proven medicine. Like my mom the nurse says, if the FDA won't touch the stuff, it's probably not legitimate.

[tony58]

My thought concerning stuff like this is about the same as my thought on gas additives: if it's really that good for you, wouldn't they put it in food anyway? I mean, seriously, if the health benefits of this were true, you'd think someone would be rolling it into their food. Little Debbie could put it in their snack cakes, and suddenly eating Swiss cake rolls is good for you!

Back in my days of being a semi-ethical college student, I had a housemate who was obsessed with colloidal silver. He swore that without a regular dose of it daily, his chronic stomach ulcers would return in a matter of days, leaving him miserable. The stuff he ordered looked and tasted like water with a little dye added. So one day I took one of his old bottles he had discarded, cleaned it out, and refilled it with water dyed to match his colloidal silver. I replaced my placebo bottle with his, and waited. For the two weeks that passed as he spooned the stuff out, he was just as healthy as he always was, which says a lot, because he was the sort of guy that could look at a photo of a person with a cold and catch the bug. Through my entire placebo experiment, he never had a problem.

I think a lot of these things are effective because of the placebo effect. We want them to work, and believe they do work, so when we take them, we feel like they work. If it makes you happy, go for it. Me personally, I'd rather invest in proven medicine. Like my mom the nurse says, if the FDA won't touch the stuff, it's probably not legitimate.

According to the info I've read it is in the food you eat.They use this in most grain bins where they store and process foods.It keeps all the bugs and insect at bay.
Thanks,
Tony

[Corvanti]

the new "Snake Oil"!!!

having several orthopedic problems (4 back fusions, 1 "fake" hip and 1 "fake" knee"), i went on triple strength Clucosamine-Chondroitin around 12 years ago after a recommendation by a co-worker. i stopped taking it last December and have seen no change for the worse...

the problem with most of these "miracle cures" nowadays is if you do a google search, you'll find a bazillion hits on how wonderful the product is. testimonials from folks that have no apparent connection to the selling company. listen to any radio station's corporate national commercials, and you'll hear plenty of remedies for what ails you...

i'm not saying that all "herbs", etc. have no medical value. and i'm not going into whether the one herb that has been legalized or de-criminalized in some states is right or wrong. i do know if it was legal here, i'd get no work done on my cars - i'd be watching soap operas all day laughing my @$$ off, munching on Doritos - college days circa 1973.

[JimC]

According to the info I've read it is in the food you eat.They use this in most grain bins where they store and process foods.It keeps all the bugs and insect at bay.
Thanks,
Tony

I found similar information to that. In that case however, it's not being used as an additive to benefit people. It's merely a pesticide that's safe for human consumption. When I used to do maintenance, I saw all sorts of chemicals that came in "food grade" versions (409 is one example that comes directly to mind. They make these specifically so if you work in a food preparation area and the chemicals aren't wiped up entirely, it won't hurt the people who consume it. That doesn't mean you should go drinking the whole bottle or anything.

Like I said, if it were truly so beneficial, why wouldn't it be intentionally used in all foods (instead of being just a "trace contaminate" if you will)? Why wouldn't doctors prescribe it? Why wouldn't Merck or Bayer or whomever be pressing it into pills and charging $7 a bottle for the biggest thing since Advil?

It seems like every legitimate use of the stuff I can find is as a secondary agent, and not used primarily for the "healing properties" ascribed to it. In fact, my research led me to this research paper, which seems to point out a correlation between the stuff and a form of lung disease! Not to mention several people I found online who complained of constipation, and even bloody stool after starting it.

Having said all that, I wouldn't be quick to condemn the people using this. If you use it and you think it is doing good, I'm happy for that. One of my biggest character traits (flaws?) is that I'm the biggest skeptic I know. I tend to question everything, and if it doesn't add up to me, I don't personally like to jump on that bandwagon. To me, this, colloidal silver, and all the other wonder cures that have yet to gain FDA acceptance seem like placebos. It may not be the "drug" healing you, so much as your faith in the "drug". But if it works for you, it's your body, your money, your decision.

[JimC]

the problem with most of these "miracle cures" nowadays is if you do a google search, you'll find a bazillion hits on how wonderful the product is. testimonials from folks that have no apparent connection to the selling company. listen to any radio station's corporate national commercials, and you'll hear plenty of remedies for what ails you...

I've found several cases for other miracle cures (not this one, as I haven't really spent a lot of time researching it) where the people producing the stuff create hundreds of false identities to promote their products. By cross-linking, they increase their page rank in Google far enough that before long you have 20 pages of glowing reviews for a product. Personally, I would rather go by the one lonely critical review 34 pages deep than all the flowery praise for stuff like this.

[wittsend]

My step-sister, her daughter and it seems like everyone associated with that side of the family sells a herbal product that starts with a "P" and ends with a "m". Typical "cures all" product. Thirty tablets sell for about $50. I did some research and found you can buy the separate ingredients on line for a few dollars. Sellers counter that if you do that, you wouldn't be mixing them in the right "patented" proportions. Strange though, they never state to not take those specific ingredients as supplements (or to not eat foods containing them) so as to throw off the proper balance. They also have doctors vested in the company offering junk science.

It is a real shame when churches become rife with these multi-level, marketing schemes. But sadly I have seen product after product come rolling in the front doors over the years. And the sale, more often than not hinges on you being too intimidated (for one reason or another) to tell your selling family/friend, "NO!" I think the final straw for me was when someone posted on Facebook their difficulty in getting their thyroid medication adjusted properly. My niece replied back to, "throw away those meds" and start taking the product I alluded to above. Really? My mom had to take thyroid to stay alive as she had her's removed. If this poor woman had the same condition and had followed my niece's advice she would be dead!!! Deep breath, deep breath - OK, I'm done venting.

[rockne10]

Spread it on the lawn to discourage slugs; actually, it punctures their skin and causes dessication. Used it for years.

[DEEPNHOCK]

Look at the clay they use for antacids and toothpaste.
It just cost's more when they add a fancy schmancy name to it.

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[tbirdtbird]

Sounds like the next big thing after DMSO if you remember that one.
Whatever you do do not inhale the powder or dust; in that form it is really really bad for lungs and can cause silicosis (don't look that one up, it is too scary)

[sweetolbob]

Sounds like the next big thing after DMSO if you remember that one.
Whatever you do do not inhale the powder or dust; in that form it is really really bad for lungs and can cause silicosis (don't look that one up, it is too scary)

But if you do inhale the dust and powder, inhaling more of the dust and powder will clear the problem according to the original post. Kinda explains the whole concept, doesn't it.

Silica supplementation helps repair and maintain vital lung tissue and protects them from pollution. By maintaining or restoring the elasticity of lung tissue, silica reduces inflammation in bronchitis.