Diatomaceous Earth

[wahmof9]

Thank you!

[bkworm8it]

1. Detox
2. Kill Parasite
3. Supplement our body's silica needs (silica is a building material for our cells - hair, skin, nails, bones)

Read this http://www.alivingearth.com/DE-for-Human-Use

Also some of us have noticed our knees don't burn anymore when taking DE It's so nice to weak up without my knees aching/burning.

[Ollie]

I am cautiously optimistic that is helping to lower my blood pressure! I am on two BP meds and the best they do for me is keep my pressure just around normal (120/80). I checked it twice this week: 6/28 it was 112/74 (on Walmarts machine) and on 7/1 it was 107/64 on Kmarts machine. As soon as I got home from Kmart I checked it again on my bp cuff and it was right around the 107/64! I am super excited about that. My regular check up will be in a couple months so we shall see. At that time they will run blood work because my last check up showed that my cholesterol was getting borderline high. I am hoping with the combination of cleaning up my diet and the consumption of DE that my cholesterol will have improved. I'm pretty sure my hair is growing a bit faster but the roots are still gray. (I have been consistently taking it for about 4 - 5 weeks, before that I was taking it inconsistently for about 2 months.)

[Nelie]

I told a friend here in SA about DE, she went and bought 50#'s and now there is small DE craze going on in Texas! Lol Now I have someone to buy DE from.

Nancy

[Callicrowe]

A DE craze... love it! When I was at my last doctor's appointment I mentioned to her that I had added another supplement. I was already to explain what DE was, but lo and behold, she takes it, too. That kinda surprised me, but I guess it shouldn't in a holistic clinic.

[ayj67]

A DE craze... love it! When I was at my last doctor's appointment I mentioned to her that I had added another supplement. I was already to explain what DE was, but lo and behold, she takes it, too. That kinda surprised me, but I guess it shouldn't in a holistic clinic.

Yup Peggy, if she does not research or try, she is not a good holistic care provider.

[Miss Understood]

Hi. Ayj recommended DE for my bad hip and shoulders. Ingesting it is a foreign concept to me! Sounds scary, basically eating sand, which is also silica. I checked with my husband and he says we still have some DE that we bought back in 1999 when we were doing a food storage program pre-Y2K. I don't imagine it can "go bad" since it is already ancient sea bed material, right? And I assume what we have has to be Food Grade since we bought it to mix with wheat and other grains to prevent any bugs that might hatch while in long term storage. I think I may hold off trying it for a few weeks since I just got Teresa's Fibertox, alfalfa, and Immune Boost. It might be best to introduce those and see what they do for me prior to experimenting with anything else new at the same time. Anyway, do you think it would be OK to use the DE we have on hand? Or is there any reason I need to buy a new supply?

[ayj67]

Kay,

If it was food grade, it is creamy white, it is probably safe. Do you still have the packaging or the name of the retailer. Normally, no matter where we get it, it is Perma Guard.

If your DE is dark brown or black, harsh and coarse, do not eat it.

It is up to you to decide when to try it, but just make sure you add in slow and drink a lot of water. DE detox too, if you had a lot of pharma drugs, a lot of toxic built up, you might have a hard detox session. So, very little DE and start slow, a lot of water, and a lot of water.

[Miss Understood]

Beauteous! Just went to get the bag and it is marked: Perma-Guard Grain or Seed Storage Insecticide D-10. (refined from a fresh water diotomaceous Earth of a particular variety, and has a very high level of purity. It is a very fine, white, powdery substance.

I haven't taken anything stronger than Aleve or Tylenol in as long as I can remember. Hopefully there shouldn't be much in my system to detox. We use coconut oil which also has some detoxifying properties. Our diet is free of most anything resembling chemicals and preservatives with the exception of nitrates in bacon and the occassional piece of ham.

[photolady]

I have been taking DE for about 3 months now, 1 heaping tablespoon, morning and afternoon. The benefits I'm getting are more energy, nails do grow faster-but still brittle, skin is smoother, hemorrhoids are gone (sorry if TMI) and more regular. Knee pain is a lot less. I've been a little less faithful the past couple of weeks and see the biggest difference in energy level. My hair has always been curly, but seems to hold curl less lately, but that may be hormonal too. Having some other problems that need to be taken care of. DH said the DE made his joints hurt more, excruciatingly so that he stopped drinking the DE, but uses it as a mask on his face - skin looks much better, he has large pores, oily skin and had darkened skin around his eyes, that has improved A LOT! I use it for a mask as well, I tend towards dry skin, so only mask a couple of days a week and it makes my skin feel tight - wish it would do something for the eye bags though. Overall, I love DE!