In a message dated 6/16/2010 10:34:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
bbane...@earthlink.net writes:
Almost all recommendations are for 1 tablespoon per day, not 2.
Bob
This,- on the post from Garnet who spoke personally to Dr. Knight--- Dr.
Knight recommends " A teaspoon a day for two years is better than a cup a
day for two months.
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I just talked to Dr Galen Knight who conducted the original research on
DE as a metal detox. He also did the lab analysis that appears on Earth
Works Health site.
His opinion is that the Silica from DE is not absorbed, does not show up
in hair analysis and that the health claims made as to it being a good
source of Si are not valid.
He is very into toxic metals. Here is an excellent article that explains
a great deal about DE as a metal detox agent. And sources of metals
contamination.
_http://www.westonaprice.org/environmental-toxins/1447-mad-as-a-hatter.html_
(http://www.westonaprice.org/environmental-toxins/1447-mad-as-a-hatter.html)
IF any silica is absorbed from DE it is very, very little and it would not
be likely to be in a bioavailable form since silicon dioxide is a very
stable form of silicon, essentially it is sand. So chances are that
Better to increase dietary sources as mentioned in my previous post.
Si is in onions, leafy greens, herbs like horse tail, oat straw and nettles
are particularly high in Si.
I enjoyed talking to Dr Knight about some of his other research into an
immune factor Vitalethiene that he discovered as a grad student. He has
continued his investigations into the importance of this substance in
cancer
and other degenerative conditions and how it is impacted by metal toxicity.
Hence his interest in DE as a metal detoxing agent. He does caution users
of DE to go slow and plan on taking it for a long time rather than using
a lot
of DE to detox quickly due to the risk of drawing large amounts of metals
into the circulation and reexposing your organs and tissues. A teaspoon a
day for two years is better than a cup a day for two months.
Dr Knight's research website:
_http://www.vitaletherapeutics.org/_ (http://www.vitaletherapeutics.org/)
