Questions about Redmond Clay
What is clay?
Clay is a natural earthly material, which becomes plastic when wet. Basically, clay is a large family of minerals. Within this family, there sub families, one of which is montmorillonite. In the montmorillonite famiy, there are sub families, one of which is bentonite. In the bentonite, family, there is sodium bentonite and clasum bentonite, each having different properties. According to geologists sodium bentonite is volcanic ash that fell in seawater; calcium bentonite is volcanic ash, which fell in fresh water. Even in the sodium bentonites, there are differences in properties and qualities.
Bentonite, a volcanic ash, is pure natural—a product of Mother Nature.
“Bentonite is one of the volcanic ashes. It is not a drug or chemical composition made in a laboratory. It is a product of Mother Earth. Bentonite in ages past was blown into the sky by volcanic action, which sifted down to help impregnate the soil with its 25 to 35 trace minerals. Bentonite, under a high-power microscope, is seen as extremely minute rectangular particles, similar in shape to a business card. When hydrated, it generates and maintains a very strong electromagnetic field, which allows it to attract and hold unwanted, non-nutritive substances such as pesticides and other toxins so that they can be eliminated from the body.”
What does the clay do for my body?
Clay naturally rids the body of toxins, helping eliminate food allergies, food poisoning, mucus colitis, spastic colitis, viral infections, such as stomach flu, and parasites (parasites are unable to reproduce in the presence of clay).
The negatively charge clay attracts positively charged particles (toxins). By in large, most toxic poisons are positively charged. These toxins are irresistibly drawn towards the clay. The very minuteness of the particles of Bentonite gives a large surface area in proportion to the volume used, thus enabling it to pick up many times its weight in positively charged particles. One gram of the product has a surface of 800 square meters. The greater the surface area the greater its power to pick up positively charged particles.
Will the aluminum in the clay hurt me?
The aluminum in the sodium bentonite cannot be absorbed by the body. Both the negative charged bentonite and negative charge cells of the stomach repel each other like polar opposites. This stops bentonite from entering our bodies.
How does the clay work?
Bentonite has many attributes that contribute to its absorbing power. Our analysis shows that it contains a many minerals. Secondly, bentonite has a negative electrical charge, attracting positively-charged toxins. In addition, the formation of bentonite resembles tiny business card shapes with the wide surfaces having a negative charge and the edges having a positive charge, providing for a powerful pulling effect. Benetonite clay also is able to pull toxins many times over its own weight.
According to the Canadian Journal of Microbiology (31 [1985], 50-53), bentonite can absorb pathogenic viruses, aflatoxin (a mold), and pesticides and herbicides including Paraquat and Roundup. The clay is eventually eliminated from the body with the toxins bound to its multiple surfaces.
Bentonite has unusual attributes when combined with water. The electrical and molecular formation of clay quickly takes a different form. This produces a powerful electric charge that has the ability to absorb toxic elements from the intestinal tract or other poisons into its core, and stores it.
Basically, when the clay gets wet it swells similar to a sponge and draws toxins into its center. Once the the electric charge has pulled the toxins, the are never released.
What are the historical uses of clay?
Bentonite Mineral Clay (Montmorillonite) comes from the city of Montmorillon France. However, the use of clay for medicinal purposes has been around for generations. Common to Greeks and Romans, clay healed fractures, and the famous Greek doctor Dioscoride noted its “extraordinary strength” for healing. While Native Americans referred to it as “Ee-Wah-Kee” meaning “The-Mud-That-Heals”. It was also known that Tribes in Africa used clay as a purgative and for diarrhea relief. Dr. Weston A. Price, well known dentist in the ‘30s, found that natives’ knapsacks contained food smothered in a ball shape with clay. This helped prevent what was called “sick stomach”.
Somewhere in the 1800s’ clay became known in Europe as a healing agent. In fact, During World War II, Russian and French soldiers partook mandatory rations of clay to avoid wide spread diarrhea reaping havoc on nearby troops.
“Studies show that the use of volcanic ash internally goes back to the Indians of the high Andes mountains, tribes in Central Africa and the aborigines of Australia. Taken internally, it supports the intestinal system in the elimination of toxins.”
“This clay has been used for thousands of years as both an internal and external purification aid. The Egyptians used it to preserve their famous mummies. The ancient Greeks and Romans used it to restore health.The great German Naturopaths of the last century hailed clay as one of nature’s great remedies. Mahatma Ghandi advocated the use of clay for health and purification. Numerous so-called ‘primitive’ tribes have used clay for both internal and external purification.”
Is clay safe to eat?
Bentonite clay is increasingly used both internally and externally by those interested in natural remedies, and it is included on the FDA’s famous “GRAS” list, which stands for “Generally Recognized as Safe.” With increasing public knowledge about minerals, some have expressed concern over the presence of small amounts of aluminum in bentonite clay. However, Dr. Anderson himself, and numerous others who have used Bentonite clay extensively with his cleanse program, have had hair analyses done which indicated that the body does not absorb aluminum from Bentonite.
Is clay safe to eat clay with medications and supplements?
The drawing power of clay will absorb the effectiveness of anything you are taking orally. You should wait at least an hour after drinking Redmond Clay before you ingest take pills, herbs, or supplement.