Guest guest Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Hi Just got the new book by and Sally Fallon. Disappointing no mention of clay and its healing potential. I think at least it should be discussed. I feel they may be missing a trick there. Anyone else any views of the book? Healing thoughts, Wallace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 ---hi Just to return to this topic one last time: clay. Weston A Price describes how native people consume it regularly but it but only Aszomite, which isn't really clay, is mentioned as part of the WAP diet. Why? Am I the only person on this list that find this odd? We follow our forefathers in everything but not in eating clay?!!! On page 68 of Wild Health by Engel she writes: " vn Humboldt reported that members of the Ottomac tribe, along the Orinoco Valley in South America, regularly consumed clay in large quantities-sometimes up to half a kilogram at a time! " she has a whole chapter about the merits of eating Clay. A chapter Cowan and Sally fallon would profit from reading! Healing thoughts, Wallace In , " Wallace Kingston " <wpswallace@y...> wrote: > > Hi > Just got the new book by and Sally Fallon. Disappointing no > mention of clay and its healing potential. I think at least it > should be discussed. I feel they may be missing a trick there. > Anyone else any views of the book? > Healing thoughts, > > Wallace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Wallace Kingston wrote: > > ---hi > Just to return to this topic one last time: clay. Weston A Price > describes how native people consume it regularly but it but only > Aszomite, which isn't really clay, is mentioned as part of the WAP > diet. Why? Am I the only person on this list that find this odd? We > follow our forefathers in everything but not in eating clay?!!! I eat clay, namely Pascalite. It's rather amazing stuff if you have gut issues. There is some controversy as to whether it ADDS minerals to your diet or ABSORBS minerals, and I don't know the answer. But it makes me feel good, esp. if I'm travelling. Clays seem to have the ability to absorb toxins and are used for this in cleaning up ponds and wine ... they likely do absorb some " good stuff " too, but all in all they do seem to do a great job. I posted some stuff on this earlier which I don't have handy, but it seems that the Bentonite clays seem to kill the gram negative bacteria more than the gram positives (though they can kill both, they kill mostly the negaives). The negative ones are usually the pathogens. So all in all, taking clays will tend to promote the better bacteria. As for why it isn't mentioned: I'd guess because there is no definitive answer as to whether or not it's good for you. I started doing it because of some posts on the gluten free lists: those folks have some major gut problems, esp. when eating out, and the Pascalite DOES seem to avert those. I mean, no one likes food poisoning symptoms, which is exactly what I get from inadvertant gluten exposure. Taking some clay to avoid that is great! -- Heidi Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Hi Heidi, > I eat clay, namely Pascalite. It's rather amazing stuff if you have gut > issues. There is some controversy as to whether it ADDS minerals to your > diet or ABSORBS minerals, and I don't know the answer. But it makes me > feel good, esp. if I'm travelling. Clays seem to have the ability to > absorb toxins and are used for this in cleaning up ponds and wine ... > they likely do absorb some " good stuff " too, but all in all they do seem > to do a great job. > > I posted some stuff on this earlier which I don't have handy, but it > seems that the Bentonite clays seem to kill the gram negative bacteria > more than the gram positives (though they can kill both, they kill > mostly the negaives). The negative ones are usually the pathogens. So > all in all, taking clays will tend to promote the better bacteria. > > As for why it isn't mentioned: I'd guess because there is no definitive > answer as to whether or not it's good for you. I started doing it > because of some posts on the gluten free lists: those folks have some > major gut problems, esp. when eating out, and the Pascalite DOES seem to > avert those. I mean, no one likes food poisoning symptoms, which is > exactly what I get from inadvertant gluten exposure. Taking some clay to > avoid that is great! So is the Pascalite clay a Bentonite clay or are these two totally different types. Where can I find your " brand " of clay to read more about it? Thanks, ' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 reborn1000 wrote: > > Hi Heidi, > > So is the Pascalite clay a Bentonite clay or are these two totally > different types. Where can I > find your " brand " of clay to read more about it? > > Thanks, > ' Pascalite is one vein of Bentonite. You can Google on Pascalite and read more. I haven't found much info for humans eating either, except from the makers. My data on Pascalite was anectodal: someone said " it works " so I tried it. -- Heidi Jean > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 I started trying to eat French green clay, but it had been shipped to me after absorbing some strong fragrance (possibly an essential oil it sat next to in the warehouse) and it was simply too distasteful to continue with. So I put that aside for external use only (great masques and I even use it for shampoo), and bought some terramin (which is what they give the astronauts to prevent osteoporosis from developing in space). The terramin tasted fine, but although I followed the directions -- a heaping teaspoon on an empty stomach in the morning -- it upset my stomach, which only added to my sleeping problems. So I set that aside for a while and then tried, on several different occasions, a scant 1/4 teaspoon. Even at that dosage, it upset my stomach. I haven't given up on the terramin. But I am waiting longer now before trying it again, esp. since I've been facing other stomach/sleep disturbances from food that I've been slowly eliminating, And I'm writing now to ask if any others on the list have had negative digestive responses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2005 Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 Wallace- >Just to return to this topic one last time: clay. Weston A Price >describes how native people consume it regularly but it but only >Aszomite, which isn't really clay, is mentioned as part of the WAP >diet. How is it that Azomite clay isn't really clay? >On page 68 of Wild Health by Engel she writes: " > vn Humboldt reported that members of the Ottomac tribe, >along the Orinoco Valley in South America, regularly consumed clay in >large quantities-sometimes up to half a kilogram at a time! " There may well be benefits to clay consumption, but in general I don't think South American tribes are good examples to follow, because many of them lived in areas of poor soil fertility. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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