Are you detoxing, or RE-toxing? Zeolite consumers urinate out the same metals found in the zeolites they just swallowed... then they repeat daily

Monday, November 02, 2015
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Tags: zeolites detox, oral chelation, heavy metals

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(NaturalNews) While most of the natural products industry produces very healthful, nutritious products that help prevent disease in millions of people, the "detox branch" of the industry is rather sketchy. There's no better example of that than the zeolite marketers who claim zeolites function as "oral chelators" of toxic metals, removing them from your body.

This has been the narrative for years, but what they've failed to tell their customers is that zeolites contain the same metals found to be eliminated by the people who eat zeolites.

Instead of DE-toxing, in other words, you might actually be RE-toxing!

This science paper by Emmanouil Karampahtsis, Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine in Scottsdale Arizona, demonstrates an astonishing lack of critical thinking about zeolites and detoxification. (Paper posted on Natural News under FAIR USE for purposes of public commentary and criticism.)

Here's the summary of the situation...

Understanding the zeolite DEtox / REtox cycle in 7 easy steps

1) Zeolites contain high concentrations of aluminum (24,000+ ppm), lead (10 - 60ppm) and other heavy metals. This is not disputed.

2) When micronized zeolite powder is fed to human study subjects, those subjects urinate out high concentrations of aluminum, lead and other elements found in zeolites. (See science paper linked above.)

3) Zeolite researchers then conclude zeolites must therefore be an "oral chelation agent!"

4) Zeolite manufacturers market zeolites as a heavy metals detox dietary supplement, claiming it eliminates heavy metals from your body.

5) Millions of people start taking zeolites. Within hours, they start urinating all the aluminum and lead found in zeolites. This is called a "detox." To keep the detox / retox cycle going, they are told to keep taking more zeolites for a "daily detox" because these metals keep coming out of their bodies. The detox / retox cycle never ends, of course, because the people keep eating more zeolites containing the very same metals they're urinating out.

7) Voila! A "detox / retox" industry is born.

It's an amazing industry with high repeat sales, too, because the more zeolites you eat, the more aluminum and lead you swallow and then urinate out, thereby "proving" that zeolites remove metals from your body, see?

And because the metals never quite come all the way out, you obviously need more zeolites! Can I get a Hallelujah?

Documented urination of aluminum, lead and other metals after eating zeolites

From the science paper by Emmanouil Karampahtsis, he documents zeolites increasing the body's elimination of the very same metals and elements found in zeolites:

We observed the most urinary excretion with the use of the powdered zeolite preparation (Zeolite Pure by ZEO Health) as an oral chelating agent in the following heavy metals (mean percent increase in excretion): Arsenic 119%, Thallium 119%, Tungsten 99%, Lead 43%, Aluminum 43%, Cesium 41%, Barium 37% and Nickel 23%. The percent of significance in results, people that showed at least a 50% increase in excretion of the heavy metal during the consumption of the powdered zeolite preparation, in comparison to baseline, were as follows: Arsenic 73.7%, Thallium 73.7%, Aluminum 57.4%, Tungsten 68.4%, Lead 47.4%, Barium 47.4%, Cesium 31.6%, and Nickel 26.3%.



Nowhere in the paper does he describe testing zeolites for their heavy metals composition, nor does he acknowledge that zeolites contain lead, cadmium, arsenic and other heavy metals. Yet from his observation about people urinating metals after eating zeolites that contain metals, he leaps to this conclusion:

When properly prepared as an oral supplement, zeolite can provide support to the human body to rid itself of heavy and toxic metals with minimal or no side effects. The use of zeolite can be used in cases of lead, mercury or radiation poisoning to remove the harmful metals without further taxing the body.

How about a vodka detox for alcoholism?

By this logic, the best way to eliminate alcohol from your body is to drink more alcohol. This could be marketed as a "vodka detox for alcoholism."

Similarly, the best way to eliminate toxic pesticides from your body must be to eat more pesticides. After all, the more you eat, the more you eliminate. Pesticides, therefore, are highly effective oral chelators of pesticides!

Spread the word. Health conscious people don't let other health conscious people eat zeolites (and play the detox / retox game.)