The Amazing Powers of Activated Charcoal

In 1831, Pharmacist P.F Touery shocked all his colleagues in the French Academy of Medicine by drinking a massive dose of lethal Strychnine in front of them. Amazingly, he had suffered no toxic effects! He had combined the deadly poison with activated charcoal, an antidote and detoxifying agent that goes back centuries in use. Certainly not something anyone should try under any circumstances, but it was a testimony to the incredible ability activated charcoal has to assist removing toxicity from the bowel.

Recorded use of charcoal goes back to 1550BC. Today, activated charcoal is in all hospital ERs and many emergency vehicles as a fast, effective antidote for poisons of all types. It is considered safe and effective by the American FDA.

Don’t confuse activated charcoal with charcoal briquettes for barbecuing or anything else. They contains toxic chemicals and carcinogens.

Activated charcoal is derived from burning pure, untainted organic substances such as coconuts or certain woods, without using chemicals in the process.

The action of activated charcoal involves adsorption, not absorption, of toxins from the intestinal tract. Adsorption is the electrical attraction of toxins to the surfaces of the fine charcoal particles. The charcoal itself is not absorbed into the body, so the toxins attached to the charcoal particles exit via the bowels.

A famous Russian Gerontologist, Dr V.V Frolkis and his colleagues claimed to have discovered that activated charcoal is a potent life-extending agent. Accordingly, they mentioned that activated charcoal has been found to increase the mean lifespan of older test animals by approximately 40% and their mean life span by approximately 34%. Interesting!

Interestingly, activated charcoal seems to remove synthetic, artificial or toxic substances from the digestive tract but not rob our bodies of vital food nutrients, minerals, etc. Activated charcoal fed to sheep as a level of 5% of the total diet did not affect the blood or urinary levels of calcium, magnesium, copper, iron, zinc, phosphorous, potassium, sodium, etc., compared to sheep not given the charcoal.

Keep it in your remedies cupboard. Even if you are not using it for general detox purposes, it’s wise to have it around for upset tummies, stomach bugs, diarrhoea, etc.

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