>From what I have read, the bentonite and zeolite does remove some minerals and metals from food being digested but the amount is too small to be significant. However, I do take a vitiman/mineral supplement and humic acid. Much of the available, and I think credible, information on zeolite has to do with using zeolite in animal feed. There are numerous studies of the effects of zeolite on farm animals where zeolite has been added to animal feed and supports zeolite as providing a general and significant improvement in animal health. I think a good overview of this is provided in patent # WO 2005032268 20061102 (http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2005032268&IA=WO2005032268&DISPL AY=CLAIMS). It is common practice to add substances to animal feed to improve the digestibility of the feed, give them antibiotics to improve animal health and hormones to increase growth rates. The patent documents the results of a study where hormones, antibiotics and digestive aids were replaced by zeolite and humic acid being fed to farm animals. The results are compared against animals that were fed the normal hormones, antibiotics and digestive aids. The humic acid replaced the digestive aids and the zeolite replaced the antibiotics. The results are impressive. In all cases animal growth rates of the zeolite/humic acid fed animals matched or exceeded the growth rates of the animals fed hormones, antibiotics and digestive aids. Some other benefits: Poultry: death rates reduced by 79%, egg size increased 60% and egg breakage reduced by 33%. Piglets: death rates reduced by 75% and increased litter sizes by sows. Fish: death rates reduced by 50% and unit weight increased by 23%. The odor of liquid and solid animal waste was significantly reduced. I think that the significant improvement in health and size in animals fed zeolite support the claims that using bentonite and zeolite regularly does not cause a significant loss of nutrients.
- Steve N -----Original Message----- From: Bob Banever [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Will try the water filter system and let you know what I think Steve, That is interesting but I wonder if the bentonite/zeolite mixture might block the absorption of some nutrients through the intestinal wall. Not a concern if using only occasionally but long term it might be. Bob -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
