A couple of comments on the eBay bentonite. When I ordered it I was unsure just what I would get. There weren't many previous buyers and the price is awfully low. But I have purchased calcium bentonite from a number of suppliers and the bentonite I received was as good as any other I had gotten. I see that the seller has now had over 50 sales. To sell that much he has to have a direct source to a mine and not just rebagging a couple of 50 lb bags he found somewhere. He ships in the medium size USPS flat rate priority box lined with a plastic bag and filled to full. Even so, shippihg is nearly half his sell price!
I get my zeolite from http://gandgnaturalproducts.com/default.aspx It is also a quality product at a low cost. I have talked to the owner and it is from his mine. Low cost humic acid is a little different situation. Humic acid is extracted from leonardnite using dilute sodium hydroxide. Leonardnite is a humic shale that is somewhere between peat and coal in its transformation. Acid is added to the sodium hydroxide extract and as the solution turns acidic, humic acid precipates out the solution. The remaining yellow solution is called fulvic acid. Most all the humic and fulvic acids are made in China. I never found a low cost humic acid for human consumption. I did find one humic acid powder on eBay sold as a fertilizer that I was able to trace to the Chinese manufacturer. Since you use a diluted solution of humic acid I purchased some of the powder. I dissolve the powder with calcium bentonite and zeolite added to adsord any heavy metals or toxins that may be present in the humic acid. This may not be a satisfactory process for everyone but I am satisfied with it. I tried determining the sources of the humic acid sold for human use but was not successful. I was able to determine that the chinese humic acid I purchased was also used in animal feed. For all I could determine it could be the same source for the expensive humic acids sold for human consumption. I think the supplier I purchased it from is: http://m.ebay.com/Pages/ViewItem.aspx?aid=170349629944&emvcc=false - Steve N ----- Original Message ----- From: Norton, Steve To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]> Sent: Fri Jun 26 10:46:25 2009 Subject: Re: CS>Will try the water filter system and let you know what I think I use the eBay one regularly internally. It looks to be a quality product. You can send a question to the seller if you want to know more about the product. It also gets good ratings from other buyers. While I didn't ask a question since I knew I could use it externally if it appeared less than quality. I did do a search on calcium bentonite mines and there aren't that many and all looked ok. I haven't tried the sodium bentonite although it works the same as the calcium. I have used a swelling version of calcium bentonite and I much prefer the non swelling bentonite for internal use. If you get some it will use up faster than the sodium since it does not increase it's volume when you add water. I am considering buying a second order to have it in case the supply is limited. - Steve N ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Nave <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Fri Jun 26 09:41:09 2009 Subject: Re: CS>Will try the water filter system and let you know what I think I know the Pascalite is well regarded, but at a pretty high price. The second item seems to be a great price! Free shipping too. Do you use the e-bay one internally. Do you know anything more about it? I got a couple of bags of sodium bentonite for a good price, but I don't like to take it internally. Supposed to be good for detox baths, but I'm afraid to use it and chance clogging up my plumbing... Thanks, Dan On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Norton, Steve<[email protected]> wrote: > I get my non swelling calcium bentonite clay from two sources: > > http://www.pascalite.com/Prod.htm > > http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/triganic > > The first link is for Pascalite, a high quality clay. The second link is to > a low cost supplier. I like both products. > > -Steve N >
