EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ATTOGRAM'S BENTONITE

What is Bentonite?

Bentonite is a liquid made from the hydrolization of fine clay powder. It contains clay and water and nothing else. Liquid Bentonite is included with psyllium in every phase of the Whole Approach program as an integral part of the “purge drink. It is known for its detoxifying properties and is an excellent vehicle for removing various intestinal poisons and toxins generated by Candida albicans and other pathogens. When processed into a very fine powder and suspended in distilled water, bentonite adsorbs (acts like a magnet pulling toxins to it). According to the Canadian Journal of Microbiology (31 [1985], 50-53), Bentonite can also adsorb yeasts, bacteria, metals, pathogenic viruses, aflatoxins, and pesticides and herbicides including Paraquat and Roundup. Also, because it's very alkaline, it can be helpful in reducing excess acidity in the colon.

Bentonite, a volcanic ash found in the Black Hills of South Dakota, is an inert mineral silicate. Inert substances are able to pass through the body undigested. In therapeutic use, it is one of the most effective natural intestinal detoxifying agents available and has been recognized as such for centuries by native peoples around the world. The name Bentonite is a commercial name for montmorillonite, the active mineral in many medicinal clays and which comes from weathered volcanic ash. This name derives from Montmorillon, France, where the medicinal mineral was first identified. Sometimes mineralogists use the term smectite instead to describe the same substance. Bentonite is not a new product, it has been safely used in internal human health since 1946.

The extensive success of Attogram’s Bentonite liquid clay detoxicant could be attributed to four main characteristics:

One - Bentonite is rich in a diverse array of minerals.

Two - It has a negative charge and is therefore attracted to positively charged particles. Most pathogens and toxins accumulated by the human body are positively charged

Three - The particles are rectangular and flat. The large flat surfaces hold the negative charge and the very small, thin edges hold a positive charge so it is much more effective at attracting positively charged molecules than negative molecules. Rather counter-intuitively, most beneficial organisms have negative charges while pathogens tend to have positive chargers so Bentonite is in fact, leaving beneficial organisms alone while pulling out those organisms which are antagonistic to health.

Four - The hydration of the Attogram Bentonite increases the adsorption potential of the clay by increasing the surface area of the molecules.

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Is the powdered Bentonite clay as effective as the liquid?

The bentonite must be in liquid (hydrated) form rather than in powder or capsule form. It is not an easy substance to hydrate and the stomach cannot effectively do this so powdered Bentonite will tend to clump up in the water you mix it in as well as in the intestines. In fact, the manufacturers must mechanically agitate the clay and water together at very high speeds in order to mix it permanently. When the clay swells up with hydration, its surface area is increased and so the amount of toxins that it can absorb is increased. The liquid form mixes effectively with the psyllium fiber and is evenly dispersed in the gel matrix of the purge drink.

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Will Bentonite be effective without the psyllium fiber?

The powerful liquid detoxicant, (Bentonite), must be combined with the psyllium for effectiveness. Taking bentonite on it’s own does very little to clean up the intestines. Together the psyllium and Bentonite act like a brush and sponge “scrubbing team”. The psyllium acts like the brush and the Bentonite acts like the sponge.

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Bentonite and Aluminum:

"Many people make the assumption that, because Bentonite contains aluminum it is toxic. Bentonite, by definition, IS aluminum silicate. However, the aluminum in Bentonite is attached to the very large silicate molecule and it is therefore too large to pass through the membranes in the intestinal tract for absorption. Bentonite will not cause a build up of aluminum in the body like some products such as antacids with magnesium aluminum oxide in them, for example. The aluminum in Bentonite is quite a different substance . It is Hydrous Aluminum (Al2 O3) Silicate.

It is not a free, absorbable form of aluminum and is a part of the Montmorillonite crystal’s structure. In fact, in order to extract the hydrous aluminum from the crystal so that it would be in a form that could potentially present the danger of being absorbable, the clay would have to be heated to above 11000 degrees Celsius and/or exposed to a very strong acid – many times stronger than stomach acid.

The aluminum in the Bentonite is essential to it's effectiveness. It constitutes an important component of the negative charge and is therefore crucial to it’s detoxification action.

Attogram Liquid Bentonite

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