I just bought a jar from the Vitamin Shoppe. I'm hoping to use it as a detoxifier. 1 teaspoon a day in a glass of water. Anyone else use it? 

I have used it for years with great success. I take a spoonful straight, then wash it down with a large glass of water. It has a mild flavor...very plain. 

Possible side effects:

1). sh!t bricks. 

Now there's a visual. 

can I wash it down with Chardonnay? 

All goes with a nice wine... 

I went to Zio's for lunch today. My friends ordered Muscato and I had Chardonnay. They paid $9 a glass. My wine was 4.50 a glass. I was astounded. I asked the waiter how they got away charging so much for a crappy wine?? lol 

Hope you already had your food, lol. 

It's used to clarify wine and mead 

what is mead? 

It's used to clarify wine and mead?

I didn't know that.

I've wanted to make mead for many years. 

what is mead??

Honey wine, modern version.

Old viking version was more like a frothy honey based beer. 

Drink 

fisher got her, lol. 

Here's why you shouldn't eat bentonite clay 

thanks Jacobson! 

I already read that before Jacobson posted it.

I know I said "eat" in my title but I was only being humorous. I just meant 1 teaspoon in a glass of water a day, not shoveling it down.

I think that article, by focusing on a Hollywood celebrity who is taking Bentonite a little too extreme, is missing the point. It can be beneficial in moderation. 

It can be beneficial in moderation.

There are heavy metals in soil that the body can't get rid of, therefore they accumulate and at some point can reach toxic levels. 

I use it for my face. 

There are heavy metals in soil that the body can't get rid of, therefore they accumulate and at some point can reach toxic levels.

Where can you cite that Bentonite has heavy metals? "Soil" is a very broad term. 

Where can you cite that Bentonite has heavy metals?

All soils have heavy metals. Concentrations vary. Bentonite clay is a kind of soil. 

There are heavy metals in soil that the body can't get rid of, therefore they accumulate and at some point can reach toxic levels.?

Yep. 

Where can you cite that Bentonite has heavy metals? "Soil" is a very broad term.?

If you're buying your "Bentonite Clay" at Vitamine Shopp, you might want to spend the money to get it tested to see 1) does it have heavy metals and 2) is it actually all or even mostly bentonite.

I'd bet it fails number 2, but it probably doesn't have meaningful amounts of heavy metals.


Just use it for lining your pond eat some mixed-greens salad and move on. 

I currently have a jar from this brand and have only used it to make a homemade toothpaste.
https://earthslivingclay.com/

Here's a good article about Bentonite clay: http://wellnessmama.com/5915/benefits-of-healing-clays/