I'm getting excited about this Diatomaceous Earth. It seems like websites with information copy from the same source; and that source is a vendor. So, I won't post the site. I hope I'm not infringing on copyright; but all these other sites are too. Most of my information is from MoreThanAlive.

So, that was my disclaimer. It seems I can only get info from vendors on this mineral. I hope someone here has anecdotal evidence.

DE is used for animals and insect control as well. You can probably find it in boxes of biscuit (USA) flour. It is used with grains to keep out worms and such.


Diatomaceous Earth is 84% Silicon Dioxide (Silica)

There is no life without Silica! Some say that, "Silica is the most important trace mineral for human health!" Silica plays an important role in many body functions and has a direct relationship to mineral absorption. The average human body holds approximately seven grams of silica, a quantity far exceeding the figures for other important minerals such as iron.

How Diatomaceous Earth Works

When Diatomaceous Earth is taken into the body it starts working in 3 different ways:

1st: As it moves through the stomach and digestive tract, it attracts and absorbs bacteria, fungi, protozoa, viruses, endotoxins, pesticide and drug residues, E-Coli, and heavy metals. These toxins are trapped and passed out of the body. In addition, any larger parasites that happen to be in the stomach of digestive tract are "cut up" and killed by the sharp edges of the DE. All of these activities result in a much healthier body with less sickness. We often hear the phrase "I just feel better" with our DE users. This better feeling comes from all the "junk" being removed from the body and by giving our immune system the "jump start" it needs.

2nd: Diatomaceous Earth is very hard. On the hardness scale where diamonds are a 9, DE is a 7. This is very important, because as those millions of tiny hard and sharp DE cylinders pass through the small and large intestines, they "scrub" the walls. After only a few months of taking DE, the intestine wall is no longer coated with mucus and molds but CLEAN!! The advantages of this are:

1. Regular bowel movements (This is the #1 comment everyone makes about DE)

2. Healthier Colon. This is especially important as we get older. A clean healthy colon keeps away polyps, cancers, and ulcers. Today, many are spending thousands of dollars to get colonics to do the same thing as DE does. Many users report increased energy and needing less sleep. This is a result of all the food and nutrients that are taken in being better absorbed into the blood stream. With a coated colon--many nutrients never get absorbed.

3rd: A small amount of Diatomaceous Earth gets absorbed into the blood stream as silica. One of the benefits of Silica is that it helps to destroy bad fats. Everyone that we know that is taking DE has lowered their cholesterol by 40-50 points. Everyone is also amazed at how their high blood pressure goes down.

The benefits of silica are many. In today's grains, there is actually a shortage of silica. Years ago, the silica found in our foodstuffs was adequate, but with today's hybrids and depleted soils, only about 1/3 of the silica needed is supplied in our food. DE is a simple and inexpensive way to get the silica your body needs.

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The intake of silica through DE can help you in many ways:

1. Lower High Blood Pressure!

2. Lower High Cholesterol! - Most are reporting 40-60 points lower after only 2 weeks on DE.

3. Sore joints feeling better - Osteoporosis is a symptom of the aging process. As calcium in our body system depletes, our bones become brittle and weak. Taking only a calcium supplement can not correct or stop this threatening and crippling disease because the body cannot assimilate and make use of the calcium without the presence of silica. Evidence suggests that, instead of affecting healing, supplemental mineral calcium, on the contrary, accelerates the leaching away of bone calcium and thus hastens the degenerative process of osteoporosis and similar diseases that affect the supportive and connective tissues in the human body. For osteoporosis, silica can stop the pain and even restore the bodies� self repair process. Silica is responsible for the depositing of minerals into the bones, especially calcium. It speeds up the healing of fractures and also reduces scarring at the site of a fracture. Even when calcium is insufficient, the body can turn silica into calcium that the bones need.

4. Healthier skin � Overseas, DE is used extensively as a health and beauty product for hair, skin, nails, bones, and joints. Tissue degeneration accelerates due to aging when connective tissue develops an increasing inability to retain moisture when left unassisted. Silica can help slow the degenerative process of connective tissue. With silica, vitality and life, which are often lost as the years accumulate, can be naturally maintained or even restored to your skin. Collagen, largely made up of silica, is the glue that holds us together. If our body has enough silica, the collagen will make us look younger. Silica helps with skin problems and injuries including itching, rashes, abscesses, boils, acne, calluses, warts, eczemas, burns, frostbite, benign skin sores, insect bites and bed sores. If you regularly follow a silica regimen, your skin will keep its young look.

5. Hair That Grows! - Hair is nature�s greatest beauty enhancer. Hair deserves to be pampered. Hair at 90 micrograms per gram is almost as rich in silica as are healthy bones, which contain 100 micrograms per gram. Silica is a major component of hair. Using a good silica supplement (such as DE) should be part of your ongoing hair care program for revitalizing hair. Silica helps to prevent baldness, stimulates healthier hair growth and assures beautiful shine, luster and strength.

6. Teeth and Gums! - Hardening the enamel, silica prevents cavities and preserves teeth. Silica also prevents bleeding gums, gum atrophy, and recession that causes the loosening of teeth, which could ultimately lead to tooth loss. Silica effectively fights ulceration and the decay of bones and teeth and also lessens inflammation.

7. Toughens nails - Your nail plates are complex protein structures that grow four to five millimeters per month on average. With silica supplementation, fragile nails become normal within a short period of time. Silica will beautify the appearance of your nails and improve their hardness, making them shinier and less prone to breaking.

More Benefits!

* Silica lowers bad cholesterol and raises good.

* Silica fades age spots.

* Silica stimulates metabolism for higher energy levels.

* DE has a negative charge and bacteria have a positive charge. It is believed that it sweeps bacteria out of the body by trapping it in its honeycomb shaped skeletal form.

* Silica supplementation helps repair and maintain vital lung tissues and protects them from pollution. By maintaining or restoring the elasticity of lung tissues, silica reduces inflammation in bronchitis.

* It acts as a cough decreasing agent. Silica tones the upper respiratory tract (nose, pharynx, larynx) and reduces swelling because of its positive action on the lymphatic system.


* Silica supplementation keeps menopause free of stress and helps to prevent many unwanted side-effects.

* Cancer can not survive in cells that have the correct levels of Silica.

* Silica works with other antioxidants to prevent premature aging and to preserve youthfulness.

* Silica can help prevent kidney stones and heal infections of the urinary tract. It is a natural diuretic which can increase excretion of urine by 30 percent, thus flushing the water-excreting system and restoring normal function to these vital organs.

* The presence of sufficient silica in the intestines will reduce inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can cause disinfection in the case of stomach and intestinal mucus and ulcers. Silica can prevent or clear up diarrhea and its opposite, constipation.

* Silica will help normalize hemorrhoidal tissues.

* In regulating and normalizing the bowels, silica has a pleasant side effect; it can alleviate lower back pain, which often troubles the elderly.

* Silica proves effective with female discharge, abscesses and ulcers in the genital area and cervix, as well as mastitis (especially for breast feeding mothers).

* The intake of silica acts as a supportive treatment for inflammation of the middle ear. Because of the beneficial effectiveness on the lymphatic system, silica can be used for swelling of the lymph nodes in the throat.

* Has anti-inflammatory disinfecting, absorbing and odor binding effects.

* Silica can normalize circulation and regulate high blood pressure (hypertension).

* Silica can decrease vertigo, headache, tinnitus (buzzing of the ears) and insomnia.

* Silica can help diabetes by promoting synthesis of elastase inhibitor by the pancreas.

* Silica can help arterial disease by strengthening the blood vessels. Studies confirm that with age, silica disappears from the aorta, the heart's key blood vessel thus weakening its critical connective tissue and resulting in a greater cardiac risk.

* Silica can help prevent Tuberculosis.

* By improving the elasticity of the joints, silica helps rheumatism.

* Silica has inhibitory effects on coronary diseases.

* Silica can help avoiding or alleviating Alzheimers disease by preventing the body from absorbing aluminum and may flush out aluminum from the tissues. Silica can stimulate the immune system.

Dosage: Take 1-2 tablespoons per day mixed in some kind of liquid or food. There is no unpleasant taste. Since it will not dissolve, stirring several times while drinking will prevent settling. Some have experienced higher energy levels, so it is probably better not to take it right before sleeping. No worry about getting too much--any excess silica not needed by the body is automatically eliminated through the blood stream, kidneys and intestines.

Since I know what the inside of my intestines look like I am not too game for sending slivers of glass like silica through them. I will continue to take my silica from Horsetail extract. If it will cut up parasites it could cut you up, don't you think? My gut is not lined with inch thick trash. You would have to prove to me that it is safe.

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I was wondering about that too; but so many people have tried this and used it on animals as well.

I assume that clay has similar properties. I like pyroclay; because it is non-clumping. I use this frequently. Maybe I should stick with clay.

Still, I am curious. There are a few benefits where I would like to give it time to test and work. Gee! I remember saying that about MMS and iodine therapy. I guess I'm just a lab rat.

Are you concerned about nicotine in the horsetail? I haven't avoided this herb; as I think it only contains small amounts. I've often thought that nicotine may have some health benefits. The potassium helps to make it a good diuretic as well.

Here's a forwarded message from a member of an alternative health group:



I've been using Diatomaceous Earth for about 4 months. I read the various
stories at: https://www.earthworkshealth.com/ and wanted to see if I could lower
my blood pressure, which was 149/91. I felt good since it's all natural and very
inexpensive.

I mix 2 tablespoons with a Hanson's Nectar juice drink at breakfast. The "Earth"
is a white powdery substance, so mixing it with a thick juice (nectar or tomato
juice) it easy and you don't taste the powder.

After 1 1/2 months, I went to the doctor and my blood pressure had reduced to
123/82! I've gone to the doctor 3 other times since then, and each time my blood
pressure was completely normal.

I was suprised and pleased. So after that first month, my husband also started
taking the Diatomaceous Earth. He also had (past tense) high blood pressure, but
it is also completely normal now (124/78).

I told my friends at work and they asked if I had noticed anything else. Once I
thought about it, I realized that I had not taken any pain medication for the
bursitis in my left shoulder. I usually need to take pain medication at night,
or I wake up from the pain. I don't need the pain med's any longer.

Then I also realized that my finger nails were no longer breaking. They are very
strong and healthy. They hadn't been healthy for the past 3 years, since I had
chemo for a recurrence of breast cancer. My hair is also much thicker than
before.

After these positive results, I decided to try it on my 11 year old dog. He's a
boxer with severe arthritis. He was in pain most days and would just lay around
without moving much. I started to mix 1 tablespoon into 1/3 cup of canned dog
food and then feed it to him with his regular dry dog food. To make a long story
short, he's now running around, jumping, playing ball, like a much younger dog.
It's been an incredible transformation!

I also tried the insect control by spreading a stream of powder around the
house. I normally have ant problems in the spring/summer but the ants aren't
crossing that "Earth" powder line. The website says that the powder scratches
the hard coating off of bugs when they walk over it. I'm not sure, but so far,
so good.

People at my job have noticed the difference in my hair and 4-5 ordered their
own Diatomaceous Earth, mostly for arthritis issues.

I'm a believer! It's wonderful to find something inexpensive and natural that
works as well, or even better than medication.

Cindy in California
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Gosh. Thanks for all the hints from Cindy. Thanks for sharing kind2creatures. Especially the mixing. I haven't gotten my order yet. Now I'm even more excited.

My blood pressure was 163/94 average. Then I started serapeptase and nattokinase 2 months ago. I did not change my diet too much; nor my exercise routine. I now average 153/88. I can't seem to better that; so I'm happy to hear your experience. I haven't been able to gain any weight for years and years. I'm at 135 and 5'11''; so that makes me underweight for the norm. However, I don't feel that it is underweight for my frame. Everybody else does. I get it all the time. "How can you eat so much and not gain?" I'm hoping this will help with better nutrition getting from my digestive system into my body. Also better bowel movements and less inflammation. I've tried okra pepsin E3 for the intestinal wall cleaning; but I can't afford to take that for a long duration. I've done that twice in the last 3 years. I hope that this DE will do it better. You're right about the low price for the performance.

Thanks for that testimonial and all the other uses. I just hope I'm not disappointed.

I'm not concerned about the nicotine in horsetail. The Kervran process utilizes the silica-rich European springtime horsetail (Equisetum urvense) with a unique aqueous extraction method that neutralizes the alkaloids in the horsetail. That alkaloid is nicotine.

Keep us updated on how your earthly experiment goes for you.

This sounds very interesting. Please keep us informed.

I've been a bit leary about products like this as I'm prone to chronic constipation to start with; why I've never tried bentonite clay type products. However it looks like I definitely could benefit from using it - nails, thinning hair, age spots, slightly high BP, diabetes, arteries, etc. I'll have to think about this - may try it. I really do think we lack enough Silica in our bodies. It definitely sounds interesting!
Thanks for all the info and links.

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When I first started looking for a natural flea control, I was directed to DE.... But it came with lots of warnings. Supposedly if you use it in dog kennels, you have to be careful that the dogs cant ingest it, or breath it in.... According to what I had read, it is the sharp edges that cause the demise of the pest... this stuff cuts the pest to shreds.... So if a animal breaths this stuff in, and it gets into their lungs, the sharp edges damage the lungs. I had also read that it causes cancer... I would be really leery of this stuff.... Why would you rather take the DE, instead of the silica in the health food stores, that are made to be ingested?

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I'm going for the food grade stuff. I know to be wary of breathing the dust.

I'm getting it for more than the silica. I actually do want it to kill the parasites and help to clean the intestinal walls.

Also $2.50 per pound.

Besides, I don't want to outlive my retirement funds.

I wouldn't ingest any of this stuff without a certificate of mineral analysis to make sure your not taking in something nasty like arsenic.
If the supplier wont provide a certificate walk away.

Jim, you're so funny - "I don't want to outlive my retirement funds!" LOL!
Did you check out the other link too? www.earthworkshealth.com Their
prices seem reasonable too and I like the packaging better.
Go to the link above and read a whole slew of positive testamonials from users.
Click on "human testamonials." Some of them are amazing!