Coda the article you posted stats that no tests have been done, if no tests have been done then where is that 'negative' evidence coming from? To have negatives, tests need to be done, and yet even the FDA has stated that they haven't tested it them selves.
The FDA says they need funding to do said research and until then take it at your own risk. The reason they aren't shutting it down is because of the tests that the groups who did short term research had good results (and because of those results the FDA has filed it as GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe)), but for it to get FDA approval as a health food, long term research needs to be done.
Gally - the only way to see if a home remedy works, is to try it yourself. Aloe Vera is a home remedy that has been shot down by 'science' for ages. It's recently been given light and they are finally started to do 'proper' studies on it. But before then, it was just another 'cult' following. But even now, most doctors still refuse to allow their patients to use it.
Marijuana could also be used as an example. It had a cult following for its health benefits but because official testing hadn't been done back then even doctors would tell you not to use it. It was a home remedy for pain and other things, very few cancer specialists would tell their patients to get weed to help them with the pain and nausea. Now, its becoming a legalized drug. But even now that its becoming legal, there are people who still refuse to believe that it helps and are fighting the legalization of it.
Its been used for thousands of years for many things but only now is the science proving what we already knew.
Home Remedies start somewhere. Those Cult followings, if they get big enough, the stuff they use will get tested.
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FDA document for DE being GRAS
Dangers of taking DE internally
Benefits of DE
both of those are from the same website.
And the
group that sells the kind I got, even states:
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Testimonials on the use of diatomaceous earth are for reference only and are not approved by any type of governing board such as the FDA, USDA, or EPA. Uses outside of what said boards have approved are again, testimonials only and should also not to be considered or taken as professional advice by a physician, pharmacist, or any other health care provider to cure, treat, diagnose, or prevent any type of health condition. If you do have a serious health condition we recommend you see a qualified healthcare provider as soon as possible.
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They aren't tricking people into thinking stuff. They're telling it straight.