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Originally Posted by Quiet Man Cometh
I thought I saw something about this on my facebook but didn't really look. As far as I knew, Diatomaceous Earth is for pest control, and not something you want around smaller animals because it can affect their respiratory system (it would have to be a very small animal but still...). My understanding was that it plugged up pores and such in insects and what not, starving them of oxygen or something. However it actually works, I'm not sure it's something I would ever use in a diet.
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There is the pesticide kind that is treated with chemicals and there is the food grade kind that you can consume or still use as a form of pest control.
Yes it is dangerous if you breath it in, but once you mix it with other things, it clings to those other things and is safe for eating. If it weren't safe for eating the FDA wouldn't have it as GRAS. They just can't label it a health food until more tests are done.
Seeds and Fiber haven't helped me at all. It made it worse actually.
Coda - >-> I've been paying attention to my issue for 10 years.. This is how my doctors help me. "Here have anti diarrhea pills, that's all it is!" but its NOT just that, its constipation and normal bowel movements. It HURTS every time. My latest one says "It's just constipation, and yea constipation hurts" .. No.. it shouldn't feel as if someone was slowly cutting my intestines to shreds each time I take a dump. And I know the difference between constipation and diarrhea.. I'm pretty sure that constipation ISN'T when its runny and you can BARELY make it to the toilet on time...
So I literally 'Can't' try official medical methods until I find a doctor who uses his ears for work and not for decoration.
I've tried adding more fiber to my diet, that made it worse.
Aloe Gel WORKS for me but its too expensive for someone who only gets 300$ food stamps a month for 2 people. So that's out of the options.
Everything else is once again, too expensive. And because the doctors won't listen to anything I say, I don't know what I have is called.. One person says I have IBS (they themselves were diagnosed with it so they know the symptoms) then I have someone else who claims to be a Nurse say its not IBS its something else but didn't give it a name.
So the only thing I CAN try for the moment is Diatomaceous Earth. So there will literally be NOTHING else I can do to add onto what I'm trying.
I'll probably be part of that group of people who say "it didn't work for me at all, so this is just gonna be my cat's de-worming method"
>w> Better stop taking that Tea and Honey when you aren't feeling too good.. it's a home remedy there for it doesn't work. Stop putting Aloe on boo-boos, it's a home remedy. Cause home remedies don't work. Acid Reflux problems? Stop drinking that Apple Cider Vinegar, it's a home remedy there for not gonna help.
Just because its a new thing, doesn't mean its bad or it won't work. New just means you have to be cautious. Which I think I proved I have been by doing all my research.