Diatomaceous Earth for Human Consumption Facts and Instructions

Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth Fresh Water (Fossil Shell Flour) has over 1,500 uses:  The natural holistic organic way.
In the household, with pets, on plants, around livestock, and for stored grain. It is totally natural and organic and listed with OMRI.

Some say "There is no life without Silica".  "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

• 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.

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 for colon cleaning procedures and products, to do the same thing that 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.

• 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.

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

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

Help 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.

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.

Hair that grows.  Hair is nature’s greatest beauty enhancer. 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.

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.

Toughens Nails.  Your nails are made of protein 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 helps lower bad cholesterol and raises good.
Silica helps 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.

Lungs: 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.

Menopause: 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 help 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.

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

Daily silica needs of humans are 20-30 mg. In Years past, our bodies would get enough silica from our diet. Unfortunately, many of the foods we now eat have lost their nutritional value due to soil nutrient depletion, food processing, and chemicals. Supplemental use of Perma-Guard Diatomaceous Earth is essential to total body health.