Using clay internally - legal?

[Guest guest]

I have been taking bentonite clay pills to help me through rough patches. I make

them

myself using " OOO " gelatin capsules filled with bulk bentonite clay I get from

the health

food store. Here's an article that gives some details and scientific info:

http://www.eytonsearth.org/clay-sleep-disorder.html

Did Elaine ever have anything to say about clay? I know if I accidentally have

an illegal,

having a couple of clay pills reduces the symptoms I experience. Then again, I

don't have

UC or anything more serious. It sounds like it helps by coating the bad parts of

the

intestines and allowing them to heal.

Theresa (in Vancouver, Canada)

IBS whole life, SCD 2 years

[Guest guest]

Hi Theresa,

<<have been taking bentonite clay pills to help me through rough

patches. I make them

> myself using " OOO " gelatin capsules filled with bulk bentonite

clay I get from the health

> food store. Here's an article that gives some details and

scientific info:

>

> http://www.eytonsearth.org/clay-sleep-disorder.html

>

> Did Elaine ever have anything to say about clay? I know if I

accidentally have an illegal,

> having a couple of clay pills reduces the symptoms I experience.

Then again, I don't have

> UC or anything more serious. It sounds like it helps by coating

the bad parts of the

> intestines and allowing them to heal.>>

I could not find anything from Elaine about Bentonite clay on Lyris

or in the SCDiet.org archives. There were a few comments in the

SCDiet.org archives that said some people find in helpful.

see:

http://www.scdiet.org/7archives/scd1/scd037.html

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs, PCOD 22yrs

mom of and