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Old 04-16-2010, 08:17 AM   #76
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I thought they said lighter was better.
Yeah, it was darker than I'd hoped and the ingredient list said calcuim bentonite was in it, and belaruska checked online that it's clay.
Yes, we had a small gcm meet to distribute d.e.
I totally read that wrong..... Wolfsranch said that the darker the powder the more clay..I was taking that to mean darker was better.. but maybe not...
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I'm hoping the clay mixed in means I won't have to add it myself.
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Default Re: Diatomacious Earth ( DE ) thread :)

i have not tried the new batch yet, but i will tonight
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Default Re: Diatomacious Earth ( DE ) thread :)

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I'm hoping the clay mixed in means I won't have to add it myself.
are you supposed to add it normally?
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Default Re: Diatomacious Earth ( DE ) thread :)

no, but if you have got to take both, it's kinda nice to eat you dirt all at once
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Default Re: Diatomacious Earth ( DE ) thread :)

OK. I'm confused. What should I start with? A teaspoon a day?
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sorry, this *is* a bit of a rambly thread.

So, DE is not absorbed, with exception of, perhaps, tiny amounts of trace minerals,which we will ignore for now

Therefore, you are mostly trying to take in enough DE to form a cleaning bit to pass through your system. It not dissimilar to taking fiber.

So, for an adult, 2 TBSP is recommended. You can start with one TBSP, but personally, i do not feel this is something you need to work up to. Some prefer to take it with three meals a day, one TBSP at a time. I'm sure that's fine also.

My fav. way so far is two TBSP sometime after dinner (or whatever is my last meal of the day second, third dinner? snack? )

I do feel it's important to drink about 10 oz of water after taking it (and by this i DO NOT mean mixing it into 10 oz, that's just gross)
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I have a bit of a silly paranoid question. Does the non-food grade DE look different than the food grade? I'm afraid for some reason that I'll mistakenly get the non-food grade. As in the company will mess up and send me the other kind. I ordered from earthworks. Do they only deal in food grade? How would I know the difference?
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I've never seen non food grade DE so idk how it looks, just don't get your DE at the pool supply store. Earthworks only has food grade, so you will be fine.
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I got mine from earthworks too... I think they only have food grade..but not sure. I need to dig mine out and figure out how to take it..
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Mine says food grade on the package.
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ok..so today was day 2... TBS. I haven't really noticed much. When should I notice things?
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So, I bought a 50 lb. bag last night.

I went ahead and bought the big bag, b/c I am going to use it on our animals (2 big dogs and 3 cats) externally and internally, as well as in the cat litter, etc. I figured with the whole family AND the animals taking it...may as well go big.
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I went ahead and bought the big bag, b/c I am going to use it on our animals (2 big dogs and 3 cats) externally and internally, as well as in the cat litter, etc. I figured with the whole family AND the animals taking it...may as well go big.
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Ooh, how does that work in the cat litter? I assume you mix it in, but does it cause a problem for the clumping litter? And what does it do there?
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