Bentonite Clay, a Toxic Body and You

You may have heard about bentonite clay in passing, but never really stopped to think about it. However, you aren’t feeling as well as you should, have started some research and wonder if maybe you have too many toxins in your body. If this sounds familiar, then it’s time to discuss a toxic body and the role bentonite clay can play to help remove toxins from it.

Bentonite Clay 101

You’re probably familiar with clay, and you know that it’s made from very fine particles of rock or soil. If you’ve ever driven or walked through clay, you know how slippery it can be.  And if you’ve ever let clay dry on something (like shoes or a car) you know how hard it can be to get off!

Bentonite clay is a special kind, and it’s primarily formed from weathered volcanic ash. It can include many different minerals and elements in its makeup. While it has other purposes, in the last dozen or so years it’s come to the forefront for use on and inside your body.

Toxins and Your Body

Unless you live in a bubble, you face a multitude of toxins every day. From the air you breathe to the water you drink and food you eat, you take them in every day. Your body is pretty good at removing a lot of toxins; after all, that’s what your kidneys, liver, colon and sweat glands do.

In an ideal world, your body would pretty much remove all these toxic materials from your body on a daily basis. However, in today’s world, we’re bombarded with substances that just aren’t good for your body. Your organs work overtime to try and get rid of the noxious substances, but eventually it becomes a losing battle. There’s too much of a “backlog” of toxins to remove, so it builds up.

Bentonite Clay and Toxins

Here’s where bentonite clay comes into the picture. It has a unique property that lets it absorb toxins from your body. One example is with your skin; there are face masks made with bentonite clay that you rub on and let dry. The bentonite clay absorbs oils, waters and toxins that are on the surface of your skin and into your pores. Once cleaned out, your pores and skin can get back on the job (so to speak) to once more removing toxins efficiently.

Your colon is another example of bentonite clay absorbing these unwanted materials. By taking bentonite clay internally, it grabs onto the toxins until it is eliminated safely from the body (usually with the help of something like psyllium). Since bentonite clay can’t be absorbed by your body, it acts like a capsule around the toxins, escorting them safely out of your colon.

The world unfortunately isn’t getting any cleaner, and your body is paying the price. By using bentonite clay to help remove toxins, you help your body function the way it was meant to.