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If the charcoal adsorbs whatever is in the gut, then it might affect the gut pH by adsorbing something there that had a high or low pH?
Make researchers happy by funding an indefinite number of studies ...Maybe, but you'd think a biochemist has run the experiments on this stuff... Maybe not! Need to do more searching on pubmed for it - anyone know what a full comparison of absorption rates and effects of charcoal would be called? Let's start with the endogenous substances it binds to and reduces most - not to mention all of the exogenous stuff that we're eating.
Make researchers happy by funding an indefinite number of studies ...
You think rapidly reducing toxin load could not have quick effects?
I think it is used as one of the first aid tools in hospitals for poisonings, food poisoning, gut infections, etc, amongst other things.
I agree, and nor does Peat recommend it be used frequently except in particular circumstances. He recommends daily carrot salad or similar for most people.Sure, but that doesn't mean it is healthy to use more than rarely.
I'm very much in favour of good scientific studies, including on charcoal. I just thought the scope of your suggestions seemed overwhelming. :) I thought you were suggesting that there should be studies of the pH effects of swallowing charcoal in all the permutations of ingesting it with every kind and combination of other food, and in various states of health producing various endogenous substances, to see what effect it had on various body pH levels etc ... Compared with suitable controls ...If that's all there has been studies by the scientific method. I don't disbelieve in all science... I work to see through studies effectively, as does Peat.
No, IIUC, AC doesn't reduce the metabolic rate of toxins, it removes some of the toxin itself from the gut before it can be absorbed (or in some cases, reabsorbed). And yes, it absolutely can do the same with beneficial substances as well as toxins, which is another good reason to not use it all the time, and especially to not use it in conjunction with important nutrition, because it can steal your nutrients. It can adsorb very many different substances.So charcoal reduces the metabolic rate of all toxins, but never "good things"?
I agree, and nor does Peat recommend it be used frequently except in particular circumstances. He recommends daily carrot salad or similar for most people.
No, IIUC, AC doesn't reduce the metabolic rate of toxins, it removes some of the toxin itself from the gut before it can be absorbed (or in some cases, reabsorbed). And yes, it absolutely can do the same with beneficial substances as well as toxins, which is another good reason to not use it all the time, and especially to not use it in conjunction with important nutrition, because it can steal your nutrients. It can adsorb very many different substances.
Not the way I understand the phrase. To me, 'slow down' is quite different from 'remove altogether'. Removed or not entered into the system at all, so not metabolised at all.I agree, but isn't binding to things before they can react basically the same as 'reducing metabolic rate'? I've seen arguments and evidence for and against the essentiality of very small amounts of DHA or it's precursor, at a level, that I am not currently qualified to assess.
Not the way I understand the phrase. To me, 'slow down' is quite different from 'remove altogether'. Removed or not entered into the system at all, so not metabolised at all.
I guess that's a different understanding of metabolise than mine. Interact in the mouth and gut, yes.Well they're certainly metabolized in the stomach & mouth before interacting with the activated charcoal... Unless you're mixing the charcoal in your mouth with foods and supplements :)
I wasn't aware there were laymen who thought this, until you raised the possibility. I think it's a good idea for lay people to get informed on known information about mechanisms, risks and benefits before experimenting with supplements.Anyway, I'm just trying to instill the impression that AC needs to be studied more and isn't as straight forward as the layman's "it binds to bad stuff but not good stuff" saying.