Frequently Asked Questions
Question: Since Zeolite is a rock and therefore “dirty”, why would I want to eat it?
Answer: The short answer is that this kind of dirt is clean and good for you (lots of studies actually exist suggesting that people ought to eat more dirt). Zeolite is an especially good dirt, since it supplies silica (very good for the joints) and detoxifies the body.
In giving a longer answer, you might want to know a bit more about the dirt you eat. Our crushed zeolite powder has a very high CEC rating. A high CEC rating means that it will pull heavy metals out of the human body.
Also, in the case of our ETS Zeolite, it is a very high quality zeolite, 95% to 98% naturally pure zeolite rock that is crushed into powder. It hasn’t been out there exposed to toxins and pulling them into its cage, but rather it was in form a solid rock until we crushed it. It’s toxin attracting cage is not full as evidenced by its very high CEC rating (CEC is a measure of toxin pulling power). The naturally occuring, aluminum, lead, titanium, etc. that are a part of the zeolite rock are all tightly bound in the zeolite crystal and are necessary to be there to give the negative electrical charge in the capillary structure. When zeolite goes through one’s body it will capture any free heavy metals, such as aluminum, lead, or titanium that it encounters. Toxins or dirt are trapped by zeolite and carried out of the body. It doesn’t go the other way.
Question: What is CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity) and what is the significance of this value in terms of ETS Zeolite?
Answer: CEC is a way to measure and compare the power that a particular zeolite has to capture cations (positively charged particles such as mercury, lead, ammonia). The CEC test is done with ammonia in water solution and compares the before amount of ammonia to the after amount of amonia. The higher the number (meaning the more ammonia removed) the better. This rating allows one to compare zeolites for their detoxifying power. At 150 to 180 meq/100 grams, ETS Zeolite has the highest rating of all zeolites on the market. Liquid zeolites typically have less than 1 meq/100 grams.
Question: How does ETS Zeolite make contact with toxins in order to trap them?
Answer:  ETS Zeolite makes contact with the blood as it passes through the villi of the small intestines... while the zeolite is going through the alimentary canal (stomach to small intestines to large intestines) and then out of the body.
- We have seven million villi that comprise the lining of the small intestines. These villi are where nutrients are handed off to the blood by the digestive system.
- More than any other place in the body except the lungs, the villi have intimate contact with the blood (one pint of blood per minute flows through the villi) as the blood comes into the small intestine villi tubules in order to pickup digested (ready-to-use) nutrients.
- It is via the intimate blood/food contact of the intestinal villi that ETS zeolite is able to clear the blood of contaminants, as it attracts toxins into it’s negatively charged cage. Then the ETS Zeolite powder (and the captured toxins) continues down the gastrointestinal tract and are eliminated as part of the feces. ETS Zeolite never enters the blood stream.
Question: Does ETS Zeolite cross the blood-brain barrier?
Answer: No, zeolite does not enter the bloodstream. The idea that zeolite could enter into the brain area is simply incorrect. However, ETS Zeolite is constantly cleaning the blood supply, which helps detoxify all parts of the body including the brain.
Question: What does ETS Zeolite taste like?
Answer: It’s tasteless. When mixed in water, one cannot detect it by taste.
Question: Is ETS Zeolite a nutrient as well as a detoxifer?
Answer: Some people might call Zeolite a nutrient because it can deliver silica to the body. (Silica is part of zeolite.) Silica has been known for centuries to be used by the body to support joint and tendon integrity. In spite of this nutritive aspect, ETS Zeolite’s primary contribution to health is detoxification.
Question: Is the pale green color of ETS Zeolite significant?
Answer: Maybe. Zeolites come in many colors and, regardless of color, all zeolites are useful for detoxification. The majority of zeolites are gray or brown in color. ETS zeolite rock/ore is 95% clinoptilolite zeolite, while most zeolite ores are only 60 to 70% pure zeolite. Clinoptilolite, itself, is translucent. The green color comes from the remaining 5% of the rock material that is comprised of opaline silica and a variety of minerals. Ranchers, who have the most practical experience with zeolites, believe that the green zeolite is more effective in producing healthy animals. This has not been addressed through studies. So, the answer, for now, is just maybe.
Question: How has ETS Zeolite overcome the problem of grittiness?
Answer: By grinding the zeolite to a powder consistency instead of a sand-like consistency as with other zeolites. The reason that we can get his flour-like consistency is because of our high quality, 95% pure clinoptilolite zeolite ore (compared to other zeolites that are only 60% to 85% pure)
- The zeolite (clinoptilolite) rock that is mined is very hard (because it is such a high grade ore).
- Because of its purity, it is able to be ground very fine.
- The fine grind enhances its detoxification capacity, by giving more surface area (which means more opportunity to attrack toxins).
Question: What is the chemical composition of clinoptilolite zeolite?
Answer: Clinoptilolite’s exact formula is: (Na,K,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12(H2O). That translates into Hydrated Sodium Potassium Calcium Aluminum Silicate.
Question: I have heard that aluminum is bad for the body. So, since clinoptilolite contains aluminum, why would I want to consume it? That seems a contradiction?
Answer: Eating inorganic, free aluminum and aluminum salts isn’t a good idea, but the aluminum in ETS zeolite is not free. Therefore, it will not be digested or otherwise enter the blood. It is tightly bound in the zeolite crystalline structure.
- As a matter of fact, if ETS zeolite encounters aluminum ions or other heavy metal ions in the body it will trap them and carry them out of the body.
Question: Who is ETS Zeolite good for?
Answer: We recommend ETS Zeolite for all of the following:
ETS Zeolite makes greener lawns and healthier plants, animals and people, both by increasing nutrition and especially by trapping harmful substances so that they do no damage. For instance, with plants, ETS zeolite prevents the uptake of arsenic and even radiation from the soil. As an example, after the Chernobyl reactor accident, the Russian government spread hundreds of millions of pounds of zeolite on the ground to trap the radiation. As a result, the foliage in this area has blossomed as never before.
Note that there is no known toxicity level for ETS Zeolite.
- However, we always encourage people to discuss their plans with a health professional who is treating you as a unique individual.
- We are not health care professionals, and more importantly, we are not your health care professional, and therefore cannot be responsible for your health decisions.
- Even if you were considering exercising, drinking more water or eating more fruits and vegetables, things that are commonly believed to be good for virtually everyone, there are dangers in the uniqueness of each individual.
- What is good for 9,999,999 out of 1,000,000 people might be bad for you.
- That’s why you would do well to discuss your health plans with a health care professional who knows you individually.
Question: How much ETS Zeolite is recommended to be consumed?
Answer: We recommend one to four teaspoon servings spread out during the day depending on a person’s “estimation” of their toxic load and depending on how one feels at a particular dosage. Zeolite will cause constipation in higher doses.
Since there is no known toxic level of zeolite, one could even take more zeolite than four teaspoons. Some people take up to ten teaspoons a day for a period of time. A possible guage other than how one feels for determining a dosage could be the stool smell. A bad smelling stool means ammonia (a nitrogen compound) is present in the stool. Ammonia fosters bacterial and parasite growth. As long as there is no constipation, one can continue with higher doses until the stools no longer have a smell, then the dosage can be reduced.
Question: Is ETS Zeolite suitable for children’s use?
Answer: Yes. In fact, the Russian government gave zeolite to large numbers of children to detoxify them from radiation following the Chernobyl reactor meltdown. It is well known that by birth children have already absorbed a large amount of toxins from their mothers while gestating and continue to do so while nursing. We do recommend, however, waiting until a child is at least a year old and eating solid foods. We also recommend using smaller serving sizes than for adults, such as 1/4 or 1/2 teaspoon for larger children.
Question: What are recommended ways to take ETS Zeolite?
Answer: We recommend consuming ETS Zeolite in virtually any format - baked into cookies or bread, mixed in breakfast cereal, added to morning coffee, mixed in beverages of any type.
- Mixed in water and taken in between meals is the very best way to ensure its maximum benefit.
- Mixed in cookies was how zeolite was used to remove radiation from Russians who were contaminated after the Chernobyl incident.
- Zeolite’s ability to remove toxins is not disturbed by cooking or baking.
Question: Can ETS Zeolite have an effect upon viruses, fungi or bacteria?
Answer: Yes, for those that microorganisms that are small enough to be completely or partially trapped by the ETS Zeolite cage.
Question: Manufacturers of liquid zeolites claim that their zeolite suspended in liquid is superior to a powdered zeolite. What are the differences between liquid zeolites and ETS zeolite?
Answer: The first very important difference between liquid zeolites and ETS zeolite is that liquid zeolite costs 200 times more than ETS Zeolite, gram for gram.
Liquid zeolites are usually claimed to be “cleaner” or to be “activated” and in some way able to capture more toxins than natural, powdered zeolite. However, this claim is outside all the scientific research that has been done with zeolite, which research has occurred with powdered zeolite. It is unsubstantiated, and not very believable for those who have studied the research.
The scientific data about zeolite is virtually 100% about powdered zeolite. These studies regarding zeolite’s toxin trapping abilities have all been done with powdered zeolite and the toxin trapping benefits of powdered zeolite empirically demonstrated through their studies. In other words, powdered zeolite works! Period. There is no scientific evidence showing that liquid zeolite works better.
Finally, the best proof of toxin trapping ability is the CEC test which demonstrates the ability of zeolite to remove ammonia from a water solution. Liqud zeolites score hundreds of times lower in this test than does ETS zeolite or other powdered zeolites.
Question: What factors are there to consider when choosing a zeolite supplement?
Answer: The only real issue, in our opinion, is how much zeolite do you actually get for the money you spend. With ETS Zeolite you get more zeolite in a single, teaspoon-size serving (5 grams of zeolite) than you get in an entire month’s supply of liquid zeolites.
Question: What do you think about other manufacturers’ claims that their liquid zeolites will enter the bloodstream and that that is a good thing?
Answer: We don’t know whether their zeolite enters the blood stream or not, but we do not believe it would be a good thing for zeolite to enter the bloodstream because it would be an interference and have to be removed.
Our viewpoint is that since ETS Zeolite does not enter the blood stream it is SAFE. Working through the villi of the small intestines, zeolite has intimate contact with the blood stream. As blood circulates through the villi to collect food, the zeolite particles contact the blood and attract into the zeolite cage the toxins in the blood. The zeolite then carries the trapped toxins out of the body through the feces, all without putting anything in the blood stream that then has to be filtered out by the kidneys. This is all very safe.
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