Nov. 30, 2025

Activated Charcoal — God’s Ancient Remedy for Modern Health

Activated Charcoal — God’s Ancient Remedy for Modern Health

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Welcome back to Chasing Eden, Rediscovering your Body's divine design.

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I'm your host, Carolyn Thompson. I'm so glad you're here

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with me today because we're diving into a topic that

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is genuinely life changing. One of the simplest, most affordable,

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yet most powerful remedies God has placed in creation activated charcoal. Now,

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you might know activated charcoal from detox kits, or you

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may have taken it during food poisoning. You may have

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seen it in toothpaste or beauty products, or even water filters.

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But what we're going to talk about today goes far deeper,

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because activated charcoal is a gut healer, a toxin binder,

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a travel life saver, a mold detox tool, a poison antidote,

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a beauty remedy, a cleansing agent going back nearly four

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thousand years, and one of the most studied natural absorbents

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on Earth. This is one of the episodes you'll want

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to save, share, and refer back to, because after today,

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you will never look at charcoal the same way again.

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We'll also be pulling multiple credible voices in the natural

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health world, like doctor Josh Acts, doctor Eric Berg, biohacker

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Dave Aspbury, doctor and Hooperman and doctor Barbara O'Neil, as

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well as some information from traditional herbal medicine and modern

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clinical detox research. This will be a rich and deep episode.

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Let's get started. So what is activated charcoal and how

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does it work? It's a remedy older than Moses. Most

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people don't know this, but charcoal is mentioned in Egyptian

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medical papery, ancient Greek medical writings, Native American healing traditions,

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iervitic medicine, and early Christian natural remedy texts. The Egyptians

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used charcoal to preserve corpses and purify wounds. Hippocrates used

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it for epilepsy, infections and digestive issues. Native Americans used

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charcoal poultices for snake bites and spider bites, and early

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Christian monks use charcoal to neutralize quote unquote unwholesome humors.

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This is a remedy that has stood the test of time.

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So what makes it activated? Regular charcoal is simply burnt

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wood or coconut shell. Activated charcoal is charcoal that has

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been superheated, steam treated, expanded at the molecular level. Now,

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this process creates millions of microscopic pores, making it highly absorbent,

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negatively charged, and able to bind toxins magnetically. It's also

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able to hold up to one hundred to two times

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two hundred times times its own weight and contaminants. The

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adsorption process, well, this is like magic. So we're not

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talking about absorption. We're talking about something called adsorption. Doctor

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As explains it beautifully. Quote. Activated charcoal works through adsorption,

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meaning toxins stick to it like a magnet. This is

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different than absorption. Absorption is soaking something up like a sponge.

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Adsorption is bonding. It is much stronger. Charcoal attracts and binds.

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It binds toxins, chemicals, bacterial waste, mold byproducts, metabolic waste, alcohol, residues, pesticides,

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and food borne pathogens. Once bound, these toxins exit the

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body through the digestive tract. So there are a few

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types of activated charcoal. Now this is the one I take.

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I actually have a bunch of capsules of the coconut

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shell charcoal. This is the gold standard because coconut shells, well,

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they're clean, they have a low toxin level, they're naturally dense,

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and they're environmentally sustainable. Coconut charcoal has the highest poor volume,

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the best absorption capacity, and the cleanest internal profile. This

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is the form that human biohacker dave Asprey uses in

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his detox protocols, and it's the one that doctor X

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recommends for internal use. There's also hardwood charcoal. Now, traditional

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American and European charcoal comes from hardwoods like oak, birch,

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and maple. Now it's effective, but not as porous as

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the coconut. There's also a bamboo charcoal which is highly renewable,

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environmentally friendly, and excellent for external use like as in

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water filters, air purification, shoe and closet deodorizing, and facial masks.

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Some brands use it internally, but coconut is preferred for

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the ingestion. So this is a little bit, just a

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little bit of the science without getting too wordy about

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how charcoal binds to toxins, which I find absolutely fascinating.

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So let's go deeper into the biochemistry. Activated charcoal is

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negatively charged. Toxins, chemicals and pathogens carry positive charges. Opposites attract,

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as you know, so the charcoal binds them electrostatically like

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static cling on a sweater, except on a microscopic scale.

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This means that charcoal can bind things like the mold, micotoxins,

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oquatoxin and aflatoxin, VOCs which you may have heard about

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on social media, ammonia, soul fites, heavy metals, metabolic waste

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from parasites, and in case you didn't know this, this

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is something that you know you may consider TMI. But

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if you're looking into apply this to yourself as far

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as a health concern, and if you think you may

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have parasites, which you know, we believe most people do. Parasites.

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Actually they poop in your gut, and so a lot

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of the poop you poop out comes from parasites. So

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what a great application to and a good reason to

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take to take the charcoal capsules. So getting back to

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the things that charcoal binds too, besides the metabolic waste

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from parasites, bacterial endo toxins, excess histamine, chemical additives in

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processed food. So it's good to know that it binds

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to excess histamine because a lot of people out there

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are dealing with inflammation and highly allergic reactions to things

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that they can't explain, they don't understand what's going on.

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Oftentimes they will take a supplement. There's a supplement that

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you can take for that that's natural that I've been taking.

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I'm trying to remember the name of it. However, as

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far as the histamines are concerned, there's also concern about

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histamines and leftovers. And since we're dealing with the holidays

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and a lot of people are eating leftover turkey, and

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at Christmas time, they're going to be eating maybe more

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leftover turkey or ham, or just leftovers. In general. The

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histamines tend to increase in your food even while it's

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in the fridge over the course of two three days,

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and so you're going to be ingesting more histamine, perhaps

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maybe more than normal for yourself this time of year.

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So you might consider perhaps taking some charcoal capsules after

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the meal or before the meal, depends on how you

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feel about it. I personally like to take them a

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little bit after the meal, because I kind of I

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want to absorb any of the healthy parts of my meal,

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but then I like it to sweep up behind anything

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that might have might not be good. My main thing

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is that I take it before bed at night. If

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I'm going to be doing some type of a detox protocol,

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or if I ate a lot of leftovers, I ate

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too much. Sometimes I will just pop two or three

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charcoal capsules before bed, just in case, because I don't

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want my stomach to be upset. I don't want to

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be kept up, you know, that night because I ate

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too much. The charcoal also binds two chemical additives in

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processed foods, and this is important because so many of

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us in our hurry and rush lives, we will take

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processed foods. We'll just eat them. We'll go through a

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drive through and think, oh, this one time won't hurt.

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So having charcoal capsules in your purse, that might be

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a good thing to pop and say, you know what,

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I had to eat this meal. I'm on the go,

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or I'm traveling. I have to get to family for

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the holidays. But charcoal to the rescue. That can cover

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up some things that you know you might not want.

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So this makes charcoal one of the few remedies that

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works on multiple categories of toxins simultaneously. Coming up after

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the break, we're going to talk about the medicinal uses

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of activated charcoal and how to use it for food poisoning,

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gas and bloating, viral stomach infections, detox protocols, and even

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for energy and mental clarity. Stay with me. This next

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part is powerful. Let's start with the big one, food poisoning. Now,

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food poisoning affects forty eight million Americans every single year.

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Travel is the number one cause. Bad restaurant meals, improper refrigeration,

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contaminated buffets, street food abroad. Activated charcoal can bind to

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things like salmonilla E. Coli, campillobacter, or campylobacter. Not sure

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how to pronounce that one claustritium, bacterial toxins, histamines from fish,

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micotoxins from grains, pesticides, and alcohol poisons. People often report

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relief within twenty to forty five minutes. Now, Doctor Berg says,

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quote charcoal can dramatically reduce gas and bloating within the

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hour because it pulls toxins out of the digestive tract. Unquote.

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Doctor Axe writes, quote vote for food poisoning or stomach bugs.

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Activated charcoal can trap toxins so the body can eliminate

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them safely unquote. So in regard to gas, bloating and indigestion,

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why does charcoal work so well? Because gas is produced

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by bacteria, and bacteria feed on toxins and formidable foods.

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Charcoal binds those toxins. Without fuel, bacteria produce less gas.

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This makes charcoal one of the fastest remedies for pressure,

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stomach hardness, rotten egg smelling gas UH, and digestive fermentation.

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Doctor Axe points to studies showing charcoal decreasing gas volume

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significantly in clinical tests. So as far as a viral

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stomach illness, charcoal does not kill viruses, but it binds

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viral byproducts and inflammatory waste, so that means less vomiting,

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less diarrhea, less nausea, less stomach cramping, faster recovery. It's

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one of the best remedies for neurovirus or stomach flu Now,

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charcoal can be used for an alcohol detox It can

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bind to acydtyldehyde, is it acidyl d hyde, a toxic

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product of alcohol metabolism. It can bind two histamines in

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the wine, to sulfite in alcohol and fermentation byproducts. Dave

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Aspery recommends charcoal quote take activated charcoal after drinking to

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reduce toxins that cause the morning hangover unquote. Many people

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say charcoal cuts their hangover by fifty to eighty percent.

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Now with all of the talk about mold poisoning these days,

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people are on the search for mold detoxes because not

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everybody can afford to go to a natural doctor, a

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nature path or even their their normal their regular doctor.

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Their insurance may not even be they might not even

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have insurance right. It can be very expensive. So in

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regard to mold detox, if you think you might have

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mold poisoning, this could be helpful or this might help

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you manage it until you can get a more medical

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solution from somebody. I do have a podcast on mold

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poisoning and Dave Aspery goes over a prescription that he

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had to get from mold poisoning or mold. Yeah, he

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had mold and even though he thought he'd cleared up

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most of it, he had a test and discovered he

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hadn't cleared up all of it. So there is a

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prescription you can get that is the actual, true, definitive

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remedy for it. So I don't want to overstate what

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charcoal can do for mold without mentioning that to you.

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So in regard to molt detox, this is a big

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deal because mold toxins micotoxins. They're fat soluble, highly inflammatory,

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and difficult to remove. So the charcoal it will bind

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to aflatoxin, ogra toxin, and sit as well as trichothescines.

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And this is why mold doctors often use charcoal as

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part of the detox okay, so not the whole detox

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part of it. Barbara O'Neill uses charcoal to help bind mold,

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bind pesticide exposure, bind chemicals from cleaning supplies, and to

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bind drug residues. The activated charcoal people use it for

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parasite cleansing. Because of this, parasites release ammonia and toxic metabolites,

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and the charcoal it binds to parasite waste. As we

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discussed earlier, ammonia die off toxins. In regard to die

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off toxins, if you are doing a cleanse, say you

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do like a seven D a juice cleanse or something,

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or you're fasting, you can have the side effects of

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the cleansing. You can get sick from the dieof toxins,

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and the activated charcoal can help to reduce some of

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that effect, some of that nausea and some of the

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side effects of the cleansing. Parasite cleanses. In regard to this,

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chemicals are released during the cleansing, So again another reason

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why you want to be taking activated charcoal during this

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process so you can reduce nausea, the headaches, the rashes,

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the cognitive fog, and the bloating during a cleanse. It

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is one of the best ways to support a parasite cleanse. Now,

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you might not have thought of activated charcoal in regard

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to beauty and skin uses, but it draws impurities out

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from your pores. It helps with acne, blackheads, infected wounds,

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insect bites. Like Barbara O'Neil, she uses them for spider

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bites and insect bites beastings. Now, Barbara O'Neil teaches how

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to make a charcoal poultice. She uses charcoal, flaxeed and

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hot water. She applies it to a wound and lets

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it sit for four to six hours. You could find

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her talking about this protocol on social media platforms like

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YouTube and Instagram. If you want more details, Activated charcoal

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pulls out venoms, pus, infection, poison ivy, reason and deep splinters.

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If only I knew about the poison ivy remedy, of

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activated charcoal when we were living up in the mountains

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near Santa Cruz in Mount Hermon, California, and our son

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was playing in the woods by the little cabin that

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we were renting, and he came home with poison ivy.

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It was horrible. It was absolutely awful, And I didn't

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know a lot about natural remedies back then, so we

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had to go the conventional way. And if I had

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known about this at the time, it would have been great,

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it would have been great. So luckily, nowadays we've got

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information all over the place, and we were able to

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research and we're able to discover these things so we

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can arm ourselves with these fabulous remedies. After the break,

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we're going to discuss the travel benefits of activated charcoal,

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including how to use it to avoid getting sick on airplanes, cruises,

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road trips, and overseas. Stay tuned travelers swear by charcoal,

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and here's why. The number one travel problem new bacteria.

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If you've ever been overseas and you've gotten sick, well,

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let me tell you. We went to the Middle East

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and we were in Jordan, and everybody told my husband

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not to drink the water. Well, he didn't drink the water.

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But he wanted ice in his bottled water. And everybody

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looked at him and said, you know, when the ice melts,

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that's that water that bacteria is going to get in

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your water. And he just kind of smiled and winked

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and he said he didn't mind. Well, I am sure

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you can predict what happened to him. He became very

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ill and at a very inopportune time. So when you

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travel to places like Mexico, Asia, the Caribbean, cruise ships, airports, buffets,

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street food, the Middle East, you want to be armed

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with activated charcoal. And if only, if only I had

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activated charcoal on me, right then right, So when you

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go to these places, you're encountering new bacterial strains. Your

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body's not used to them. So the people in these countries,

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their guts are used to this stuff and they're not

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going to get sick. They know how to deal with it.

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But it's a new strain to your body. So charcoal,

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it binds to these strains before they multiply. Now, travel

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problem number two, oils you're not used to. Your stomach

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may react to cheap oils or high PUFA oils. Soybean

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oil canola oil, deep fried foods, sauces loaded with preservatives.

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Charcoal neutralizes many of these irritants. And then, of course

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we have travel problem number three airplane food. Airline food

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typically contains a lot of preservatives, food dyes, food stabilizers,

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food additives, and low quality oils. Now I want us

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stop and talk about seed oils for a second. There

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is an awareness going on right now in regard to

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seed oils. If you don't know about this, check out

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my podcast on seed oils. It's very informative. You want

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to avoid these oils. They cause a multitude of health issues. Now,

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Dave Asprey, he recommends, quote, take one to two charcoal

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capsules when eating airplane food to reduce inflammatory load unquote.

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That's great advice. Travel problem number four, stress and immune suppression.

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Travel suppresses immunity well because poor sleep. You're not sleeping

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very good if you're doing a red eye flight, an

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overnight flight overseas, and of course you can't how do

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you sleep on an airplane. It's really hard, right, So

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that's going to affect your immune system. It's a hit

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to the immune system. The germs in the enclosed spaces,

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the dehydration we oftentimes get because we forget to drink

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water and we're running around at different airports and we

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don't have time where maybe you're trying to catch a plane.

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As well as the new foods, charcoal reduces the gut burden,

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helping the immune system to stay focused on keeping you healthy.

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So the ultimate travel protocol Before questionable meals, take two

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activated charcoal capsules. If drinking alcohol, take two to four capsules.

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After at the first sign of stomach pain, take three

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to four capsules. I have a confession. Yesterday I had

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stomach pain after eating leftovers, and I thought, Okay, what

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can I do? What can I do? Because you know,

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sometimes when you're in pain and you're sick, you just

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can't think clearly. And luckily I went, wait a second,

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I'm going to take some chuckoal And I even texted

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my husband, I, you know, I'm not feeling very good.

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I feel kind of nauseous, and I'm like, you know what,

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I'm just going to take some charcoal. I took two capsules,

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and for real, like within twenty minutes, I was all

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brand new, and so I don't know what it was,

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but I definitely was getting ready to go down and

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I took two capsules and I went on with my

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Dane forgot all about it. So if you know there's

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contamination in a meal, or you find out that you

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know something was off, it's there's there's a protocol of

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taking up to six capsules with medical guidance. Okay, So

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why charcoal is a travel must have. It seems kind

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of obvious, but it's lightweight, it's inexpensive, it's life saving,

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fast acting, it's natural, and there's no refrigeration needed. Activated

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charcoal has saved more vacations than any remedy in the

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natural world. After the break, we'll discuss dosing, safety, timing,

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and how to use charcoal in your weekly wellness routine,

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plus how this ancient remedy fits beautifully with God's design.

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So here are some safety guidelines in regard to taking

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charcoal capsules. You do not want to take it while

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you're taking medications within two hours of taking the medication,

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so make sure that you do not take it around

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the time that you're taking your medication. You don't want

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it to absorb your medication. Okay, two hours is the

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time you want to a lot, So take your charcoal

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either two hours before or two hours after, drink play

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of water because charcoal is dehydrating. This is really important

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to know because when I first started taking charcoal a

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few years ago, I wasn't drinking enough water and I

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was severely dehydrated. And I have a tendency to take

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it before bed. So if I don't wake up in

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the morning and chuck a lot of water, I get

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really really dehydrated from the charcoal. So I have to

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remember that if if you're doing a charcoal detox for yourself,

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like me, where I want to do it for like

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three weeks, I want to take capsules every night before bed,

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just as a general overall rule for some detoxing, just

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just because like a maintenance thing, right, I like to

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rotate detoxing. If you're one of those people like that

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likes to rotate your detoxing and like me, just don't

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forget that charcoal can dehydrate you. And wake up in

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that morning and get yourself a nice big glass of

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water and maybe some electrolytes and drink that down and

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do it again. You know, throughout the day. This is

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a it's not for daily long term use, use it

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as needed. Well, I feel like I need it right

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now for detoxing, so start with low doses. This is

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important too, because you don't want to take too many,

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and you want to adjust to your body's response. Like

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I know that if I feel like i've been you

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know that if I feel ill, that I'll take two

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or three and I'm good. If I try to take

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too many before bed, I'm absolutely miserable. When I wake up,

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I have dry mouth, and I don't feel like I

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could catch up my water. You know, because I'm not

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a big water drinker, I'm always having to remind myself

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to drink water. If you are a good water drinker,

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then you could probably handle some more. So just kind

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of see how you react to it, what's good for you.

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It's really a personal thing, So start with the low doses,

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especially while detoxing. For adults. The dosing the congestion for

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mild bloating is one capsule. For gas and pressure is

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two capsules. For restaurant meals, one to two capsules. For

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food poisoning, it's three to four capsules every two hours. Now,

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yesterday I just took a couple capsules and I didn't

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need them again. I felt fine as far as mold

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detoxing one to two capsules daily and the alcohol detox

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is two to four capsules after drinking, and you just

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kind of gauge that based on how much you drink,

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and don't forget to drink water because alcohol is dehydrating

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and so are the capsules. So here is a deeper

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biblical reflection. Scripture, as you know, is full of cleansing, imagery, purification, renewal, restoration,

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binding and loosing, removing impurities and making things clean. Activated

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charcoal echoes this theme. Just as the body eliminates toxins

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through charcoal, God removes spiritual toxins through grace. Just as

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charcoal binds impurities, God binds the wounds of the broken hearted.

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Just as charcoal draws out poison, God draws out bitterness,

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sin and pain. This is a beautiful picture of the

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Creator's design woven through all creation. Thank you so much

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for joining me today on Chasing Eden Rediscovering your Body's

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divine design. I hope this deep dive into activated charcoal

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has equipped you with the knowledge, hope, and some powerful

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tools for your home, your travels, and and your family's health.

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live in vibrant health, and continue rediscovering the beautiful design

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God has placed within you.