Sunscreen that contains bentonite clay has been found to be more effective than some other sunscreens without it. In Iran, the clay is used as a hair cleanser and softener. Bentonite has also been shown to be an effective healing ingredient on your skin and is sometimes used in creams to treat diaper rash.
To use bentonite clay to cleanse impurities for your skin, consider a calcium bentonite clay mask. You can make a mask like this at home by purchasing bentonite clay powder. The paste will carry a slight electrical charge that will attract toxins deep in your skin. Leave the clay on your face as it dries, usually for about 10 minutes. Remove the clay gently using a wet washcloth.
Bentonite clay can also be consumed in small amounts. You can purchase bentonite clay capsules online or from a health food store. Taking the capsules may boost immunity by fighting off bacteria that could make you sick.
It may also help cleanse your body of built-up toxins like aluminum, mercury, and lead. Bentonite clay might even help your gut absorb more nutrients by increasing the flora in your intestines. I started first with the Friends -era website, intending to send an email to the company in hopes of finding a founder.
There was no email address listed on the site, only a PO box, phone, and fax number. I found a street address at a few directory sites online, but a view via Google Street View showed me literal tumbleweeds, not even a building. Could I possibly email her? There are only two reviews in , then not another one until In , Amazon reviews started picking up a bit more, and ramped up slowly from there. Which brings us to the modern iteration of Aztec Secret.
Mainstream publications and websites then started steadily covering Aztec. This period of time is also when YouTube and Instagram influencers started to emerge, and wellness, the concept of detoxing, and DIY beauty treatments started to really trend. In , Aztec had its biggest year yet. Celebs like Mindy Kaling name-checked it, and it got more play in the media. Then, searches for the product suddenly spiked during the week of November 22nd, according to Google Trends.
Was it because everyone was home detoxing during Thanksgiving week in or…? Nope, it was YouTube. Two beauty vloggers posted videos four days apart during that time. First, Toronto-based Samantha Jane , who has a modest-by-YouTube-standards 22, followers, posted a video review on November 19th that got over , views, making it the most-viewed video on her channel.
Then Kathleen Lights , who has almost three million subscribers and is huge on Instagram as well, posted one on the 23rd, which has almost , views to date. This brings us back to the experience of using this mask, which people are still enthusiastically buying, at least if January Amazon reviews and another spike the first week of the month are any indication.
Even my mother is shocked with photos as she's has[sic] a front row seat to my acne struggle and one of the few people to see my skin natural through this time. Sometimes I put glop on my face for beauty reasons. The more sips I took, the more I hated the taste. Over the course of the day, I kept procrastinating drinking it, and the clay kept separating from the water and settling on the bottom of the jar. At the end of the day, I did not succeed in my goal. I drank only about half of the water in the jar.
I did not notice any major positive effects from eating clay for a few days. I did feel somewhat refreshed every time I chugged some, but I will attribute that to the water. I will say, though, that I was PMS-ing and, again, have been eating pizza for dinner all week, so my stomach would normally be a mess, but it wasn't. Could the bentonite clay be the reason? Quite possibly! That leads me to conclude that eating clay could definitely be useful as a digestive aid and stomach remedy.
That pretty much lines up with my interpretation of the evidence on clay eating but I am not a scientist, and there is no real consensus on this. Also, there are capsules of bentonite clay available, so if the idea of drinking clay water grosses you out, definitely go that route.
So I decided to give clay eating a try. So I just worked with what I had. From The Web Ads by Revcontent. The content you see here is paid for by the advertiser or content provider whose link you click on, and is recommended to you by Revcontent. As the leading platform for native advertising and content recommendation, Revcontent uses interest based targeting to select content that we think will be of particular interest to you.
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This may be one of its most well studied benefits. For example, a study on chicks found that bentonite clay reduced the effects of a toxin called aflatoxin B1, which comes from certain types of mold. Chicks that received a concentrated bentonite clay product had fewer toxic effects than those who did not receive the clay. Another study looked at the effects of montmorillonite clay, which is very similar to bentonite clay, on reducing toxins in children in Ghana, West Africa.
In the study area, aflatoxins in homemade nutritional supplements are linked with poor growth and related disabilities. The researchers found that children who received a calcium montmorillonite clay product each day for 2 weeks had fewer signs of aflatoxins in their urine than those who did not receive it. In a small-scale animal study , rats consumed wastewater that contained cyanide.
Researchers gave some of the rats various amounts of bentonite clay or a placebo. Those that received the most clay had the lowest amount of the toxin in their bodies after 3 weeks. Scientists need to conduct more research before they can confirm that bentonite clay is safe and effective for use in humans.
Mix up to 1 teaspoon tsp of bentonite clay with 6—8 ounces oz of purified water and drink once per day. People can buy bentonite clay powder in drug stores or choose from many brands online. Be sure to choose a form of clay that the manufacturer has labeled as edible. Take bentonite clay at least 2 hours before or after taking any medications. Because it can adsorb other molecules, bentonite clay may bind to some medications and reduce their effectiveness.
Using a clay face mask can help remove impurities from the skin to treat acne or reduce the risk of pimples and skin infections. Many commercial facial masks contain clays because of their clarifying effect on the skin. Some skin care masks contain bentonite, but a person can also make their own bentonite mask at home.
Mix bentonite clay powder with water to make a thick paste. Apply to the areas of skin that are prone to oil or acne.
Leave the mask on for 20 minutes and rinse thoroughly. Repeat two or three times per week. Otherwise, people can choose from a range of premade bentonite clay face masks online. Some people use bentonite clay to cleanse specific parts of their body. Learn more about using bentonite clay in an armpit detox and a foot detox here.
Many people are allergic to urushiol, the oil that poison ivy plants produce. When their skin comes into contact with poison ivy, they may develop the characteristic rash as an allergic reaction. A poison ivy rash can cause redness, irritation, and severe itching.
A study from found that bentonite clay can treat poison ivy rash and speed up healing following an allergic reaction. Wash the skin with soap and water as soon as possible after touching poison ivy.
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