Participants: Christine Salter, John Dinsley
Series Code: WM
Program Code: WM000371
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00:35 Hello, and welcome to "Wonderfully Made"
00:38 My name is Dr. Christine Salter 00:40 and I'm Board Certified in Family Medicine, 00:43 and I'm in private practice in St. Louis, Missouri 00:46 Today, we're going to be discussing about a simple 00:50 home remedy called... "activated charcoal" 00:53 And we have a guest with us, Mr. John Dinsley 00:56 who has written a book about charcoal. 00:58 John, I'd like to welcome you to our program today. 01:01 Dr. Salter, it is a pleasure to be here with you. 01:04 So tell me, why did you write a book about charcoal? 01:08 Good question... 01:09 Why would anybody want to write something about 01:11 what's left over from your campfire... Exactly 01:14 ...Or from your woodstove 01:15 Well charcoal, as you said, activated charcoal, 01:18 or medicinal charcoal... actually has been used 01:22 for many, many years! 01:23 Even 1500 years BC, the Egyptians were using it 01:26 to control wounds, infections, odors... 01:32 But at the end of the 20th century, there was a 01:34 tremendous interest in simple, natural home remedies 01:38 and because of my experience with charcoal in my traveling 01:42 in different countries, that's where it all goes back to. 01:46 Well that sounds really interesting... 01:48 So you've traveled to Guatemala, and in other places 01:53 ...Nepal? Yes. What experiences did you have? 01:55 It was a real privilege to work there. 01:57 And, in working with the doctors there, 02:00 and the different healthcare providers, 02:02 I especially learned the importance of a 02:04 good health program... 02:06 But, when it came to treating disease, 02:11 they instilled in me this notion that I needed to be 02:14 the gatekeeper of my own health. 02:16 The people that they treated oftentimes were 02:18 living remotely from where the clinic was or the hospital 02:21 and they did not want to put a dependence upon these people 02:25 on the doctor, on the healthcare facility 02:28 Because these people were so remote, 02:30 they needed to be able to treat themselves oftentimes 02:33 because it took, maybe half a day to get to the nearest 02:35 road... a couple of days to get to the nearest hospital 02:38 Emergency care was obviously out of reach. 02:41 They needed something that they could use WHERE they were. 02:44 Where they were... Well I think that's true for here in 02:47 North America too, and in other more developed countries. 02:50 We do want people to be gatekeepers of their health, 02:53 and to do what they can do in the home setting 02:56 but even prior to seeing a physician. 02:59 Well, a lot of people are asking the question... 03:01 You know with drugs that are readily available 03:05 over-the-counter prescription... 03:07 Why should I even think about using something like charcoal? 03:12 But I would like to take a look at our graphic here... 03:15 And look at some of the reasons why we, today, might want to 03:18 think about using a simple, natural remedy... 03:23 On our list, we have... 03:29 Well the first 2... iatrogenic death and 03:32 nosocomial disease... it's actually a subgroup of 03:37 iatrogenic death. 03:38 And these are deaths that originate in the hospital 03:42 because of complications in either administering of 03:46 drugs, surgery, and so forth. 03:48 And these are large figures. 03:50 According to the "Journal of American Medical Association" 03:53 in the year 2000, 225 thousand people died 03:58 because of iatrogenic death. 04:00 So obviously, it's sort of like friendly fire... 04:02 Right... You know this is obviously not 04:04 intentional, but there are consequences to using 04:07 properly prescribed medicines... Yes. 04:10 And so, people are saying, "Is there something that I 04:12 can use as an alternative that doesn't have the 04:16 side effects associated. 04:17 And if we use more heroic methods of treating disease, 04:22 right off the beginning, what are we left with in an emergency 04:28 Diseases are developing resistance to a lot of drugs 04:34 Some diseases are triggered by antibiotics... 04:37 And so, we know this... What can people do 04:41 for themselves that's safe. That's safe... 04:44 That's absolutely true. 04:45 Antibiotic resistance is at a very concerning rise 04:50 at an alarming rate. 04:51 A lot of patients... they come to physicians, you know, 04:55 they may only have a viral infection, but they want 04:57 an antibiotic, because they want to feel well right away. 05:01 And what happens is that we're under pressure to prescribe 05:06 and we really have to hold our ground. 05:08 I have to hold by ground and and say, 05:09 "Well, let's allow your body... 05:12 It's a virus... you know, we don't have an antibiotic 05:14 for a virus; we want the body to deal with this 05:17 Run the fever... and that whole thing, and then I'd like to have 05:21 a simple remedy that I can have them do in the home 05:24 that will make them feel better... 05:25 Because basically, they want to feel better. 05:27 They're thinking in their mind that if I prescribe 05:30 an antibiotic, that's going to make them feel better. 05:33 And, more often than not, they take the antibiotic 05:35 and... "Oh, I'm not any better" 05:37 Well, it's not going to treat the virus 05:39 Well, we're cultured that way, in society to think that way, 05:42 but there are safer alternatives. 05:44 And charcoal is a simple natural remedy that, 05:47 as far as we know, has no serious side effects. 05:51 Our body does not digest charcoal, 05:54 and so it's not assimilated. 05:55 Whatever serious side effects that had been noted in the 06:00 literature, are usually associated in hospitals, 06:03 and today, we're talking about home application of charcoal 06:06 as a simple home remedy. 06:08 So, how does this work? 06:10 Is there any science behind this? 06:12 Oh, there's lots of science. 06:14 I'm sure you've read in different medical journals 06:16 The JMA, The Lancet, Clinical Toxicology... 06:21 just to name a few. 06:22 These journals have picked up on this amazing ability for 06:25 charcoal... medicinal charcoal, activated charcoal, 06:28 to adsorb poisons, toxic waste products from cancers, wounds, 06:35 not just accidental poisoning in hospitals, 06:38 but... for instance, poisonous plants, mushroom poisoning, 06:44 amanita poisoning... Amanita or insect bites 06:48 ...the brown recluse spider. 06:51 Sometimes it can stop anaphylactic shock from people 06:54 who have been stung by a bee or hornet. 06:59 I was reading an article recently by an allergist, 07:06 in Canada... one of the foremost allergists on peanut 07:10 ...And he was saying that, clinically, they've been showing 07:13 that charcoal can adsorb the peanut protein allergen in 07:18 30 seconds. 07:19 So clinically, there's a lot of research to show WHY it 07:23 should work in the home. 07:24 And so that's what we're talking today about... 07:26 the home application. 07:28 Now, a lot of healthcare professionals, 07:29 including yourself, have used charcoal. 07:32 You use it on a professional basis 07:34 for accidental poisoning in emergency rooms. 07:40 Poison Control Centers recommend it. 07:41 It's used in kidney dialysis machines. 07:44 I've talked with even nurses and they don't realize 07:48 that the kidney dialysis machines actually have a 07:50 bed of granular charcoal, and the blood is filtered 07:52 through that and it's clean... 07:54 because your kidneys have stopped doing the work 07:56 of cleansing the blood. 07:58 Interestingly enough... 08:01 Dr. Hillebrand who is Director of Liver Transplant at 08:08 Loma Linda University Hospital in California, 08:11 has developed a liver dialysis machine to do similar 08:15 to what the kidney dialysis machine does. 08:18 When the liver has stopped functioning, or it's overloaded, 08:22 can't perform its job properly of... removing toxins.. exactly 08:27 So if a machine can do that using charcoal, 08:29 can we use it in the home? 08:31 It seems to imply that... yes, we can. 08:34 And again, here in North America we can often access 08:39 good health care facilities. 08:41 But, many of your audience live in developing countries 08:44 where I've worked, and they don't have that accessibility. 08:48 The access to health care, but also even here in 08:51 North America, and in some of the other developed countries, 08:55 people in rural areas, and in some of the urban areas, 08:58 don't have access to health care. 09:02 Well, whether you're in a city even parked next to a hospital, 09:07 I bet you have a fire extinguisher. 09:09 You know, we never anticipate or expect a fire in our home 09:13 but we carry a fire extinguisher for that emergency 09:17 And if the Poison Control Centers are telling us 09:20 we should have charcoal in our homes, 09:23 for accidental poisoning, as we mentioned amanita, 09:26 the poison mushroom... doesn't it make good sense 09:29 that we should have it in our emergency kits. 09:32 But we talked a little bit earlier about some of the 09:34 other reasons why we should have charcoal in the home 09:36 and I'd like to put up the graphic on calamities. 09:41 Now we've seen a few of those recently... 09:43 Yes we have, very sadly. 09:45 The earthquake, the tsunami in Indonesia, 09:49 and then closer to home, we had the Hurricane Katrina 09:53 I was listening, on the news, and it was saying... 09:56 and it was saying, it was like "shock and awe" 09:58 That as the hurricane came ashore, it took out 10:01 communications... It took out transportation 10:05 It took out emergency facilities 10:07 It isolated communities, and then it cut off retreat. 10:10 And, we would like to think that would never happen 10:13 in our neighborhood... 10:14 But, whether it's a flood, whether it's an earthquake, 10:17 some of these calamities are coming closer 10:20 Wouldn't it make good sense to have, not only a 10:23 first aid kit... a lot of these people didn't even have a 10:25 first aid kit, but they should have charcoal in that 10:28 first aid kit along with them. 10:29 And we really want to encourage our viewers to make sure they 10:32 do have a very good first aid kit in their home... 10:37 that would include activated charcoal. 10:40 Tell us what it means for the charcoal to be "activated" 10:43 Okay well, you take a raw charcoal... 10:47 You're out camping... You put the fire out. 10:53 You have charcoal left over. 10:55 Now, charcoal can come from any number of plant sources. 10:59 You can, oftentimes, take coconut shells, or bamboo 11:04 olive pits, peat moss... 11:06 They take this initial charcoal and then they subject it again 11:11 to very high temperatures 800 degrees Celsius 11:15 and then they bombard it with steam, or air, 11:18 and it erodes this internal structure of the 11:22 charcoal molecule, giving it a tremendous surface area... 11:24 Surface area... Oh yeah 11:26 Yes, you know, the standard dosing in pediatric poisoning 11:31 is 50 grams, which is 5 tablespoons 11:34 and that's actually equivalent to 10 football fields... 11:37 So we can see how, when the charcoal is activated, 11:41 just how much surface area there is to actually adsorb 11:45 all these toxins in which they ADsorb NOT ABsorb 11:50 because it sucks these toxins onto its surface, in all these 11:54 meters of surface area, so it makes it very useful. 11:58 And it holds those poisons until it's eliminated from the body. 12:01 Now, charcoal is known to adsorb over 4,000 natural 12:06 and man-made poisons and toxins 12:09 And that unique feature is used every day in the hospitals 12:14 but it has the other flipside to that... 12:16 DRUGS, when we overdose on drugs, we want to use charcoal 12:22 to bind those excess drugs because somebody has overdosed 12:26 Charcoal does not discriminate between poisons, 12:29 and a lot of drugs are definitely poisonous 12:31 And so, if somebody is taking a medication, they want to be 12:36 aware that if they are taking charcoal, it's not going 12:41 to discriminate between their medication and other 12:43 poisonous toxins in their body. 12:45 So they'll want to get themselves, depending on who 12:49 you're reading in the literature they'll say anywhere from 12:51 1-1/2 hours before, 1-1/2 hours after you take your medications 12:56 give yourself that window for your medication. 13:00 Yeah, or even up to 2 hours. Could be... yes 13:02 So you want to keep that charcoal away from the 13:05 time that you're taking prescription medicines... Um hm 13:07 Because it will suck those medicines too... Yes 13:10 And make them ineffective... 13:11 If you're concerned, you should talk with your physician 13:14 Again, if you can't take it internally because you're 13:19 worried about it compromising your medication, 13:21 you may apply it externally. 13:23 It can be done in baths... 13:26 A warm footbath, you can add charcoal to that. 13:29 It's a detoxifier. For instance, gout... 13:33 I was working on a remote island in the Pacific, 13:36 we came into this island one evening, 13:39 and we were under this large shelter called a maniaba 13:42 and the minister came in... 13:44 He came in stumbling, and he was grimacing with pain 13:48 Sounds like gout... 13:49 I looked at him and I thought ... Oh, what's wrong? 13:52 He said, "Oh, my big toe is killing me. I have not slept 13:55 for weeks as the pain is SO severe" 13:58 And, I'm not a physician, but I started thinking... 14:01 I wonder... I wonder if he may be suffering from gout. 14:05 And not knowing, we made a foot bath with charcoal 14:10 Now... it wasn't this wonderful activated charcoal that is 14:13 accessible here, we're on a remote island. 14:15 I found some crude charcoal. 14:18 We pulverized it, put it in the water... 14:21 I did have some charcoal capsules that I brought with me 14:23 I gave that for him to take internally. 14:25 The next morning, I came down the path, 14:29 and here's the pastor grinding up charcoal to make a 14:32 hot foot bath... It had worked for him! 14:34 So it adsorbed the uric acid that crystallizes out in 14:38 your extremities in gout. 14:40 Had adsorbed it through the skin... 14:42 And so, you can see that the charcoal does work 14:45 internally but it also works externally. 14:48 ...Poultices and baths. 14:49 And I think that pastor was very happy with you... 14:53 I think you'd be his best friend for clearing of his gout 14:56 Do you think he would have wanted you to wait until 14:59 there was a randomized double-blind controlled trial 15:02 to prove that activated charcoal pulls uric acid through the skin 15:10 Well, it's very interesting information, 15:12 you can read all this, but it's a lot more friendly 15:15 to use it yourself... 15:16 I guess we're trying to acquaint our audience 15:20 with this simple remedy. 15:22 For many of them, it's what you might call "off the wall" 15:25 It's something brand new to them. 15:27 But we're hoping that it begins with experimentation 15:30 We talked about being a gatekeeper. 15:32 We are giving you the assurance that there are no side effects 15:35 MAJOR side effects to charcoal 15:37 No known side effects to charcoal. 15:38 It's something simple you can use in your home 15:41 Again, it's used in hospitals as well. 15:44 Right, so we know that it is very useful, 15:46 and sometimes when we know that something is useful, 15:49 we can extrapolate and use it for other things... 15:53 And we don't have to wait for 15:54 those randomized or blind-controlled trials. 15:57 We don't even wait for all those for half drugs that we're using 16:01 Well, we talked a little bit earlier about calamities 16:05 and maybe throw up the graphic now about after-shock 16:09 You know when there is a calamity, war, 16:13 or earthquakes, so forth, very quickly we find ourselves 16:17 in a situation with poor sanitation, water contamination, 16:20 power failure, transportation failure, spread of disease, 16:24 and, depending on where you are, 16:26 the availability of medical care. 16:28 If you have something in your home, you can start right now 16:33 as you wait for emergency care to come to you. 16:37 You've spoken about the concept of "gatekeeper" 16:42 It's important that, for all of us, that we do become 16:45 gatekeepers of our own health, of our family's health 16:48 that we do have the appropriate supplies there. 16:51 You know with the recent Hurricane Katrina 16:56 it was very bad because the hospitals were flooded 17:01 ...you know, and people could not get to the appropriate 17:05 medical care... Right 17:06 Well when you think that water is filtered through charcoal 17:09 all around the world, from Olympic aquariums to our 17:14 drinking water... up in space, the space station 17:17 uses charcoal to clean their air and their water there 17:20 in nuclear submarines, so it filters water... 17:22 it cleans water, dirty water. 17:24 It's used in wound dressings... 17:26 Johnson and Johnson has a wound dressing with charcoal in it. 17:30 The soldiers in Iraq have charcoal in their clothing 17:33 to adsorb potential chemical warfare. 17:36 But where do you get charcoal 17:37 here at home? I was going to ask you that. 17:39 Well, go to the pharmacy, if they don't have it, ask them, 17:44 and in most cases, they'll be glad... 17:46 they'll be happy to bring it in for you. 17:48 Health food stores and co-ops often have it. 17:50 You get it in capsules, tablets, powder, 17:54 sometimes even a salve. 17:56 It's also dispensed in the Poison Control Centers 18:00 in a suspended solution. 18:02 They should shake it up and give it to you immediately 18:05 But, you know, in the home, if you keep it in a dry, 18:08 well-sealed container, it will last indefinitely 18:10 When the occasion arises, you just add it to the water 18:14 stir it in and drink it back. 18:17 I've had charcoal under my kitchen sink for years 18:20 and I use it for various things. 18:23 Sore throat, gastroenteritis, ear infection. 18:28 So, it's useful for a variety of things. 18:31 It's not a substitute for medical care, 18:34 but sometimes it can... it can tide you over 18:38 until you get that opportunity to go there... you see 18:42 The other area I should bring up because we all 18:45 like animals... Right 18:46 One of the stories in my book, I tell about this lady who 18:51 operated a camels' expedition around Australia 18:55 She had 5 or so camels, and this one day, 18:59 they stopped at this place, this oasis 19:02 and they put it in this compound and there was a tree there 19:05 that the lady didn't realize was DEADLY poisonous 19:08 and one of her camels... she called it, "Greedy Gut" 19:11 went over and started munching on this tree, 19:13 and then, before long, it was laying down 19:14 on all 4's and couldn't get up. 19:16 And she, in the process of trying to think 19:19 what she could do, she remembered charcoal. 19:21 And she gave charcoal to it. 19:23 It seemed to help, but she tried other things as well... 19:28 Then she came back and got some more 19:31 charcoal and gave it again... 19:32 And she was convinced that charcoal definitely helped. 19:35 So much so, that farther down the trail... 19:38 again, one of the other camels 19:39 ate something it shouldn't have eaten... 19:41 She again applied the charcoal, and she said, 19:43 "Charcoal was the remedy. " 19:44 But when I looked at the weights of her animals, 19:47 and the amount of charcoal she was giving, 19:48 I'm convinced that if she'd give a lot more, 19:51 those camels would have responded much quicker. 19:54 There is a dosage... It's in the Animal Poison Control Centers 19:59 They recommend anywhere from 1 gram to 3 grams per kilogram 20:05 of body weight animal. 20:07 When doctors prescribe charcoal to people, 20:13 they usually come up with 3 recipes or dosages 20:16 One is the one you mentioned. 20:18 Anywhere up to 50 grams for a child. 20:22 Another one says 10 grams of charcoal for every gram of 20:26 poison that you've taken. 20:27 But how many of you are going to sit down and say, 20:29 Well, I think I... you know, 10 grams of charcoal 20:32 Give lots, you can give too little, 20:35 but you can't give too much. 20:37 And as long as you give them lots of fluid with it... Yes 20:39 You'll have no complications. No problems with that... 20:42 So, yes, animals is another whole area where we could be 20:47 giving charcoal. 20:48 A lady who had read the book mentioned that she went home 20:52 and decided she was going to do her own experimenting 20:53 but not on herself... 20:55 She had an old dog, and she described, I didn't see the dog 20:58 She described this softball size growth in his abdomen. 21:02 This made it very uncomfortable for the dog, 21:04 and she thought, "Well, I'll try charcoal; can't hurt anything" 21:07 So she wrestled a capsule of activated charcoal down 21:12 the dog's throat every day for 6 weeks. 21:15 Now, I never saw the dog... 21:16 But she said, after 6 weeks, "I'm convinced it worked" 21:19 For whatever reason, she said it's down to the 21:22 size of a golf ball. 21:23 And she decided, rather than using capsules, 21:25 she'd get some powder... 21:26 It's a lot more economical. It's cheap. 21:28 And, she would use that. 21:29 She would just mix it in with the food. 21:31 I said, "Well, actually they've been doing that. " 21:33 They do that on a commercial basis. 21:36 They, in some large animal factories, 21:40 they'll add charcoal to the feed 21:42 to prevent them from bacterial infections and so forth. 21:47 Yes, there's been a study in 21:49 the "American Journal of Gastroenterology" 21:51 that talks about how activated charcoal adsorbs intestinal gas, 21:58 and that it is very effective. 22:00 And so, that whole idea of adsorption in that large 22:03 surface area comes into play again... With animals 22:06 I don't think there's something magical about charcoal 22:11 It's simple, it works... And it's scientific 22:14 It's scientific... it's really pulling through electrical 22:17 forces... it pulls materials to itself and then hangs on to it. 22:22 One thought that came to my mind is... 22:24 when people do go down to purchase charcoal, 22:27 on the bottle, they will see "activated" 22:31 That's the first thing they want us to see is 22:32 if it's activated. 22:33 There is another grade up from that 22:35 called USP or US Pharmacopeia Grade... 22:39 and that simply means that that charcoal has been washed 22:41 ...acid-washed to remove some of the ash content. 22:45 It's a more pure form; in fact, the pharmaceutical 22:48 companies use that grade of charcoal to clean their drugs. 22:51 to take away objectionable odors or colors 22:54 from their medications. 22:57 On the bottle, you may also see it listed as a food 23:02 supplement. 23:04 Well, charcoal is not a food supplement because 23:06 we don't digest it, we don't absorb it. 23:09 Well, it's a conundrum... 23:13 They don't know what to do with charcoal... 23:14 It's not a mineral. It's not a supplement. 23:16 But, because they don't know what to call it, 23:18 they call it a food supplement. 23:20 It does not adsorb natural minerals and vitamins. 23:29 There is some anecdotal evidence that it does adsorb some 23:33 man-made artificial vitamins and minerals. 23:37 So with food, it's not going to 23:40 adsorb the natural nutrients of food. 23:43 The food industry puts it in licorice. 23:45 They put it in jellybeans. 23:46 It's in caviar. It's in mascara. 23:49 It's used in many different ways. 23:53 People who lose their lower bowels, have a colostomy. 23:58 For years, they used to give charcoal to these individuals 24:02 to be able to handle, not only the indigestion, 24:04 but also the gas that forms. 24:07 Now, they make ostomy bags that actually have 24:11 charcoal filters on them to be able to handle that 24:14 But previously, these individuals used it on a 24:16 regular basis, and showed no signs of nutritional compromise. 24:20 So, you can put that fear to sleep... 24:23 Again, if you're drinking adequate water, 24:26 you're having a good balanced diet, and so forth, 24:28 you have nothing to fear. 24:29 So, we're not just talking about using on an emergency basis, 24:33 it's not like... oh, instead of going to the emergency room, 24:37 I'm going to take this. Um hm 24:38 It can be used for just something simple... 24:42 you know, sore throat? Yeah... 24:43 Pinkeye? Yes... I know some lifestyle programs 24:48 that I've have been involved in... 24:49 They used it as a general detox. 24:52 People who wanted to get off drugs, 24:55 street drugs... They wanted to detoxify 24:59 their body. 25:01 I know of one individual who, her doctor gave her charcoal 25:06 in a Dixie cup every day to take, mixed with olive oil... 25:10 Because she developed Crohn's, very severe Crohn's 25:13 And with the Crohn's, there's a diarrhea that forms... 25:16 That's right... Along with some of these other 25:19 diseases; irritable bowel disease, and so forth. 25:21 Well, let me tell the viewing audience about Crohn's disease 25:25 Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease where 25:28 there's a lot of inflammation, and sometimes ulceration, 25:32 and a lot of diarrhea. 25:34 It's very uncomfortable and disabling to patients. 25:37 ...Having to run to the bathroom, having to be close 25:40 to a bathroom. 25:41 And so, to use something simple like activated charcoal 25:45 makes a big difference to them with that Crohn's disease. 25:49 Another thing that comes to mind is open ulcers. 25:53 It can be caused from any number of things. 25:56 When I was working on a remote Pacific Island, 26:00 I got strep infections on my leg, 26:02 and it wasn't the flesh-eating kind, but it literally ate out 26:05 holes on my leg, and I used charcoal, and it didn't 26:09 do very much for the pain, but once I realized what was 26:14 happening, it stopped the growth of the infection 26:17 and it did start to promote healing. 26:19 People who have geriatric cases where they end up 26:23 with these ulcers that don't seem to respond to anything 26:26 Oftentimes, a very mild footbath with charcoal will help 26:32 to retard the growth of the infection and promote healing. 26:35 And that's using not only activated charcoal, 26:40 but some simple hydrotherapy... Exactly 26:42 That's another simple home remedy of using 26:44 combination together. 26:46 Right, well these are simple alternatives. 26:49 They make us the gatekeeper, as you mentioned earlier, 26:53 of our health. 26:54 We certainly can take advantage of the wonderful advances 26:59 in healthcare that we've seen over the past century. 27:02 BUT, what do you do when you're away from home, 27:06 away from a facility where you've come to 27:09 depend upon it all the time. 27:10 Should you carry it with you? 27:12 Wouldn't it make perfect sense... 27:14 that not only do you have it in your home, 27:16 but if you're traveling overseas... 27:18 I know many nongovernmental organizations that are 27:21 working overseas... On their checklist, they say... 27:24 "Bring activated charcoal" 27:26 Yes, absolutely, and in fact, my patients who are traveling, 27:29 that's the first thing I tell them... 27:32 To make sure they've got, in their travel kit, 27:34 and they say... "What's that?" 27:36 Okay, and a quick explanation... 27:38 And they say, "I'll take it with me. " 27:39 And they were very happy to have that activated charcoal 27:43 and they did well. I bet they did... 27:44 And so, we don't have to wait for those randomized 27:46 double-blind control trials. 27:48 We have a nice, simple home remedy... activated charcoal 27:52 John, you've given us a lot of good information today, 27:54 and we just thank you for coming and sharing this information 27:58 with our viewers. My pleasure 27:59 And to our viewers, we want to say to you... 28:02 If you want to know more information, 28:03 please contact 3ABN so they could direct you to the 28:06 correct resources. 28:08 And may God bless you as you use these 28:10 simple home remedies! |
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