Activated charcoal has long used for treatment of various poisonings. Now the fashion poke the coal in different products: in juices, toothpaste, cleanser, shaving foam. All this makes for a clean and "detox". In fact, for healthy people from the coal rather more harm than good.
First, people have to buy activated carbon for the treatment of abdominal distension. Although gastroenterologists do not believe that coal thus helps. 30 years ago conducted research and decided that coal can be to some extent reduces the amount of gas in the intestines. But it turned out that not all studies have confirmed this effect.
In addition to questionable effectiveness is still side effects
Coal stains tongue and palate black.
Upon receiving decent coal dose 20 - 30% of people It begins vomiting.
Constipation occur.
Coal is trying to use is not where you want them. He does not link alcohol and heavy metals. But it is well removes from the bowel are some helpful medications. And that's not counting vitamins, which will also be poorly absorbed.
Even people make mistakes at the expense of the quantity of coal. Yesterday I asked if 4 tablets of coal for binding 2 tablets medicine enough. In fact, the coal should be 10 times moreThan the toxin, which want to link. Coal is usually sold in tablets 0.5 gAnd should be taken from the treatment of poisoning 50 g, i.e 100 times more.
When a patient in the hospital, these give 50 g of a liquid form of activated carbon, it is expected that approximately half of the coal bind toxin
The funny thing is that sometimes it is enough to take 0.05 g coal that he had violated the absorption of some usually need to treat drug. It turns out that to save the poisoned difficult, and hurt a person with a chronic disease.
Stop eating activated carbon! Harm will be more than good
