Why post a story almost two years old? Are you trying to sell something?
Charcoal is known for removing poisons from the body, so it can do a lot right there. It’s not a bad thing to chug a glass of charcoal water on a daily basis. It won’t hurt you.
Have you tried this? It is interesting.
So a daily shot of Kingsford will keep the doctor away?
I understand the activated charcoal additive works very successfully at removing cash from consumers wallets ....
Very informative.
I get plenty of charcoal when I grill something. I thought that was supposed to be bad for you. I wish they’d make up their minds.
Burnt Toast
My sister and her Chinese/Indonesian husband swear by charcoal tablets for an upset stomach.
They use a product (I won’t name it) and have given some to me when I had an uoset stomach.
It seemed to work as my stomach issue ended rapidly.
Activated charcoal: The latest detox fad in an obsessive food culture
https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/activated-charcoal-the-latest-detox-fad-in-an-obsessive-food-culture/
Not sure if its relevant, but since belly bloat is mentioned....the latest fad in supplement ads I hear on the radio all day long are various concoctions to rid one of the dreaded belly bloat, the theory being “hey, your’re not fat, just bloated”. Yeah, right.
They made a drink out of some charcoal in the fire and water, to deal with someone with a bad belly.
Does it work in BBQ form?
I would imagine that activated charcoal is used when the substance ingested is known (and hence charcoal would be known as an effective treatment). When people do a "detox," do they know what "toxins" they are getting rid of? Science deals in specifics, not vagaries.
I can vouch for this in this sense:
I first got activated charcoal when my dog ate a bunch of chocolate years ago.
I then got food poisoning from SEAFOOD. One of the worst kinds of food poisoning that can leave you sick for days.
I took the tablets about two hours after symptoms started appearing..I did suffer for a little while because I didn’t take it right away but I was better the next morning. The person I went to the restaurant with was sick for 3 days.
Since then..I have used it when I first notice something wrong. It can happen after you eat salad, too. If I start to feel the stomach rumble or I start having diarrhea..I get out the caps.
One episode recently, I only had one capsule. I think I got the food poisoning from oil that had garlic in it because it didn’t have the thing in it to keep it from going bad.(can’t remember what it is suppose to have)
I had to wait for that one tablet to kick in before I rushed to Walgreens to get another bottle!
And yes, you have to be careful if you are on medication. It will absorb it.
I call activated charcoal my miracle cure. I Tell everyone to have it. If you take it right away ..you will notice the positive reaction fairly quickly.
Also used it topically on spider bites. Alternative is Prid for that.
Activated charcoal capsules were our go to medication for stomach complaints when we lived in Europe. Anything over the counter we were used to getting here required a doctor’s prescription. And their OTC meds were almost all homeopathic (which, frankly, I still consider packaged placebo effect). We keep the charcoal caps on hand because they work.
Pretty much anything I throw on the BBQ ends up having some charcoal on it. Was this article sponsored by Weber Grills? :-)
I find it fascinating to read so many proudly ignorant comments. Activated charcoal is cheap, safe, and used by hospitals. But so many FReepers are so totally free from ever needing medical care, especially emergency care, that they can mock it.
Well, I wish all of you mockers a life completely devoid of activated charcoal - may it never come remotely near you, and may you and your doctors and caretakers forget it even exists.
(That’s a horrible, agonizing curse, by the way, for those of you in Rio Linda.)