ZEOLITE SCAM
- From: brainless@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:34:34 GMT
I looked into this product a few months back...A friend was believing the
claims made by sellers of this crap that it would cure terminal cancer...His
mother had pancreatic cancer and he has prostate cancer......she died a few
weeks ago and he is now resigned to dying as well....they make all kind of
claims about this stuff and many testimonials from sellers, but I could not
find even one legitimate study ...Here is one article I saved from a retired
chemistry professor.... http://www.chem1.com/CQ/wonkywater.html#MIN
Zeolite zaniness
Zeolites <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeolites> are clay-like porous
mineral and synthetic materials based typically on sodium aluminum
silicates which possess the ability to absorb and exchange metallic ions
of many kinds. The powdered solids have a large variety of uses, one of
which is the production of worthless nostrums for which the usual
groundless claims are made: "detoxifying" the body's cells, restore "pH
balance", acting as antioxidants, and, particularly egregious,
curing/preventing cancer.
The cancer-cure claims commonly cite scientific studies suggesting
that zeolites such as clinoptilolite
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinoptilolite> have been found to
interfere with cell signalling pathways that are involved in some
cancers. This is correct, but so have many thousands of other
substances; there is a very long path from these observations to
clinical results. The marketing claims about the health aspects of
zeolite materials lack credible scientific support, and can be
considered little more than deceptive marketing. One article
<http://www.cqs.com/zeolite.htm> of interest claims that a
zeolite-derived product might be harmful.
*Zeolites are solids and their properties are directly dependent on
their solid-state structure;* *zeolites cannot exist as liquids*, nor
can they be dissolved /in/ liquids without decomposition. This
elementary fact has not deterred numerous promoters from offering
"liquid zeolite" products, often at extortionate prices; these should be
regarded as nothing more than old-fashioned snake-oil. As for ingesting
solid zeolites, they are largely inert and will simply pass through the
digestive tract without much change. There is no reason to believe that
they can pass into the vascular system, and thence into individual
cells. Two typical misinformation-filled sites are this one
<http://www.liquidzeolite.org/faq.html#1000.>, and also this rant
<http://www.newstarget.com/015232.html> on something called "Natural
Cellular Defense".
As if taking advantage of chemistry-challenged consumers and desperate
cancer victims is not bad enough, some hucksters go for the new-age
mind-mush crowd:
"A group of scientists recently met and they put these drops under
an electron microscope and discovered that this product is alive. It
is generating light. They they dehydrated it and reconstituted it
and it still emits light. In other words... Cellular Electrical
Energy is the Life Force of the BodyTHIS RECHARGES THE HUMAN
BATTERY!" [link <http://www.quantumenergeticshealth.com/977332.html>]
Well, anybody who falls for this kind of garbage can consider the money
they pay as a "tax on stupidity".
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