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A few personal uses for activated charcoal
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In modern culture, a few personal uses for activated charcoal have become increasingly mainstream, such as for dental hygiene and as a detox supplement/hangover cure.
While there is no hard science on using activated charcoal as a teeth whitener, experts recommend limiting this practice to 2-3 times a week, as the carbon is abrasive and could mimic sandpaper on enamel. activated carbon manufacturer Of course, there are other potential benefits to oral health, thanks to the activated carbon's microbe-absorbing actions.
Taken internally, activated carbon has a lot of exciting effects. It can help eliminate urea-derived toxins, byproducts of consuming protein that can become harmful (for example when a person eats excessive animal proteins).
Since the kidneys are responsible for filtering urea, elevated levels can cause kidney damage and disease. This study on rats demonstrated enhanced kidney function in rats with chronic renal failure, thanks to the addition of activated charcoal to their diets (results that have been replicated in human trials).
Individuals suffering from Trimethylaminuria (TMAU) will be delighted to know that activated charcoal could be a powerful remedy. In people suffering from TMAU, an enzyme deficiency causes fishy-smelling trimethylamine (TMA) to build up and spill over into breath, sweat, and urine, ultimately causing a 'fishy' body odor. In this study, taking activated charcoal for 10 days reduced TMA to levels found in healthy adults.
Activated charcoal may have beneficial effects on cholesterol levels, and also seems helpful in reducing gas and diarrhea. There is even reason to believe that activated charcoal could help with heavy metal toxicity!
Although activated charcoal doesn't adsorb ethanol (or affect blood alcohol levels), enthusiasts of carbon as a hangover cure speculate that it adsorbs many of the alcoholic beverages' impurities while passing through the digestive tract. wanyang activated carbon Also, it could potentially capture toxic byproducts of drinking alcohol, like acetaldehyde.
The former theory isn't completely ungrounded, as activated carbon is very popular in the spirits industry. Its efficacy in purifying distilled beverages, increasing their purity and quality without affecting alcohol levels, seems to confirm all that we just discussed.