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Types of Clay: Discovering Nature’s Edible Healing Substance
Types of clay are numerous and each of them serves a valuable purpose for humans, animals, and Mother Earth herself. When looking for the best types of clay for consumption in effort to achieve better health, one may feel somewhat ambivalent, especially those who aren’t overtly scientifically
inclined.
However, understanding the chemical composition and physical properties of mineral elements within various types of clay is instrumental to understanding how they work to bring you better health. Here, we will discuss a bit about different types of clay and their various uses without embarking into a disquisition of complex terminology.
What Makes Up the Various Types of Clay
The elements within most types of clay minerals – oxygen, silicon, potassium, etc. – are spherical in nature, and they arrange themselves in a three-dimensional pattern. These spheres are the building blocks of many types of clay, and the combined characteristics of any clay mineral group ultimately determine the category of the clay and its subsequent uses. Essentially, the clay’s mineral structure ultimately gives scientists a specific understanding of its how we can most effectively use the substance – particularly within the scope of better health.
The Types of Clay Groups
Clay minerals come in a variety of shapes and sizes and produce an extensive list of types of clays; however, not all of them share the same function. Many are more suitable for industrial purposes while others are ideal for internal use. There are seven categories of clay groups; however, these three are the most widely used and recognized globally.
Kaolin Group: Kaolin is used in the over-the-counter stomach remedy Kaopectate. Its efficacy is due to its ability to adsorb toxins and bacteria, which allows it to work as an anti-diarrheal medication.
Illite Group: Named for the state of Illinois, the most recognized form of this clay is glauconite – green mineral clay typically found in clay beds of a marine origin. This clay is often used for a wide variety of external and internal uses and it also may be white or yellow.
Smectite Group: Considered the most valuable of all types of clay because it boasts adsorption and absorption properties, meaning that it has the ability to both attract toxins and bacteria to the outside of the compound as well as expand and draw these harmful substances into its own physical structure….[Click Here To Continue Reading]
