Welcome to "Healthy Living!"
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I'm your host Margot Marshall.
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Activated charcoal is
used worldwide in hospital
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emergency rooms to
neutralize drugs and poisons.
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And it's also useful
though to have on hand
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for a variety of
everyday ailments.
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Stay tuned for more
on this amazing product.
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Charcoal is able to
adsorb thousands of times its
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own weight in gases, heavy
metals, poisons and chemicals
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often making them ineffective.
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So it's a very useful item
to have in your first aid kit,
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and for all sorts
of common ailments.
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Our guest, Dr. Eddie
Ramirez, will tell us about this
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amazing product and
show us how to use it.
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Welcome Eddie, lovely
to have you on the program.
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Thank you very much.
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So what is charcoal?
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I mean, is it just something
that we've burnt some wood,
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is that what we're
talking about here?
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No, not necessarily
- charcoal is something
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that in my opinion,
every household should have
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some of it and in a minute
we'll talk about the different
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forms that we can find it.
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But what about "activated"
charcoal? What's the difference?
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But what charcoal is, is
basically a vegetable that has
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been burned completely.
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And the best type of
charcoal is actually made out of
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hard wood - that's the one
that makes the best charcoal.
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And you were asking about
"activated" charcoal. Yes.
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As technology increased, we
realized that if we put that
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charcoal under high
temperature and high pressure,
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the charcoal particles
actually becomes in the form of
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a sphere and by becoming
more spherical and by changing
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their electric charges, they
actually increase the ability
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to adsorb much more things.
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Yes, well it's amazing
the capacity to adsorb,
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it's really incredible!
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But look it, you've
done some research on this,
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tell us about your research.
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Yes, I presented a
study in a "PhRMA" meeting,
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and the reason why
they were interested in this
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PhRMA meeting about my study
is because this PhRMA meeting
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was interested in environmental
toxins - things that are
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foreign to the body
and that cause damage.
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That is called a
"xenobiotic substance."
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So here I was showing, in
this study, how a spider bite,
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one of the most poisonous
spiders that you can find
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is called the "brown
recluse," or also is called the
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"violinist spider" because
if you notice in its very head
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it has the form
of a little violin.
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And in this study we were
showing how activated charcoal
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was an excellent aid to
the other treatments that
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were being applied.
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See, this spider is so
poisonous, it is actually
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more poisonous than a
rattlesnake for example.
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That sounds really bad to me!
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Now usually you will
not die of this spider bite,
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but what this spider
does, it has a poison
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that destroys tissue. Oh.
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And in some people when
they get bitten by this,
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if you want to see
something incredible how this
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can damage the tissues
in the body, just Google
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brown recluse bite and you
will see it with your own eyes.
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As this venom starts
going to the tissues, in certain
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people - not in everybody,
the skin literally dies
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and this becomes a huge
problem because a little bite
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can become a big,
big problem and usually,
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when you get bitten by
this spider, you immediately
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are not able to do much.
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If it bites you in the leg,
and in this case in was in the
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feet where the spider
where the bite happened.
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The person
cannot walk after that,
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that's how tremendous this is.
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The skin starts to
change color and so forth,
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so what we did - we started
applying activated charcoal
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fomentations and in a
minute we will share with you
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the demonstration on how to
do this at home - we started
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applying these fomentations
every 6 hours continually.
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And you know, usually somebody
with this type of bite will
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recover in 3, 4, 5 weeks.
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In his published study
that is going to be coming up
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in the journal,
"Drug Metabolism Review,"
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is called the name of the
journal, the person was able
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to actually run by the
second week which is unheard of!
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How can
somebody recover so soon?
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So we were actually
proposing that as a standardized
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treatment
activated charcoal should be
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applied for spider bites.
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Now, I know that here in
Australia, there are very
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dangerous spiders; in fact,
I actually caught a redback
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just for the fun of it.
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You caught it. I caught it.
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That wasn't a good
idea if you did it safely.
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And also you're familiar with
the funnel spider and so forth.
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So I am not saying that if
you get bitten by one of these
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spiders, you just put
charcoal on it and everything is
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going to be fine
- ABSOLUTELY NOT.
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These are very dangerous
spiders - you can apply the
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charcoal but you run to
the health professional to
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continue with the
care and so forth.
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If you are in one of
those desolate places which
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there are many here in
Australia and you're not able
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to get medical care and
you get one of these bites,
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you can keep on applying
that fomentation until you get
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to a health professional
and then you continue
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with the therapy that is needed.
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That sounds like good advice.
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I'd like to know how it works.
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How is it - what
does charcoal actually do
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that made that
recovery so much quicker?
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How does it work?
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That's right, there are
two key properties in charcoal.
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You have absorption
and you have adsorption.
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Yes, what's the difference?
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With "D" and with "B." Okay.
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When it's with the
"D," that tends to be
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an electrical property.
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See, when you are in
the microscopic world,
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electric
charges make a big deal.
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They have a big influence
and the electric charges
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as any magnet will attract
things, in our world only
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metals can be
attracted to magnets.
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Well, in the microscopic
world, many other things
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can be attracted with
currents with magnets.
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And then you have the
other characteristic which
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that one has to do with
its ability to incorporate
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the substance to the charcoal
itself - so that's a more
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chemical type of property.
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So using those two
properties, this will help.
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And I also wanted to mention
something - if you are in the
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barbecue and you say,
"Oh, well look at this,
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I have some charcoal there
that I'm using for my barbecue,"
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PLEASE DON'T USE THAT.
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That charcoal that you buy
in the stores for charbroiled
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purposes and so forth,
that one has chemicals!
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That's the reason why when
you put the match - immediately
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it fires very
quickly - DO NOT USE THAT.
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Also, don't say, "Well I
have here an old piece of bread,
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I'm going to burn this and I'm
going to make my own charcoal."
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PLEASE DO NOT.
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It needs to be completely
burned and things that are
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actually half burned - actually
could be cancer-causing,
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so it's not a very good idea.
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So where do we access
the charcoal - the sort of
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stuff that we're going to
be using for this purpose.
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That's right, so you
find different formats.
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This you can find sometimes
your chemist may have it;
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sometimes in your health
food store - sometimes you can
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find it there and actually
you may want to give us a ring
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here and we can
actually give you some tips here
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at 3ABN on
where you can find it.
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And a disclaimer - I don't sell
charcoal at all, I am doing this
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because I know it
is very effective.
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In fact, as you mentioned
very well in the introduction
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of this program - charcoal
is something we find in the
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emergency department.
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I remember one time, I was
the physician in charge of the
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emergency department and
you know, a particular day that
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I remember very well, most
of the things that came that day
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I could fix with charcoal.
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You know there were
some diarrheas and a little
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insect bite and so
forth and I actually ended up
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using the most of the charcoal
of the emergency department,
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the nurses got upset with me.
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But they needed the
charcoal, not medication
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in that particular occasion.
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Well it's really nice to
hear this coming from a medical
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practitioner because
sometimes when something
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is unfamiliar to
people, they might think,
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"I'm not really sure
about that," and that fact
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that it was in the
hospital too, it shows that it's
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something that they use.
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They use it for
overdoses, don't they?
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That's right, there are
many indications that in the
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official
guidelines you use charcoal!
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You said one very well -
in certain cases for certain
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substances that have been
overdosed, you can introduce
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charcoal to the stomach,
the charcoal will help to
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bind those toxic substances
preventing those substances
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to continue
further in your system
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and causing some
damage and so forth.
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So I guess it's not a
good idea to have charcoal
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if you've just had medication
or something like that.
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Absolutely! A very good point!
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Charcoal absorbs a lot of things
including your medication.
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So please, if you are
taking medication and especially
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delicate medication like blood
pressure, heart medication,
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diabetes - if you take
the charcoal too close to the
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time when you take the
medication, the charcoal
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will bind that medication
and it's as if you did not
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have the
medication and there can be
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a little bit of a problem
- so just beware of that.
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How much apart, I would
advise you if you're going to be
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taking it orally
between 2 hours or so. Alright.
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Now what do we use charcoal for?
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Well let me tell
you how you find it.
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Usually you're going to find
it in three forms, the charcoal.
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You're going to find
it in little capsules,
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you're going to
find it in tablets,
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and you're going
to find it in powder.
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Personally, I like
the best the powder format
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because it's very
easy to do many things.
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In the capsules, the amount
of charcoal is less charcoal
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and that's why if you
ask me to choose between
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the tablets and the powder,
I would go for the tablets
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if I'm traveling and it's easy
to carry with you and so forth.
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But at home, it's a good
idea to have some of that
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activated
charcoal in powder format.
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Now what would we use that
powder charcoal if we want to
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take it orally?
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Well we would use it
for things like indigestion,
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for things like gas -
okay there are times, you know,
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you go out and you go and
eat, and things don't agree
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very good with you, you
can try some of this charcoal
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and see if it's
improving your problem.
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That's to drink
it. That's right.
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We're talking about, right now,
the oral format to drink it.
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And in a minute we will
show you how you can actually
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prepare it. Yes,
that would be good.
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So you would use it in
those cases and I just want to
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give you a little warning
- if the abdomen is hard;
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if it's a lot of pain
in the abdominal area,
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please don't say, "Oh charcoal
is going to take care of me."
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You call your
emergency services because
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this could be an emergency!
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Now if you're in the boonies,
far from cities and something,
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you could start with something
but if you have close by
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access, please do.
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So let's go ahead and
see the demonstration on how
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you can use this charcoal.
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So we're very grateful
to have a therapist with us,
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and what she is going
to do is she's going to use
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2 tablespoons of charcoal,
thank you, and then you
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put it in water and
very carefully do the mixture
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because it can get messy.
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And it's a good idea to use
a straw if you don't want to
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get the charcoal in your
mouth, and the taste of charcoal
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is actually a no-taste, it
doesn't taste like anything.
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You can drink it without the
straw, it's fine, no problem,
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but if you prefer to be
a little bit less messy,
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you can use the straw.
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And you need to use
common sense - you just drank
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something black - so
when you go to the restroom,
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you're going to see that your
feces are going to become black,
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so it's okay, it's
normal, nothing to worry about.
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And this charcoal is
something that you can use it,
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be careful when you are handling
it because of its electrical
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properties - it
tends to fly quite a bit.
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If you hit it in the wrong
angle, it flies and it's messy.
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It can stain your clothes
very easily - so just beware
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of those things.
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Now not only can you drink
it orally, but you can also
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apply the charcoal
directly on the skin.
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Now why would you do that?
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What would
prompt you to do that?
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There are many indications for
that - when an insect bites you,
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you know, you have bees here
in Australia; you have hornets,
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and when you receive one of
these bites from one of these
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creatures, what charcoal
does when you put it on the skin
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it helps to
absorb the poison. Oh.
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Now if the person is
allergic and starts having
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a severe allergic
response as a result of this,
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please don't say, "Oh just
charcoal and that's enough."
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You need to call the
emergency department.
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Now when you're
saying, "An allergic response,"
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that wouldn't be to the
charcoal, that's to the bite.
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That's to the
bite, that's right.
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The person starts
having problems breathing,
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the whole body starts
getting full of reaction,
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I mean that's
severe, you call the
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emergency department.
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Absolutely, I just want
to be clear that the charcoal
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wouldn't cause that sort
of reaction. That's right.
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And also, beware if the
skin is open and you apply
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the charcoal, you can have
a little tattoo in your skin,
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so make judgment, you
know, would I rather have a
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little tattoo-type of
mark with the charcoal
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or should I rather do
something else - so just beware
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of that if the skin is open.
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That only happens
if the skin is open.
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So we're going to ask
our therapist to help us
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demonstrate how you use this
activated poultice on the skin.
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So what she's going to do,
she has the powdered charcoal,
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she is going to add it
to a place to be mixed,
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then we're going to
add a little bit of water.
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You can add a little
bit of ground flaxseed,
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and I'll explain
that in a minute.
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Then she carefully is going
to mix this and then you have
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a paper towel and you
apply that mixture on the
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paper towel - distribute it
well and then it's a good idea
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to protect the area because,
as I said, charcoal can be
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a little bit messy.
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He has a little
hornet bite that he received
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a few minutes ago, so he is
going to receive that poultice
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and, if you notice, we put
a little bit of plastic there
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so it can keep the
charcoal and then we apply
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a little bit of Ace
bandage so that it can keep nice
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and in one place instead
of going all over the place.
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I'd also like to invite
you to pray as you apply
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these simple
remedies, it works much better
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in my personal experience.
Yeah, that's beautiful.
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And you know, I mentioned
ground flaxseed - so the ground
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flaxseed what it does to
the charcoal mixture is it helps
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to give it a little
bit more consistency.
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If you don't use the
flaxseed like in this example,
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what's going to happen
is that as the charcoal gets
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dry, it can even
become a little bit powdery,
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it can be a little bit messy
and also the charcoal poultice
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made with the ground
flaxseed would give a little
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bit better consistency.
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As I tell people, I like
to have the consistency of
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peanut butter - so go
ahead and do a little bit of
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experimentation about
1 tablespoon of charcoal
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with another
tablespoon of ground flaxseed,
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with enough water
so that you can have
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that type of
peanut butter consistency.
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If you don't have the
flaxseed, don't worry, use it as
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an example that we just showed.
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So it's the charcoal that
does the work, flaxseed is just
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to make it so that it
doesn't go dry and crumbly,
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and if you are having it
on all night, for example,
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it might not be so messy.
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That's right because
this also can be applied
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to bigger areas
like your abdomen. Yes.
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You know those times when
you are a little bit too gassy
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and so forth, you can apply
it on the skin of the abdomen
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and that will
help things get better.
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So are you saying that if
you had problems with gas,
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you could either have it
orally, drinking it or you could
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actually put it on the
outside of your abdomen?
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Or you can actually do
the double one - you drink and
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you apply.
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I guess it depends on how big a
problem you have. That's right.
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But isn't that remarkable
that you could actually
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apply - it would obviously
be a large area to put it on,
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and that would actually
draw out the gas. That's right!
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It's fantastic! It helps
the abdomen feel much better.
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Irritable colon syndrome, this
type of problem - these also
00:21:04.96\00:21:12.80
respond very well -
by personal experience
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I can testify of that.
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And this charcoal is
very useful as you can see,
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so use your creativity,
you know, and just make sure
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when you're applying it,
if you're going to be there
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overnight with the poultice,
be careful that the charcoal
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doesn't go to
your sheets and things
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because it can stain them.
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And it's a good idea also,
if it's that type of condition,
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it's a spider bite that is
taking a little bit longer to
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recover, as you change
every 3 hours, every 6 hours,
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you need to discard that
old charcoal because it has
00:21:53.41\00:21:56.95
already adsorbed things and so
forth, so be careful with that.
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Well it's a remarkable
product and it seems to be so
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versatile doesn't it -
to think that you can use it
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internally and externally
and for all kinds of things,
00:22:09.82\00:22:14.56
even a snakebite I suppose.
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That's right, it won't heal
the snake bite but while you
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get to the E.R., you
know, you can apply a poultice
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like that, you know? Yes.
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And if you notice,
this is something quickly
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that you can do. That's right.
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That's right and I was
very interested that you just
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use the charcoal on a paper
towel with things you would
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already have in the kitchen
as long as you've got charcoal.
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So you can use that and
not everybody is going to have
00:22:41.46\00:22:44.99
flaxseed and that's why
we've particularly chose
00:22:45.03\00:22:47.03
not to do that - you
can do it either way,
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but they'll both work.
That's right, both will work
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very good. The
other will just give
00:22:52.77\00:22:54.10
a better consistency and
give you a better outcome. Yes.
00:22:54.14\00:22:57.31
And also make sure
that you're not taking it
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too close to your meals
also unless the problem was the
00:23:02.74\00:23:07.05
meal per se, you know,
you can go ahead and take it.
00:23:07.08\00:23:11.39
But I'm not saying that
this is something you should be
00:23:11.42\00:23:13.99
doing every day - that
wouldn't be a good idea.
00:23:14.02\00:23:16.96
If you take it too
close to your meals,
00:23:16.99\00:23:20.16
it will literally
start to absorb the nutrients
00:23:20.20\00:23:23.90
of your food, so be
very careful for that.
00:23:23.93\00:23:29.20
So you should weigh
out what's more important,
00:23:29.24\00:23:31.14
you know, whether you
can afford to miss the
00:23:31.17\00:23:32.74
nutrients from that
meal as opposed to the
00:23:32.77\00:23:35.04
problem that
you're experiencing.
00:23:35.08\00:23:36.71
And the speed that it
works is so fast, you know,
00:23:36.75\00:23:43.18
you will
quickly get some relief.
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Now in the case of diarrhea,
if the diarrhea, you've seen
00:23:46.29\00:23:50.93
with your eyes that it
has blood and lots of mucus,
00:23:50.96\00:23:54.10
and this type of
problem, you call your health
00:23:54.13\00:23:57.47
professional - you know,
charcoal may not be enough
00:23:57.50\00:24:00.57
for this type of problem.
00:24:00.60\00:24:02.00
But the type of diarrhea
you get, you ate something
00:24:02.04\00:24:05.57
you shouldn't have and
you are having some diarrhea,
00:24:05.61\00:24:08.21
you can use some charcoal
for this type of problem.
00:24:08.24\00:24:12.75
It's certainly a good thing
to have when you're traveling.
00:24:12.78\00:24:15.38
You know, especially to
countries where you might not
00:24:15.42\00:24:17.52
be able to get, you
know, easy help and if you
00:24:17.55\00:24:20.46
run into that kind of
difficulty - you get sick,
00:24:20.49\00:24:23.36
vomiting or diarrhea,
it's great to have it there,
00:24:23.39\00:24:26.19
and you can be using it or
be getting some other help.
00:24:26.23\00:24:29.10
And another hint I want to
give you - in certain people
00:24:29.13\00:24:33.27
charcoal tends to constipate,
so in order to help you
00:24:33.30\00:24:38.67
with that, as you're
taking the charcoal, go ahead
00:24:38.71\00:24:42.31
and drink more water.
00:24:42.34\00:24:44.01
And you know, it's not
only one time that you can
00:24:44.05\00:24:46.61
drink it, you can drink this
charcoal 1, 2, 3, even 4 times
00:24:46.65\00:24:51.92
in a short period of
time of half an hour - an hour
00:24:51.95\00:24:57.66
if the problem is continuing.
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Now if this, after a few hours,
is not improving or is getting
00:25:00.43\00:25:06.27
worse, you call your
health professional, you know.
00:25:06.30\00:25:10.21
Also another tip that I
want to give you - when you
00:25:10.24\00:25:14.44
have a case in which
somebody drinks, by mistake
00:25:14.48\00:25:19.51
or by purpose, the wrong
type of thing and you call
00:25:19.55\00:25:22.95
Poison Control, it's a good idea
to volunteer the information,
00:25:22.98\00:25:28.92
"Look, I have some
charcoal here, could I
00:25:28.96\00:25:31.49
give him some charcoal?"
00:25:31.53\00:25:32.86
And those people that have
been professionally trained
00:25:32.89\00:25:37.93
to give you advice -
they may say, "Yes, go ahead
00:25:37.97\00:25:41.34
and give him some charcoal."
00:25:41.37\00:25:44.67
There are many poisons
that would benefit if you take
00:25:44.71\00:25:50.11
that charcoal and when you're
being guided by a professional
00:25:50.15\00:25:53.35
like Poison Control,
that would be very useful.
00:25:53.38\00:25:56.18
But it's not a
decision that you make yourself,
00:25:56.22\00:25:58.22
you get that professional
advice before you administer.
00:25:58.25\00:26:00.62
That's right, when
this is something poisonous
00:26:00.66\00:26:03.12
and dangerous and so forth,
please seek professional help,
00:26:03.16\00:26:09.70
ask these people who
are specially trained.
00:26:09.73\00:26:12.80
There are special
guidelines that are used and
00:26:12.83\00:26:17.34
followed to help you
make those decisions. Yes.
00:26:17.37\00:26:20.41
Charcoal has been used for
thousands of years, hasn't it?
00:26:20.44\00:26:22.84
Absolutely!
00:26:22.88\00:26:24.21
It's not just a brand
new thing, but it's probably
00:26:24.25\00:26:27.08
something we haven't
used as well as we might have
00:26:27.12\00:26:30.09
or been as aware of as it
would be useful to be aware of.
00:26:30.12\00:26:33.52
So I'm really pleased that
you've talked to us about this,
00:26:33.56\00:26:36.19
and as I said, because
you're a medical doctor and that
00:26:36.22\00:26:39.69
you're endorsing it
and that they use it in the
00:26:39.73\00:26:42.33
emergency department,
it certainly helps us to be
00:26:42.36\00:26:44.50
confident that this
is a great thing to have.
00:26:44.53\00:26:47.60
I have three daughters
and, I mean, they already know.
00:26:47.64\00:26:52.37
When they eat and
something doesn't agree, "Daddy,
00:26:52.41\00:26:56.98
where's the charcoal,
I need some charcoal."
00:26:57.01\00:27:00.15
And they already know as
we have been using it for them
00:27:00.18\00:27:05.39
for bites and things
that kids get and so forth.
00:27:05.42\00:27:09.06
So it is
something very, very useful.
00:27:09.09\00:27:12.96
In my opinion, every household
should have some of this
00:27:12.99\00:27:16.53
activated charcoal. Yes!
00:27:16.56\00:27:18.33
I keep it, I have it
on hand at all times.
00:27:18.37\00:27:20.84
Rarely really need to use
it, but I always want to have it
00:27:20.87\00:27:23.71
there because you never know
when it just might be needed.
00:27:23.74\00:27:26.01
That's right. I
always have some in my
00:27:26.04\00:27:28.24
toilet bag when I travel
there's some there ready to go
00:27:28.28\00:27:32.41
so that I don't miss
out. It's really good.
00:27:32.45\00:27:35.72
Yes, it's just a great product!
00:27:35.75\00:27:38.09
So your homework today is
going to be to try some of this
00:27:38.12\00:27:40.86
poultice, you know, try it out,
00:27:40.89\00:27:43.89
try to make one
and see if it works.
00:27:43.93\00:27:45.86
I mean how hard was
that, honestly, that was just
00:27:45.89\00:27:47.76
so simple to do, wasn't it?
00:27:47.80\00:27:49.70
And I just think that was
really good to be able to do.
00:27:49.73\00:27:52.60
I'm sure your
daughters would just do that...
00:27:52.63\00:27:54.67
Absolutely, even on
their dolls they put it,
00:27:54.70\00:27:56.67
so let me put it
that way. Laughter.
00:27:56.71\00:27:58.17
Oh they do it for their
dolls, do they? Laughter!
00:27:58.21\00:28:01.41
Well, they'll be very
healthy dolls, won't they?
00:28:01.44\00:28:03.45
I hope they don't
make make them eat it.
00:28:03.48\00:28:06.88
But look, anyway this has
just been a very, very useful
00:28:06.92\00:28:09.82
program - not
the sort of one that
00:28:09.85\00:28:11.45
we probably hear at all times.
00:28:11.49\00:28:13.09
Lots of programs we
hear repeatedly but charcoal
00:28:13.12\00:28:16.69
is just a great product
and I hope that you will
00:28:16.73\00:28:20.40
add it to your shopping
list because you'll be so
00:28:20.43\00:28:23.53
glad that you have it on hand.
00:28:23.57\00:28:25.43
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00:28:25.47\00:28:29.00
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00:28:29.04\00:28:33.04
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00:28:34.78\00:28:37.21
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