Re: terramin clay ...18.3 % aluminum

I would find the mineral content reported numbers suspect as the silicon content is listed as 55.3% and the Titanium content (right underneath the Silicon is listed at 67%. That = 122.3%????

Given this, it also brings the report into question...

I suspect there are some errors in % as apposed to ppm (but this is an assumption on my part). The addition of all the percentages with the exception of the Aluminum Hydroxide and Titanium is 86.26% (Aluminum and Titanium alone are 85.3%??? it cannot be both).

Adding aluminum hydroxide in at 1.83% and Titanium at 6.7% gives us 94.79% which sounds like it could be more in the ballpark given the other numbers in the report... but one cannot be sure. One sample to the next would also vary in composition.

The rest of the report has mostly positive information in regard to the clay, with some negative. I think we need to use some common sense with any therapy and take the clay in small amounts. I started by taking a tablespoon a day internally; I am getting the same results with a teaspoon. This is reflected in the report as well. More is not always better.

The bottom line is that if one is not comfortable with a therapy or "supplement" do not do it. The mind has more to do with healing than the method and doubts will affect the efficacy.

grz