DiatomaceousEarth 10 LBS Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth - 100% Organic All Natural Diamateous Powder - Diametaceous for Humans is Safe Around Children

I came to make an update on my review I had written a little over a year ago and accidentally deleted it so I'm attempting to cover the points I had made before as well as the updates I was going to add. It will be quite long because I've had great results this past year, so bear with me...I will try and group the different benefits by paragraph to make it a bit easier to read through.I purchased this for the first time a year ago....started out with the 2lb. bag and since it proved to be awesome, I purchased the 10lb. bag ...and it is a much better value!My husband and I are still on the 10 pound bag we purchased last March...we have about 1/4 a bag left! Granted, we haven't used it for anything else other than consuming it...so if you're using it for other things around the house, it may go a bit quicker for you.So I started taking it originally because I heard many stories raving about how great it is for your skin and hair. I have an auto-immune disease that affects my thyroid (which had made me mostly hypothyroid) and have other health related issues, such as hormone imbalance and a few different vitamin deficiencies that has had such a big impact on my hair. My whole life I have had really thick, curly and healthy hair that people were always complimenting....it may seem a bit vain but when I got sick my hair started falling out, it had become super dry and brittle, lost most of it's curl and it just wouldn't grow much at all. I had been taking Biotin (20,000 mcgs a day- with docs approval!), Vitamin E and D3, collagen, and super primrose oil capsules (to name a few!) and that's not including all the natural hair treatments and products I would put on it... and diet changes for my health. After all that(a couple years of doing so) I finally got a bit of shine and improvement but it just was not as healthy as it had been and with all the difficult changes in my health over the last few years...the hair changes felt like the "cherry on top" of it all. Then I hear about Diatomaceous Earth a little over a year ago in a thyroid group online, and it's many benefits. I felt a little hesitant because I fork out a lot of money on vitamins that I need and have tried some that just didn't seem to do much.To say Diatomaceous Earth has been really beneficial is definitely an understatement. I noticed an improvement in the health of my hair within a couple months-- and that includes growth which is something that would not happen with all the other supplements combined!! Now- a little over a year later and the length has grown several inches, it's really shiny, no longer brittle and my curls are back to how they were before. I get compliments on my hair again-even from strangers and my hair stylist talks about how healthy it is now. Maybe I sound like a cheesy ad raving about a product- but honestly I can't help but rave. After having such an unexpected and difficult change in health, it's nice to have something that makes me feel a little more like the "old me" even if it's just my hair!To my surprise another huge benefit was an over all sense of well being. I can't exactly pin point what exactly it is that feels better....over all bit more energy. I've noticed that if I go even a couple days without taking it I just feel a bit more lousy and sluggish. I wouldn't say it is a miracle cure to the fatigue that comes with thyroid disease...but would say it works so well that it's a must for my supplement routine-- it's one of the best I've used.Another...ehhh, um..."surprise"...not long after starting DE...which is not fun to really discuss but will for the sake of it being so important for health...is that it killed off parasites I didn't even know I had! (If you have them and the DE is ridding of them it will be very noticeable when you use the restroom 😷😯) It was rather disturbing to me experiencing all of that but at the same time I realized it was a really good thing I had started taking D.E. or I may have never known I had them. My doctor and I think it may have been from taking a cruise to Mexico the month before...but it's apparently pretty common to have them and not know! It took a couple weeks and a follow up tests with my doctor "to be in the clear". If you Google DE benefits for parasites you will find it's so effective because it "physically" kills them off so they can't build a resistance to it like they would to typical parasite medicines. Also-it was once I worked my way up to taking 1-2 tablespoons a day of the DE is when I started to notice the whole parasite issue (I will list at the end of the review the way I took it). I lost 10 pounds within the first month of starting DE....maybe it was directly related to the parasite issue, I'm not sure...but I didn't gain it back so that was a nice benefit!Last thing I can think of is it improved the strength of my nails. They had become so brittle that I could not grow out the length of my nails because they would break so easily. A year later and they are really strong and a lot longer....however, I still have bad ridges in them. Which is supposed to be common with my health issues but I had been hoping it would improve since nothing else has worked yet...but then again maybe it will just take more time.How to take DE: It's best to start small and work your way up to avoid your body getting sick from ridding of too many toxins at once. I first started taking only 1/2 teaspoon a day, for a few days then increased to 1 teaspoon a day- which I did for about a week. Then I started 1 TABLEspoon for a couple days...and over the next couple days worked my way up to 3-4 tablespoons a day. If you increase and aren't adjusting well over the next couple days, you can cut back and increase a bit more slowly.I just put it in a glass of water and swish it around to mix it up (supposedly it's best to not use a metal utensil to stir). It dissolves pretty easily but sometimes after finishing the glass there's some left at the bottom so I just add a little more water and swish around again. It doesn't really have a taste it's just a bit chalky.The only "side effect" I noticed at first was brain fog for a couple days...and even now if I don't take the DE for at least a couple days and start again I've noticed that I get brain fog for usually only a day.Make sure to drink extra water through out the day....especially since some people say it can cause constipation...if it does one I suggest a good magnesium supplement and fiber of course...but also like other people say I'm no doctor so you may want to discuss it with yours as well as researching what's best for you!Storing- since it's such a big bag, we pour it into a medium sized Pyrex bowl and keep in our cabinet to scoop from everyday. The big bag we keep closed tight- rolled up with a food clip and then keep in an ice chest in our pantry that we rarely use- seems to work well because of the size and keeps it closed air tight.As far as recommending it- I think you can tell from my extra long review that I'm a big fan of Diatomaceous Earth. I've made several family members start using it as well...including my husband who takes it everyday and has had great success as well!

I had been a lifelong sufferer of "too much yeast".... candida.... and a few years ago, became allergic to the only medicine that would get rid of a yeast infection (Diflucan). I searched and searched and found DE, read the reviews, and decided to give it a shot.ALL I CAN SAY IS --- IT HAS SAVED MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I started taking DE on November 4, 2016. I didn't start slow - I started with 2 tablespoons every morning. Just stir it up in some cranberry juice, and down it fast. Yes it's a little gritty, but there is really no flavor (especially if you take it with something as strong as cranberry juice).It was around mid-December that I noticed the "bacteria die-off" happening. I read about it so I was prepared, but WOW. They aren't kidding!!! You will go through a phase where all those nasty bacteria and yeastie-beasties are dying off inside you; and you may feel flu-like, tired, brain foggy, and...... a tad "sensitive" in the girly parts. WOMEN, this die-off in the girly parts is NOT ANYTHING like a horrid yeast infection! Hard to explain but things just feel rather sensitive (warn your better half you will need to abstain until the die off is over, trust me). There are ways around this die off phase, though.1: Get yourself some Molybdenum 250 mcg, found right here on Amazon. It was a savior during this die off phase and REALLY helped through the weird symptoms!2. Get yourself some Vitanica Yeast Arrest , homeopathic Formula, 28 Vaginal Suppositories - also here on Amazon - if you are a lady and you get a tad sensitive down in the girly parts - these are actually quite heavenly! They have soothing tea tree oil in them, and if you keep them in the fridge (as suggested), the cooling effect is pretty amazing! It made things bearable during that week or two things were sensitive.The yeast died off FOR GOOD about 6 weeks after I started taking it... and I mean FOR GOOD! I used to sneeze and get a dang yeast infection! Or if my blood sugar dropped for some reason or if I ate a donut or the sky turned blue - I mean anything would cause them because I was SO FULL of candida! I am happy to say I killed candida off for good and it's ONLY thanks to this DE!It's a HUGE bag, too! Here it is late June and I am just now needing to reorder. So, the 10 lb bag will last at least 8 months (or more, depending on how much you ingest daily).Note, I also use this around doors and windows as well as my pets food bowls (two cats, two dogs). We had a horrible ant problem, those darn ants would come in and head straight to the pets food and water bowls. =( Not any more! I sprinkled some around where the bowls are located, and at entry points where the ants were coming in... NO ANTS THIS YEAR!If you have cats, you can also mix just a little bit into the litter box; as long as the box is covered - the dust won't go anywhere, and it helps GREATLY with controlling odor. We have an aging cat whose urine was getting rather stinky (ammonia smell); but the DE makes the litter boxes very pleasant!!! (can't believe I called a litter box pleasant, but ... it is...)On a side note; my fingernails used to be VERY brittle and fall apart. A very nice and unexpected side effect of ingesting DE daily is my nails are KNIFE SOLID.... growing long and strong and beautiful. No more fake nails for me! And regarding hair growth? That's also a major plus! I had a pretty severe illness in late 2015 (my appendix exploded, THEN I got C-Diff)...... after all this happened and all the meds I was on, my hair began to thin out. BIG TIME. I thought maybe it was just because I was getting older.... but no.... my body was in recovery from the appendix going buh-bye. Anyhoo another great thing about DE is it makes your hair grow faster and very strong! I have a thick head of hair now after being on this stuff for 8 months, and I will never turn back!BUY IT! Your body will thank you!