I will often recommend someone use eg. psyllium husks, flaxseed or a binder type supplement like Ultra Binder or Toxaprevent, but how do you use them, when you should take them etc?
I came across this great email and set of two quick videos from Dr Crista (mould/mold specialist) where she explains how she uses them. I thought they might be useful, so am sharing for you. By the way, for more stuff I share, do come and follow me on the Purehealth Facebook page – that’s where I do all my nattering and sharing nowadays.
What’s a binder, you ask? Dr Crista gives a list of the ones she uses:
There are food binders, which tend to be high in insoluble fibre, such as psyllium husk, flax seed, chia seed etc. SIBO-safe ones include: ground pumpkin, sesame, and sunflower seeds. She aims for 2-4 tbsp per day.
And non-food binders such as charcoal or clay-based ones. Clay (including zeolite), she uses temporarily to help someone get over a toxin hump, charcoal more regularly. Always between meals and away from supplements and meds as they bind them – of course!
And she gives a reminder not to take binders if you are constipated. That said, I have found giving flax/psyllium in constipated patients can help. Obviously stop if it bungs you up more and switch to a bile flow booster. Or this one is a fave of mine.
So, read more here and watch her quick videos.
Ultra Binder is a mix of the two types and I use it short term mostly to help people with high LPS, endotoxins eg. in detoxing of candida, parasites and such like, as well as if I think environmental toxins are high. It’s called Ultra as it has a mix that will bind most toxins eg. heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides, hormone mimics, food additives, mould, and bacterial toxins (the LPS).
Toxaprevent comes in several types, depending on where you are targeting in the body. It is basically zeolite, so classed as a clay type binder. You can see the various ones here. Zeolite is especially good for binding heavy metals (mostly lead and mercury), histamine and ammonium.
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