Info: 100 Veg. Capsules
Activated charcoal is a remarkable cleansing agent for the body. Heat-treated in such a way that the surface of the charcoal is made jagged and craggy for the maximization of surface area, activated charcoal can bind and remove toxins it encounters in the digestive tract. Source of Life's 'Premium Digest' capsule formula features a combination of activated charcoal powder and ginger.
Info: 100 Veg. Capsules
Activated charcoal is a remarkable cleansing agent for the body. Heat-treated in such a way that the surface of the charcoal is made jagged and craggy for the maximization of surface area, activated charcoal can bind and remove toxins it encounters in the digestive tract. Source of Life's 'Premium Digest' capsule formula features a combination of activated charcoal powder and ginger.
Product Notes:
Premium Digest with Activated Charcoal
Remarkably versatile, activated charcoal may help with a number of health issues including relief of excess gas/flatulence.
Other common uses for USP-certified / medicinal-use charcoal such as this include poison control, detox supplementation, dental cleansing, and the extraction of malodorous toxins from chronic wounds (using poultices or wound dressings; often in conjunction with an anti-bacterial silver substance, but ginger has anti-bacterial properties, as well).
Similarly, ginger has a very long traditional use of helping to ease indigestion, vomiting, and nausea, and many are now using a combination of ginger and water mixed with lemon juice as a detox drink.
This is a Canadian product which contains no: preservatives, artificial flavours or colours, corn, wheat, soy, peanut, lactose, yeast, or added sugar or salt. All vegetarian.
USP is the acronym for United States Pharmacopeia Dietary Supplement Verification Program, which ensures the product: contains the ingredients listed on the label, in the declared potency and amounts; does not contain harmful levels of specified contaminants; will break down and release into the body within a specified amount of time; and, has been made according to FDA current Good Manufacturing Practices using sanitary and well-controlled procedures.
Related Product: Also see Galenic Health Bent Ginger
Ingredients:
Each capsule contains 75 mg of Ginger Root Extract (Zingiber officinale, 4:1, equivalent to 300 mg of Ginger Powder).
Non-medicinal ingredients: Premium Activated Charcoal Powder (vegetarian grade, gluten-free, 100% natural origin) - about 190 mg per capsule; magnesium stearate (vegetable source); and hypromellose (vegetable capsule).
Suggested Usage:
Take one to six capsules daily, or as directed by a healthcare practitioner.
Warnings:
Do not take activated charcoal within two hours of taking other medications because the effect of the other medication may be reduced. Do not administer to children under 12 except with doctor approval. Consult a healthcare practitioner if symptoms persist or worsen.
Health Canada Natural Product Number: 80111207.
Supporting Science:
Please see the corresponding section in our (loose) Activated Charcoal Powder page for references concerning poison control and wound dressing.
Another potential use suggested by this pair of recent studies is to help prevent an overgrowth of Clostridioides difficile (aka C. difficile) in the large intestine inadvertently caused by a course of antibiotics:
de Gunzburg, Jean et al. “Protection of the Human Gut Microbiome From Antibiotics.” The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018.
Rashidi, Armin et al. “A dose-finding safety and feasibility study of oral activated charcoal and its effects on the gut microbiota in healthy volunteers not receiving antibiotics.” PloS one, 2022.