Health Leads Diatomaceous Earth powder 500 gr

Natural, amorphous silicon dioxide SiO2 with low levels of aluminium, iron, calcium and magnesium. The typical mineral composition is 98% diatomaceous earth, 2% quartz. Diatomaceous earth is not combustible, combustible or explosive and has no known harmful effects on the environment. 

• food grade
• Pure fresh water source
• Suitable for humans and animals
• Contains silica

WHAT IS DIATOMACEO EARTH FOOD GRADE?

Health Leads' Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth is an amazing natural product sourced from the purest fresh water source. Diatomaceous earth is also known as DE, fossil shell meal, kieselguhr and kieselguhr. This fine powder consists of the fossilized microscopic skeletal remains of a hard-shelled plant like algae called diatoms. This plant like algae has been part of the earth's ecology since the beginning. Our diatomaceous earth is a natural product and is not calcined or fluxed. Please note that inhaling the dust should be avoided completely.

How pure is our fossil mussel meal?

Not all food quality DE is created equal. The shape of the diatoms is very important, they should be tubular with holes in the middle on the walls. Also the DE should be from a fresh water source as this forms a harder and sharper shell compared to a salt water source DE. Other food-grade DEs may contain higher amounts of sediment and clay, giving the fossil shell meal a gray to brown color. Our food grade deposits have been analyzed and we are satisfied that our food grade DE is the purest form of freshwater DE available.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

If you look at the photo (, you will see that the fossil shell meal is tubular with tiny perforations or holes in the walls. As these millions of microscopic particles move through the stomach and digestive system, they absorb and pull out bacteria, heavy metals, pesticides and other pathogens. Also during this process, larger parasites are cut or scratched by the hard and sharp DE, causing them to become dehydrated and killed

As already mentioned, diatomaceous earth is very hard and sharp. On the true hardness scale, diamonds are a 9. Diatomaceous earth is a 7. This is really important because as these millions of tiny hard and sharp tubular fossil shell meal particles pass through the intestines, they help scrub the walls and keep the intestines clean.