Name: What Activated Charcoal Actually Does To Your Body
Uploaded: 2018-10-09T06:42:48.000Z
Duration: 3 min 12 s
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- [Narrator] Instagram is blowing with black looking food

It's called activated charcoal or activated carbon.

It's what health trend fanatics claim to be using to detox,

But of course just because you can wash with it, eat it,

The global market for activated charcoal is projected

It's an impressive feat considering it comes from

the same stuff as your grilling charcoal.

The difference is that activated charcoal is burned

at a higher temperature so it breaks down

into a very fine powder which gives it a larger surface area

And it's exactly what you want when you're trying to remove

How it works has to d with the microscopic structure

Inside each particle are millions of pores

So if you swallow some then it will begin to bind

Which is helpful if you've just overdosed on drugs

since it can prevent them from entering your system.

And in fact, this is exactly what hospitals will use

to treat certain cases of poisoning before resorting

But, drugs aren't the only thing that charcoal binds to.

It can also soak up helpful things like minerals,

So when you drink a charcoal laced lemonade

with a healthy meal, you'll actually absorbing less

To make matters worse, it can also prevent medications

like anti-depressants and contraceptive pills

Which of course makes them less effective.

The key to activated charcoal whether it's saving a life

or depriving you of nutrition, is timing.

It only works if there's something for it to absorb

So bad news, taking charcoal pills in the morning

for a hangover, it's not gonna do anything, pal.

Because the alcohol is long gone from your stomach by then.

So ingesting charcoal for any other reason than treating

a severe case of poisoning isn't a good idea.

So after you eat it, your body passes it along

Not to mention there is, sorry, no evidence to support

the claims from charcoal enthusiasts that it will

So hey, if you don't like the idea of eating black

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