What exactly is zeolite?
Zeolites are actually minerals that have a micro-porous structure. The term was originally coined in the 18th century by a Swedish mineralogist named Axel Fredrik Cronstedt who discovered, upon rapidly heating a natural mineral, that the stones began to dance about as the water evaporated. Using the Greek words which mean “stone that boils,” he called this material zeolite. There are more than 150 zeolite types which have been synthesized and 48 naturally occurring zeolites are known. The zeolite molecule, itself, has a unique structrue and because of this along with the fact that it is one of the few negatively charged minerals in nature, zeolite acts exactly like a magnet drawing positively charged toxins and then trapping these toxins within its micropourous structure. This unique structure exhibits cage-like channels which are the correct size in allowing tiny molecules (roughly between 3 and 10 angstroms) to penetrate. When the toxin is pulled into this cage-like channel of zeolit
