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Should you be eating diatomaceous earth, the fossilised remains of tiny marine animals? - Metro
We’re used to influencers pushing out-there ‘superfoods’ (yes, that’s in quotation marks because we don’t think superfoods are a real thing).
Remember the charcoal hype? Everyone’s excitement for goji berries? Watermelon water?
We tried all of them and found that we still weren’t magically healthy and powerful. Weird, huh?
The latest ‘superfood’ people are touting is a little weirder than normal, in that it’s the fossilised remains of tiny marine animals. That’s not something we’d usually consider eating, but holistic nutritionist Lee Holmes proclaims this magical substance can help people lose weight, remedy gut health, and improve skin.
The stuff is called diatomaceous earth (catchy), more commonly known as D.E.
We’re used to influencers pushing out-there ‘superfoods’ (yes, that’s in quotation marks because we don’t think superfoods are a real thing).
Remember the charcoal hype? Everyone’s excitement for goji berries? Watermelon water?
We tried all of them and found that we still weren’t magically healthy and powerful. Weird, huh?
The latest ‘superfood’ people are touting is a little weirder than normal, in that it’s the fossilised remains of tiny marine animals. That’s not something we’d usually consider eating, but holistic nutritionist Lee Holmes proclaims this magical substance can help people lose weight, remedy gut health, and improve skin.
The stuff is called diatomaceous earth (catchy), more commonly known as D.E.