Zeolite comes from the Greek words “zeo,” meaning to boil, and “lithos,” meaning stone. Zeolites are a family of natural minerals formed over millions of years by the reaction between volcanic rock/ash and seawater. This chemical reaction creates a unique porous, honeycomb-like structure with a strong negative charge that can bind to positively charged toxins, such as heavy metals, and remove them from the body via stool and urine.
Heavy metals with a positive charge include lead, aluminum, mercury, copper, cadmium, and nickel. Although aluminum is not heavy enough to be classified as a “heavy metal,” its toxicity leads to its inclusion on some lists of toxic heavy metals.
