par Cammaerts Tricot, Marie-Claire 
;Cammaerts, Roger
Référence Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2, 7, page (38-44)
Publication Publié, 2018-06-06
;Cammaerts, Roger Référence Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2, 7, page (38-44)
Publication Publié, 2018-06-06
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | Persons suffering from heartburn commonly take care of themselves by consuming antacids such as aluminum hydroxide or a mix of calcium and magnesium carbonates. However, using ants as models, we showed that these products have several adverse ef-fects, decreasing the ants’ meat consumption, activity and cognitive abilities, as well as causing locomotion disorders, among others. Several pharmaceutical studies agree with these observations. Therefore, we looked for a safe and efficient product and thought that green clay could be such one. We thus examined the potential adverse effects of green clay, as we did for the two common antacids, and discovered that all the ants’ physiological and ethological traits we examined were unchanged. However, during the first hours of their green clay consumption, the ants appeared somewhat weary, and after they stopped consuming this product, they recovered during a few hours. These two events agree with the known impact of green clay on humans, and results from its beneficial effect, i.e. it allows the organism efficiently eliminating toxic elements. Consequently, and because green clay efficiently reduces heartburn, we advise humans to use it in case of gastric hyperacidity instead of consuming aluminum hydroxide or calcium + magnesium carbon-ates. |
