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Rather, it is the catalyst action of small amounts of clay, which begins at the moment the clay touches the tongue.

Bentonite additives have been used to emulsify oils in asphalt and detergents; to improve strengths of ceramics and bricks; to retain microparticles in papermaking; to clarify water, wine, and juice; to treat wastewater, deink paper, and control airborne stack emissions; and to gel cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

These three layers in each sheet comprise individual bentonite platelets which are typically 1 nm in thickness and 0,2-2 microns in diameter.

There are no normal or abnormal conditions in the human body that would cause the aluminum, bound to silica and oxygen, to "break free".

However, this property also makes that calcium bentonite tends to clump more easily on swelling with low mineral water.

Thus, it can be applied where its colloidal properties can be exploited.

The chemistry of this type of healing clay reveals many similarities to the smectites, although the two clays are truly strikingly different: K, H Al2 Si, Al 4O10 OH 2 - xH2O Although Illite is an aluminum silicate, it is a non-swelling clay.

In addition, microorganisms occurring in bentonite may be able to interact with released radionuclides affecting their fate and behavior and leading to their mobilization or immobilization.

Nonclumping or regular cat litter is made from Georgia clay and other similar nonmontmorillonite clays.

However, in reality the clay stimulates the liver directly invoking a healing response that is easily observable with careful observation of long term use of small amounts of clay with those with chronic liver conditions.