Naturally Healthy Living With Diatomaceous Earth by L. A. Nicholas Ph. D

Author:L. A. Nicholas Ph. D.
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Greater Books Publishing
Published: 2012-11-15T07:00:00+00:00

In the Kitchen

While we are on the subject of many-legged uninvited guests in your home, let’s head out to the kitchen and poke around in the pantry. If you have problems with weevils or other pests getting into stored dry foods such as rice, beans, or flour, you can safely mix a little DE powder in with the food. If you already have such food items in airtight containers, just spoon in a little of the powder, close the container’s lid tightly, and shake it until the DE is evenly dispersed. Not only will this stop bugs from turning your rice or bean canister into a bug diner, but it will also keep the food dry and stop it from caking. Don’t worry, diatomaceous earth is virtually tasteless and completely edible — you did buy “food grade,” didn’t you? — so you will not even notice the presence of DE powder when you cook your beans, rice, or whatever.

This brings us to a question that may have been hovering in the back of your mind: why would “diatomaceous earth” (isn’t earth dirt?) come in “food grade” (who would want to eat dirt?)? Well, I hope you realize by now that DE is not “dirt.” In fact, it looks like cornstarch or flour and has no noticeable taste. But the “food grade” label is not necessarily intended to encourage people to eat it. DE is much more often consumed by animals than humans — added to the feed of livestock to keep cattle, horses, and other barnyard animals healthy and their food free of insects. It is even approved by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration for such uses. Although not everything that is healthy for an animal to eat is equally safe for humans, food grade diatomaceous earth is generally regarded as safe for all mammals, and that includes us “featherless bipeds.” So human consumption of diatomaceous earth is perfectly safe.

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