Welcome to the Saturday edition of The Angriest Trainer with Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber. Today, Vinnie and Andy discuss the harmful nature of silica (sand).
YOUTUBE CHANNEL
- People have watched our sand video on Facebook
- We are starting up a Youtube channel, so look for that in the near future!
- Vinnie did not actually eat the sand in the sand video… intentionally
SILICA
- Sand is mostly silica, but silica itself is purer than sand
- Silicon dioxide — looks like crystally white sand
- Little packets you find in bottles and packages to keep contents dry that say “DO NOT INGEST” contain silica
- Confusion comes from some products marketing silica as a health supplement
- There is absolutely NO evidence it does anything beneficial, but PLENTY of evidence it is harmful
- Depletes / Blocks absorption of thiamin (B vitamin)
- Hurts digestion
NEW PRODUCT FROM PVC
- New product is currently being researched and looking to be manufactured to our standards
- Other products that are comparable actually BOAST high silica content
- Very close to releasing this new one
