Zeolite: a mineral that pulls out toxins?
It can bind lead in the gut at the moment of exposure. That is not a detox.
Touchstone Essentials sells zeolite, a mineral with a cage-like structure that can trap charged particles, and cites “more than 300 published studies”. Short answer: those are papers on zeolites in general. The one trial we found in people used a purified zeolite taken together with a tiny dose of lead, and less of that lead reached the blood. It did not test removing toxins already in the body, and it was not Touchstone’s product.
How the evidence flows
Each claim (middle), the studies that tested it (left) — green found it, red found nothing — and the grade they add up to (right). Drawn from the same records as the grades below. Tap to open full size.