Is bamboo charcoal food really edible?

No.

It is understood that as early as 2008, the former Ministry of Health issued a Reply to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on the issue of whether bamboo charcoal can be used as a food raw material or additive, emphasizing that bamboo charcoal is not a legal additive. Adding bamboo charcoal powder to food will affect the absorption of the food itself. The absorption of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients in the food will be affected. Long-term consumption may even affect your health.

Doctors say that eating too much bamboo charcoal food can even cause symptoms of constipation and gastrointestinal discomfort; in addition, because the particles of bamboo charcoal are relatively fine and highly adsorbent, long-term consumption may also lead to pneumoconiosis.

Extended information:

The human body can generally discharge toxins from the body through itself. Normally, the food ingested by the human body reaches the digestive tract through the mouth, and then enters the small intestine and large intestine through the stomach. As the main place for digestion and absorption, the digestion and absorption of nutrients, etc., are completed in the small intestine.

Under normal circumstances, the flora in the human large intestine is also in a balanced state. Except for special circumstances such as excessive intake of meat and too little dietary fiber, too many toxins will not accumulate in it. , so there is no need to deliberately carry out so-called "detoxification".

As for the toxic substances produced by human body metabolism, after being detoxified by the liver, they are generally excreted through sweat or urine through the kidneys. They have nothing to do with directly eating bamboo charcoal.

People's Daily Online - Is the "bamboo charcoal food" that claims to detoxify and lose weight really reliable?

People's Daily Online - Bamboo charcoal food detoxifies and nourishes the skin? Revealing 6 truths about bamboo charcoal food 3