Welcome to the Wednesday edition of The Angriest Trainer with Vinnie Tortorich and Andy Schreiber. Today, Vinnie and Andy discuss the harmful nature of silica (sand). PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club 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