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I read on the label that Carbostat uses Activated Carbon. How is this different from the Activated Charcoal sold in health food stores?

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I read on the label that Carbostat uses Activated Carbon. How is this different from the Activated Charcoal sold in health food stores?

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Activated charcoal has been used for centuries to relieve intestinal maladies. Records of its use date back to Ancient Egypt and Classical Greece. The activated charcoal that is used in the health food industry for gas, indigestion, and detoxification contains a form of activated carbon. That is where the similarities end.