Activated charcoal may help retain lean muscle mass and extend lifespan by binding lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and endotoxins in the gut.

“if you give animals charcoal activated charcoal they basically retain most of their lean muscle mass and they look relatively young even in a very Advanced age and the one thing that charcoal is known to do because it's not supposed to absorb into the bloodstream so whatever it's doing is doing in the gut and I don't know if anything else is happening the good other than the symptoms of Serotonin and basically the the the the release of endotoxins from the bacteria and charcoal can bind both”