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How Can You Rid Your Body Of Heavy Metals?

by Averil Bernard     Click here to subscribe.

Whether we know it or not, we’ve all been exposed to heavy metals like lead, arsenic, mercury and cadmium from our food, water, airborne pollutants, beauty products, medicines, vaccines, dental fillings, household items, keys and toys. The truth is, we’re exposed to heavy metals daily and they gradually accumulate from a variety of sources. It’s like filling a glass by adding just one drop of water every day. It may take a long time but the glass will eventually get filled.

Lead Paint Ban

While attending Real Estate school in New Jersey, I learned of the dangers that lurked beneath the fresh coat of paint on the windows in homes built before 1978. Lead-based paints weren’t banned for use in housing until 1978 so all houses built before 1978 are likely to contain some lead-based paint. According to the Center For Disease Control (CDC), “Lead-based paint and lead contaminated dust are the most hazardous sources of lead for U.S. children”. Imagine my surprise when I later learned from a study by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that some children’s vitamins and even prenatal vitamins contain lead. How ironic that lead is banned in paints but actually put into food items for consumption by pregnant women and children.

Health Risks

It goes without saying that a buildup of heavy metal in our bodies is harmful and can even be deadly. According to the FDA there are specific levels that the body can tolerate but beyond these levels, health risks include cancers, autism, kidney failure, brain fog, chronic fatigue, Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, Parkinson’s disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

Heavy Metal Tests

There are several lead test kits available online but I’m not sure about the integrity of those tests. If you’re curious or you think you may have been exposed to heavy metals, ask your doctor which test is best for you. Quest Diagnostics, a popular lab had test codes listed on their website for their Heavy Metal Blood Panel which tests for Arsenic, Lead and Mercury. Test Code – 7655, CPT Code(s) – 82175, 83655, 83825. Once you have the results, the big task becomes, determining how to even begin the detox process.

Detox

I’ve been curious about the topic for a while and have been doing quite a bit of research. I discovered that foods including some herbs and root vegetables can actually help with the process.

Here is a list of some of the foods that aid in the removal of heavy metals from the body:

  1. Cilantro and it’s ‘cousin’ Culantro
  2. Rice Brand and other foods containing alpha lipoic acid
  3. Chlorella
  4. Milk thistle
  5. Ginger
  6. Broccoli and other sulfur-rich foods

I’m supposing that it shouldn’t be too difficult to begin incorporating a few of these into your diet. For over a year now my family, including my parents, in-laws and siblings have been taking Zeal For Life, a real food supplement that contains Rice Brand, Chlorella, Milk Thistle and Broccoli. I was super happy to know that we had been detoxing daily for over a year. Also, I make a green seasoning mix for daily cooking and that includes Cilantro, Culantro and ginger. I was super happy to know that we had been detoxing daily for over a year.

I write the posts in this blog strictly from information I’ve learned and experiences I’ve had, and I share them because I believe that they would be helpful to others. When you find or learn about something that could positively impact the lives of countless people, it would be totally selfish to keep silent.

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For informational purposes only.  Not intended as medical advice.

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Are Your Vitamins Helping Or Hurting You?

by Averil Bernard

So you have the routine down: every morning you take your stack of vitamins because you understand how important they are to your health. Do you know that some or all of your vitamins could be synthetic? Yes, your vitamins could have been created in a lab just like sucralose , aspartame, egg substitutes and the plethora of other fake foods.

Some of the popular synthetic vitamins are Retinyl Palmitate (Vit A), Cyanocobalamin (Vit B12), dl-alpha tocopherol (Vit E), dl-alpha tocopherol acetate or succinate (Vit E), Ascorbic Acid (Vit C), Calciferol (Vit D).

Cyanide

There is actually Cyanide in Cyanocobalamin and it’s stated to be safe because  it contains only 0.6% of the lower level of Cyanide thought to be harmful. My question to you is would you drink a know poison daily in amounts so small that it was determined to be harmless? My answer is an emphatic NO WAY, but that’s exactly what I had been doing before I switched to my current supplement which has natural B12.

Toxicity

Artificial versions of vitamins A, C, D, E and the B vitamins are very popular. Fat soluble vitamins like A, D, and E are particularly dangerous in their synthetic forms because they provide a higher more concentrated serving than you would derive from the natural, food based forms, and because they build up I your liver and fatty tissue and can cause toxicity.

GMO Concerns

With the engineering of vitamins comes the concern regarding the components used in the engineering process. Genetically Modified microorganisms are used to engineer vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), B12 (cyanocobalamin), A (beta carotene) and others.

Nutritionally Deficient

It’s true, according to studies of data collected by the US Department of Agriculture and published in the Journal of American College of Nutrition, 43 different vegetables and fruits showed reliable declines in the amount of nutrients they possess now when compared to fruits and vegetables from 50 years before. It’s therefore understandable that we need supplements to make up for the short fall. The type of supplement you get is vitality important. Choose wisely because your health depends on it.

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