Toxins and Your Health

[RobinN]

The whole article is worth reading as there are some suggestions as to what to do to make changes in your daily routine to limit your exposure to heavy metals. I bring this up, because my daughter has high levels of mercury, antimony and tin in her body. I am researching ways to chelate her safely, as well as not expose her to more. For some reason her body does not naturally detox, so that is where the dietary changes are so important.

Here are a few snippets from the article:

Most people are absolutely clueless about just how toxic mercury is. It is toxic at one in one billion-part quantities. That is about the same concentration of one grain of salt in one swimming pool. That is why having mercury fillings is such a major challenge to your health.

Heavy metal toxicity, just like chemical toxicity, has become one of the most pressing health hazards of our day. Your body is assailed by chemicals and heavy metals on a daily basis, oftentimes from the most innocent-looking sources, from your everyday cookware to your child’s rubber ducky.

It has now gotten to the point where babies are being BORN toxic due to the toxic load of their mothers. A 2004 study by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that blood samples from newborns contained an average of 287 toxins, including mercury, fire retardants, pesticides and Teflon chemicals.

Symptoms of toxic build-up due to chronic heavy metal exposure, however, are much more subtle, in large part because these symptoms are so “common,” such as:

* Fatigue
* Digestive distress, and reduced ability to properly assimilate and utilize fats
* Aching joints
* Depression
* Impaired blood sugar regulation
* Female reproductive problems such as menstrual difficulties, infertility, miscarriage, pre-eclampsia, pregnancy-induced hypertension and premature birth

The Weston A. Price diet recommendations, which were written in 1920 and still, like all truths, hold true today, includes these timeless guidelines:

* Eat foods that are natural, unprocessed, and organic (and contain no sugar except for the occasional bit of honey or maple syrup).
* Eat foods that grow in your native environment. In other words, eat locally grown, seasonal foods.
* Eat unpasteurized dairy products (such as raw milk) and fermented foods.
* Eat at least one-third of your food raw.
* Make sure you eat enough healthy fats, including those from animal sources like omega-3 fat, and reduce your intake of omega-6 from vegetable oils.

As Dr. Daniel et.al. explain in this article, optimal nutrition is essential when dealing with heavy metal toxicity because if you are deficient in essential metals, your body will use toxic heavy metals as “stand-ins” instead. For example:

* Calcium is replaced by lead, which deposits primarily in bone, and disrupts the formation of red blood cells. Lead contributes to poor bone health such as osteopenia and osteoporosis.
* Zinc is replaced by cadmium, which tends to accumulate heavily in your kidneys. Cadmium overload is associated with peripheral neuropathy.
* Magnesium is replaced by aluminum, which, among other things, induces neurochemical changes and has been identified as a contributing factor to developing Alzheimer’s.
* Manganese is replaced by nickel, which is carcinogenic.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar...aspx?source=nl

[Bernard]

That's a good article. We've been avoiding aluminum based anti-perspirants (and make-ups for Stacy) for a long time now.