Heavy metals - Something to Listen To
Many minerals are abundant in food and essential for life. Other minerals are toxic even in tiny amounts, leading to nerve dysfunction and memory loss, a weakened immune system, and even kidney damage. Heavy metal is not just a kind of super-loud music. Heavy metals are real trace elements found in industrial wastes, fillings in your teeth, fish and sea products, and in the paint of most houses and buildings — and they can cause you serious harm.
You may not be aware of it, but you carry around a fair amount of toxic lead in your tissues. Much of this lead, now known as a lead burden, came from the leaded gasoline fuels that were so common in former years. And a burden it is. Lead is a major concern, especially in children, because it affects learning and behavior. Mercury toxicity has become more prevalent as our waters and most fish are now contaminated. If you have fillings in your teeth, you are probably absorbing some toxic mercury right in your mouth. Researchers have linked aluminum with reduced mental function and Alzheimer's disease. One good screening method for the body's accumulation of toxic metals is a hair analysis. Blood assessment may show more recent exposure, but most metals leave the blood to deposit themselves in your tissues in 24 to 48 hours.
