Toxic Metals and the threat they pose!


August 31, 2016

DetoxIn Destination Wellbeing we learn how to assess and rebalance what I call the primary pillars of wellbeing, the individual areas affect the whole-being’s ability to be happy, healthy and whole on a daily basis. We look at a wide array of possible negative causative affecters from mitochondrial dysfunction, poor self worth to physical and emotional toxins and how these issues occur and more importantly how to effectively address them and create a wellbeing journey that is a conscious, self-directed evolving process of achieving the client’s full potential.

I wanted to give you a little insight into one of the aspects of physical toxins that we go over in the detox mapping section, and that is toxic metals.

There are advantages and disadvantages to living in the modern world. Emergency medicine is a good advantage and toxic metals in our environment is a definite disadvantage.

Toxic metals, such as lead, mercury, and plutonium have no known benefit for living organisms and can cause serious illnesses. Other heavy metals, such as iron, copper, manganese and zinc, are needed in small amounts but cause damage at excessive levels.

Heavy metals are purposely added to products, for example, aluminium in antiperspirant deodorants or mercury in vaccinations, dental filling and processed foods. These are present in small amounts but, over time, can accumulate to excessive amounts and contribute to physical and ‘mental’ symptoms.

Pollution of air, food and water, has increased the amount of certain metals that pose health risks for humans and animals.

Many doctors and scientists are recognising that several serious health problems are created by heavy metal toxicity.

Below is a list of heavy or toxic metals and their common sources. Take note and start to protect yourself from these harmful toxins by reducing your exposure to these sources.

Aluminium:                        Cookware, antiperspirants, antacids, aluminium cans, paints, kitchen utensils, dental composites

Arsenic:                               Wood preservatives, poisons, pigments, dyes, insecticide, wine, coal burning, seafood (shellfish), treated wood

Cadmium:                          Water from galvanized pipes, evaporated milk, shellfish, paints, cigarette smoke, air pollution

Chromium:                        Dyes, pigments, air pollution, dental crowns

Copper:                               Copper plumbing, copper cookware, beer, swimming pools, inorganic mineral supplements, dental crowns

Gold:                                    Dental fillings, jewellery, injections for arthritis

Iron:                                     Dyes, inks, paint, pigments, poor inorganic mineral supplements in food

Lead:                                    Car exhaust paint, plumbing, canned food, hair dyes, newsprint, tap water

Manganese:                        Ceramics, antiseptics, dyes, medicines, steel products, air pollution, water

Mercury:                             Dental fillings, vaccinations, mercury vapour lamps, seafood, polluted water, skin lightening creams

Nickel:                                 Cigarettes, dental crowns

Silver:                                  Dental fillings, jewellery

Tin:                                      Canned foods

Titanium:                            Preservatives in medications, pigments in paints, tap/well water, dental crowns and implants

 

What action can you take so toxic metals don’t affect your health?

  1. Prevention of further exposure to heavy metals
  2. Support and Removal, that is, removal of toxic metals already in the body

Prevention involves avoiding further exposure to the sources listed above as much as possible. Suggestions for doing this include:

  • Avoid processed foods – especially those containing high fructose corn syrup – as much as possible since they can legally add small amounts of mercury as a preservative
  • Use deodorants with natural ingredients, not aluminium or SLS
  • Avoid regular use of canned foods to prevent intake of lead, aluminium, tin and other metals
  • Avoid medical drugs as much as possible since they may contain heavy metals; this is especially critical for vaccinations that often contain mercury in the form of thimerosal
  • Use a mercury free dentist for your dental fillings
  • Filter your drinking water with a dual carbon filter and bathing water with a whole house filter
  • Avoid over the counter medications such as antacids that contain toxic metals
  • Use natural skin care products that do not contain heavy metals

You get the idea. Just look at the list of common sources and eliminate them as much as possible. It’s a transition; you don’t have to change everything overnight. Be sure to tell your family and friends about the dangers of heavy metals so that can avoid them too.

Support and Removal, recommendations include:

  1. Lose weight if you’re overweight since heavy metals store in fat
  2. Regular bowel movements. Your bowels should move easily 1-3 times per day to remove toxic metals and for many other health reasons. Keep them moving with sufficient water, fibre, exercise/movement, use aids if needed.
  3. Eat foods that support your liver detox pathways – cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage, brussel sprouts and kale
  4. Include foods with good sources of glutathione, an important substance involved in liver detox, foods such as asparagus, watermelon, brussel sprouts, cauliflower and broccoli
  5. Sweating on a regular basis to clean wastes through pores in the skin. Do this via exercise, sunbathing, infra red saunas, hot baths etc.
  6. Skin brushing –to improve circulation and lymphatic flow
  7. Chi machines –to improve circulation and lymphatic flow
  8. Eat to your personal biochemical requirementschoose organic natural food sources that is line with your ancestral individual needs.
  9. Utilise natural supplements to assist your body in removing heavy metals such as metal free and Zeolite these can be found with many other options on www.holisticsonline.com.

I hope this served as an interesting and useful insight into what can be a frequent challenger to your destination of wellbeing.

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