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Heavy
Metal Toxicity: An Overview
Heavy metal
toxicity is an excessive build-up of metals in the body. Oftentimes, the
vague symptoms produced by heavy metal toxicity are mistakenly misdiagnosed as
incurable chronic conditions. The most common heavy metals that humans
are exposed to are aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury.
Heavy metals are
found in everyday existence and are frequently hard to avoid entirely. Most
people can excrete toxic heavy metals from the body successfully.
However, some people—especially those who suffer from chronic conditions—cannot
excrete them efficiently enough and a build-up occurs. Recent research
also reveals that those who cannot excrete heavy metals efficiently appear to
be genetically predisposed to this condition. Research has shown that the
APO-E 4/3 and 4/4 genotypes are the worst excretors of heavy metals.
Those with this version of APO-E protein—abundant in the cerebral spinal fluid
surrounding the brain—will have the highest affinity for becoming ill from
exposure to neuro-toxic heavy metals, especially mercury when it is present in
combination with others.
When numerous
metals are present in the body, they have a “synergistic toxicity.” Dr.
Boyd Haley, professor and chair of the chemistry department at the University
of Kentucky, performed a study on rats and found that the mortality rate of
rats exposed to a small dose of mercury or aluminum killed only 1 rat in
100. However, when the rats were exposed to both mercury and aluminum at
the same time, all 100 rats died—a 100% mortality rate.
Heavy
Metal Toxicity: Common Symptoms
You may have
heavy metal toxicity if you are experiencing any of these symptoms:
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