Metals Creating Auto Immune

As a nutritional practice, we target one of the greatest killers of health on this planet. Most patients hold onto Metals in their body organs, metals that were absorbed from a myriad of places. I will touch on a few.

Mercury, the big elephant in the living room, has been ranted about via vaccine discussions. But did you know that Mercury resides in pesticides ( in soil, in products, especially your regular spraying professional outside the house ), in hemmorrhoid relieving products, water based paint, soft contact lens solutions, broken thermometers, the NEW squirrley looking lightbulbs, fungicides and in the olden days, merthiolate. Mercury is toxic to all cell membranes and suppresses the immune system. In the brain it creates a firewall between neurons thus shutting down the needed synapse. Areas of the body found: brain, nervous system, kidney, appetite and pain centers as well. Mercury can be handed down through generations; the only feasible account of why babies are tested positive even if not given a vaccine.

Aluminum is found naturally in the Earth's crust, atmospheric dust and even in drinking water. We find it in pickles, baking powder ( always buy the aluminum free), pastries, maraschino cherries, non-dairy creamers, table salt ( not sea salt ), processed cheeses, all antacids, aluminum cookware, aluminum treated white flour, aluminum foil, tobacco smoke, artificial colorings and pesticides.

It interferes with normal body functions and contributes to Alzheimer's, Parkinsons, Lou Gehrigs diseases and dialysis dementia. Areas of the body found: bones, stomach and brain.

Lead is a toxic environmental pollutant. There is airborne lead ( gasoline additives and industrial pollution), lead based paint, newsprint ( now I know why I sneezed and coughed when I read the paper and have since stopped the delivery ), colored ads, hair dyes and rinses, bone meal supplements, dolomite, soft coal, leaded glass, pewter, improperly glazed pottery or dinnerware, batteries, cigarette smoke, pesticides, fertilizers, certain cosmetics, rubber toys, dirt near garages,parks or empty lots of old factories. ( watch out for kids putting dirt and dust in their mouths!) Lead attacks the bones, liver, kidneys, heart, pancreas, brain and nervous system.

Nickel mines have been closed down in many cities because of its ill effects. It can be found in jewelry, dental prosthetic devices ( the newer ones carry 60-80% nickel), tobacco smoke, orthodontic appliances, auto/truck exhaust, superphosphate fertilizers, nickel cadmium batteries, hydrogenated fats and oils, acid foods like tomatoes cooked in stainless steel cookware.

Nickel can target the point of exposure,( i.e. contact dermatitis and gingivitis) skin and lungs.

Cadmium has always been a concern and you can find many items containing the metal with warning signs. I remember my watercolor instructor who was President of the Valley Watercolor Society, telling me that she had to stop painting with oils because she was routinely hospitalized, as it affected her lungs. She switched to watercolor. You find Cadmium in the air, in food and water. It is in industrial waste, rubber tires, welding, paint, auto exhaust, cigarette smoke, white flour, white rice, seafood, rubber carpet backings,sewage sludge.

Just for one minute think about the Earth homes created in the Southwest. The walls were made of clay, water, rubber tires and aluminum cans. Dennis Weaver built such a home in Ouray, Colorado on the side of a mountain. He died an early death. Just saying . . .

Cadmium inhibits many enzymes, nutrients and metabolic reactions. It increases blood pressure, creates kidney and liver damage, anemia, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and osteoporosis. Found in lungs, liver, kidneys, heart, blood vessels, brain, in people with loss of smells and appetite.

Much of what I listed affects memory, hemoglobin, learning ( creating disabilities ), contributes to headaches, anxiety, depression, loose teeth, abdominal problems, and tremors.

Is this not enough to investigate what you are exposed to? If you conduct your life with the cavalier ideology of oh well, its in everything, so I have to die of something then your wishes will be fulfilled. If you become pro-active and go green and carefully choose what you use as a product, what you allow your body to absorb, then you can fulfill more of an optimally healthy lifestyle. We are all masters of our ship ( the body ).

All of this information is very real. We have had the ability to test heavy metals and actually trace to where in the organ it is most prominent.

Getting wise to what surrounds us, what we ingest and inhale may make you look like a obsessive compulsive over-protective person, but why not? Aren't you worth it? Isn't this the prelude to perfect health?

Some ideas:

Roll up your windows on the road and freeways, especially around trucks.
Choose watercolor over oil paints for your creative art.
Choose cosmetics that are found safe.
Be careful choosing vintage jewelry and pewter items just because they look cool.
Buy safe toys for your children.
If you must hair dye, get samples from your stylist and be checked for how it affects your liver. Look at the ingredients.
Don't smoke or be around it.
Don't have your house sprayed for insects. We never have. If we see red ants, we use cayenne pepper on the ant hills. There are plenty of safe natural organic fertilizers that you can use. Go out of your way to look for it.
Use parchment paper instead of aluminum foil when baking.
Go green in using cleaning supplies and laundry cleaners. We do!

Take special interest in the health of you and your family now. Don't wait until it is cool to do so. It may be too late then.

Update on our Winter Garden

It was only a month or so ago when we planted for the winter. At that time, the heat wave was still lingering. Now that it is November,a cold front has hit us and the vegies are growing beautifully. We planted six beets, two red romaine ( one didn't make it with the winds), two buttercrunch lettuce, six spinach which are growing nicely, a whole box of sugar peas growing in leaps and bounds up the trellis already, four arugula which is prolific, four red onions, six heirloom deer tongue lettuce which are my personal favorite and four red leaf ( red sail lettuce ). No pests, no insects and not much water needed.

I step out there in the garden and pull the lower leaves of lettuce for salad almost every night we are home. Its buttery, peppery, fresh.

I have one empty earth box left that we may either plant carrots and radishes and scallion seeds or kale or swiss chard. The nights get down to 37 degrees now mid November and I worry about freeze. Maybe I need to cover the kids with shade cloth.