⛓ Heavy Metals ⛓
What Are Heavy Metals?
🔧 Heavy metals are metallic elements that are non-essential to human health and are toxic.
🧠 Examples include lead, arsenic, mercury.
☣️ Heavy metals also include particles of essential elements such as copper and zinc particles.
How Heavy Metals Enter Food & Water
🌱 Plants absorb heavy metals from contaminated soil and water.
💧 Irrigation with polluted water introduces metals into crops.
🐟 Fish, especially larger ones, accumulate mercury from polluted oceans.
🥫 Food can also be contaminated through packaging or processing equipment.
🍳 Cookware and tap water also contain heavy metals.
Health Impacts
🧒 Heavy metals harm every organ and cause neurological problems.
🧍 Heavy metals weaken the immune system and cause pathogens such as viruses and bacteria to proliferate.
Protecting Yourself
🥦 Drink filtered water.
💧 Avoid animal products, especially fish.
🐟 Eat a plant based diet as plants absorb and store less heavy metals than animals.
🧼 Wash fruits and vegetables to remove surface residues.