Heavy Metal Toxicity: Part II Simple Solutions to Reduce Your Risk from Heavy Metal Toxicity {Pure Living}

Part II: Learn how you can protect your health from toxic heavy metals like arsenic, mercury, cadmium, aluminum and lead!

Heavy metals are one type of toxins that contaminate water, food and air via industry, pollution, pesticides, emissions and exhaust. They can interfere with various processes in the body, so you must detoxify and clear heavy metals from your system to avoid damage. 

Check out Part I of this series on toxic heavy metals to learn where common metals lurk and what they can do to your health

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part III to learn how you can test your heavy metal levels at home!

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Take Back Your Health: Simple Pure Whole Solutions for Preventing Heavy Metal Toxicity

While it is necessary to work with a qualified professional to determine and detoxify effectively from most significant heavy metal toxicity issues, you can take some steps to prevent your exposure and  help support your body’s natural detoxification efforts.

Assess & Address Your Environment

Cleansing your environment of common sources of heavy metal toxicity involves taking simple steps to reduce your exposure to these toxicants. A Home detox involves finding solutions for pure water, food, cleaning supplies and personal care products.  Over time, this will also help cleanse your body, rebalance your hormones, weight and blood sugar, improve your energy and focus and prevent future disease!

• Find out the biggest threats of toxicity in your environment to understand areas that may need to be addressed
• Check your drinking water and use a high-quality water filtration system
• Choose glass, enamel or stainless steel cookware while avoiding aluminum of non-stick cookware.
• Use a high-quality air purifier in your home and workspace.
• Work with me to undergo a customized home detox

Eat Clean and Organic

Whole foods like fruits and vegetables are a great way to keep the body balanced and naturally cleanse. Repletion of important nutrients is important for allowing the body to detox from heavy metals and heal. Since many conventional pesticides and herbicides contain heavy metals and other chemicals, it is important to choose organic produce and other products. to reduce heavy metal toxicity 

• Choose organically-grown produce and humanely raised, free-range, organic animal products.
• Eat foods that are natural, unprocessed and organic including plenty of fruits and vegetables that support detoxification and healthy fats to allow your body to detoxify naturally.  
• My virtual Reset Cleanse is a great way to start optimizing your lifestyle to support detoxification and keep your body balanced!
• Garlic has been shown to help lower blood lead levels.
• Many recommend a seafood-free diet while detoxing from heavy metals, since many fish and seafood are contaminated with these toxicants.
• Antioxidants like selenium, zinc, and vitamins C, E, and A may help the body detoxify.

Remove and Avoid Toxicity

• Consider a near-infrared sauna to support healthy detoxification.
• Avoid dental amalgam fillings.
• Avoid smoking and second-hand smoke exposure.
• Support liver detoxification with good nutrition, adequate antioxidants and individualized supplements when necessary like glutathione and magnesium. Glutathione is a key detoxification protein which helps clear heavy metals and other toxins from the body. Foods which support healthy glutathione levels include:
  • Asparagus
  • Avocados
  • Walnuts
  • Onions
  • Garlic

Check Your Levels

• Measure your individual toxic burden from heavy metals with a test like the EverlyWell home Heavy Metals Test. You can get started and save 15% off here to check your levels with a simple home urine test.

Don’t miss part III of this post to learn how to test your heavy metals at home and see my results! 

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