Bill Sardi
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 Cancer Causes Controls 16: 901-15, 2005] Studies show zinc pills may contain relatively high amounts of cadmium, a heavy metal. [International Journal Food Science Nutrition 52: 379-82, 2001] cadmium accumulates in the human body with advancing age and can produce adverse effects on prostate health. [Cancer Research 61: 455-58, 2001 ] Zinc gluconate generally contains lower amounts of cadmium than do other forms. [Journal National Cancer Institute 95: 1556, 2003]
Selenium
What would happen if there was compelling scientific evidence that an agent could prevent prostate cancer? |
Mike Adams
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 Eating too much of refined grain products also increases consumption of the toxic mineral cadmium in relationship to zinc, as zinc is lost in the outer layers and cadmium, when it is present, is contained in the internal kernel, and so can lead to cadmium toxicity problems."
- Elson Haas M.D., Staying Healthy With Nutrition
By now you hopefully have a deeper understanding of the health risks associated with eating refined carbohydrate foods, and the reasons why such foods are so common in our grocery stores. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| An article in Toxicology reported that mice administered a single dose of cadmium (by mouth) developed gastroenteritis (irritation and inflammation of the stomach and intestines).108 Just one dose! This is scary considering many humans are exposed to cadmium multiple times a day, especially if they smoke or are subjected to cigarette smoke. Smoking just one cigarette introduces the body to around 20 micrograms! Only half of this is excreted, meaning about 10 micrograms remain in other parts of the body. |
| Four additional metals that cause damage to the intestinal tract and contribute to colon toxicity are mercury, aluminum, lead, and cadmium. Three of these metals rank in the top 10 on the CERCLA Priority List of Hazardous Substances from the ATSDR.104 Lead is second, with mercury at a close third, and cadmium falls in as the eighth most toxic substance known to science. Aluminum, although not truly a heavy metal, is still an extremely poisonous substance that can accumulate in the body's tissues. |
| For example, some teas and coffee contain cadmium so it's best to stick to organic brands whenever possible. Refer to the chart below for additional foods that may contain this toxin.
Foods That May Contain Cadmium
Food
1. Shelled seeds
2. Organ meats (liver and kidney)
3. Cabbage
4. Potato Chips
5. Peanut butter and peanuts
6. French fries
7. Cookies
8. Celery
9. Cereals (wheat and bran)
1 0. Potatoes (boiled with the skin on)
Common Levels (parts per million)
0.48 0.15 0.1 1 0.10 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.04
How Can I Protect Myself from Toxic Heavy Metals? |
David Brownstein
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 Cadmium
Cadmium is an industrial pollutant. cadmium toxicity can cause high blood pressure, anemia, and kidney and liver damage. It can also impair calcium absorption and influence the development of osteoporosis. Sources of cadmium include industrial waste, auto exhaust and cigarette smoke. It can also be found in some refined foods (especially white flour and rice), fertilizers, batteries, and sewage sludge. cadmium exposure has been associated with thyroid abnormalities, including hypothyroidism in children."
Lead
Lead is an environmental pollutant that is very toxic to humans. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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 For example, heavy inhalation of the metal cadmium, which can occut through sheet metal work, also causes fever and, along with it, severe damage to the lungs, which can be fatal. Low-level, repeated cadmium inhalation can cause slow destruction of the lung, leading to emphysema. In contrast, zinc oxide, whether inhaled on a one-time or a repeated basis, does not cause lasting damage. The lessons to be learned from the fever and flu symptoms caused by zinc oxide, if they could be applied to other syndromes, might be used beneficially to cut short life-threatening disease processes. |
Jack Challem
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 In an analysis of mineral patterns in thirty serial killers and mass murderers, he frequently found elevated levels of lead or cadmium, which are highly toxic and interfere with normal brain chemistry. Walsh traced many of these mineral problems to low production of metallothionein, a sulfur-containing protein needed to properly use zinc and to protect against lead and cadmium.
In another study, C. Bernard Gesch, a professor of social work at Oxford University, England, tested the effects of a combination of supplements or placebos on 231 young adult prisoners eighteen years of age and older. |
Mike Adams
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| Eating too much of refined grain products also increases consumption of the toxic mineral cadmium in relationship to zinc, as zinc is lost in the outer layers and cadmium, when it is present, is contained in the internal kernel, and so can lead to cadmium toxicity problems."
- Elson Haas M.D., Staying Healthy With Nutrition
By now you hopefully have a deeper understanding of the health risks associated with eating refined carbohydrate foods, and the reasons why such foods are so common in our grocery stores. |
Bill Sardi
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| International Journal Food Science Nutrition 52: 379-82, 2001] cadmium accumulates in the human body with advancing age and can produce adverse effects on prostate health. [Cancer Research 61: 455-58, 2001 ] Zinc gluconate generally contains lower amounts of cadmium than do other forms. [Journal National Cancer Institute 95: 1556, 2003]
Selenium
What would happen if there was compelling scientific evidence that an agent could prevent prostate cancer? Would it be met with open arms?
What meticulous scientists want to see is evidence from a "longitudinal randomized clinical intervention trial. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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 Variation in levels of lead and cadmium by plant part and habitat n wild-grown Achillea millefolium and Hypericum perforatum^ pies of 19 herbs and in finished teas prepared from these samples.47 Passage of metals into the tea was higher than 50% in only 12% of the lead assays and 8% of the cadmium tests. The majority of the tea samples (67% and 71%, for lead and cadmium, respectively) demonstrated a relatively low extraction of metals, 25% or less. Individual extraction values ranged from 0.1% to 87% for lead and from 1% to 68% for cadmium. |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
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 Making matters worse, soy formula is not only high in fluoride but also in aluminum (see Chapter 23) and cadmium. cadmium levels in soy formula are six times higher than those in milk formula, according to one study, and 8 to 15 times higher according to another.2930 cadmium is a toxic metal that contributes to heart disease, cancer, diabetes and reproductive ills.31
In the United States, a team of investigators compared cases of mild to moderate fluorosis with levels of exposure during early childhood. |
Mark Schapiro
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 China's new standards are drawn directly from European Union regulations, and target the same six toxic chemicals and minerals as the European RoHS directive: lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, and PBDE flame retardants. The derisive moniker "made in China"—long associated with dismal safety protections— is being turned inside-out as U.S. electronics companies must now demonstrate the safety of their products for Chinese consumers. |
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
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 Zinc also competes with cadmium. Part of the treatment for cadmium toxicity is increasing the amount of zinc.
Symptoms of zinc deficiency include fatigue, along with increased rate of infections and injuries. Low zinc can cause dwarfism and delayed sexual development. Mothers with a zinc deficiency tend to have smaller babies and babies with smaller-than-normal brains. Zinc deficiency has an association with different types of birth defects such as Down's syndrome, spina bifida, and clubbed feet. |
Mark Schapiro
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| The directive also bans the use of four toxic heavy metals that have long been prevalent in cars: cadmium, chromium, mercury, and lead.2' The automobile industry was being forced to look warily toward Europe, just as its peers in the electronics industry were doing.
"We've been hit by a tsunami," is how Michael Taubitz, the global safety officer for General Motors, put it to me from his office outside Detroit. |
Mark Hyman, M.D.
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 Additional sources of mercury include:
• Broken thermometers or blood pressure cuffs
• Silver (amalgam) dental fillings
• Antiseptics containing mercurochrome
• Contact lens solutions containing thimerosal (mercury)
• Vaccines containing thimerosal
• Old (pre-1990) latex paint
Reduce cadmium exposure
Cadmium is a toxic metal that damages the lungs when inhaled or the stomach when swallowed. Long-term exposure to cadmium is also thought to cause kidney disease and osteoporosis, as well as lung and prostate cancer. |
Mark Schapiro
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| But conjuring that action often requires the conductive, adhesive, and cohering qualities of some of the most toxic substances known — things like lead, mercury, and cadmium. Operating within the confined space of a well-sealed appliance or car engine, their mobility into the environment or your bloodstream is limited. But once their usable life span is finished, it's a different story.
The numbers are enormous. Three billion consumer electrical products will be scrapped worldwide by 2010, according to the International Association of Electronics Recyclers. |
| In Europe, Greenpeace International tracked European shipments of e-waste overseas, and found it in Chinese and Indian scrap yards, with dangerously high levels of lead, mercury, and cadmium in the dust that workers routinely inhale.' In some areas of China, where e-waste from both continents has been collected into huge open pits, river-water samples taken in 2005 contained levels of lead and other metals from ten to twenty-four thousand times what World Health Organization standards consider safe in drinking water. |
Ray D. Strand
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 In addition heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, and aluminum contaminate most of our water supplies. More than fifty-five thousand regulated chemical dumps in America, in addition to the estimated two hundred thousand unregulated chemical dumps, are leaking into the water tables across the nation. When we ingest this contaminated water, the production of free radicals increases significantly.7
Americans have resorted to drinking bottled, filtered, and distilled water in unprecedented amounts today. |
| Heavy metals such as mercury, aluminum, cadmium, and lead have been implicated in increasing the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases. These metals tend to deposit themselves in brain tissue because of the high amount of fat concentrated in that part of the body.18 These metals can cause a significant increased amount of oxidative stress and are extremely difficult to remove from the central nervous system once they are there. |
Mark Hyman, M.D.
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| You can reduce your cadmium exposure by:
• Eliminating your exposure to tobacco smoke—a pack of cigarettes contains about 20 meg of cadmium, or 1 meg per cigarette.
• Avoiding exposure to fertilizers.
• Reducing intake of coffee, which also contains cadmium. Reduce arsenic exposure
Arsenic is a poisonous metal with many adverse health effects including cancer of the lung, kidney, bladder, and liver, as well as nerve injury, hearing loss, diabetes, and adverse effects on the cardiovascular system. Arsenic can be a contaminant in drinking water as well as bottled water. |
Mark Schapiro
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| The Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive, or RoHS, requires that manufacturers remove four toxic metals —lead, cadmium, chromium, and mercury—that have been critical ingredients in hundreds of thousands of products in everything from computers and semiconductors to electric trains and cell phones. It also bans the use of polybromi-nated flame retardants, the same ones proposed for the POPS list by Norway and the European Union. All these substances are considered by the EU as having potent carcinogenic or neurologically toxic effects. |
Ruth Winter
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 The Committee noted there was a question about how much biologically active cadmium was available from various foods, such as rice or grains. For example, in a study in New Zealand, the blood concentration and urinary excretion of cadmium were found to be "surprisingly low" in a population with a high dietary intake of New Zealand oysters, which contain high levels of cadmium. The Committee maintains the current PTWI of 7 nanograms per kilogram of body weight pending future research. The
FDA, which previously allowed cadmium as a colorant in polystyrenes, no longer allows its use. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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 Other things that have a particularly adverse bioenergetic effect on this field are fungicides, electromagnetic radiation, heavy metals (especially arsenic, lead, antimony, and cadmium), and the hepatitis A and B vaccines.
The Kidney Driver field (Energetic Driver 12) is tightly correlated to the Stomach Driver field, so if it turns out to be a challenge to correct the Stomach Driver field, you can sometimes "go around to the back door" and work with the Kidney Driver field. Correcting the Kidney Driver field or even the Pancreas Driver field may sometimes "kick start" the Stomach Driver. |
Mark Hyman, M.D.
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| You can reduce your cadmium exposure by:
• Eliminating your exposure to tobacco smoke—a pack of cigarettes contains about 20 meg of cadmium, or 1 meg per cigarette.
• Avoiding exposure to fertilizers.
• Reducing intake of coffee, which also contains cadmium. Reduce arsenic exposure
Arsenic is a poisonous metal with many adverse health effects including cancer of the lung, kidney, bladder, and liver, as well as nerve injury, hearing loss, diabetes, and adverse effects on the cardiovascular system. Arsenic can be a contaminant in drinking water as well as bottled water. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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| Its action as an energy channel crosses the long bones of your legs, where mercury, cadmium, and lead can accumulate.
ENERGETIC DRIVER 14: SPLEEN-OMENTUM DRIVER
The Spleen-Omentum Driver field is bioenergetically linked to both the red and white pulp of the spleen as well as to the omentum, a type of mesenteric sheet that lines the abdomen. It also links to all parts of the thymus. |
Ron Garner
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 The ones most often implicated in human poisoning are mercury, nickel, lead, arsenic, and cadmium. Aluminum, although lighter, is another metal that causes many problems in the human body. Other heavy metals like copper, iron, zinc, chromium, and manganese are required by the body in small amounts, but can be toxic in large quantities. Our concern in this discussion is with the main toxic heavy metals. They can enter our bodies through food, water, air, and the skin, from industrial, pharmaceutical, agricultural, and dental sources. |
Eric R. Braverman
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 Heavy metals such as lead and cadmium are toxic to the brain and body and exist in many forms. For example, I often see individuals with elevated lead levels despite the fact that lead has been removed from gasoline and paint. Elevated lead levels are often found in psychiatric syndromes such as bulimia, psychosis, depression, and lupus. Elevated cadmium levels are common in smokers or people who live around smokers, and contribute to high blood pressure. Also, elevated copper levels contribute to depression. |
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