Most Common Sources of Toxic Chemicals and Heavy Metals in Your Life
(These toxic substances are constantly entering your body via skin absorption, inhalation through airways, or ingesting through the mouth ~ and if these poisons do not pass out through your normal elimination routes, which are your bowels, urine, skin or airway, they will saturate your tissues and create not only toxicities, but promote deficiencies. This may be the hidden piece that needs to be addressed in your health!) This is VERY common...especially in children!
The following toxic substances listed in BOLD are the chemicals and heavy metals that are tested in each person, each visit.
Chlorine in water in which you shower, bathe & swim, drinking water, cleaning supplies such as bleach, "white" flour, sugar products and more!
Plastic chemicals leach into your body from water bottles, drink and food containers, packaged foods, pacifiers, diapers, kid's sippie cups, some dance and gymnastics clothing, other clothes, dental and sports mouth guards, lining of canned foods, lawn furniture, garden hose, vinyl toys and flooring, shower curtains, extension cords, some food wraps, and more!
Formaldehyde is a byproduct of the chemical that is in diet anything, new building material, nail polish, most vaccines, carpets and more! *note (DIET means they take out the sugar and replace it with another toxic, cancer-causing chemical - sugar is actually the lesser of the 2 evils!) Drink water - see Hydration Section.
Food Dyes and Colors is in packaged foods, sports drinks, candy, kid's "fruit" and "juice" products, and more! If a product can stain a tongue or the floor when applied, why are we consuming them?
Pesticides are found in our commercial foods due to fertilizers, herbicides, bug-killers and sprays, commercial produce, anti-bacterial hand sanitizers and soaps, pet flea collars, flowers from garden, lawn & garden products, and more!
Fragrances and Perfumes are in colognes, perfumes, detergents, bathroom sprays, cleaning products, skincare products that are not natural, and more!
Medications themselves and their byproducts, found in over the counter and prescription meds, anything medicated, band-aids, antacids, steroid or cortisone creams, anything you buy at a pharmacy or receive from your prescribing doctor. I legally cannot take anyone off of their prescribed medications, but what I can do is support your body nutritionally while you take them and you work with your doctor on weaning off or decreasing your doses while you repair with nutritional therapy.
Preservatives found in packaged foods, medications and more! If a real food is packaged and set on the shelf, how long should it last? I know several people who are conducting their own studies, including myself, who have fast food hamburgers that are over 2 years old, and there is no mold or deterioration on those burgers or buns. Hmm.
Petroleum Solvents are found in many skincare products, laundry and household detergents, isopropyl alcohol, any household or occupational product that contains a "propyl" ingredient, and more!
Acetates/Acetones are found in nail polish and removers, paint thinners and removers, and more!
Dry Cleaning Chemicals form dry cleaners. You can find cleaners who use a non-chemical approach.
Exhaust Fumes and Heavy Chemicals from vehicle emissions and chemicals such as dioxins, toluene, styrene, xylem, found in industrial activities and fires, enter the food chain and end up in fatty meats, fish and dairy products, and more!
Aluminum is found in antacids, antiperspirants, aluminum cans, kitchen utensils, paints, dental composites, cookware, and more!
Arsenic is found in pressure treated wood, wood preservatives, insecticides, wine, well water, seafood (shellfish), treated lumber, poisons, pigments and more!
Antimony is mainly found in pigments and medications.
Cadmium is found in evaporated milk, shellfish, cigarette smoke, water from galvanized pipes, sewage sludge, paint, pigments, air pollution and more!
Chromium is found in dyes, pigments, air pollution, dental crowns, pressure treated wood, synthetic vitamin supplements, and more!
Copper is in sewage sludge, copper plumbing, beer, swimming pools, inorganic or synthetic mineral supplements, dental crowns, copper cookware, and more!
Gold from dental crowns and fillings, jewelry, injections for arthritis and more!
Iron is from inks, dyes, paints, pigments, poor inorganic minerals in food, and more!
Lead is in paint, car exhaust fumes, plumbing, canned foods, hair dyes, newsprint, tap water and more!
Manganese is from ceramics, antiseptics, dyes, medicines, steel products, air pollution, water supply and more!
Mercury is in high fructose corn syrup, dental fillings, mercury vapor lamps, vaccinations, sewage sludge, skin lightening creams, seafood, polluted water, power plant emissions, and more!
Nickel is from dental crowns, braces, cigarettes, and more!
Silver is primarily found in jewelry and dental fillings.
Tin is canned foods.
Titanium is from implants, dental crowns, tap and well water, preservatives in medications, pigments in paint, and more!
Zinc is found in poor quality inorganic supplements in food and synthetic vitamin products.
Chemicals and Heavy Metals, at toxic levels, create an interference with the body's normal processes. These may be connected to your symptoms of fatigue, weight gain, hormonal imbalances, metabolism, sleep, eczema, psoriasis, headaches, brain fog, nerve conduction, decreased healing, lowered immune system, growth challenges and more!