Diseases Associated with Heavy Metal Toxicity

As I discuss in my new book The Golden Gate, heavy metal toxicity is one of the root causes of modern day complex conditions and significantly contributes to aging. Metals like mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic and iron commonly found in our modern day lifestyles and food contribute to inflammation, tissue degeneration, hormonal imbalance, psychological disorders, organ dysfunction and DNA damage.

Long-term accumulation of these metals without active removal of them (called chelation) leads to immune dysfunction, chronic inflammation, autoimmune disease, metabolic conditions like diabetes and insulin resistance, neurological conditions, heart disease and cancer.

In other words, heavy metal toxicity creates fatigue, numbness and tingling, brain fog, memory issues, skin conditions like eczema and acne, hormonal symptoms like menopausal insomnia and PMS, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, thyroid disease, ovarian dysfunction, lymphatic congestion, infertility, and so much more.

Transgenerational Metal Toxicity

We can inherit these toxicities from our mother. If mother has undiagnosed metal toxicity, during pregnancy or nursing, the metals mobilize from her body fat to be released into her blood stream to the baby. Hence, baby is born with a baseline of metal toxicity and throughout her lifetime, the baby continues to accumulate further metals that are passed on to future generations. Therefore, it becomes critical, for health and longevity and to reduce risks of chronic disease and cancer in our current generation and for future generations, that women especially be evaluated and treated for heavy metal toxicity.

Below is a list of metals, sources of exposure and tissues most vulnerable to accumulating metals to develop disease.

You may want to learn more about toxicity and my 6-step KHOSH Method to graceful aging as explained in my book The Golden Gate: Unleash Your Feminine Powers to Graceful Aging.

For a comprehensive evaluation of heavy metal toxicity, reach out to one of the doctors at Holistique.com

Examples of Metal Exposure & Related Illness

Mercury

SOURCE OF EXPOSURE

Fish: Tuna, Swordfish, Halibut

Dental amalgams

Routine Vaccinations

Mother with amalgams during pregnancy and nursing ACCUMULATED IN TISSUES & RELATED DISEASES

Thymus: suppressed immune function to fight viruses, cancer, autoimmune disease

Thyroid: Autoimmune thyroiditis, thyroid nodules and cancer

Breasts: Estrogen receptor-alpha activates breast cancer growth

Kidneys, liver, lungs

Brain: Neurological symptoms, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Brain inflammation

Heart & Vascular: Heart disease & atherosclerosis

Pancreas: Diabetes & Insulin resistance

Adrenal: Adrenal dysfunction, fatigue, stress

Lead SOURCE OF EXPOSURE

Toys

Old home paint,

Soil and dust

Radiators

Tap Water

Lead crystals, ceramics

Imported foods and drinks

Air

Over-the-counter supplements

Cannabis

Chocolate ACCUMULATED IN TISSUES & RELATED DISEASES

Brain, liver, kidney, bones, blood

Bone: Brittle bones, osteoporosis

Kidneys: Kidney failure and kidney disease, gout

Ovaries: miscarriage, prematurity, low birth weight

Testicles: low sperm count

Breasts: Activate estrogen receptor-alpha breast tissue to signal breast cancer growth

Pituitary gland: FSH hormone dysregulation in postmenopausal women

Brain: neurological disease, short term memory loss, tingling and numbness, slurred speech, tremors

Neuropsychiatric disorders: depression, anxiety

Blood: Anemia

Abdomen: pain, nausea

Generalized: fatigue, insomnia, headaches

Cadmium SOURCE OF EXPOSURE

Smoking

Second hand smoking

Lithium batteries ACCUMULATED IN TISSUES & RELATED DISEASES

Breasts: activates estrogen receptor-alpha leading to breast cancer

Thyroid: thyroid disease and antibody production

Pancreas: diabetes, insulin resistance

Adrenal: adrenal tumors, adrenal dysfunction, fatigue

Kidneys: Kidney disease, kidney failure

Lungs: lung cancer, emphysema, COPD

Heart: heart disease, atherosclerosis

Liver: liver disease

Arsenic

SOURCE OF EXPOSURE

Soil

Food: rice, chicken

Pesticides, herbicides

Over-the-counter supplements (especially from India or China)

Pharmaceuticals

Cotton

Tobacco

ACCUMULATED IN TISSUES & RELATED DISEASES

Skin: hair loss, hyperkeratosis, skin lesions, pigmentations

Nervous system: Vasomotor disorders, psychosis, neuropathy, impaired intellectual function, paralysis

Pancreas: insulin resistance and Diabetes mellitus

Lungs: Pulmonary TB, Bronchiectasis

Uterus: Abnormal pregnancy outcomes, infertility

GI: Ulcerative processes

Musculoskeletal disorders: Weakness, muscle wasting

Heart: Heart attack, hypertension, cardiopathies, high cholesterol, decrease HDL

Cancer: Skin, liver, lung, kidney, bladder, prostate

Decrease glutathione, NAC

Iron SOURCE OF EXPOSURE

Cast iron

Iron supplement

Red meat ACCUMULATED IN TISSUES & RELATED DISEASES

Excess iron increase free radical damage leading to damaged DNA