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Reduce Mercury Toxicity

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It’s imperative that you do all you can to reduce your direct exposure to mercury. Just as important, you’ll want to implement a diet and supplement plan that will continuously help remove mercury from your body.

Nature provides various substances that help remove mercury and other heavy metals. Mercury has a strong affinity for sulfur. As such, there’s a long list of vegetables and fruits with high sulfur contents that can help remove mercury from the body. These foods do have their limitations, however. With continued exposure, your body’s natural defenses can easily be overwhelmed.

For most of us, mercury will enter our body either through our intestinal tract (water, food, or amalgam tooth fillings) or through our respiratory tract (vapor from pollution or a broken fluorescent bulb). With our food and water supplies so widely contaminated, it will be difficult to avoid mercury completely. This is where a diet high in sulfur-rich vegetables, fruits, and other foods can help. These foods can bind with the mercury while it’s still transiting the intestinal tract and carry it out of your body.

Sulfur-rich foods include:

• Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, kale, chard, and watercress
• Other vegetables: asparagus, avocado, parsley, red peppers, and tomatoes
• Root vegetables such as carrots, radishes, turnips, garlic, and onions (but not potatoes)
• Fruits like blueberries, cherries, and grapes
• Nearly all grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds
• Animal products: cheese, egg yolks, meat

Unfortunately, I don’t think these foods receive the attention or research they deserve—and probably never will. Most have strong antioxidant capability and are rich in various bioflavonoids. We now know they also have the added benefit of being able to lock on to mercury and prevent its absorption into the body.

Based on the widespread contamination levels we’re seeing today, I would highly recommend adding several of these items to your diet every day.

For more information on body toxins, how to detoxify the body, and eliminating body toxins, visit Dr. Williams’ Web site.