By Cat, April 2022 (originally from old iWeb site, July-Aug 2007)
What’s a Heavy Metal?
No, I don’t mean a type of rock music!
Heavy metals are a class of minerals with a high molecular weight, and typically fall in the middle section of a periodic table. Some are essential (up to certain levels) for specific enzymatic activity in our bodies, such as copper, zinc, selenium and iron, but can be toxic above trace levels. Some require proper balance, such as zinc and copper require a balance of 15:8 (zinc-to-copper).
Iron is toxic in the blood if not bound by hemoglobin. Other heavy metals, the so called toxic heavy metals, (such as aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, and radium) are toxic at any level.
Read on for more.
- Includes: 1. What is a Heavy Metal? (discussed above) 2. Why Are They Toxic?
- See Also: 1. Detox from Toxic Heavy Metals, overview; 2.Detox Diet Considerations for Heavy Metal Toxicity; 3. Chlorella and Cilantro Heavy-Metal Detox Protocols; 4. BioSil and PectaSol-C Modified Citrus Pectin for heavy metal detox
- See Also (not yet moved from old iWeb site): 1. Exposure & Damage; 2. Symptoms of Toxicity; 3. Testing and Treatment; 4. Mercury Toxicity: Disease and Exposure; 5. Mercury Toxicity: Affects
