Is your daily life causing your body to build up a toxic level of heavy metals and radiation? Our modern world is also a highly toxic one, filled with heavy metals, radiation, pesticides, herbicides, and more. Toxins are in the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe. Many of the fillers, flavor additives, grains, and even fruits and vegetables we eat can contain high levels of heavy metals and contribute to long term exposure.
Sadly, many of the conveniences we enjoy today are also contributors to environmental toxins like heavy metals and radiation. The good news: you can make lifestyle changes to naturally support your body’s detoxification processes. Read on for tips you can put into practice today to support you and your family’s health.
What Are Heavy Metals and Radiation?
What are these heavy metals and radiation we’re talking about? They’re metals like mercury, aluminum, and lead, which can accumulate to dangerous levels of metal in the body over time. Sources of heavy metals can include food, water, environmental exposure, and even prescription medications.
Similarly, radiation occurs both naturally and in human made items like cell phones, security screening aparati, wearable technology and electronics, and building materials. As the modern world has advanced, so too have exposure levels to these heavy metals and radiation.
You may be surprised to hear that heavy metals can be present even in the foods you eat daily–foods that are also important to your health. Fruits and vegetables, even organic ones, have heavy metals.
Any fruit or vegetable that has crossed state lines on a commercial truck is sprayed for bugs, even if it is organic, causing them to be a potential source of heavy metal buildup in your body. The only way to ensure your produce is as pure as possible is to grow your own food at home, an option we love to recommend but realize isn’t realistic for many people–and definitely not available year-round.
You can reduce your exposure to heavy metals in your fruits and vegetables by having a consistent and thorough washing routine. However, even when you’re thoroughly washing your fruits and vegetables, you’ll need to find other ways to be preventative and introducing ways to detox your body to avoid buildup of heavy metals and radiation.
Heavy metal exposure is a part of your daily routine–making detoxification a vital part of your routine, as well.
Symptoms of Heavy Metal Toxicity
Are you experiencing the symptoms of heavy metal and radiation buildup in your body?
Symptoms can include:
- Brain fog
- Irritability
- Nutritional deficiency
- Fatigue
Heavy metal and radiation buildup in the body can often be overlooked, since these symptoms can occur with overlapping or simultaneous causes. These symptoms can be eased with gentle and natural remedies that support your body’s natural detoxification processes.
How to Heavy Metal Detox Your Body
There are a few great ways to combat radiation and heavy metal buildup at home that are safe, gentle, and natural. Chelation is the process of binding metals so they can leave your body, and there are many things in the world around us that can help us accomplish this. Here are a few approaches you can incorporate into your lifestyle.
Heavy Metal Detox Diet
Incorporating foods and supplements into your diet regularly that are natural and powerful binders for heavy metal and radiation can be an excellent way to start detoxing your whole family.
These foods include:
- Cilantro
- Parsley
- Oregano
- Garlic
- Spirulina
- Chlorella
- Atlantic Dulse seaweed
You can get a healthy daily dose of these through things like heavy metal detox smoothies and heavy metal detox juices, as well as incorporating them into your diet regularly.
Detox Mineral Bath
Create a healing, detoxifying bath at home with a few simple ingredients.
Combine in your warm bath 1/8-1/4 cup of each ingredient:
- Aluminum-free* baking soda
- Bentonite clay
- Epsom salt
- Borax
If you can dry brush and exfoliate your skin before getting in your relaxing bath, your detox mineral bath will be even more effective. This bath mimics the healing powers of hot springs and is a great way to detox. It might even have the added benefit of reducing your stress levels and giving you a relaxing spa experience at home.
Just a heads up: if you’re not used to this kind of detox, you may feel hot and flustered after your both for up to half an hour. This is great news! It means your detox is working. Remember to hydrate, relax, and enjoy the refreshed feeling.
*Note that your typical baking soda will not be aluminum-free, so make this easy switch before creating your detox mineral bath.
Oils and Tinctures for Heavy Metal Detox
Using a daily oil or tincture approach can be a smart way to introduce more detoxification into your routine in just a couple of minutes a day. Products like heavy metal and radiation detox foot oils and tinctures can be simple to use on the whole family every day.
Talk to Your Naturopath
If you think you’re a candidate for a more aggressive, targeted approach to heavy metal detox due to heavy metal poisoning, talk to your health care provider or naturopath. While this approach is not recommended for most people, IV treatments may be a good option for some individuals with high levels of chronic exposure to toxins.
Small Changes, Big Differences
Doing something slow, small, and easy every day makes an enormous difference in our health and heavy metal detoxification. Incorporate a few or all of these practices into your lifestyle and watch your fatigue, brain fog, irritability, and other symptoms of heavy metal and radiation toxicity slip away, in you and your family.
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