Masters of Health Magazine August 2019 | Page 121

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Sources of Pb toxicity comes from: coal fired power plants, ceramic glazes, cigarette smoke, colored ink, food cans soldered with lead, Grecian Formula and Youth Hair hair dyes, lead-based paint, lead water pipes, leaded gasoline, manufacture of batteries, mine smelting industries, pesticide residues, water contaminated with lead from industrial waste, and fluoridated water, which leaches lead from leaded pipes.

Lithium (Li)

can decrease manic symptoms in manic depressive patients.

may also modulate the conversion of essential fatty acids into prostaglandins.

stabilize serotonin transmission,and ward off aggressive behavior.

Symptoms associated with a Li deficiency are excessive aggressiveness, manic states, and depression.

Symptoms associated with Li toxicity are disturbed mineral transport, fluid balance, nausea, tremors, thirst, thyroid swelling, weight gain, drowsiness, confusion, disorientation, delirium, seizures, coma, and death.

Li research by Frazier found that patients who were helped by lithium experienced increased an uptake of sodium through their cell membranes. According to Sheard, lithium can replace sodium in the cells and its structure resembles calcium and magnesium. Hence, it may have the same stabilizing effect on nerve cells as calcium and magnesium.

Small amounts of Li are found in a wide variety of foods (pulses, crustaceans, vegetables, kelp, blue corn, pistachios, grains, dairy, eggs, meat), lubricating grease, batteries, ceramics, glass, and medications used to treat bipolar disorder.

Sources of Pb toxicity comes from:

coal fired power plants

ceramic glazes

cigarette smoke...