Yellow Bell Peppers for Male Infertility and Lead Poisoning?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2017-06-07

Daily supplementation with 1000mg of vitamin C was put to the test to see if it could improve male fertility and lower lead levels.

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Lead series: 
Phew! There it is, the 11th of my 11-part video series on lead. If you missed the first 10, here’s the list:
• How the Lead Paint Industry Got Away With It (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/How-the-Lead-Paint-Industry-Got-Away-With-It)
• Lead in Drinking Water (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/lead-in-drinking-water)
• How the Leaded Gas Industry Got Away With It (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/•How-the-Leaded-Gas-Industry-Got-Away-With-It)
• “Normal” Blood Lead Levels Can Be Toxic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Normal-Blood-Lead-Levels-Can-Be-Toxic)
• The Effects of Low-Level Lead Exposure in Adults (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Effects-of-Low-Level-Lead-Exposure-in-Adults)
• How to Lower Lead Levels with Diet: Thiamine, Fiber, Iron, Fat, Fasting? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/How-to-Lower-Lead-Levels-with-Diet-Thiamine-Fiber-Iron-Fat-Fasting)
• How to Lower Lead Levels with Diet: Breakfast, Whole Grains, Milk, Tofu? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/How-to-Lower-Lead-Levels-with-Diet-Breakfast-Whole-Grains-Milk-Tofu)
• Best Foods for Lead Poisoning: Chlorella, Cilantro, Tomatoes, Moringa? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Best-Foods-for-Lead-Poisoning-Chlorella-Cilantro-Tomatoes-Moringa)
• Best Food for Lead Poisoning - Garlic (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Best-Food-for-Lead-Poisoning-Garlic)
• Can Vitamin C Help with Lead Poisoning? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Can-Vitamin-C-Help-with-Lead-Poisoning)

Note there is nothing special about yellow bell peppers (other than the extraordinary vitamin C content!). That was just my attempt to figure a way to imagine some doable way to get 1000mg of vitamin C in whole food form (easier than eating 10 oranges!). Though remember that Parkinson’s video? Peppers & Parkinson’s: The Benefits of Smoking without the Risks? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/peppers-and-parkinsons-the-benefits-of-smoking-without-the-risks). So one would expect to get all the benefits of the 1000mg of vitamin C with benefits. Why not just take vitamin C supplements? See my video Do Vitamin C Supplements Prevent Colds but Cause Kidney Stones? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-vitamin-c-supplements-prevent-colds-but-cause-kidney-stones).

If hundreds of milligrams day of vitamin C sounds like a lot, check out What is the Optimal Vitamin C intake? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-is-the-optimal-vitamin-c-intake).

Then there’s the vitamin C and cancer series I did for anyone interested: 
• Intravenous Vitamin C for Terminal Cancer Patients (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/intravenous-vitamin-c-for-terminal-cancer-patients)
• Vitamin C Supplements for Terminal Cancer Patients (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/vitamin-c-supplements-for-terminal-cancer-patients)
• The Role of Vitamin C in the Treatment of Terminal Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-role-of-vitamin-C-in-the-treatment-of-terminal-cancer)

And finally, more on male fertility here (but nothing like those crazy results in that Texas study):
• Fukushima and Radioactivity in Seafood (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fukushima-and-radioactivity-in-seafood/)
• Male Fertility and Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/male-fertility-and-diet/)
• The Role of Diet in Declining Sperm Counts (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Role-of-Diet-in-Declining-Sperm-Counts)
• Dairy Estrogen and Male Fertility (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dairy-estrogen-and-male-infertility)
• Dietary Pollutants May Affect Testosterone Levels (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dietary-pollutants-may-affect-testosterone-levels)

For those of you sick of lead, eat garlic! (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Best-Food-for-Lead-Poisoning-Garlic) :) 

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