Normal Blood Lead Levels Can Be Toxic
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2017-05-22

What are the health consequences of even “low” levels lead exposure?

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OK, but what about lead exposure after childhood? That’s the topic of my next video, The Effects of Low-Level Lead Exposure in Adults(http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Effects-of-Low-Level-Lead-Exposure-in-Adults). 

Then we finally get to what we can do about it in:
• 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)
• Yellow Bell Peppers for Male Infertility and Lead Poisoning? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Yellow-Bell-Peppers-for-Male-Infertility-and-Lead-Poisoning)

If you missed the first three videos in this series, check out: 
• 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)

For the effects of another heavy metal, mercury, see:
• How Long to Detox from Fish before Pregnancy? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-long-to-detox-from-fish-before-pregnancy)
• Mercury vs. Omega-3s for Brain Development (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/mercury-vs-omega-3s-for-brain-development/)
• Is Fish “Brain Food” for Older Adults? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fish-brain-food-older-adults)

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