Racing in the wind and the feeling that I'm under. It didn't do too much damage and wasn't really dangerous, though some would consider it a little radical. But these days, the same baby boomers who applied that term from elementary chemistry to music in the '70s, are finding another influence of heavy metal is gaining importance. As that generation turns in their dancing shoes for golf shoes, the nation's number one affliction, heart disease, becomes a very real concern. And there is a role heavy metal plays in that.
Heavy metals are the group of elements that include lead, mercury, copper and others.
As byproducts of the greatest cause of disease known to man, the industrial revolution, they have become more prevalent than ever in our environment and our food chain. All of us have surprising amounts of toxic metals in our bodies. They can wreak havoc on our health before becoming apparent as poisons. When these metals react with what are known as free radicals, even more damage occurs. Fortunately, there's an antidote for metal poisoning.