pesticides we eat. The harmful effects
of pesticides are especially critical
during rapid growth and develop-
ment times of children. According
to the book, Pesticides, A Toxic Time
Bomb in Our Midst, “for infants six to
12 months of age, commercial baby
food is the dominant source of unsafe
levels of OP pesticides.” The book
also states that one out of 20 children
under the age of five ingests unsafe
levels of pesticides.
Organic and pesticide-free food
along with careful acid vinegar-water
washing of our fruits and veggies can
reduce the amount of neurotoxic pes-
ticides we expose ourselves and our
children to.
Thriving in a
Metals
Heavy metals also affect our neurolo-
gy. The developing fetus is particularly
sensitive to toxic metals and becomes
toxic world
a sort of dumping ground for metals
and other toxins lodge in the mother’s
body. Umbilical blood sample stud-
ies show that the fetal blood is more
by craig stellpflug, Ndc
burdened by heavy metals than the
mother’s blood. Vaccines nearly
T
he difference between surviving
there is no shortage of ailments for
always contain mercury and/or alu-
and thriving with health can be
these specialists to treat. One big
minum and can be especially trouble-
determined by the toxins that in-
reason is because of the growing
some to developing children (even the
filtrate our bodies. We merely survive
levels of poisonous chemicals, heavy
“mercury free” ones contain mercury
in life as we absorb and battle germs,
metals and microbes we now har-
according to biochemist Boyd Haley
viruses and toxins throughout our
bor in our bodies. Higher-than-ever
and other sources). Other ubiquitous
lives, but we thrive in our health as
levels of insecticides, toxic metals,
sources of heavy metals that infiltrate
we overcome and expel those germs,
water and food processing chemicals
our bodies can be milk, meats (this es-
viruses and toxins. We will grow
and additives, super bugs and fun-
pecially includes fish), vegetables that
weaker to the point of only surviving
gal overgrowths are taking their toll
are grown in toxic soil and disinfec-
with the toxic build-ups of metals,
on our overall health and increasing
tants in diapers, band-aids, gauze and
chemicals and pathogens that we
spectrum disorders (such as autism
sanitary pads.
allow to enter our bodies and take up
and ADHD), as well as physical and
Careful consideration of the need
residence in our tissues, but we can
mental issues (such as obesity, chronic
for vaccines along with consuming
grow stronger to the point of thriving
fatigue, depression and Alzheimer’s).
organically grown foods are ways to
as we rise to meet the challenges of reduce neurotoxic metals introduced
our ever-growing toxic environment
Pesticides
into the body. Cilantro naturally
with naturally strengthened immune
Pesticides are designed to kill insects
removes toxic metals from the body.
systems and strategies of defense
by affecting the neurology of the
Visit
EWG.org for more food safety
against these insidious invaders.
unwanted pests. Plants, which have
and toxicity information.
Medical schools are cranking
no central nervous system, are unaf-
out over 2,300 fresh medical doctors
fected by the neurotoxic chemicals
Chemicals
this year, according to the American
we call pesticides. Yet, the plants often
The chemicals used in water and food
Academy of Family Physicians. With
carry these toxins all the way to our
processing expose us to a constant
this many new frontline troops of
dinner table for us to ingest. Because
flow of chlorine and sodium fluoride
higher learning to “battle” our human
we have a central nervous system as
to food dyes and preservatives. Tap
maladies, disease and human suffer-
do insects, we suffer the effects of the
water in America is full of chemicals,
ing should be shrinking. However,
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