When you detox your body what comes out of the body are toxins which can include metals, chemicals, chemicals from food you eat etc.
The toxins can exit the body through sweating, feces, urine and breathing out.
To detox your body of metal you can do so by eating foods such as Atlantic dulse, barly grass juice powder, chlorella, spirulina, lemon water, wild blueberries, garlic and cilantro.
These foods bind to the metals and remove the metals through your digestive process.
To detox heavy metals from the body it takes around a few months to a year and a half depending on how much heavy metals you have in your body.
The heavy metals and waste products are excreted by your organs which include the liver, spleen, lymph, kidney and intestine.
Coffee does have heavy metals such as lead (Pb) and Cadmium (Cd).
However the levels of heavy metals in coffee is safe for consumption.
The symptoms of heavy metals in the body are.
Numbness or prickly sensation in the hands and feet.
Scratchy feeling in the throat.
Nausea or vomiting.
Feeling weak.
Diarrhea.
Dehydration.
Chills or a low body temperature.
Abdominal pain.
The heavy metals settle in the body in your blood and tissues which spreads from your head to your toes.
The heavy metals in the body fight with components in the cells, like enzymes and proteins.
The kind of seafood that has mercury is nearly all fish and shellfish although some types of seafood such as swordfish, shark, king mackerel and tilefish are the highest in mercury.
The foods that are high in mercury are Chilean Sea Bass, Orange Roughy, Marlin, Bigeye Tuna, King Mackerel, Tilefish, Shark and Swordfish.
The vegetable that are high in mercury are lettuce, amaranth, water spinach, tomato, eggplant, pepper, cucumber, and cowpea.
To know if you have too much mercury a blood test can be done and urine test can also be done to test for high levels of mercury in your body.
The urine for the urine test may be collected over a 24 hour period.
The traditional treatment for mercury poisoning is to stop all exposures.
In many cases, chelation therapy is also used.
This involves giving a medication (the chelator) which goes into the body and grabs the metal (chelos is the Greek word for claw) then carries the metal out of the body, usually into the urine.
To get rid of mercury in your body naturally you can eat certain foods that bind to the mercury to help the mercury leave your body.
Certain foods you can eat will also help flush out mercury from your body which include cilantro, garlic, wild blueberries, lemon water, spirulina, chlorella, barley grass juice powder and Atlantic dulse.
To flush mercury out of your body you can do chelation therapy which is what doctors recommend when you have mercury poisoning and a very high level of mercury in your blood.
The chelation therapy involves medications that are called chelators which bind to the mercury in your body and helps the mercury exit your system.
The chelators can be taken either as a pill or through injection.
Certain foods you can eat will also help flush out mercury from your body which include cilantro, garlic, wild blueberries, lemon water, spirulina, chlorella, barley grass juice powder and Atlantic dulse.
Mercury does not stay in your body forever and eventually after a few weeks to a few months the mercury will leave your body.
The biological half-life of mercury is estimated to be approximately 30 to 60 days in the body.
The half-life of mercury in the brain is not entirely clear, but is estimated to be as long as approximately 20 years.
The organ that is affected mostly by mercury is the kidneys although other organs such as the skin, eyes, lungs, digestive and immune systems and nervous systems are also affected by mercury.
The human organ system that is most affected by toxic levels of mercury is the central nervous system and also the kidneys.
Mercury may have toxic effects on the nervous, digestive and immune systems, and on lungs, kidneys, skin and eyes.
The fish that has the lowest mercury are anchovies, Atlantic mackerel, catfish, clams, crab, crawfish, flounder, haddock, mullet, oysters, plaice, pollock, salmon.
The healthiest fish is Salmon.
Other healthiest fish are Tuna, Haddock, Sardines, Crab, Cod, Trout and Mackerel.
The healthiest meat is liver such as beef liver.
Beef liver is the healthiest of the meats that you can eat although other liver meat is healthy as well.
The other healthiest meats are.
Sirloin Steak.
Rotisserie Chicken & Turkey.
Chicken Thigh.
Pork Chop.
Canned Fish.
Humans don't need meat to survive although eating meat does help keep you healthy when you eat the meat in moderation.
However too much meat can be unhealthy but you can survive off of fruits and vegetables and not need meat to eat..
Humans can easily survive without eating meat and can survive off other foods such as vegetables, cheeses, fruits etc.
Meat is nutritious but you don't have to have it but meat does fill you up better than just vegetables, fruits etc.
Meat and poultry are great sources of protein.
They also provide lots of other nutrients your body needs, like iodine, iron, zinc, vitamins (especially B12) and essential fatty acids.
So it's a good idea to eat meat and poultry every week as part of your balanced diet.
Although many humans choose to eat both plants and meat, earning us the dubious title of “omnivore,” we're anatomically herbivorous.
The good news is that if you want to eat like our ancestors, you still can: Nuts, vegetables, fruit, and legumes are the basis of a healthy vegan lifestyle.
When separated from the rest, vegans had a 15% lower risk of dying prematurely from all causes, indicating that a vegan diet may indeed help people live longer than those who adhere to vegetarian or omnivorous eating patterns.
And people who don't eat meat vegetarians generally eat fewer calories and less fat, weigh less, and have a lower risk of heart disease than non vegetarians do.
Even reducing meat intake has a protective effect.