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Article: How to tell if you have heavy metals in your body--and what to do about them if you do.(Health Detective)
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- Women's Health Letter
- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
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All of us have been exposed to heavy metals--toxic substances like mercury, cadmium, and lead. They're in our food, our water, and in the air we breathe. There's no way we can escape them, and it's difficult to get rid of them once they've accumulated in our tissues. This is unfortunate because they have been strongly implicated in a great number of health problems including poor memory, low thyroid, a suppressed immune system, fatigue, vision problems, and much more.
There's a lot of talk about various detoxification products and programs, but often there's insufficient information to hack up the claims made by companies with products to sell. So how do you know ...
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