Everyday Aluminum Exposure Threats
Our body can excrete small amount amount of aluminum daily,however if intake is more which usually is in todays time, Its present in corn,tea,salt herbs and spices,Processed cheese, cake mixes, vaccines, baby powder, lipstick, deodorants, nasal sprays, antacids all contain aluminum. Aluminum coke and pepsi and beer cans leech aluminum into drinks. Aluminum cooking pots leech aluminum into food and so does aluminum foil that you wrap your food in.
Other sources are:
- Antacids
- Buffered Aspirin
- Vaginal Douches
- Hemorrhoid Medications
- Anti-Diarrhea Medications
- Astringents
- Nasal Sprays
- Baby Powder
- Dentures
- Lipsticks
- Talcum Powder
- Baking Powder
- Self-Rising Flour
- Table Salt
- Pickling Salt
- Processed Cheese
- Cake Mix
- commercial deodorants
- aluminum foil and aluminum cookware
Once ingested, aluminum accumulates in various tissues in the body, including the kidneys, brain, lungs, liver and thyroid. Aluminum competes with calcium for absorption and it can result in reduced skeletal mineralization. In infants this retards growth. It also interferes with phosphorous , zinc and selenium absorption.
Eating foods cooked in aluminum cookware can cause an inflamed colon. Consuming antacids that include the toxin aluminum hydroxide, distresses the digestive system to the point of disrupting healthy bowel function.
How to diagnose:
Oligoscan: spectrophotometric non invasive economic testing.
Urine for heavy metal (challenge test)
Hair analysis
Aluminum Toxicity can cause following:
Aluminum is of no use to our cells. Aluminum can make us feel awfully ill. Some people are allergic to aluminum and will develop a skin rash (contact dermatitis).
- Malfunction of the Blood-Brain Barrier
- Stomach & Intestinal Ulcers
- Gastrointestinal Disease
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Skin Problems
- Hyperactivity
- Mental Retardation in Infants
- Learning Disorders in Children
- Liver Disease
- Headaches
- Heartburn
- Nausea
- Constipation
- Colicky Pain
- Lack of Energy
- Flatulence
Management:
Chelate if toxicity is already causing symptoms:
Detox if just the beginning of accumulation
Glutathione intracellular detox with IV glutathione
NAC IV Therapy
Supplement with deficient essential minerals
Chia and flax seeds
Liver detox
IV Vitamin C
Foods such as garlic cilantro
fresh filtered water plenty
Dr Kalpana Gupta Shekhawat
MBBS, DNB,DFM, MD Clinical Nutrition, CNCB, TEXAS,USA
Functional & Regenerative Medicine Specialist
BHRT Consultant (American Anti-ageing Medicine)