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What to Know About Lead Toxicity and Kids' Applesauce
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IMO, many if not the vast majority of today’s health issues are caused by slow poisoning via the food supply.
And it starts in childhood. With garbage-sold-as--food products ike applesauce eg a food with nil nutritional value consisting primarily of sugar.
Spices are likely your highest risk source of toxic heavy metals.
The FDA does not work for you. It works for industry.
What to Know About Lead Toxicity and Kids' Applesauce
2023-11-17
Hospitalization for acute lead toxicity can start at 45 mcg/dL
While it's not clear whether children exposed to recalled applesauce packetsopens in a new tab or window have suffered acute lead poisoning, pediatricians should take recent warnings seriously, experts told MedPage Today.
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..So far, 34 cases of illness (across more than 20 states) possibly tied to cinnamon-containing applesauce packets made in Ecuador have been reported to the FDAopens in a new tab or window, and the lead level detected by the agency in a sample of one product was 2.18 parts per million -- more than 200 times greater than FDA's proposed action level for these kinds of products.
...the "amount of lead in the blood is not necessarily a good predictor of how much lead is in the brain, or how much lead has accumulated in the bone."...
...Nonetheless, there are "potentially lasting consequences from early lead absorption," he said. Much of the concern is focused on the potential for decline in cognitive function and changes in the brain...
WIND: the damage to brain and body start at far lower levels than the FDA takes note of. It might explain a lot in our society—the systemically racist teacher’s unions and schools do the rest of the job.
Eat whole unprocessed foods, preferably organic. If it has any significant ingredient list, put it back onto the shelf. And avoid all wheat products.
Anon MD writes:
I think that oxidative and other stresses can overwhelm the toxic breakdown metabolism, especially in kids.
WIND: without a doub. Hence my comments on the slow-poison food supply and eating whole unprocessed foods. The body can withstand a lot of insults, but not when undermined by poor nutrition.
