Thallium is a heavy metal located on the periodic table between mercury and lead. It effects on the body are horrific, affecting mainly the nervous system, the neuromuscular system, and the energy production systems of the body. However, it can damage all body systems, as can all the toxic metals, depending upon where it lodges in the body.
Problems with Kale
The Townsend Letter, January 2016, Issue #390, contains an excellent article about thallium toxicity. It is titled, The Re-Emergence Of Thallium As A Heavy Metal Contaminant Of Human Populations by Michael Rosenbaum, MD and Ernest Hubbard, based on an interview with Nancy Faass, MSW, MPH.
In this article, the authors discuss the finding that eating a lot of kale may result in thallium poisoning. At this time, I do not know where or how the kale was grown, or how the thallium got into the kale. Apparently kale absorbs or concentrates thallium more than other plants.
Thallium Removal
The authors of the Townsend Letter article on thallium discuss how to remove thallium from the body. They acknowledge that it is quite difficult.
They used a zeolite product to remove some thallium. However, I don’t like zeolite because of its aluminum content, and because it is a chelator. Aluminum is a deadly metal, and all chelators tend to remove some vital minerals along with the toxic ones.
Nutritional Balancing for Thallium?
I have not tested for thallium because Analytical Research Laboratories (ARL) does not test for thallium, at this time. The Townsend article authors state that the best way to assess thallium is through a urine challenge test.
However, I am fairly sure that a complete nutritional balancing program will remove it, as it removes all the other toxic metals. The main reason for my confidence is that all symptoms clear up on these programs. I do not think this would occur if we were unable to remove thallium from the body.
In the future, I hope ARL will begin to read thallium levels in the hair, and perhaps elsewhere. This would help shed more light on the problem of thallium poisoning.
Until I learn more about this discovery, I suggest that our clients avoid eating kale.
Sources: Lawrence Wilson, MD
The Townsend Letter, January 2016, Issue #390, contains an excellent article about thallium toxicity. It is titled, The Re-Emergence Of Thallium As A Heavy Metal Contaminant Of Human Populations by Michael Rosenbaum, MD and Ernest Hubbard, based on an interview with Nancy Faass, MSW, MPH.
In this article, the authors discuss the finding that eating a lot of kale may result in thallium poisoning. At this time, I do not know where or how the kale was grown, or how the thallium got into the kale. Apparently kale absorbs or concentrates thallium more than other plants.
Thallium Removal
The authors of the Townsend Letter article on thallium discuss how to remove thallium from the body. They acknowledge that it is quite difficult.
They used a zeolite product to remove some thallium. However, I don’t like zeolite because of its aluminum content, and because it is a chelator. Aluminum is a deadly metal, and all chelators tend to remove some vital minerals along with the toxic ones.
Nutritional Balancing for Thallium?
I have not tested for thallium because Analytical Research Laboratories (ARL) does not test for thallium, at this time. The Townsend article authors state that the best way to assess thallium is through a urine challenge test.
However, I am fairly sure that a complete nutritional balancing program will remove it, as it removes all the other toxic metals. The main reason for my confidence is that all symptoms clear up on these programs. I do not think this would occur if we were unable to remove thallium from the body.
In the future, I hope ARL will begin to read thallium levels in the hair, and perhaps elsewhere. This would help shed more light on the problem of thallium poisoning.
Until I learn more about this discovery, I suggest that our clients avoid eating kale.
Sources: Lawrence Wilson, MD
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