INHERITED OR CONGENITAL?

More and more health conditions today are blamed on faulty genes.  This fatalistic idea is not only depressing, but in many cases incorrect.  The fact is, nutrients are needed to activate genes.  Dr. Paul Eck said this over and over again, and it is correct.  If the proper nutrition were present, many if not most birth defect would not occur.  Folic acid and zinc are just two among many vitamins and minerals that can, in fact, prevent birth defects.  This is well known in medical science, but is basically ignored by doctors who tell young women they can eat what they want and live unhealthy or stressful lifestyles that deplete their zinc.

Toxic metals interfere with nutrients and are highly associated with genetic defects.  Published research proves that toxic metals such as cadmium, copper, mercury and others pass through the placenta, affecting the health of the baby. Textbooks on toxic metals refer to babies as "sinks" for toxic metals.  Genetic research is wonderful, but it will never replace improving the health of the parents in order to produce healthy offspring.

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