Toxic Effect of Heavy Metal

Nutrients connected to Toxic Effect of Heavy Metal

A link means the body needs the nutrient for this, or that low intake is linked to it. It does not mean extra supplements help if your intake is already adequate; each link shows how strong the evidence is.

• ShilajitDocumented risk

  Toxic metals have been measured in some shilajit samples, above limits in some studies; the risk depends on the product.

• Cocoa & Hot ChocolateDocumented risk

  Cadmium and lead occur in cocoa products; the Serbian study estimated child intakes near 61-64% of the tolerable weekly limit in some samples.

• ChyawanprashDocumented risk

  Ayurvedic products in general were found to contain lead, mercury or arsenic in about one in five tested; chyawanprash was not singled out.

• Rhassoul (Ghassoul) ClayDocumented risk

  Metals were found in cosmetic and eaten clays; rhassoul was not measured in the sources we read.

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