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Foods for Lead Detox

This is an Alphabetical List of foods rich in the nutrients which fight lead poisoning and List of how those Nutrients help fight lead poisoning.

Collated by Elizabeth O’Brien with assistance from Swetha Lingala (14 February 2015), incorporating desktop research by Robert Taylor, for The LEAD Group Inc and other information from the fact sheets: Nutrients that reduce lead poisoning and Iron Nutrition and Lead Toxicity. Photographer: Catherine Sweeny, as well as selected information from the book: "Clean, Green and Lean: Get rid of the toxins" by Dr Walter Crinnion, John Wiley and Sons Inc, Hoboken, New Jersey 2010.

Naturopathic Physician Dr. Walter Crinnion highly recommends eating organic foods in order to stop adding toxic agricultural chemicals to your body and when possible buy local organic. If your organic food is being shifted across the country or across the world to you, a whole lot of diesel exhaust is spewed into the air along the way.

Foods which Fight Lead Poisoning

A

Anchovy (rich in Calcium)

Aniseed Seeds (fennel) (rich in Calcium)

Apple Sauce (rich in Iron if cooked in an iron pot)

Apples (reduce the recycling of toxics in the body and are rich in Pectin)

B

Baby Capsicums (rich in Vitamin C)

Banana Capsicum / Banana Pepper in USA (rich in Vitamin C and Carotenoids)

Beans (rich in Vitamin B1 / Thiamine)

Beef (rich in Zinc)

Blackberries (reduce the recycling of toxics in the body)

Blackcurrant (rich in Vitamin C)

Blue Cheese (rich in Zinc)

Bok Choi Seeds (poppy sesame) (rich in Calcium)

Broccoli (rich in Calcium, Vitamin C and Carotenoids)

Brussels Sprouts (rich in Vitamin C)

C

Cabbage (rich in Calcium)

Capsicum (Bell or Banana Peppers in USA) (rich in Vitamin C and Carotenoids, and rich in Iron if cooked in an iron pot)

Cashews (rich in Zinc)

Cauliflower (moderately rich in Vitamin C)

Cheese (rich in Calcium)

Cherries (reduce the recycling of toxics in the body)

Chinese Cabbage (rich in Calcium)

Chinese Spinach / Amaranth (rich in Calcium)

Citrus Peel* (super rich in Pectin)

Cocoa (rich in Zinc)

Coriander (rich in Calcium)

Corn Meal (rich in Iron if cooked in an iron pot)

Crab (rich in Zinc)

D

Dates (rich in Zinc)

Dill (rich in Calcium and moderately rich in Vitamin C)

E

Egg Yolks (somewhat rich in Vitamin D)

Eggs (rich in Zinc)

F

Feijoa / Pineapple Guava (rich in Vitamin C and Carotenoids)

Fish (rich in Vitamin D)

G

Garlic

Grapefruit (moderately rich in Vitamin C)

Grapefruit Peel* (super rich in Pectin)

Green Tea (supports the liver in clearing toxics from your blood)

Guava (rich in Vitamin C and Carotenoids)

H

Haddock (rich in Vitamin D)

Horse Radish (rich in Vitamin C)

K

Kaffir Lime / Makrud Lime (moderately rich in Vitamin C)

Kale (rich in Calcium, Vitamin C and Carotenoids)

Kiwi Fruit (rich in Vitamin C and Carotenoids)

Kohlrabi (bulbs) (moderately rich in Vitamin C)

Kohlrabi Leaves (moderately rich in Vitamin C)

L

Lemon (moderately rich in Vitamin C)

Lemon Peel* (super rich in Pectin)

Lentils (rich in Vitamin B1 / Thiamine)

Lime (moderately rich in Vitamin C)

Linseed (rich in Zinc)

Liver (somewhat rich in Vitamin D)

Lychee (moderately rich in Vitamin C)

M

Marmalade Peel* (super rich in Pectin)

Melons (reduce the recycling of toxics in the body)

Milk (rich in Vitamin B1 / Thiamine and Calcium, and rich in Iron if cooked in an iron pot)

Milo (rich in Vitamin B1 / Thiamine)

Mushrooms grown under ultraviolet light - not yet widely available (rich in Vitamin D).

Mustard Greens (rich in Calcium and Vitamin C)

N

Nuts e.g. Cashews (rich in Vitamin B1 / Thiamine)

O

Orange Peel* (super rich in Pectin)

Orange Pulp or Juice (rich in Vitamin B1 / Thiamine and moderately rich in Vitamin C)

Oysters (rich in Zinc)

P

Papaya / Paw Paw in Australia (moderately rich in Vitamin C)

Parsley (rich in Vitamin C)

Pears (reduce the recycling of toxics in the body and are rich in Pectin)

Peas (rich in Vitamin B1 / Thiamine)

Pecan Nuts (rich in Zinc)

Pine Seeds (rich in Zinc)

Plums (reduce the recycling of toxics in the body)

Popcorn (moderately rich in Vitamin C)

Poppy Seeds (rich in Zinc)

Pork (rich in Vitamin B1 / Thiamine)

Pureed Vegetables (rich in Iron if cooked in an iron pot)

R

Radish (rich in Vitamin C)

Red Cabbage (rich in Iron if cooked in an iron pot)

Red Pepper / Chilli Pepper (rich in Vitamin C and Carotenoids)

Rice - Whole Grain Brown (eat daily to move toxics out of the body)

Rice (rich in Iron if cooked in an iron pot)

Rosemary (enhances the clearance of toxics from your blood stream and protects your liver from chemical damage)

S

Salmon (rich in Calcium and Vitamin D)

Sardines (rich in Calcium and Vitamin D)

Scrambled Egg (rich in Iron if cooked in an iron pot)

Sesame Seeds (rich in Zinc)

Silverbeet / Chard in Australia (moderately rich in Vitamin C)

Snow Peas (rich in Vitamin B1 / Thiamine)

Squash (reduce the recycling of toxics in the body)

Strawberries (moderately rich in Vitamin C and reduce the recycling of toxics in the body)

T

Thyme (rich in Vitamin C and Carotenoids)

Tofu (rich in Calcium)

Tomatoes (rich in Iron if cooked in an iron pot)

Turmeric (enhances the clearance of toxics from your blood stream and protects your liver from chemical damage)

W

Watercress (moderately rich in Vitamin C)

Wheat Germ (rich in Zinc)

Whole Grain Bread (rich in Vitamin B1 / Thiamine)

Whole Grain Biscuits (rich in Vitamin B1 / Thiamine)

Wild Rice (rich in Iron if cooked in an iron pot)

Y

Yoghurt (rich in Calcium)

Z

Zucchini (reduce the recycling of toxics in the body)

Photos of Foods That Fight Lead Poisoning

Vitamin B1 / Thiamine rich foods.

Photo: Vitamin B1 / Thiamine rich foods.

Zinc rich foods.

Photo: Zinc rich foods.

Vitamin D rich foods

Photo: Vitamin D rich foods

Vitamin C rich foods. You need to eat four times as much to maximise Iron absorption if you cook these foods

Photo: Vitamin C rich foods. You need to eat four times as much to maximise Iron absorption if you cook these foods

Vitamin C moderately rich foods. You need to eat four times as much to maximise Iron absorption if you cook these foods.

Photo: Vitamin C moderately rich foods. You need to eat four times as much to maximise Iron absorption if you cook these foods.

Vitamin C and Carotenoids rich foods.

Photo: Vitamin C and Carotenoids rich foods.

Calcium rich foods.
Photo: Calcium rich foods.

These foods have their iron content more than doubled when cooked in an iron container without a protective surface.

Photo: These foods have their iron content more than doubled when cooked in an iron container without a protective surface.

How Specific Nutrients Fight Lead Poisoning

Vitamin C, Thiamine, taurine (a vitamin B6 / cysteine derivative), folate, vitamin B12, garlic and the amino acids methionine and glycine may offer significant advantages to lead exposed individuals with few risks. Calcium, iron, zinc, and selenium along with vitamins B6, D and E offer large advantages along with significant offsetting risks at high doses. Good intakes of phosphorus, magnesium, copper and glutamic acid (glutamate) offer possible smaller advantages with little risk. Curcumin, Pectin and cysteine offer possible significant advantages but their impacts are difficult to gauge. Melatonin may also have significant impacts but is only available from food in trace quantities. It must be emphasized that a combination of these nutrients is needed to offset lead’s diverse impacts, though if one were to nominate a single nutrient it would probably be vitamin C since, in spite of some inconsistent results, it has strong, widespread impacts combined with minimal risks for most individuals (the main exception would be individuals with high iron levels, since it increases iron absorption).

Vitamin B1 / Thiamine is linked to higher lead excretion, particularly from the brain.

Vitamin C has been consistently linked to lower blood lead levels and reduced organ damage. Vitamin C has been used in chelation therapy in naturopathic lead treatment, though experimental results on Vitamin C’s ability to increase lead excretion have not been consistent.

Vitamin D can play a role in decreasing the quantity of lead stored in the bone.

Calcium supplements reduce blood lead during pregnancy, thereby reducing lead concentrations in the newborn. The continuous maintenance of Calcium levels is important for individuals with high lead exposures, to reduce brain and organ toxicity caused by the ongoing release of lead from the bone.

Low Iron levels are associated with higher blood lead levels.

Zinc is a key nutrient in reducing lead absorption and has positive impacts on the haem / heme synthesis pathway and has significant protective impacts on kidney and liver function.

Other nutrients that have influence on lead level are Methionine, Glycine, Curcumin, Carotene and Pectin, and nutrients found in Garlic.

From animal studies there are indications that Garlic could reduce blood and tissue lead levels, probably because it contains a wide range of sulphur-based compounds essential for amino acid construction and antioxidant function, including Methionine.

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  1. About the Global Lead Advice and Support Service (GLASS)

  2. Main Sources of Lead

  3. How Would You Know If You or Your Child Was lead poisoned?

  4. Lead aware housekeeping

  5. Ceiling dust & lead poisoning

  6. Is your yard lead safe?
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  7. Health Impacts of lead poisoning

  8. Rotary Questionnaire

  9. Lead poisoned Pets and Your Family

  10. Childhood Lead Poisoning Risk Factor Questionnaire

  11. Is Your Child Safe From Lead? - What Can You Do About Lead?

  12. Lead in Drinking Water in Australia

  13. Have We Really Resolved The Lead Issue?

  14. The Importance of the Availability of "Spot Tests" for Lead in Paint

  15. Pregnant or Planning a Pregnancy

  16. Breastfeeding and Lead

  17. Lead in breast milk

  18. Beware The Lead In Lead Lighting

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  20. What to do if you have too much lead in your tank water

  21. Lead Contamination in Stormwater

  22. Contamination At Shooting Ranges

  23. Banned: Leaded Wick Candles

  24. Lead, Ageing and Death
    铅,衰老和死亡

  25. Metal miniatures: How to minimise the risks of lead poisoning and contamination

  26. 7 Point Plan for the MANAGEMENT OF LEAD by Australian parents and carers

  27. Countries where Leaded Petrol is Possibly Still Sold for Road Use, As at 17th June 2011

  28. Lead Poisoning And The Brain - Cognitive Deficits And Mental Illness

  29. Facts and Firsts of Lead

  30. Lead mining royalties by state and territory

  31. Lead Mining Stewardship - Grey Lead and the Role of The LEAD Group

  32. Preventative Strategies of The LEAD Group

  33. What do Doctors need to do about Lead?

  34. A Naturopath's Experience Of Lead & People With Diagnosed Mental Illness

  35. Case File: Helping Manage Australian Lead in Petrol - How GLASS Works

  36. Glass Web & Service-Users, Experts & Volunteers, by Country; Countries with Leaded Petrol for Road Use & Worst Pollution

  37. Lead in ceiling dust

  38. Lead paint & ceiling dust management - how to do it lead-safely

  39. Esperance parliamentary inquiry follow-up factsheet: Where to from Here??
    埃斯佩兰斯议会调查后续情况说明书:从这里去哪里??

  40. Broken Hill lead miners factsheet 1893 with Note 20081015

  41. Helping a Doctor Help 35,000 Lead-Poisoned People Around the Lead Smelter at La Oroya in Peru
    Ayuda a un doctor que ayuda 35,000 personas envenenadas por plomo alrededor de la fundidora de plomo en la Oroya-Peru
    案例档案:帮助一个医生救助在秘鲁的拉奥罗亚的铅冶炼厂周围的35000铅中毒的人民全球铅咨询和支持的服务机构是怎末工作的

  42. Fact sheet for Australian toy importers and traders

  43. Iron Nutrition & Lead Toxicity
    Informe de Acciones – Hierro y Plomo en la Nutrición
    情况说明书铁的营养和铅的毒性

  44. Sanitarium-Are You getting Enough Iron

  45. Do-It-Yourself-Lead-Safe-Test-Kits-flyer

  46. Blood lead testing: who to test, when, and how to respond to the result

  47. Dangers of a blood lead level above 2 µg/dL and below 10 µg/dL to both adults and children
    血铅水平高于
    2微克/分升和低于10微克/分升对予成人和儿童的危险。

  48. Lead Exposure & Alzheimer’s Disease: Is There A Link?

  49. In CHINA - Blood lead testing: who to test, when, and how to respond to the result
    在中国血铅测试:谁应该去检查,什么时候,如何对待不同的测试结果

  50. Why you should have your ceiling dust removed before you take advantage of the Australian government's Energy Efficient Homes Package: Insulation Program

  51. Alperstein et al Lead Alert - A Guide For Health Professionals 1994

  52. Ceiling Dust WorkCover Guide Lee Schreiber Final Nov 1999

  53. What can I do about climate change AND lead?

  54. The Need for Expert Clinical Assessments in Diagnosis Of Heavy Metal Poisoning

  55. Why you should have your ceiling dust removed before you have insulation installed

  56. Thirty Thought-Starters on Ceiling Void Dust in Homes

  57. Pectin: Panacea for both lead poisoning and lead contamination

  58. Nutrients that reduce lead poisoning June 2010

  59. Lead poisoning and menopause

  60. Fact sheet For Schoolkids From Professor Knowlead About Lead

  61. Prevention of Exposure to Lead at Work in Indonesia

  62. Mencegah kontak dengan timbal di tempat kerja di Indonesia

  63. How to Protect Your Family from Lead in Indonesia

  64. Bagaimana melindungi keluargamu dari timbal di Indonesia

  65. Cigarette Smoking & Lead Toxicity
     صحيفة معلومات: التدخين والتسمم بالرصاص

  66. Medical Evaluation Questionnaire For Occupational Lead Exposure

  67. Dangers of a blood lead level above 2 µg/dL and below 10 µg/dL to children

  68. Dangers of a blood lead level above 2 µg/dL and below 10 µg/dL to adults

  69. Biosolids used as fertilizer in China and other countries
    在中国和其他国家生物固体作肥料

  70. What are the lead poisoning risks of a lead pellet, bullet or shot lodged in the body?

  71. Alcohol’s link to higher lead and iron levels

  72. USA Case Definition of Adult (including Occupational) & Child Elevated Blood Lead Levels (EBLL)

  73. Low Level Lead Exposure Harms Children - A Renewed Call for Primary Prevention

  74. Occupational Health & Safety Fact Sheet Dangers of lead for roofers

  75. Let’s Make Leaded Petrol History - Let’s Make Leaded Gasoline History

  76. Lead, Your Health & the Environment. Available in Arabic, Chinese, English, Korean, Macedonian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese 

  77. Lead Safe Housekeeping

  78. Old Lead Paint

  79. Working safely with lead

  80. A Renovator's Guide To The Dangers Of Lead (Brochure 30 pages)

  81. A Guide For Health Care Professionals (Brochure 34 pages)

  82. A Guide To Keeping Your Family Safe From Lead (Brochure 20 pages)

  83. Lead Hazard Management In Children's Services (Brochure 15 pages)

  84. A Guide To Dealing With Soil That Might Be Lead-Contaminated

  85. Exposure Assessment: Lead Neurotoxicity - Is the Center for Disease Control's goal to reduce lead below 10 µg/dl blood in all children younger than 72 months by 2010, good enough?

  86. Foods for Lead Detox - Foods which Fight Lead Poisoning
    Alimentos para la Desintoxicación de Plomo - Alimentos que Luchan contra el Envenenamiento con Plomo

  87. Veganism - How do you obtain all the nutrients from a vegan diet that are important to lead exposed individuals?

  88. Blood Lead Challenge - Take the blood lead discovery and reporting challenge;
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