Richard Turnbull's updated blood lead graph
with & without NRF & Turmeric Lattes
Richard Turnbull is a health professional who has used LEAD Group Kits to
eradicate a couple of sources of lead in his life, then experimented with various
dietary and sauna interventions in order to bring down his blood lead level. This
article is an update on the excellent Case Study: Deleading with healthy lifestyle
interventions Lead detox with saunas, lemon, garlic, greens, etc after eradicating
potential current lead exposure Richard wrote for LEAD Action News vol 19 no 4 at
https://lead.org.au/lanv19n4/LANv19n4-28.pdf
In this update on his progress towards a lower blood lead level, Richard Turnbull has
noted that his blood lead level went up markedly (from 3.8 micrograms per decilitre
to 8.7 ug/dL) when he commenced taking extra Turmeric lattes and NRF, but had
fallen to 5.6 ug/dL again within 5 weeks of him stopping the Turmeric lattes and
NRF.
The Turmeric used in the lattes was not from a known source or was not known to be
certified lead-free. Apparently, according to the company who manufacture NRF 1 &
NRF 2 – these are NSF Certified and BSCG Tested. Each NRF 2 batch of active raw
material is triple-tested for identity, potency, microbial contamination, pesticides,
and heavy metals.
Three other subjects taking NRF 2 at the time of Richard’s testing were also lead
tested during the time of study. Their lead readings were found to be non-detectable.
Subject 1 – Blood Lead: <0.10 umo1/L (reference range <0.24 ) / Blood Lead: <2.1
ug/dL (reference range <5 )
Subject 2 – Blood Lead: <0.10 umo1/L ( <0.24 ) / Blood Lead: <2.1 ug/dL ( <5 )
Subject 3 – Blood Lead: ( <0.24 ) / Blood Lead: 2.7 ug/dL ( <5 )
As may be seen by the non-detectable results of the subjects above who had been
taking NRF supplementation for 6 months, this allows the possibility that NRF is
free from lead or at worst contains a small concentration of lead.
According to Wikipedia:
Nuclear respiratory factor 1, also known as Nrf1, Nrf-1, NRF1 and NRF-1, encodes a
protein that homodimerizes and functions as a transcription factor which activates the
expression of some key metabolic genes regulating cellular growth and nuclear
genes required for respiration, heme biosynthesis, and mitochondrial DNA
transcription and replication. [URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRF1 ] and
NRF2 appears to participate in a complex regulatory network and performs a
pleiotropic role in the regulation of metabolism, inflammation, autophagy,
proteostasis, mitochondrial physiology, and immune responses. [URL:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFE2L2 ]
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And in case you’re wondering why I asked Richard to report the time of day his blood
was collected, please read Elizabeth O’Brien’s Blood Lead Level Over One Day’s
Pathology Clinic Opening Times overleaf.
One hypothesis Richard has is that either the Turmeric Lattes may have had traces of lead in
due to being grown in countries that continue to have lead in soils or that Richard, when
young and working in leaded areas accumulated lead which was stored in his bones and now
leaching into the blood due to the Turmeric and NRF supplementation. Taking these
supplements may prove to be beneficial in that they assist in drawing the lead out of the
bones and into the blood so that they may be excreted out of the body. He will continue with
his experimentation.
