Toxic Babies, Chemical Contaminants: Health Blog
A benchmark investigation of industrial chemicals, pollutants and pesticides in umbilical cord blood reveals that involuntary levels of hundreds of toxic chemicals are rising in newborns. Not so long ago, scientists believed that babies were protected from pollution outside of the womb by the mothers’ immune system and the placenta. Not so. The EWG (Environmental Working Group) commissioned lab tests on 10 random Red Cross cord blood samples and were astonished to report that each blood sample averaged 200 chemical contaminants including mercury, Teflon, and pesticides.
Previously, I’ve discussed how even children living hundreds of miles away from sources of pollution and raised on organic foods, with every effort made to avoid chemical residues, evidenced high levels of contamination. That was frightening by itself, but now it appears that merely being born is enough to send your toxic burden through the roof.
Most people are certainly aware that government regulations (and that's all governments) relating to pollution and toxic waste are hugely inadequate, but not many suspected things were this bad – where infants and protected children are guaranteed high levels of contamination – for merely existing.
This is a wake up call to:
- Keep your home environment as clean as possible.
- Clean your drinking and bathing water.
- As much as possible, use organic food from trusted sources
- And detox regularly. You have no choice. No matter how pure your lifestyle, you must detox throughout the year: colon, liver, blood, kidneys, and heavy metal. Toxins are everywhere.
Comments
Adam:
Actually, there's no such thing as a water ionizer. I'm guessing you're talking about the devices from Japan and Korea that separate water into acid and alkaline water. They don't actually ionize the water. That's a misnomer. They work by using electric plates with positive and negative charges. One side of the chamber collects all of the minerals with a positive charge (calcium, magnesium, potassium, etc. -- the alkalinizing minerals). The other side collects the negatively charged, or acid minerals. This separates the water into high and low pH water.
Drinking high pH water is invaluable for good health. The so-called water ionizers do a good job, but then so does adding coral calcium to the water -- for less money. Even subjecting the water to a magnetic field can raise the pH of the water as much as a point, depending on its mineral content.
PS: The fasting protocol I recommend is
- One day a week on fresh juices and green superfoods. I recommend vegetable juices over fruit juices because of the lower sugar content
- Once a month do a three day juice and superfood fast.
- Along with your semi annual liver detox, incorporate a 5-7 day juice fast
Hello Jon,
Could you be more specific regarding the juice fasting protocol that you recommend. How much juice and superfood are you drinking and using throughout the day? Are you taking supplements during the weekly and monthly juice fasts? How about using the progesterone cream during the juice fasts?
During the liver/gallbladder detox--are you starting the morning drink on day one of the seven day juice fast and ending it on day five and then juicing for two additional days? Is there any advantage to extending the L/GB detox for a sixth or seventh day.
Thank you very much Jon.
Any good juicing book will walk you through a simple juice fast. While fasting, you will want to minimize supplements to give your body a rest.
When it comes to fasting during the liver detox, you can find the complete protocol at http://www.jonbarron.org/newsletters/02/8-5-2002.php.
Jon, Your site is a great discovery thanks to a friend, and I would like to subscribe. ON this topic, you may want to look into the value for removing petrochemical or other lipid based toxins (including meds) with Ayurvedic cleansing methods. They are gentler for mothers aiming to concieve, for thinner or more fragile body types, and many other indications. The methods used engage organic lipids to safely neutralize and usher out these toxic chemicals, along with other therapies for the cleansing protocols.
Warm Regards;
Ysha Oakes
Postpartum AyurDoula Care, Training & Aromatherapy