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Heavy metals are extremely toxic to human neurology. Mercury, lead and cadmium all
contribute aggressively to the deterioration of neurological function. Fortunately,
there's a simple, natural way to detox your body and remove these toxic substances from
your tissues.
The solution is cilantro. It's that magical-tasting herb often used in Mexican food
recipes. As it turns out, cilantro not only taste great, it also binds to heavy metals and
helps remove them from your body.
Below, we're collected some important research on this remarkable ability of the cilantro herb. Read them all to learn
more, then whip up your own delicious recipes using raw cilantro in your own kitchen!
Food, after all, is really potent medicine. You can also purchase cilantro liquid extracts
from places like Baseline Nutritionals (their product is called "Metal Magic")
or other vendors of quality superfood supplements.
Supplements helpful in the detoxification
process include: cilantro, Vitamin C, selenium,
garlic and others. Eating a clean diet, free of pesticides and hormones, is a must
for a detoxification program. I encourage my patients to eat whole foods, with adequate amounts of protein.
Eliminating the "whites"-- refined sugar, refined flour, and refined salt will
help any health condition and help
any detoxification program. The glycemic index of carbohydrates can be a helpful guide on
which carbohydrates to eat and which to avoid.
- The
Miracle of Natural Hormones by David Brownstein
Add cilantro to meals; it can help remove heavy metals. Add dark green leafy vegetables, which contain
chlorophyll, a helpful detoxifier. Get curcuminoids from spices such as turmeric. Try
herbal detoxification teas containing mixtures of burdock root, dandelion root, ginger
root, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, cardamom seed, cinnamon bark, and other herbs.
- Ultraprevention : The
6-Week Plan That Will Make You Healthy for Life by Mark Hyman, M.D.
There are several natural chelation products that use only the cilantro and chlorella to extremely positive
effect supporting the basic premises being put forth here. The addition of ALA brings in
the leading work of Dr. Andrew Hall Cutler, who is one of the world's leading experts on mercury detoxification. His extensive
and successful use of ALA has won him a large devoted audience.
- Transdermal
Magnesium Therapy by Mark Sircus
Metal Magic is made from two simple herbs:
cilantro and chlorella. Alone, each of these has the ability to bind with heavy metals,
and together they make a very powerful metal detoxification substance that can literally
pull mercury, lead, cadmium, and
other heavy metals right out of your body, thereby sparing your body the damage that would
normally be caused by those heavy metals. This is potentially a life-saving product, and
it can certainly save the health of a fetus, if you happen to be pregnant or you plan to
have a pregnancy in the near future.
- Natural Health
Solutions by Mike Adams
Eat more foods that contain Vitamin C, such as the supergrain Chia, or red-colored fruits
and vegetables, for about ten days. Use cilantro leaves and green leafy vegetables in
every main meal to help clear mercury and other metal deposits from the body. Drinking
several cups of Pau d'Arco (Lapacho) tea per day, or taking four capsules of its extract
three times daily for two weeks may greatly assist you in the detoxification of the blood, liver and kidneys.
- Timeless
Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant
Within You by Andreas Moritz
Since 1 couldn't afford $9,000 for those treatments, I intensified my detoxification
program by taking in more wheatgrass, the sea vegetable chlorella and cilantro, reputed to
be a good heavy metal chelator. Fasting is also effective at reducing the body's toxic
burden. Third, make sure you get enough sleep. Studies show that people who don't sleep
enough have intensified appetites due to a lack of the hormone leptin. I have also found coconut oil or butter to be
extremely helpful in burning fat. Coconut oil contains medium chain fatty acids, or
triglycerides (MCTs).
- The Live Food
Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet
by Susan E. Schenck
As you can see from the following recipes, I adore cilantro! It is said to be a good heavy
metal chelator to aid in detoxification. I put an entire bunch of it in almost anything
that is not a dessert. Feel free to reduce the amount. You could also use parsley or your own favorite herb as a
substitute. When I first started preparing raw dishes, I omitted many of the fresh herbs
because I didn't want to pay two dollars for some fresh organic herbs when the recipes
called for so little of them.
- The Live Food
Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet
by Susan E. Schenck
We helped him detoxify from this mercury poisoning with foods such as kale, watercress,
and cilantro; herbs such as milk thistle; nutrients such as selenium and zinc; and
chelating medications that helped him overcome his genetic difficulties getting rid of toxins. We lowered his cholesterol with
diet, herbs, and exercise. We lowered his homocysteine with high doses of folate, B12, and B6 to overcome his weak
MTHFR gene. And we added an extra, special form of folate called methyl folate, the active
form that bypasses the ineffective gene.
- The Live Food
Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet
by Susan E. Schenck
Initial studies indicate that fresh cilantro may be extremely effective in helping flush
heavy metals out of the blood. Taking 400 mg of cilantro a day can pretty much clean heavy
metals out of the body in just 2 weeks. Dr. David Williams has a great recipe for cilantro
pesto in his June '98 Alternatives newsletter. Process one cup packed fresh cilantro and
six tablespoons of olive oil in a blender until the cilantro is chopped. Add one clove
garlic; a half cup almonds, cashews, or other nuts, and two tablespoons lemon juice. Blend
to a lumpy paste. (Add a little hot water
if necessary.)
- Whole-Body Dentistry: Discover The Missing
Piece To Better Health by Robert C. Atkins MD
Cilantro stimulates the body's release of mercury and other heavy metals from the brain
and CNS into other tissue. Cilantro's postulated mechanism of action is to act as a
reducing agent changing the charge on the intracellular mercury to a neutral state
allowing mercury to diffuse down its concentration gradient into connective tissue.
- Transdermal
Magnesium Therapy by Mark Sircus
The amount of cilantro varied by individual because some subjects did not like either
cooked or raw cilantro, but the researchers found that cilantro worked synergistically
with antibiotic drugs and rapidly
reduced symptoms and infection. They also found that cilantro accelerated the elimination
of mercury, lead, and aluminum through the urine. They hypothesized that certain
infectious organisms somehow use mercury or lead to protect themselves from antibiotics or that deposits of
heavy metals somehow make antibiotics ineffective.
- Disease
Prevention and Treatment by The Life Extension Editorial Staff
Organic foods decrease the toxic burden that pesticides cause. Cilantro, parsley, dark
leafy greens help to bind up toxins, such as heavy metals, for excretion. Goat milk, yogurt and cheese are more readily
digested than cow dairy products. Rice and soya milk are alternatives to goat or cow milk.
Cottage cheese and plain cow milk yogurt are acceptable. Oatmeal, buckwheat, quinoa and
brown rice are healthy grains that do not contain gluten. Sometimes oatmeal is
cross-contaminated with wheat, which
contains gluten. If you are a celiac, be careful with oats.
- Your
Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health by Heather Caruso
Oral chelators such as zeolite, cilantro, chlorella, the sulfur amino acids - methionine,
cysteine and cystine - plus all sulfur containing foods, are preferred from a strictly natural health point of view.
Exercise that produces perspiration, saunas, and steam baths in combination with the foods
indicated above, are also helpful in eliminating heavy metals. Synthetic chemicals and their combinations pose
a serious threat to health. It is reported that 80,000 chemicals are in use today, and
that this number increases yearly.
- Conscious Health: A
Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means by Ron Garner
The essential oils of cilantro are considered to have antifungal and antibacterial
properties (Omura et al. 1995; 1996). In studies at the Heart Disease Foundation (New
York), Omura et al. (1995; 1996) found that antibiotics used to treat infection were not
effective in the presence of heavy metals such as mercury and lead. These metals appeared
to coexist with infections such as Chlamydia trachomatis and Herpes simplex, as well as
with cytomegalovirus and other microorganisms, including viruses responsible for cancer. (Natural News.com,
11.09.2009, Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor)
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