Be careful of too much green juices - Thallium risk

[Judee]

In case you're using green juicing as your protocol, I just came across this warning: https://www.jillcarnahan.com/2019/09/25/are-there-heavy-metals-in-your-green-juice/

I just wanted to post it in case it could be helpful to someone here.

 

[Wayne]

I just wanted to post it in case it could be helpful to someone here.

Hi @Judee -- Thanks for posting this. I've tried green juices in the past, and noticed that I had limited "tolerance" for them, to the point where I would begin to feel they were "stressing" my body. I never pushed it (thinking it was "detoxification"), so I find it interesting that it could have been too much thallium. Kind of a good example that no matter how good something may sound, we should always try to make sure it really is good for our own bodies. We should always listen to what our bodies and intuition are telling us.

 

[Hip]

Looks like this "toxic thallium in your green veggies" story is virally spreading on the Internet, but at the moment it is only based on some very preliminary research — research which as yet is not a sufficient basis to change your diet:

The viral idea that kale is bad for you is based on incredibly bad science

 

[Tammy]

I wouldn't think it would be a good idea to juice a bunch of greens that aren't organic. Pesticides are filled with heavy metals. I do my best to wash my non-organic veggies............but If I'm going to juice which involves using larger amount of veggies/greens then I get only organic.

 

[Hip]

I wouldn't think it would be a good idea to juice a bunch of greens that aren't organic. Pesticides are filled with heavy metals. I do my best to wash my non-organic veggies............but If I'm going to juice which involves using larger amount of veggies/greens then I get only organic.

Going organic or washing vegetables will not unfortunately reduce the thallium content, as the thallium is in the soil, and it is taken up by the plants and accumulates in the leaves.

 

[Hip]

This is a good study on thallium and its toxic effect in the environment. Thallium enters the environment primarity through coal burning and smelting. It is more concentrated in the soil near smelters, coal combustion power plants, and cement plants:

Atmospheric emission and deposition from industrial sources have resulted in increased concentrations of thallium in the vicinity of mineral smelters and coal-burning facilities.

Increased levels of thallium are found in vegetables, fruit and farm animals. Thallium is toxic even at very low concentrations and tends to accumulate in the environment once it enters the food chain.

Thallium enters the environment primarily as a result of coal burning and smelting.

Air emissions and subsequent depositions of thallium from anthropogenic sources resulted in the increase of its concentrations in areas near industrially relevant objects (smelters, coal combustion power plants, cement plants, etc.).

In the vicinity of contaminated areas, elevated concentrations of thallium were found in edible resources, such as vegetables, fruit and tissues of farm animals. This is an issue of major concern, since thallium salts are now considered to be among the most toxic known compounds.

But it is not known if these low doses of thallium we receive from the environment are causing health effects:

It should also be emphasized that the effects of chronic exposure to low concentrations of thallium are currently unknown.

 

[Sushi]

But it is not known if these low doses of thallium we receive from the environment are causing health effects:

And then there are medical tests that involve thallium: thallium myocardial imaging.