Posts Tagged ‘Disease’
Health Focus: Toxic Lead Exposure
Did you know that lead is one of the most common environmental toxins? Even more importantly, did you know that exposure to high levels of lead can cause serious health effects? Well its true. Lead is found almost everywhere and it is extremely toxic to humans, especially children. Each year, there are an estimated 500,000 children ...
Health Focus: What are Environmental Toxins?
We are surrounded by environmental toxins. Substances that may cause distress or disease to our bodies can be found in everything that we eat, in everything that we drink and even in the air we breathe. Some of these compounds are a by-product of an industrialized world. Heavy metals like lead and cadmium are released ...
In the News: Food Preparation May Play A Big Role In Chronic Disease
ScienceDaily (Apr. 25, 2007) — How your food is cooked may be as important to your health as the food itself. Researchers now know more about a new class of toxins that might soon become as important a risk factor for heart disease and metabolic disorders as trans fats. This class of toxins, called advanced glycation ...
