I've been reading about all the lead & heavy metals in spices, even the "quality" ones. We have been using a lot of spices recommended in your books, but now we're worrying they are doing us more harm than good. It was upsetting to see these metals in the "good" cinnamon, turmeric, and so many that were supposed to have health benefits. What's a body to do?!
@@KarenPeacock-yz8wu One can buy cheap spices in large bags from the Asian shops. Or one can buy organic from whole food brands which are a lot more expensive. It depends on what quality of spices were tested.
@janice2992 What was concerning was that the cheap as well as the highest quality had these heavy metals (lead, cadmium, mercury as well as arsenic). You can google it.
@janice2992 Organic doesn't necessarily mean it's better; organic just refers to not grown with synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. That classification doesn't apply to heavy metal contamination. Consumer Reports tested a wide variety of herbs and spices and there was no clear delineation with respect to brand, source or organically grown.
@@KST9182 Actually, based on Dr. Greger's recommendations, we were eating quite a lot of the cinnamon & turmeric especially, not to mention all the others & they all add up daily with no easy way out of the body.
LOL!! Love that little bit of sarcasm, together with my pinch of nutritional info, Dr. Greger.
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I've been reading about all the lead & heavy metals in spices, even the "quality" ones. We have been using a lot of spices recommended in your books, but now we're worrying they are doing us more harm than good. It was upsetting to see these metals in the "good" cinnamon, turmeric, and so many that were supposed to have health benefits. What's a body to do?!
@@KarenPeacock-yz8wu One can buy cheap spices in large bags from the Asian shops. Or one can buy organic from whole food brands which are a lot more expensive. It depends on what quality of spices were tested.
@janice2992 What was concerning was that the cheap as well as the highest quality had these heavy metals (lead, cadmium, mercury as well as arsenic). You can google it.
@janice2992 Organic doesn't necessarily mean it's better; organic just refers to not grown with synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. That classification doesn't apply to heavy metal contamination. Consumer Reports tested a wide variety of herbs and spices and there was no clear delineation with respect to brand, source or organically grown.
Doses are microscopically minuscule as you don’t eat a huge quantity of spices - any metals is so tiny it has no impact. :)
@@KST9182 Actually, based on Dr. Greger's recommendations, we were eating quite a lot of the cinnamon & turmeric especially, not to mention all the others & they all add up daily with no easy way out of the body.
Can u please get the team to create an AI chatbot on 'nutrition facts' content? 🙏