What to do about lead/cadmium in chocolate | Episode 15
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- Chocolate lovers everywhere have been in mourning since Consumer Reports came out with a study showing that 20 popular chocolate brands contained high levels of lead and cadmium. Does this mean we should stop eating chocolate now? What can lead and cadmium do to your body? What other products may be contaminated? We'll discuss all this and ways you can decrease the lead and cadmium load to your body when eating cocoa products.
0:00 Consumer Reports on Lead/Cadmium in Chocolate.
2:33 Lead and cadmium are found in cocoa solids.
6:52 Where do lead and cadmium come from?
8:10 How cadmium affects your body?
15:10 Good news about cadmium.
16:12 How lead affects the body.
25:52 How lead affects kids.
30:16 Recap 1: How lead/cadmium contamination occurs.
31:39 Recap 2: How to minimize cadmium exposure.
32:42 Recap 3: How to minimize lead exposure.
34:01 Bonus pro-tip: Chelators.
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Sweet lady and interesting information. I love dark chocolate, it's one of my favorite snacks but with this in mind I try now to lower my consumption and go for 70% cocoa instead of 85/90%.
Thank you. And don't eat your chocolate on an empty stomach!
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I’m a scholar I’ve been studying the stuff for years it’s true
Thank you for watching. I wish we had better quality control on our food supply!
Thank you for the detailed information. Your voice is so soft and calming and it makes listening very pleasant to listen to.
@cya177 My pleasure. I hope you found it helpful
Thanks for the great info: Yours was the best researched video I found on this topic🎉
@niscary My pleasure. It's my goal of this channel to present the best science and its application. I am glad you found it helpful.
Great video, great info, thank you!
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for this video.
You're welcome. Let me know if you have any questions.
Hi, Dr. Loh! I hope you're doing very well! I think this was a great topic. I wasn't really aware of this being specifically in chocolate, but I think the good news and tips you provided should let some folks relax a bit. Funny enough, just yesterday I received a letter from my city saying lead has been detected in the area, so now I need to get my free test done through them. I use a filter that is supposed to eliminate it, but now I feel like I should get my blood tested. 😆
When I thought back about this, the lead contamination would then exacerbate the cadmium absorption, due to iron being bound? Yikes 😳
Yes, lead exposure over time may cause iron deficiency which can then increase cadmium absorption--a double whammy! Contamination of water with lead is a problem in many areas of the world. I actually distill my water (a simple distillation unit is roughly about $200 which you can buy at any online store named after a rainforest!) But if you do that, make sure you get your minerals in some other form to avoid mineral deficiency. Sigh. It's a complex world, isn't it?
The cosmetics industry is shameful too. Lead in lipstick is unacceptable. So many chemicals!
Yes, sadly this is not well-known to most consumers.
DMSO removes heavy metals from the body
That is a good point. However, it may induce other changes in the body such as genome-wide changes so I would be cautious.
www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-40660-0
What is DMSO and where do I buy it?
Hi, Dr. Loh! can you please write in brief the measures one can take to reduce the amount of heavy metals in our body?
I will work on this. It may take me a while but I'll get to it!
What can humans eat?
I know, it's sad, isn't it? Everything is contaminated these days!
Cadmium from Paints - Cadmium Yellow 😂 Chrome Yellow 😅
Yes, true. Cadmium is found in paint. Also in makeup, which is even scarier...
Pls give solution straightforward
@nvraoo Hi--I will try to make a synopsis video as many have requested it. I just haven't had the time. My apologies as this podcast is primarily geared towards medical professionals and I realize this episode is too long for the general public. I will work on a shorter video in the next few months. Thanks for listening.