Heavy metal detoxification is common and often goes undiagnosed as the root of heath problems. Today, we consume more toxic substances than all generations before us. Levels of built-up lead in our bones can be 200 times greater compared to those excavated from the period 2000 years ago. Through air, water, food and even mother's milk, there is absorption of thousands of toxins and chemicals that saturate the environment.  Modern work environments can be highly toxic. Living near a golf course can expose you to herbicides and pesticides.

Heavy metal contamination is only part of the problem
Our bodies are living cesspools of pesticides, food additives, drug residues and household chemicals.  Within the cells you will discover dyes, bleaches, antioxidants, preservatives, chemical flavors, buffers, noxious sprays, alkalizers, acidifiers, deodorants, moisteners, drying agents, expanders, modifiers, emulsifiers, stabilizers, thickeners, clarifiers, disinfectants, defoliants, fungicides, neutralizers, anticaking and antifoaming agents, hydrolyzers, hydrogenators, herbicides, pesticides, synthetic hormones, antibiotics, steroids and over four thousand other drugs residues.  Through air, water, food and even mother's milk as a child, there is absorption of thousands of toxins that saturate the environment.  City living fills your lungs with 20 million particles of foreign matter daily such as carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, mercury, DDT, cadmium, PCBs, strontium 90, radioactive iodine, x-rays, nitrates, and thousands more.  Not to mention billions of internal parasites discussed in the Fasting For Healing chapter and the 7-10 lbs. of impacted fecal matter on your colon wall that is examined in the Cleansing The Colon chapter.

Lead is one of the most common heavy metal toxins. The presence and severity of clinical signs depends on the amount of lead ingested, the size of the particles and the length of time the lead is in the gastrointestinal tract.  Once ingested, the lead is degraded by acids in the stomach and absorbed into the bloodstream, once in the bloodstream, lead causes pansystemic damage, particularly to the gastrointestinal, nervous, renal and hematopaietic systems.

Heavy Metal Toxins from Dental Filling (Mercury)
It is estimated that the average individual, with eight biting-surface mercury
fillings, is exposed to a daily dose uptake of approximately 10 micrograms
mercury per day from dental fillings. Select individuals may have daily doses
10 times higher (100 micrograms per day) because of factors which exacerbate
the mercury vaporization. Some of these factors are: frequency of eating,
chronic gum chewing, chronic tooth grinding behaviour (usually during sleep),
the chewing pattern of the individual, consumption of hot foods and drinks,
mouth and food acidity.

If you make it to middle age without serious harm to your health,
it is due to your body's outstanding resistance. 
Unfortunately, resistance to disease diminishes as toxin saturation increases.   The body will absorb toxins to a point, and then there is a reaction illness! 
When your body is saturated with heavy metals disease is inevitable.

Physical Effects of Heavy Metal Toxicity
The effects of heavy metal toxicity can be very dangerous to our health! Following are some effects of heavy metals on our bodies: Asthma, Autism, Tremors, Epilepsy, Certain cancers, Memory problems, Shyness, Irritability, Depression, MS, Lou Gehrig´s Disease, Heart disease, Kidney Problems, vision or hearing loss, High blood pressure, Fetal abnormalities, Lung and respiratory illness, Muscle incoordination, Fibromyalgia, Immune disorders, and more.

Heavy metal detoxification takes time and dedication
Their is no quick fix, pill or cure.  You need to support your body's natural process to remove heavy metal toxins. Juice fasting is the best but you can also juice veggies and eat salads.