This is a YouTube video titled "Eat For Detoxification" containing a discussion between two speakers about nutritional strategies to support the body's detoxification processes, focusing on fiber, minerals, amino acids, and functional medicine approaches to reduce lead absorption and enhance detox pathways. The content was created on February 16, 2021.
We also always focus about high fiber. We know fiber will bind to lead and will help eliminate it. So we, you know, we're always talking to moms about giving their children lots of fiber, lots of vegetables. We talk about making sure their iron levels are sufficient because if iron levels are low in a child, then the lead has an easier time getting absorbed into the body and getting into the brain. We know we want to make sure all mineral levels are sufficient. And as you were mentioning earlier, we always focus on nutrition, right? because you need to have enough amino acids and protein to detoxify, you need to have enough phytonutrients to detoxify enough of those good minerals, helps prevent that lead from being as detrimental for that growing and developing brain.
I mean, what people don't realize is your body has a built-in detox system. It's designed to help your body get rid of crap.
Yep.
And there are very specific ways to optimize that system. And we've had a podcast on this, but It's something that we really focus on in functional medicine, which is foods that upregulate your detox pathways. All the things we were mentioning, the right amino acids, the right mineral-rich foods, things with lots of glucosinolates and things that build glutathione in the body, fiber to help bind the metals and get them out. So we have a real strategy. And then there's a lot of nutrients and supplements that we use to also help upregulate these pathways, in addition to getting rid of the source. You've got to get rid of the source. Absolutely.
