The Invisible Cause of Inflammation

A patient came to me with a surprising problem… This patient was suffering from a lack of energy. He had trouble concentrating during the day. He’d lost his appetite and was in a kind of general malaise. He’d gone to two other doctors who sent him to a lab for tests…and he brought his lab reports with him. He had no other symptoms except his blood pressure was a bit high. Right away, the doctor who looked at the report put him on a blood pressure pill. But he didn’t feel better. I told him that we were going to stop the medication and test for a suspicion I had. So we measured his heavy metals. We found that his cadmium was six times the upper limit of normal. Most doctors don’t know this, but even so-called “normal” or acceptable amounts of cadmium can cause runaway inflammation. You see, cadmium increases inflammatory cytokines and chemokines triggers oxidative stress, and causes organ and tissue damage. It also upregulates a protein called caspase 3 – which eventually causes apoptosis, or cell death.1 I don’t know how this patient got so much cadmium (he isn’t a smoker), but it’s not hard to guess. Common sources are things you encounter every day… burning waste, cigarette smoke, car exhaust, coffee, some processed and refined foods like hydrogenated oils – even shellfish and tap water. I recommended chelation. Within days, he told me, “I feel young again instead of tired and weak.” His blood pressure was also back to normal. M...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: Health Source Type: news