Heavy Metals & Childhood OBESTIY

Recent research by a University of Houston professor has discovered a link between lead exposure in the womb and increased obesity in male children later in adulthood. Donald Fox stumbled onto this conclusion after experimenting with lead’s effects on the retina. To confirm his observations, Fox undertook an 18 month study exposing pregnant mice to varying levels of lead in their drinking water. Mice that exposed their fetus to lead while pregnant had male offspring that grew up to be obese. This new findings may influence the CDC to lower acceptable lead levels in water even further.

Naturopathic physicians have long understood the effects of heavy metal exposure on children’s behavioral and developmental characteristics. We now understand that exposures in the fetus can change children’s health permanently as they develop into adulthood. We advise women who want to become pregnant to test for heavy metal levels and detoxify them out of their systems before trying to conceive.

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