When our bodies run low on key minerals, the very systems designed to absorb essential nutrients can instead increase the uptake of toxic heavy metals.
Micronutrient deficiencies and heavy metal exposure affect billions of people across the globe.
Like a nutritional seesaw, when our bodies run low on key minerals such as iron, calcium, and zinc, the very systems designed to absorb essential nutrients can instead increase the uptake of toxic heavy metals. Nutrients and toxins battle for the same limited absorption pathways in the gut, and when nutrients are scarce in the context of deficiency, the gut grows less discerning, allowing more toxins to slip through.
