A Pain in the Arsenic

Recently there’s been some warnings in the news that rice may contain excess arsenic. Would you like to know how it got there?

It’s the chicken.

As you might have heard from me previously, I am not a fan of our patients eating industrially-raised chicken. In Dr. Gregor’s video here, he explains how chickens are fed arsenic to kill parasites. Later, the chicken by-products find their way into fertilizers and animal feed. His latest blog article updates us on the issue. Remember, toxins concentrate in animal tissues. You would still be safer eating rice than chicken. And keep in mind: they are feeding chicken by-products to farm-raised fish; it is logical to presume that the fish are contaminated with high arsenic levels as well.

If you are a patient of mine, I really, really recommend that you subscribe to nutritionfacts.org to get the latest in nutrition research from Dr. Gregor. You’ll like his sense of humor and his snappy one- to two-minute videos. Because seriously…if there is bad stuff in your food, wouldn’t you want to know about it?

I know, you thought chicken was the healthier alternative to red meat! What to do now? You can do periodic fasts or cleanses to assist your body in detoxifying itself of arsenic and other environmental pollutants. If you’d like a kit containing everything you need for a 21-day cleanse, we carry the Standard Process Purification Program in our office. Plan a time to get going on a cleanse, and we’ll walk you through every step of the way to make sure you do it successfully. Yes, it’s going to cost you $223.00 for a detox. kit. After all, the arsenic-laced factory-farmed chicken was a better buy than the organically raised stuff. As it turns out, there’s no free lunch here.