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Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Is Arsenic Dangerous in Sea Kelp? – Dr. Berg

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Learn the different forms you can find arsenic in, why sea kelp has it in the first place, and why it is safe for you to eat sea kelp. Understand the exact amounts that are safe and what you need to be aware of.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Doctor Burg, Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast.

0:07.0

Now, your host, the man taking your health to a whole new level.

0:12.0

Doctor Eric Burg.

0:14.0

Hi guys, Dr. Burg here.

0:15.0

In this video, we're going to talk about sea kelp and arsenic, okay?

0:18.0

So the first question is what is sea kelp?

0:20.0

Well, it's a sea vegetable.

0:23.0

It contains not just a lot of the trace minerals, including iodine,

0:27.0

which helps the thyroid decreases estrogen, but it also contains amino acids.

0:33.0

It contains a lot of the B vitamins.

0:36.0

So it's a great nutrient dense food.

0:40.0

Now, it also has a naturally occurring element, arsenic.

0:44.0

So in nature, arsenic is in the soils.

0:48.0

So plants do absorb all trace minerals, but it's in an organic form.

0:55.0

But the definition of organic in this sense is different than certified organic.

1:00.0

Okay, so let me explain the two different definitions if you're not familiar with that.

1:05.0

You have a nature of an inner organic, which is like the dirt, the minerals in the dirt,

1:12.0

and then when the plant absorbs the mineral into the plant, it converts it into an organic form,

1:18.0

which is an easier, digestible, easier on our body form.

1:23.0

Okay, so it's a safer form than elemental or inorganic minerals.

1:27.0

Okay, so it's very, very, it's totally okay to consume if it's an organic form.

1:32.0

The amount the EPA listed for toxic effects would be over 15 micrograms.

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