Tea vs. coffee and aluminum content; A "new" filter option.

Aluminum is not just in vaccines. Some ways to reduce your heavy metal burden.

Dr. Chris Exley is an expert researcher on the hazards of aluminum from numerous sources, including vaccines.

I watched his video presentation in this substack below.

Imaging Aluminium in Human Brain Tissue

He discusses the findings of Al (aluminum) in brain tissue as contributing to disorders such as autism and dementia.

If you know the dangers of vaccine adjuvants and how they can cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB), that should come as no surprise. Still, in the end, he mentions drinking a type of water to help remove aluminum, but when I looked up these water options, they are all in plastic water bottles (such as Fiji).

This leads me to think, are we trading one toxin for another?

The type of water in that plastic bottle may help pull aluminum from the digestive tract, but plastic water bottles also contain a host of endocrine-disrupting toxins.

So What is the Answer?

I would instead drink filtered water that removes these toxins from the water and then do regular cleanses, whether it is taking activated charcoal daily first thing in the morning to remove toxins in the digestive tract or using a heavy metal chelate product with zeolite such as Cytodetox for perhaps one week per month.

I avoid water in a plastic bottle, regardless of the brand. Some waters come in a glass bottle, which is costly and impractical for daily and long-term use.

A Filter Product I Recently Learned About

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Kishu charcoal is made from Japanese-activated charcoal on a stick that you can toss into your water bottle. I love the simplicity of this product. It says it takes about an hour to filter the water, so plan before drinking from the bottle.

On their website, they state that it takes:

1 hour to filter 16 ounces of water

4 hours to filter 2 quarts of water

24 hours to filter 3 gallons of water

Each month, the filter should be boiled in water for 5 minutes, and the filter should be replaced every 4 months.

However, after use, they suggest that instead of tossing it in the trash, you recycle the filter in your fridge to replace baking soda or add it to garden soil, which will help improve water absorption.

I love it when I can repurpose something.

It can remove heavy metals (not fluoride) but isn’t safe for non-potable water since it does not remove bacteria. Thus, do not use this one for water sourced from lakes, streams, etc., on hikes. Still, placing it in your water bottle when filling it up with tap water is a good option when out and about.

Their site says their filter removes:

Lead, mercury, copper, aluminum, uranium, and molybdenum. It may remove chloramines but requires further testing, and the filter may need to stay in the water longer.

Chloramines are a group of compounds containing chlorine and ammonia. They are a disinfectant used to treat drinking water.

Have you heard of this product? If so, have you tried it?

Coffee versus Tea and Aluminum Content

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He also mentioned that coffee is safer than tea because tea contains aluminum, and coffee does not.

If you do not buy organic coffee, coffee is the most heavily sprayed crop with herbicides and pesticides. Based on my observations, many people are drinking non-organic coffee.

I am a big tea drinker. I love all kinds of tea. I have not considered how much Al I am ingesting via my organic tea consumption.

I am not alone in my tea consumption; it is the second most consumed beverage worldwide (after water).

Green tea and black tea have a host of benefits

Tea Types and Benefits

Regardless of variety, black, green, oolong, dark, and white teas come from the same plant, Camellia sinensis. Black tea leaves are crushed after picking, so they become oxidized. Green tea, on the other hand, is lightly steamed and carefully preserved to prevent oxidation. Both black tea and green tea contain the same beneficial flavonoids and free radical scavengers.

However, green tea contains higher flavonoid levels.

One of those is epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), the main and most bioactive catechin flavonoid contained in green and black tea. It has a number of interesting properties. Studies show that it may prevent free radical damage to cells and inhibit cellular oxidation. It is also thought to be a neuroprotective agent and an anti-neuroinflammatory substance. It has also been seen to cross the blood-brain barrier in animals, meaning it could affect the brain directly. Several studies show its potential in protecting against nerve cell damage, brain edema, and as a secondary preventative agent of neurodegeneration.

It is thought that EGCG may particularly promote brain health due to its anti-inflammatory and free radical scavenging properties,

So, it is ironic that the Al in tea can contribute to brain disorders, but other components in tea can support brain health.

Could they possibly cancel each other out?

Bottom Line

If you drink coffee regularly, make sure it is organic.

A carbon or charcoal filter removes heavy metals and other water contaminants.

Aluminum entering your bloodstream via an injection is probably worse for you than consuming smaller amounts of foods and beverages. Still, reduce the toxic load if you can.

An option for recent Al ingestion is to take activated charcoal. However, this will only work on what is present in the intestinal tract and will not work for heavy metals traveling to distal organs. In that case, use a zeolite product.

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