What are anti-nutritrents? Anti-nutrients are natural or synthetic compounds that interfere with the absorption of nutrients. There are over 8000 chemicals in use in the modern world. They are not only destroy our cells and act as anti-nutrients,  but also behave as hormones in our body. Toxic Metals, act as anti-nutrients as well, such as lead, cadmium, mercury, aluminium, and arsenic etc. Heavy metals become concentrated as a result of human caused activities and can enter plant, animal, and human tissues via inhalation, diet, and manual handling. Then, they can bind to and interfere with the functioning of vital cellular components. They poison our sulphur containing enzymes critical for health and are know to cause cancer, high blood pressure, inflammation, decreased antioxidant levels and are estrogenic.

Chemicals and heavy metals can drive your behaviour with some manifests, even you would not notice the heavy metal toxic threat to our health. Here are some examples of anti-nutrients, their source, effects in excess on mental health, and nutritional protectors, which help to lower body levels of these unwanted substances:

Anti-nutrient	Effect	Source	Protector
Lead	Hyperactivity, aggression	Exhaust fumes	Vitamin C, Zinc
Cadimium	Aggression, confusion	Cigarettes	Vitamin C, Zinc
Mercury	Headaches, memory loss	Pesticides, fillings	Selenium
Aluminium	Associated with senility	Cookware, water	Zinc, Magnesium
Copper	Anxiety and phobia	Water	Zinc
Tartrazine	Hyperactivity	Food colorings	Zinc

However, we don’t suggest taking zinc, selenium individually, but high quality multivitamins instead.

 

Ref.:  New Optimum Nutrition for the Mind by Patrick Holford’s