Fun fact, the FDA conducts zero experiments on their own. Trials and experiments are subcontracted/funded by the FDA and then they make decisions based off the data.
He doesn't mention how meat is also high in heavy metals. Studies have shown over and over again people who eat meat have higher levels of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants in their blood than people who don't eat meat. People don't eat that much chocolate, a few oz's a day, and it's usually not daily. People on animal based diets are often eating a pound or more of meat per day.
It’s milk chocolate. I’m sure there is still lead in it, but less than dark chocolate. Still, being the caretaker for my mom (93yrs) , who suffers with dementia and the insidious effects of dementia I decided to stop all chocolate.
Just want to point out the guy is misquoted heavily the research. First of all, consumer reports was testing dark chocolate, which has a higher percentage of heavy metals because the heavy metals are coming from the chocolate which they have a higher percent of. You will probably be generally safe with milk chocolate. Moreover, he's also wrong that every one they tested failed. 5 different bars they tested were under the maximum allowable dosage of Cadmium and Lead (under CA law), so there also existed safe dark chocolate. That said, it is true that most of the ones they tested failed either in cadmium or lead (and 5 failed so bad they were over the allowable amount in both cadmium and lead).
@oraculumm9294 The minimum isn't set to 0 because it isn't reasonable to try to farm with 0 lead and cadmium. Remember they use to use lead in gasoline for decades. All that lead ended up in the air and then in the soil and then in the plants. Cadmium winds up in the food supply when it is released through burning of coal or oil, from coal or smelting operations or their runoff, from incineration of trash, or from phosphate fertilizers. Even if you buy organic, you're probably going to have some lead or cadmium if that land has been used for farming for decades.
I'm starting to think the American revolution wasn't won and that the Britain decided-," let them think they won, from here on out, they will unknowingly become an experiment for the world and will pay $ the world under the guise of goodwill"
Anecdotal evidence but I feel it's worth touching on. I have 2 ounces of 70% cocoa dark chocolate every day. Trader Joe's brand. Recently had an occupational health screening in which they tested me for heavy metals and all of my blood work came back normal, no elevated lead or cadmium reading along with all the other heavy metals.
That’s because heavy metals get stored In tissues. Toxic metals are usually kept out of the blood is possible. the only way to truly know is through a hair mineral analysis test.
Looked it up, the cadmium gets into the cacao plant from pulling from the ground soil through the roots. And the lead comes from how the cacao is processed into dark chocolate.
No he's not, he's presenting one sided data. Does he ever mention how meat is full of persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals, even organic meat? No, he just talks about plants. Studies have shown that putting someone on a pb diet for even 3 months lowers the heavy metals in their blood by around 30%. Heavy metals and plastics are in everything unfortunately, not just plants.
@@tomp.55Sauna is a massive tool for better health. Look up Dr Rhonda Patrick’s lectures on it. Increased HGH, better brain function, reduced inflammation, faster recovery from training, increased mood to name a few.
@@sheldonhagerman6324 not just that. if you google it, you can find a few more issues. for example, it can also cause malabsorption of calcium due to the mechanism for causing kidney stones itself is that oxalates binds calcium. and, fyi, oxalates bind vitamin D as well. you will need work on a lot of more for both nutrients if you don't want later your bone issues (on top of kidney issues)
Heavy metal occur naturally in soil but we have increased their concentration in the upper crust of soil by burning fossil fuels. Everything we touch, drink, and eat has heavy metal contamination.
Sad but true. After researching it, I gave up my morning ritual of organic Cacao powder in my coffee. Lead and cadmium levels off the charts. If it’s associated with cognitive decline and dementia, then it’s definitely off my list.
The last time I was in a market or shopped for anything in a wrapper was a year ago Christmas. Just the sound of the music in that PA system is enough to turn my stomach, let alone the chocolate.
Brother I don’t understand You just made a blanket statement, did not provide detailed info of how to recognize the heavy metals in the chocolates ingredients did not provide the study reports and we are reaching a level where we should just starve or maybe go out hunting and eat meat. Only 😊
My mom lived to be 108 years old and was of sound mind up until the very end. She even rode a horse at age 102. She also ate dark chocolate every single day. My dad lived to over 101. He was driving his tractor the day he had to go into the hospital. Dad also ate dark chocolate. Do you ever think maybe something is in the chocolate that counters the negatives? Also, both of my parents were bathers and took hot baths every day. Plus, my dad loved getting sweaty outside working. Maybe that helped contribute to their ability to detox.
Our family eats those exact same 2 chocolate bars you pointed out. You were right when you said nobody wants to hear this. Just told my kids and wife we can't eat our favorite chocolate anymore. Everyone hates me now.
Paul long time follower love the work. Need help. You Do a lot of these videos. Please include a good option because it's hard to know where to even start if I want to get a candy bar for my kids every now and then. Thanks.
I have a severe systemic nickel allergy, nickel is also a heavy metal and I cannot eat chocolate due to the extremely high nickel levels. I totally believe they are high in other heavy metals too!
Hu actually did a statement on this recently and they have much lower levels than what paul says in the video. I believe Hu is a great brand that people like Paul should be promoting as it not only tastes good but is a much healthier alternative to the conventional candy bars which are filled with chemicals.
Thank you for raising awareness. You're ultimately upholding the promise you made on your first day of medical school. For those who are lost, I am referencing the Hippocratic oath.
You shouldn’t be. It was an non peer reviewed study with a sample size to small to draw any conclusions about chocolate in general. It’s useless fearmongering.
I wonder if it’s because of where the chocolate bar is made or if it’s the chocolate, itself? I’ve been making my own chocolate bars with cacao, coconut oil, and honey, thinking I’m being safer because I know exactly what’s in it. Perhaps that’s not true?
Won’t make a difference. The heavy metals are in the cacao. The plants uptake them from the soil. Many/ all of these chocolates are not made where the cacao are sourced from.
Title is slightly misleading. The findings are all for *DARK* chocolate, not for all chocolate. Consider the title of the article in Consumer Reports: *Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate* Key words: *could, dark.* _"Research has found that some _*_*dark*_*_ chocolate bars..."_ _"...scientists recently measured the amount of heavy metals in 28 _*_*dark*_*_ chocolate bars."_ It's also important to recognize that this isn't a matter exclusive to dark chocolate. Again, from the article: _"Even if you aren’t a frequent consumer of chocolate, lead and cadmium can still be a concern. It can be found in many other foods-such as sweet potatoes, spinach, and carrots-and small amounts from multiple sources can add up to dangerous levels."_ So we see that while dark chocolate is what was tested here, it's a risk for other foods too -- even foods that many people would instinctively say are 'healthy'. _"Chocolate is made from the cacao bean, which has two main components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter. Together, these are called cacao or cocoa._ _"Dark chocolate’s reputation as a relatively healthy treat stems mostly from the cocoa solids. These are packed with flavanols, which are antioxidants linked to improved blood vessel function, reduced inflammation, and lower cholesterol. Dark chocolate is also lower in sugar and higher in fiber than milk chocolate, and it has magnesium and potassium. Unfortunately, _*_*cocoa solids are also where the heavy metals, especially cadmium, lurk.*_*_ That makes it tricky to balance dark chocolate’s risks and benefits."_ This is true not only of chocolate, but of most other foods. When advertising and studies tell us of the healthy compounds contained within various foods, they're highlighting the positives. But, without also highlighting the negatives, the general public is led to believe the following general formula: **IF** a food contains beneficial nutrients **THEN** that food must be 'good' for you. This certainly can be the case sometimes, but it's not a universal law written in stone forever. Take most, if not all, plants, for example. They have various ways of defending themselves against being eaten, to discourage the eater from doing so repeatedly. Sometimes these are found in oxylates, which may accumulate to form kidney stones. Other times, these defense mechanisms include anti-nutrients, which bind to certain minerals to make them **unavailable** for update by the eater. Lectins, phytates, and gluten all fulfill this function of 'chemical defense' in their own ways. Generally speaking, the mainstream tells people what people want to hear: half the story, and only the good half. Also generally speaking, people tend to believe what they want to hear because it makes them feel good: like they know what they're talking about; like they're making a 'good' decision, etc. Even here. Many of us genuinely like Paul. I don't think here's here trying to be maliciously deceitful. But the truth is, it wasn't ALL choclate that was being tested; it was DARK chocolate specifically. And, the findings are, according to the article, that higher levels (and therefore, higher risks) are associated with the concentration of cacao in the product being considered. So, 90% cacao has more lead and/or cadmium than 70%, and so on: _"Dark chocolate tends to be higher in heavy metals than milk chocolate, probably because of its higher cacao content. There is no official cutoff, but dark chocolates are generally at least 65 percent cacao by weight"_ How does 65% compare to milk chocolate? According to the website Baking How: _"Most milk chocolate products contain anywhere from 35% to 55% cocoa. However, the United States only requires 10% cocoa mass for milk chocolate products. The European Union is slightly stricter, requiring at least 25% cocoa content for all milk chocolate items."_ So, if U.S. milk chocolate went for the minimum required, that means that dark chocolate has 6.5x more cacao, at minimum, than milk chocolate. And that means that one's exposure risk is greatly reduced by eating milk, rather than dark, chocolate.
I'll be honest, even before I was zero carb/carnivore, I never cared for chocolate, but why is this? Is it because the plants absorb these metals from the soil? Or are these somehow intrusions from processing?
I've been eating 85% high-quality dark chocolate every day for the past 2 months. My circulation has improved, and my pumps in the gym are extra legit. I get blood work regularly, which was last week, and everything was normal.
i worked for a chocolate factory, cadmium was the most regulated one and we had very strict limits on this. I live in Belgium (EU) tho so I cannot talk about your brands.
@@aishwitas6260 that will depend on what you call safe. There is a limit of heavy metal concentration. Not a zero tollerance. The more you'll eat the more ull get. That brand will usually be basic west african cocoa which will have less heavy metals as those are more comonly found on volcanic soil.
@@Jdub0126 Thanks, I hear you. I just get the feeling that it is becoming neuroses over optimal. We just witnessed the two years of madness with people walking around with Dollar Tree masks on and standing 6 feet not even realizing what we breathe in all the time and let alone all the microscopic things on our skin and mouth and eyelids. There is an argument to be made about happiness and optimal health. In my 83 years, I had no joy dieting or denying things and to be fair had no joy in over indulging and feeling bad either. But at Sunday dinner, I will have a cannoli and enjoy.
@@Jdub0126 Thank you, I respect you too. Let's hope it's over, there's news today of the mask mandate coming back and is already in place at Black colleges in Georgia.
Yes! You are right. He does underestimate it! And he also misses out on many cleansing components of vegetables. He used to not eat fruits too then realized his folly. It’s only a matter of time until this no longer gets the clicks or gives him sufficient health and then he will turn again. His stuff isn’t perfect.
I actually stopped eating chocolate after that report came out and hoped that one of these chocolate manufacturers would come out with a leadfree cadmium free variety to choose from. To my knowledge this has not yet happened. Nevertheless, after several months of going without chocolate, I kept seeing videos and whatnot about the benefits of dark chocolate, so I let my fear go and start eating it again, but after this video I think I will stop one more time because, for starters, I don’t even know how much lead and cadmium my bar contains (Lindt 90%) and at $3.18 a bar, I can spend that money on something else ... a Paul approved orange or two perhaps. And, no, I am not making fun of you, Dr. Saladino. I truly appreciate what you are doing for us - educating us about what is really in our food. It is a job that I can imagine is thankless at times but I’m glad you keep doing it, especially since so few others are.
My neighbor was just talking about this - trying to source a good low-heavy metal cacao powder. For what it’s worth, she said she found that chocolate sourced in South America was far more contaminated w/ heavy metals than chocolate sourced from Africa.
I hate and love you, Dr. Saladino. you're right, I did not want to hear that. especially about "good" chocolates like you showed. sad times. BUT there are so many other delicious foods out there that ARE healthy for us. so...good to know about chocolate. thank you.
@@nothosaurno need for that it’s quite obvious America is ran by corporations that processe everything. All these factories are just for American consumers they don’t make chocolates with plastic bags or use hundreds of machines to make a chocolate bar. All you need is the Cacao bean and you can make some yourself.
@vvn9020 "no need for that". That is the extent of your regard for evidence? People who do care for evidence ha e so far concluded that most lead contamination occurs during shipping or processing of the beans and in manufacturing.
WOW! Is it because these metals are used in pesticides/herbicides/fungicides for cocoa plants, or does cocoa plants naturally absorb lead and cadmium from the environment?
This is based upon the Californian limits. Aren't those very strict? It says the maximum allowable dose level for lead is 0.5mcg but it seems many other foods can easily exceed that, including fruit and animal products. It seems like it's sensationalist to me. I've cut down my chocolate consumption for other reasons recently, but I think around 25g of dark chocolate every other day or so isn't a big problem.
who gives a shit. we’ve all got a clock ticking inside us anyway that can go off at anytime. try to live a long and healthy life but that doesn’t mean avoiding everything in existence
How can there be a daily allowance of lead? It’s cumulative, each tiny amount adds up, so whether you consume one big lump or lots of tiny increments, it’s going to have the same effect. Don’t know about cadmium, but it’s probably cumulative too.
This is mainly is very dark chocolate, like 90-95% coco and over. There was a guy on JRE that said that drinking dark hot coco everyday had some health benefits but this is one of the main downsides of doing it. Imo its not worth it.
Dude my drinking water is contaminated with Lead. Chocolate is the least of my worries. Everything in the grocery stored is poisoned with something. Give it a rest.
Depends on where the cocoa comes from. South America has the biggest problems, but There are not new methods of tracking the take up of heavy metals and a lot of studies are being done. Chocolate isn’t the problem as much as cheap chocolate. Go to a bean to bar chocolate maker that buys their cocoa direct and you’ll be fine
Let’s have a round of applause for our FDA 😂👏🏽
3 letter agencies are our enemy
Fun fact, the FDA conducts zero experiments on their own. Trials and experiments are subcontracted/funded by the FDA and then they make decisions based off the data.
I blame the Jews for the convience
💰
Bought and paid for. But hey....take those jabs and pills
Not many doctors out there doin stuff like this. Hats off to Paul
The Consumer Reports did this, not him. Hes just making a remake of a video Ive seen from 7 others.
@@MasterCarguy44-pk2dqyet, still they never cite their sources. How are we supposed to know that it was Consumer Report and not Buzzfeed?
He doesn't mention how meat is also high in heavy metals. Studies have shown over and over again people who eat meat have higher levels of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants in their blood than people who don't eat meat.
People don't eat that much chocolate, a few oz's a day, and it's usually not daily. People on animal based diets are often eating a pound or more of meat per day.
I love a good Cadmium egg around Easter.
soo tasty
the Cadmium Cadbury egg
It’s milk chocolate. I’m sure there is still lead in it, but less than dark chocolate.
Still, being the caretaker for my mom (93yrs) , who suffers with dementia and the insidious effects of dementia I decided to stop all chocolate.
Most the stuff on the shelves are borderline poison😢
Just want to point out the guy is misquoted heavily the research. First of all, consumer reports was testing dark chocolate, which has a higher percentage of heavy metals because the heavy metals are coming from the chocolate which they have a higher percent of. You will probably be generally safe with milk chocolate. Moreover, he's also wrong that every one they tested failed. 5 different bars they tested were under the maximum allowable dosage of Cadmium and Lead (under CA law), so there also existed safe dark chocolate. That said, it is true that most of the ones they tested failed either in cadmium or lead (and 5 failed so bad they were over the allowable amount in both cadmium and lead).
@@jofujino aint none of thwt good for you just stick to beef chicken and regular whole foods if you know whats good for you fish too is great
Soda and beer is worse
as if there is a healthy amount @@jofujino
@oraculumm9294 The minimum isn't set to 0 because it isn't reasonable to try to farm with 0 lead and cadmium. Remember they use to use lead in gasoline for decades. All that lead ended up in the air and then in the soil and then in the plants. Cadmium winds up in the food supply when it is released through burning of coal or oil, from coal or smelting operations or their runoff, from incineration of trash, or from phosphate fertilizers. Even if you buy organic, you're probably going to have some lead or cadmium if that land has been used for farming for decades.
Why nobody is asking the obvious question boggles my mind: How can these products still exist on the shelves after these reports? How?
Consumers Report is shocking! The ones with "low" levels are still super high levels. They are considered low by American standards. SAD AND SCARY!
I'm starting to think the American revolution wasn't won and that the Britain decided-," let them think they won, from here on out, they will unknowingly become an experiment for the world and will pay $ the world under the guise of goodwill"
Same thing is true for meat though, meat is full of heavy metals and persist and organic pollutants, even organic meat isn't any better.
Uugggghhh Paaauuullll leave me aloooone 😂😂😂😂😂😂 my dark chocolate is all I have left 😂😂😂❤❤❤
And here i was convincing myself a daily kitkat chunky was acceptable 😂
Anecdotal evidence but I feel it's worth touching on. I have 2 ounces of 70% cocoa dark chocolate every day. Trader Joe's brand. Recently had an occupational health screening in which they tested me for heavy metals and all of my blood work came back normal, no elevated lead or cadmium reading along with all the other heavy metals.
This guys whole schtick is fearmongering
Paul is an agent
Must be a sourcing issue
That’s because heavy metals get stored In tissues. Toxic metals are usually kept out of the blood is possible. the only way to truly know is through a hair mineral analysis test.
@@anthonyman8008 of what? the dark side?
Looked it up, the cadmium gets into the cacao plant from pulling from the ground soil through the roots. And the lead comes from how the cacao is processed into dark chocolate.
Protect this Man at all cost! He's super passionate about providing people with information to make the best general health decisions!
No he's not, he's presenting one sided data.
Does he ever mention how meat is full of persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals, even organic meat?
No, he just talks about plants. Studies have shown that putting someone on a pb diet for even 3 months lowers the heavy metals in their blood by around 30%.
Heavy metals and plastics are in everything unfortunately, not just plants.
@AnthonyLee-dj1xo Lol. Go eat your vitamin deficient plant diet.
This is why sweating via exercise or sauna is key to detox the metals.
Does it truly work? Asking sincerely.
@@simplehealthyliving4681of course not😂
@@tomp.55Sauna is a massive tool for better health. Look up Dr Rhonda Patrick’s lectures on it. Increased HGH, better brain function, reduced inflammation, faster recovery from training, increased mood to name a few.
@@simplehealthyliving4681 donating blood would be orders of magnitude more effective at eliminating heavy metals from the body.
Yeah sweating only removes electrolytes not metals
Shoutout to the 90 plus year old grandparents who eat chocolate and still living.
The oldest person ever ate chocolate daily.
@@bobbylee2853you're right but she ate this stuff mostly in times when everything was much genuine, less polluted and contaminated
@bobbylee2853 there was a guy who smoked cigars daily too til 110. What the fuck does that matter
@@fine_gold It helped her.
Ironic that the longest living person on record ate 2 pounds of chocolate a week
What shocked me the most is that there is a daily allowance for Cadmium and Lead :O
yes and i dont think i've been meeting my RDI. perhaps i can supplement with these chocolate bars.
Because it is there in the soil everywhere. So tiny max upper threshold is allowed.
@@KC-dg9puexactly what I was thinking, I want to make sure I’m getting plenty of lead in my diet because I think I’m deficient
If you eat vegetables/fruits or any food that comes from grain/corn (99% of food that comes in a bag/box) you you consume cadmium and lead lol
@@911ragdolland meat, and milk, and water, and air
Depends where it is produced. Cacao grown in Indonesia Malaysia or the Philippines seem to have much less heavy metals but still full of oxilates.
really, any source, me from Indonesia
Why are oxalates bad? They help regulate mineral/metal absorption
@@sheldonhagerman6324kidney stones
@@pulloutpadawan420 huh never heard of that being an issue
@@sheldonhagerman6324 not just that. if you google it, you can find a few more issues. for example, it can also cause malabsorption of calcium due to the mechanism for causing kidney stones itself is that oxalates binds calcium. and, fyi, oxalates bind vitamin D as well. you will need work on a lot of more for both nutrients if you don't want later your bone issues (on top of kidney issues)
I love choc. Find out which ones don't have such high levels. Is processing responsible.
Which ones ??
Processing? *Growing*.
Heavy metal occur naturally in soil but we have increased their concentration in the upper crust of soil by burning fossil fuels. Everything we touch, drink, and eat has heavy metal contamination.
Cmon man, 70+% dark chocolate is my only treat, had it today first time in 6 weeks. Dont do this to me man.
😂 I know right
Sad but true. After researching it, I gave up my morning ritual of organic Cacao powder in my coffee.
Lead and cadmium levels off the charts.
If it’s associated with cognitive decline and dementia, then it’s definitely off my list.
Don’t have to listen to him!
RIP
grow up dude. chocolate is so lame and disgusting. just give it up.
Paul is no longer a Doctor by modern day definitions. He’s a health warrior! 🤟
Oh no I’ve had those chocolate bars you showed 😮 No more for me. Thank you for sharing this.
Lead and cadmium are in many foods. Small amounts of chocolate don't pose a major risk.
@@mattlm64does it look like Americans are eating small amounts??
@@Aaron-wt4fx Paul goes so far as to exclude these things entirely.
@@mattlm64 as we all should, Americans cant go 24hrs without eating some bs sweet treat they dont deserve 🤷🏻♂️
@@Aaron-wt4fxstop bro you sound silly
The last time I was in a market or shopped for anything in a wrapper was a year ago Christmas. Just the sound of the music in that PA system is enough to turn my stomach, let alone the chocolate.
Brother I don’t understand
You just made a blanket statement, did not provide detailed info of how to recognize the heavy metals in the chocolates ingredients did not provide the study reports and we are reaching a level where we should just starve or maybe go out hunting and eat meat. Only 😊
My mom lived to be 108 years old and was of sound mind up until the very end. She even rode a horse at age 102. She also ate dark chocolate every single day.
My dad lived to over 101. He was driving his tractor the day he had to go into the hospital. Dad also ate dark chocolate.
Do you ever think maybe something is in the chocolate that counters the negatives?
Also, both of my parents were bathers and took hot baths every day. Plus, my dad loved getting sweaty outside working. Maybe that helped contribute to their ability to detox.
the fda messed up first for having an "amount allowed" in the first place in our fricking food
that's it then...I'm doomed !!
Just stop eating it.
Our family eats those exact same 2 chocolate bars you pointed out. You were right when you said nobody wants to hear this. Just told my kids and wife we can't eat our favorite chocolate anymore. Everyone hates me now.
It's not going to stop people from eating chocolate, especially if they have been eating chocolate for a long time.
Why am I always surprised I shouldn't be at this point
lizard people ruining everything
Paul long time follower love the work. Need help. You Do a lot of these videos. Please include a good option because it's hard to know where to even start if I want to get a candy bar for my kids every now and then. Thanks.
Dates are a good dessert.
I have a severe systemic nickel allergy, nickel is also a heavy metal and I cannot eat chocolate due to the extremely high nickel levels. I totally believe they are high in other heavy metals too!
Hu actually did a statement on this recently and they have much lower levels than what paul says in the video. I believe Hu is a great brand that people like Paul should be promoting as it not only tastes good but is a much healthier alternative to the conventional candy bars which are filled with chemicals.
Thank you for raising awareness. You're ultimately upholding the promise you made on your first day of medical school.
For those who are lost, I am referencing the Hippocratic oath.
I am very sad to hear this
Me too ,heart broken 💔🙏
Heart broken 💔
You shouldn’t be. It was an non peer reviewed study with a sample size to small to draw any conclusions about chocolate in general. It’s useless fearmongering.
Please give a solution. There must be a brand that sources its cacao from uncontaminated soil!
Hahaha
Hersheys. Jk idk
100% cacao, it's not the soil it's the machines from manufacturing.
@@TorqueMonsterAWD thank you 👍
It's probably these damn chem trails. They contain several different heavy metals. Get educated and educate others.
I wonder if it’s because of where the chocolate bar is made or if it’s the chocolate, itself?
I’ve been making my own chocolate bars with cacao, coconut oil, and honey, thinking I’m being safer because I know exactly what’s in it. Perhaps that’s not true?
What's the recipe?
I am wondering the same thing. Is it in the cacao, itself, or is it coming from an outside source? 🤔
Won’t make a difference. The heavy metals are in the cacao. The plants uptake them from the soil.
Many/ all of these chocolates are not made where the cacao are sourced from.
Please share recipe. One or two minor food treats for oneself are okay. Chocolate is one.
Please share your recipe 🙏
Title is slightly misleading. The findings are all for *DARK* chocolate, not for all chocolate. Consider the title of the article in Consumer Reports:
*Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate*
Key words: *could, dark.*
_"Research has found that some _*_*dark*_*_ chocolate bars..."_
_"...scientists recently measured the amount of heavy metals in 28 _*_*dark*_*_ chocolate bars."_
It's also important to recognize that this isn't a matter exclusive to dark chocolate. Again, from the article:
_"Even if you aren’t a frequent consumer of chocolate, lead and cadmium can still be a concern. It can be found in many other foods-such as sweet potatoes, spinach, and carrots-and small amounts from multiple sources can add up to dangerous levels."_
So we see that while dark chocolate is what was tested here, it's a risk for other foods too -- even foods that many people would instinctively say are 'healthy'.
_"Chocolate is made from the cacao bean, which has two main components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter. Together, these are called cacao or cocoa._
_"Dark chocolate’s reputation as a relatively healthy treat stems mostly from the cocoa solids. These are packed with flavanols, which are antioxidants linked to improved blood vessel function, reduced inflammation, and lower cholesterol. Dark chocolate is also lower in sugar and higher in fiber than milk chocolate, and it has magnesium and potassium. Unfortunately, _*_*cocoa solids are also where the heavy metals, especially cadmium, lurk.*_*_ That makes it tricky to balance dark chocolate’s risks and benefits."_
This is true not only of chocolate, but of most other foods. When advertising and studies tell us of the healthy compounds contained within various foods, they're highlighting the positives. But, without also highlighting the negatives, the general public is led to believe the following general formula:
**IF** a food contains beneficial nutrients
**THEN** that food must be 'good' for you.
This certainly can be the case sometimes, but it's not a universal law written in stone forever.
Take most, if not all, plants, for example. They have various ways of defending themselves against being eaten, to discourage the eater from doing so repeatedly.
Sometimes these are found in oxylates, which may accumulate to form kidney stones. Other times, these defense mechanisms include anti-nutrients, which bind to certain minerals to make them **unavailable** for update by the eater. Lectins, phytates, and gluten all fulfill this function of 'chemical defense' in their own ways.
Generally speaking, the mainstream tells people what people want to hear: half the story, and only the good half.
Also generally speaking, people tend to believe what they want to hear because it makes them feel good: like they know what they're talking about; like they're making a 'good' decision, etc.
Even here. Many of us genuinely like Paul. I don't think here's here trying to be maliciously deceitful. But the truth is, it wasn't ALL choclate that was being tested; it was DARK chocolate specifically. And, the findings are, according to the article, that higher levels (and therefore, higher risks) are associated with the concentration of cacao in the product being considered. So, 90% cacao has more lead and/or cadmium than 70%, and so on:
_"Dark chocolate tends to be higher in heavy metals than milk chocolate, probably because of its higher cacao content. There is no official cutoff, but dark chocolates are generally at least 65 percent cacao by weight"_
How does 65% compare to milk chocolate? According to the website Baking How:
_"Most milk chocolate products contain anywhere from 35% to 55% cocoa. However, the United States only requires 10% cocoa mass for milk chocolate products. The European Union is slightly stricter, requiring at least 25% cocoa content for all milk chocolate items."_
So, if U.S. milk chocolate went for the minimum required, that means that dark chocolate has 6.5x more cacao, at minimum, than milk chocolate. And that means that one's exposure risk is greatly reduced by eating milk, rather than dark, chocolate.
I dont know what to do with this information
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤷♂️
No wonder I can’t think straight after eating Hu. Makes sense, thank you for your info
Even the keto chocolate is tainted by it, which really sucks. Some of those were good.
Yea, they tested the highest in HM I believe
Thank you. I really didn't know this! I always eat these bars. No more! Your a Godsend!❤
Good. Stick to honey for sweets
FDA would be the ones who would tell the public that consuming a small percentage of it is safe 😂😂😂
I learn so much from your channel and you I couldn't thank you enough for how much you have taught me and oped my eyes up on alot of things
I'll be honest, even before I was zero carb/carnivore, I never cared for chocolate, but why is this? Is it because the plants absorb these metals from the soil? Or are these somehow intrusions from processing?
I've been eating 85% high-quality dark chocolate every day for the past 2 months. My circulation has improved, and my pumps in the gym are extra legit. I get blood work regularly, which was last week, and everything was normal.
That's why I can't remember anything 😂.
i worked for a chocolate factory, cadmium was the most regulated one and we had very strict limits on this. I live in Belgium (EU) tho so I cannot talk about your brands.
@@aishwitas6260 that will depend on what you call safe. There is a limit of heavy metal concentration. Not a zero tollerance. The more you'll eat the more ull get. That brand will usually be basic west african cocoa which will have less heavy metals as those are more comonly found on volcanic soil.
Watching this while enjoying a tasty Butterfinger realizing STRESS is still the number one killer.
Chill out man.
THis is why I always take the foil off my chocolate before I eat it.
I forgot I had dementia
Just have a piece of chocolate a day and you'll be fine. Paul truly underestimates the human body. I'm 83 by the way saying this.
True you'll be totally fine... Paul is simply making a suggestion for those who want to be 100% optimal.
@@Jdub0126 Thanks, I hear you. I just get the feeling that it is becoming neuroses over optimal. We just witnessed the two years of madness with people walking around with Dollar Tree masks on and standing 6 feet not even realizing what we breathe in all the time and let alone all the microscopic things on our skin and mouth and eyelids. There is an argument to be made about happiness and optimal health. In my 83 years, I had no joy dieting or denying things and to be fair had no joy in over indulging and feeling bad either. But at Sunday dinner, I will have a cannoli and enjoy.
@@Danny-zm5rh I respect your views on life. And yeah the mask thing was so stupid thank goodness we don't have to deal with that anymore
@@Jdub0126 Thank you, I respect you too. Let's hope it's over, there's news today of the mask mandate coming back and is already in place at Black colleges in Georgia.
Yes! You are right. He does underestimate it! And he also misses out on many cleansing components of vegetables.
He used to not eat fruits too then realized his folly. It’s only a matter of time until this no longer gets the clicks or gives him sufficient health and then he will turn again. His stuff isn’t perfect.
Maybe in america. Not im europe
I doubt this problem exists in Europe
Most chocolate bars were DARK chocolate, the milk actually had less of these heavy metals 🫤
Because milk has less cocoa solids and 5x more refined sugar..
But tons of sugar. What’s worse???
I believe it was 70% specifically, the milk was low and so was 100% cacoa.
The milk has strontium, so you get a better variety of heavy metals in your diet. Personally, I take a supplement.
@@dwdwone what supplement?
Paul, how are these heavy metals being added into the chocolate? Farming or industrial through the production process?
WHY IS THIS STILL ALLOWED ON SHELVES
explains why my dishydrosis eczema gets worse when I consume chocolate
Dishydrotic eczema is the worst! my husband has it.
High levels of nickel in chocolate, can be caused by a nickel allergy
I make my own chocolate bars with 100% organic cacao.
Eat real food people. No box, no bag. No fancy packaging. Toxic garbage.
I actually stopped eating chocolate after that report came out and hoped that one of these chocolate manufacturers would come out with a leadfree cadmium free variety to choose from. To my knowledge this has not yet happened.
Nevertheless, after several months of going without chocolate, I kept seeing videos and whatnot about the benefits of dark chocolate, so I let my fear go and start eating it again, but after this video I think I will stop one more time because, for starters, I don’t even know how much lead and cadmium my bar contains (Lindt 90%) and at $3.18 a bar, I can spend that money on something else ... a Paul approved orange or two perhaps.
And, no, I am not making fun of you, Dr. Saladino. I truly appreciate what you are doing for us - educating us about what is really in our food. It is a job that I can imagine is thankless at times but I’m glad you keep doing it, especially since so few others are.
Raw cocoa powder to make stuff at home be a better option. It would still have this stuff in it but in less amount so it is okay surely.
Id rather know than not. Thank you for highlighting this fact. Im off chocolate but so often we are told its good for you but how so?
My neighbor was just talking about this - trying to source a good low-heavy metal cacao powder. For what it’s worth, she said she found that chocolate sourced in South America was far more contaminated w/ heavy metals than chocolate sourced from Africa.
PAUL!!! STOP RUINING EVERYTHING!!!
That's it. I'm going full carnivore. Tired of everything trying to kill me. Bring it on, cows. Bring it on.
WHY is it in there? Oh yeah, FDA allows it so we can keep big pharma rollin$$$$$$
What about european chocolate?
Could you also do a video about (Soy) Lecithins?
Far as I know, bad stuff😅😊
It absolutely blows my mind how this dude is in his late 40s literally 2 years away from being 50 and looks like he’s in his late 30s
I grew up on Heavy Metal.
Rock on!
Metallica w Jason Newsted on bass!!! The best years! Love it!
If I lived in America I would leave. You can't eat anything!
I live in America. Everything here sucks.
Yes I heard it's in all the chocolate bars🤯. I was so upset😡🤬 now I got to give up dark chocolate🍫💔
WHAT !? no chocolate ! You just seemed like you were smiling !
Looks like I’m gonna be iron man
They should just change the chocolate bar to the cadmium bar ❤
Where if any is there a list of which chocolate has this stuff??
This saddens me immensely. Though I must also say thank you! Showing that health is a priority over gluttony.
What the... i love chocolatee.. is there any other brand the really organic
I just did a heavy metals test and I was high in lead and I was eating organic coconut chocolate cups from Costco !
So what is your doctor's treatment plan for you?
@simplyhealthy
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Thank you Paul!!!
The best ones were in a safe zone but 70% of them were not.
Thank you for this important information!
I hate and love you, Dr. Saladino. you're right, I did not want to hear that. especially about "good" chocolates like you showed. sad times. BUT there are so many other delicious foods out there that ARE healthy for us. so...good to know about chocolate. thank you.
I just bought one of those chocolate bars for the very first time too now I'm pissed but at least I learned something new. Thank you!
Thank you for your teaching !!!
Heavy metals? Rock on 🥁🎸
I can't watch these without laughing anymore after Brent Pella's spoof
This is an America problem, not a chocolate problem
That’s a stupid thing to say.
Evidence?
@@JayElls 👍
@@nothosaurno need for that it’s quite obvious America is ran by corporations that processe everything. All these factories are just for American consumers they don’t make chocolates with plastic bags or use hundreds of machines to make a chocolate bar. All you need is the Cacao bean and you can make some yourself.
@vvn9020 "no need for that". That is the extent of your regard for evidence?
People who do care for evidence ha e so far concluded that most lead contamination occurs during shipping or processing of the beans and in manufacturing.
WOW! Is it because these metals are used in pesticides/herbicides/fungicides for cocoa plants, or does cocoa plants naturally absorb lead and cadmium from the environment?
I'm assuming this is the same case for cacao powder?
Thanks for the research
This is based upon the Californian limits. Aren't those very strict? It says the maximum allowable dose level for lead is 0.5mcg but it seems many other foods can easily exceed that, including fruit and animal products.
It seems like it's sensationalist to me. I've cut down my chocolate consumption for other reasons recently, but I think around 25g of dark chocolate every other day or so isn't a big problem.
Are these metals found in cocoa beans naturally or are they added during the processing and making of chocolate?
I don't want to hear this, you're right
Don't fruits and vegetables, meat and fish contain heavy metals?
This is service to humanity. Thank you
Thank you for sharing this!’
What about 100% cocoa powder? I usually throw it in my Greek yogurt to get my chocolate fix.
who gives a shit. we’ve all got a clock ticking inside us anyway that can go off at anytime. try to live a long and healthy life but that doesn’t mean avoiding everything in existence
How can there be a daily allowance of lead? It’s cumulative, each tiny amount adds up, so whether you consume one big lump or lots of tiny increments, it’s going to have the same effect. Don’t know about cadmium, but it’s probably cumulative too.
This is mainly is very dark chocolate, like 90-95% coco and over. There was a guy on JRE that said that drinking dark hot coco everyday had some health benefits but this is one of the main downsides of doing it. Imo its not worth it.
Dude my drinking water is contaminated with Lead. Chocolate is the least of my worries. Everything in the grocery stored is poisoned with something. Give it a rest.
Depends on where the cocoa comes from. South America has the biggest problems, but There are not new methods of tracking the take up of heavy metals and a lot of studies are being done. Chocolate isn’t the problem as much as cheap chocolate. Go to a bean to bar chocolate maker that buys their cocoa direct and you’ll be fine
Even Gene Wilder, Willy Wonka himself, died of dementia.
Why is heavy metals in chocolate?? Are cacao nibs safe?