Cadmium is a heavy metal found mainly in rice, cereals, peanuts and shellfish. It concentrates mainly in the kidneys until about the age of 50, when it begins to damage other organs.

Most of the cadmium in the United States comes from the phosphate fertilizer industry in Florida, which produces 80% of the phosphate in the country and is the largest rock phosphate mine in the world. Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and form the "Western phosphate terrain", and Morocco, South Africa and Mexico contain the rest of the world's significant reserves and are potential hotspots of heavy metal pollution. However, 200 million tons of the world's 265 million tons of recoverable phosphate come from the United States. Buying organic food that avoids these fertilizers helps reduce cadmium intake by about 48%. Herbal teas protect the cells and the accumulation of cadmium is lowered in the organs, including the brain, and therefore protects against Alzheimer's disease.

Natural substances to protect organs from cadmium

• Blood: licorice extract protects lymphocytes from cadmium, African hibiscus protects against macrophage activation, onion controls the effects of cadmium on proteins and fats in the blood
• Testicles: Datier pollen, Guarana, Tribulus and onion extracts protect spermatogenesis from cadmium, as well as Ginkgo biloba, fenugreek extract, fruit berry extract, and basil
• Kidneys: Propolis and Tribulus extract protect kidney cells from cadmium, chelidonia normalizes all parameters, as well as oregano extract, onion extract, Tunisian radish (Raphanus sativus), grape seeds (procyanidin)
• Liver: Tribulus extracts, tomato, oregano extract, fenugreek seed powder extract, onion extract, burdock extract, blueberry pigment extract, Korean red ginseng extract.
• Brain: Quercetin protects memory and fights anxiety, as well as soy isoflavones.
• Heart: Onion extract protects the heart by controlling the blood against the effects of cadmium, as well as the extract of Murraya koenigii which can restore all blood parameters.
• Thyroid: radish (Raphanus sativus)18
• Spleen: radish (Raphanus sativus)
• Pancreas: ginger root extract, black seed extract Nigella sativa

Commercial grain crops will continue to be a major source of dietary cadmium as long as large agricultural companies continue to use these harmful fertilizers containing up to 300 milligrams per kilogram of cadmium. Every milligram can be carried in the air and rain to nearby crops, and tobacco crops generate extensive radioactivity from heavy metals. Calcium levels in the urine increase with exposure, and the radiation half-life of cadmium is 20 years, with a person consuming 500 micrograms per week or 2000 milligrams over a lifetime. People are also exposed to pollution from industrial production and processing of batteries.