As part of ongoing scientific research on heavy metals, I have identified and documented anti-heavy metal substances that have a remarkable natural affinity to "capture" heavy metals.

This is especially important because of all the mercury present in some types of fish. The FDA recently warned that pregnant women should eat less of the fish that contain the highest levels of mercury, but the agency did not give women any real solutions to block mercury absorption during digestion.

Fortunately, there are ways to protect yourself from these toxic heavy metals during digestion. The secret to all of this lies in certain natural substances that capture and help eliminate heavy metals from your digestive tract, preventing you from absorbing them.

How can we easily (and cheaply) trap dietary mercury?

Mercury is the most easily captured heavy metal of all.

Research has found that insoluble fruit fibers are extremely effective in capturing mercury during digestion. Mercury is unique in that these fibers are very poorly bonded with lead, cadmium, arsenic and other metals. But they stick to mercury easily.

According to Mike Adams, who runs his own research lab in Texas, the most effective fruit fiber of all is - believe it or not - strawberry fiber.

Eat strawberries to block dietary mercury!

In the tests, the strawberries were able to capture more than 95% of all the mercury added to the stomach acid solution in a human digestion simulator.

This effect was also confirmed for freeze-dried strawberries but not for strawberry juice because pure juice lacks fiber.

Why strawberries? Because strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside. Under a microscope, you can see that each tiny strawberry seed is connected to the center of the strawberry by a bundle of plant fibers. These fibers, it turns out, are incredibly strong and not easily digested. They pass through you largely intact, just like psyllium fiber or insoluble vegetable fiber.

Isolated under a microscope, these strawberry fibers are also translucent. And what is really amazing is that they resist digestion with nitric acid. In the gastrointestinal tract, they function as "mercury sponges" that capture mercury with incredible efficiency.

If you don't like strawberries, you can use other fruits like citrus (eaten raw and whole, of course, with all the fiber intact). The best fruits after strawberries are citrus fruits, followed by apples and pears.

Peanut butter is even better than strawberries!

You'll probably find it fascinating that peanut butter captures mercury even better than strawberries, with an incredible 96% efficiency in capturing dietary mercury. How about a tuna with butter?

When you eat fish from the ocean, tuna, seafood or sushi, you probably eat mercury.

How do you protect yourself from mercury?

Eat whole, fresh strawberries with your meal. Or if you don't like strawberries, eat some peanut butter. If these products are not available, eat a salad and chew it really well to soften the fibers and thus increase their "stickiness" to trap the mercury.