Bad news for chocolate lovers? Consumer Reports announced they’d tested 28 different dark chocolate bars -- and found lead and cadmium in every one of them.
Both cadmium and lead are naturally occurring elements found in soil and elsewhere in the environment. But just because they're natural doesn't mean they're good for you.
Once absorbed, cadmium stays in your body for decades. It's known to cause cancer, and it can cause kidney damage and weaken your bones. Among other things, lead targets your respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts, your nervous system, and your kidneys. “I suspect all foods have this stuff,” says Marion Nestle, PhD, who studies and writes about food systems. “When they do test, they find heavy metals in astonishing proportions. It's like with pesticides -- everyone has them.”One obvious solution would be to give up dark chocolate entirely, no matter how many other benefits it offers. But nobody's saying you should cut out all food known to have cadmium or lead. That might backfire.
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