Is their any truth to the viral article that kale poses harmful health risks? Read on to find out!
Kale – Silent Killer Or Seriously Misunderstood?
In an article published by Craftmanship and written by Todd Oppenheimer, alternative health practitioner Ernie Hubbard made a correlation between appearances of a heavy metal called Thallium in his patients’ urine samples to their consumption of kale, forming the hypothesis that consuming high amounts of kale can result in potentially harmful side effects from the consumption of Thallium. The side effects Hubbard noted in his patients were fatigue, hair and skin issues, gluten-sensitivity, foggy thinking, and digestive problems. Since the release of that article, numerous other articles, such as this one published on Mother Jones and this one on First We Feast, perpetuated the idea that kale was toxic and when consumed in high amounts could lead to severe health issues, with the possibility of death.
Now, imagine that, foodies? Death by kale sounds almost laughable, especially when the leafy green is currently in the midst of its most popular decade yet, but with all the articles that have been released in the past week regarding its potential toxicity, it can be easy to get lost in the whirlwind of fact and fiction.
So, can kale really kill you? Is thallium something to be wary of? An article published by Today separates fact from fiction and declares that while thallium may be present in leafy greens (it’s a metal present in soil that gets soaked up by cruciferous vegetables like cauliflower, cabbage and kale), it’s not enough to harm you and studies have yet to find the correlation between thallium and adverse health effects. So, before you freak out over kale, just know that nothing conclusive has been made yet regarding its potential toxicity and that the widely-accepted conclusion is that a healthy diet consists of colorful vegetables such as kale, carrots, root vegetables and other greens.
Read the full article by Today here!
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