With the amount
of nuclear power plants and radiation leakage nowadays, we must turn
to natural remedies for radiation exposure. These remedies will help
protect our bodies from the nasty side effects of radiation
exposure, ranging from headaches, fatigue, nausea and cancer (to
name a few).
You might recognize the name Fukushima – just a couple years ago, a
massive tsunami hit the nuclear power plants on Fukushima’s coast,
which led to major radioactive leaks into the atmosphere and ocean.
The government, and regulation authorities told the public “not to
worry,” and that the levels of radiation were not harmful well, they
were wrong.
Just a few weeks ago, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority raised
the rating of radioactive water leak from the Fukushima nuclear
power plant to Level 3, making this incident much more serious than
previously imagined (on an international scale of radioactivity).
They upgraded the level from Level 1 (which was initially assigned
to a leak of 300 tons of radiation-contaminated water from a tank at
the Fukushima plant).
This level of radiation, now labelled as “serious threat” (level 0
being no threat to level 7 being the highest threat) should be taken
into consideration, especially when it comes to diet. There are many
harmful effects of radiation, and many of them go unnoticed in the
body. Even over time, a low level of radiation exposure can lead to
major digestive imbalances, blood alterations and destruction of
tissue and organ systems at a cellular level. Symptoms may include
things such as fatigue, headaches, nausea, scalp issues, and
dry/itchy skin in more extreme cases (aka. if you lived in
Fukushima, or within a couple mile radius of the disaster), symptoms
may include mood changes, memory problems, brain damage, attention
disorders and slowed information processing and psychomotor
abilities.
In particular, our circulatory and reproductive systems are
incredibly sensitive to any level of radiation the effect is reduced
blood lymphocytes which can lead to higher incidence of body
infections (also known as “mild radiation sickness”) symptoms are
often flu-like and can increase your likelihood of developing
cancers of the blood (leukaemia and lymphoma) in the future.
Long-term radiation exposure can affect our reproductive system,
leading to birth defects and still-births (as well as infertility).
