Yellow Bell Peppers for Male Infertility and Lead Poisoning?

Daily supplementation with 1000mg of vitamin C was put to the test to see if it could improve male fertility and lower lead levels.

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Lead series:
Phew! There it is, the 11th of my 11-part video series on lead. If you missed the first 10, here’s the list:
• How the Lead Paint Industry Got Away With It (
• Lead in Drinking Water (
• How the Leaded Gas Industry Got Away With It (
• “Normal” Blood Lead Levels Can Be Toxic (
• The Effects of Low-Level Lead Exposure in Adults (
• How to Lower Lead Levels with Diet: Thiamine, Fiber, Iron, Fat, Fasting? (
• How to Lower Lead Levels with Diet: Breakfast, Whole Grains, Milk, Tofu? (
• Best Foods for Lead Poisoning: Chlorella, Cilantro, Tomatoes, Moringa? (
• Best Food for Lead Poisoning – Garlic (
• Can Vitamin C Help with Lead Poisoning? (

Note there is nothing special about yellow bell peppers (other than the extraordinary vitamin C content!). That was just my attempt to figure a way to imagine some doable way to get 1000mg of vitamin C in whole food form (easier than eating 10 oranges!). Though remember that Parkinson’s video? Peppers & Parkinson’s: The Benefits of Smoking without the Risks? ( So one would expect to get all the benefits of the 1000mg of vitamin C with benefits. Why not just take vitamin C supplements? See my video Do Vitamin C Supplements Prevent Colds but Cause Kidney Stones? (

If hundreds of milligrams day of vitamin C sounds like a lot, check out What is the Optimal Vitamin C intake? (

Then there’s the vitamin C and cancer series I did for anyone interested:
• Intravenous Vitamin C for Terminal Cancer Patients (
• Vitamin C Supplements for Terminal Cancer Patients (
• The Role of Vitamin C in the Treatment of Terminal Cancer (

And finally, more on male fertility here (but nothing like those crazy results in that Texas study):
• Fukushima and Radioactivity in Seafood (
• Male Fertility and Diet (
• The Role of Diet in Declining Sperm Counts (
• Dairy Estrogen and Male Fertility (
• Dietary Pollutants May Affect Testosterone Levels (

For those of you sick of lead, eat garlic! ( 🙂 Seriously, for those of you ready for me to move on to another topic, your wish is my command. Tomorrow it’s The Role of Burger Viruses in Cancer (

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