DEUTERIUM IN FOOD

Deuterium gets into your body via the things you eat and drink and also via the humidity in the air you breath. You can’t do much about what you breathe. But here are some facts about the food you eat that can help you consume less deuterium.

• Green plants deplete deuterium – vegetables are deuterium depleted.
• Plants get rid of their deuterium by putting it in their sugar storage – fruits, potatoes, grains, etc. are high in deuterium.
• Nuts are full of fat and protein and not sugar – nuts are deuterium depleted.
• Grass-fed animals are deuterium depleted – grain-fed animals are not.
• Old food is higher in deuterium than young food because it, like us, lose their ability to deplete deuterium with age – young food is healthier to eat.
• The water you drink – rivers, lakes, streams – is high in deuterium – people drink water according to what they eat.
• Fat from plants and grass fed animals is the most deuterium depleted food source. The cell’s of people who eat fat make deuterium depleted water and actually drink much less water than people who don’t eat fat.
• The body makes 1.1 kg of deuterium depleted water for every kg of fat consumed – ancient man likely derived most of his water from fat as many animals still don’t – camels don’t need to drink because they make water from the fat on their backs.