• Apples help cleanse the body of heavy metals.apple image by lefebvre_jonathan from Fotolia.com
  
  Part of daily life involves exposure to heavy metals, such as lead, mercury, and aluminum, and many times that exposure leads to the metals accumulating in the body over a long period of time. That buildup can cause many problems, including headaches, fatigue and anemia. There are foods that can reverse the process and cleanse the body of the excess heavy metals, thus providing relief from the ill effects.
  
  

Fruit

• Apples are high in pectin, a fiber that binds itself to heavy metals. Like all fibers, pectin causes the body to expel waste products including heavy metals. Pectin also will remove other toxins while flushing the body of heavy metals. Grapefruit has the same positive effect as apples.
  
  

Flaxseed Oil

• Flaxseed contains essential fatty acids, like Omega 3, which cleanse the body, removing heavy metals. According to Natural Health Restored, it also protects the brain from the buildup of heavy metals because it removes heavy metals from the bloodstream on a regular basis.
  
  

Leafy Green Vegetables

• Leafy green vegetables will cleanse the body and prevent the build-up of heavy metals. Natural Health Restored points out that these vegetables are high in Vitamin C which aids in the heavy metal removal. Among the leafy greens, spinach is a good choice as well as mustard greens.
  
  

Garlic

• According to Natural Health Restored, garlic has sulfur, a substance which will help remove heavy metals. Pacific Prolotherapy points out that only fresh garlic will work, not garlic powder.