Did You Know?
. . . that nickel does not accumulate in the body? It's a Natural Nickel Fact
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Nickel Magazine, November, 2005 -- Some chemicals – organic and inorganic – are known to accumulate in the human body. Breast milk, bones, different organs, body fat: all become home to a variety of chemicals.
For nickel, the scientific data shows that nickel will preferentially show up in some organs.
This nickel does not accumulate, however. A dose of nickel taken into the body will begin to be expelled within a few hours and the majority will be gone in 24 hours.
As you’ve probably already learned in previous "Did You Know?" cartoons, nickel is understood to be an essential element in the metabolism of plants and is suspected to be essential for humans as well, although in very small amounts.
Conventional diets will provide between 150 to 250 micrograms of nickel per day, several multiples more
than the 25 to 35 micrograms that the body appears to need.
Diets that emphasize peas, beans, grains, nuts and (especially!) chocolate might yield as much as 900
micrograms per day.
The other important source of nickel comes from drinking water.
Although the levels are relatively low (averages run between 5 and 20 micrograms) the nickel is more likely
to be available to the body because it isn’t, as with foods, bound to different organic compounds.
 Following, is a list of links to web pages, managed by the Nickel Institute, that provide more in-depth
information on the role of nickel in human health: |
