Where is Lithium acquired naturally for use in the body?

Question

Do we get it from meat or vegetables, or by some other means?

Answer 1

Lithium is a pretty rare element, so I think we only get it in trace amounts from our diet.  Do we need it, except as medication?

Answer 2

seafoods,grains and root vegetables raw and cooked.

http://www.atomic-elements.info/lithium_...

Answer 3

I believe sunlight

Answer 4

Lithium is acquired in tiny amounts from a variety of foods, but it has no real 'natural' role in the body.

Answer 5

It was discovered by an Australian doctor in the 1920s who observed it calmed down lab mice . He then tried it for 3 weeks and his wife nearly killed him for putting his health at risk. He was a psychiatrist and he tried it on an intractable manic patient who returned to normaility within days but who later developed lithium toxicity. Eventually it was possible to measure lithium levels in the body by a technique called ion photometry the same way the measure other metals like Sodium and potassium. This allowed safer dosing, although the therapeutic levels of Lithium are very narrow.To this day they are not sure how Lithium works but the know it interfers with what is called G receptor coupled phosphotidyl inositol metabolism ( recycling of the secondary messenger signal) in someway to dampen down the signal.

From the point of view of trying to acquire it naturally I wouldn't bother as its unpredictable stuff to be dosing yourself with, not to mention the concept of treating yourself for a mood disorder is dangerous. If its psoriasis you're trying to treat its a topical shampoo they use not a dietary supplement