(CNN) Janelle Monáe has talked about how she tries to live a healthy lifestyle, including her diet. In an interview with The Cut, the singer and actress revealed that she is recovering from mercury poisoning which she attributed to her diet. A pescatarian diet resembles a vegetarian diet while allowing for the consumption of fish and seafood. Permanent damage to the brain has been shown to occur from exposure to sufficiently high levels of metallic mercury," the site states. "The kidneys are also sensitive to the effects of mercury, because mercury accumulates in the kidneys and causes higher exposures to these tissues, and thus more damage."

Source: CNN February 06, 2020 13:07 UTC