Heavy Metal Exposure - an underlying cause to chronic illness

 

Do you have unexplained symptoms that just don’t seem to fit into a standard box? 

Have you had past exposure to chemicals or find you are very sensitive to chemicals? 

Heavy metals are naturally found in many areas of our environment, but when we as humans are exposed to them for long periods of time they can accumulate in our bodies and cause issues. 


Minerals in the body need to be balanced - picture them all on either ends of a big see-saw. 

If one mineral becomes too high the one on the other end gets depleted. So no matter how much you try to supplement a mineral that is depleted - if there is a mineral that is in huge excess, the supplement will rarely be of benefit. I see this in classic pictures when clients are trying to see benefits from taking iron, zinc, selenium, iodine etc but are not seeing the numbers go up in their pathology results. If you have toxic mineral overload, it’s going to be very hard to increase these good nutrients without addressing the underlying cause of the deficiency in the first place. 



Common symptoms of heavy metal exposure can include: 

  • Fatigue 

  • Headache / migraine 

  • Sensitivity to smells, light and sound 

  • Insomnia 

  • Brain fog / confusion / memory issues 

  • Muscle weakness 

  • Unexplained gut issues 

  • Metallic taste in the mouth 

  • Tremors 

  • Dizziness

  • Tingling in hands and feet 

  • Burning mouth / tongue 

  • Specifically with amalgam fillings: Bleeding gums, bald patch on tongue, mouth ulcers, burning tongue. 

Heavy metals in the body can include: 

  • Mercury 

  • Lead 

  • Copper 

  • Aluminium

  • Cadmium 

  • Arsenic

  • Nickel 

  • Silver 

  • Tin

Ways these minerals can enter the body can include: 

  • Amalgam fillings 

  • Lead based paint 

  • Cookware 

  • Smoking

  • Pesticides/Fungicides/Herbicides 

  • Hair colouring 

  • Cosmetics 

  • Water contamination 

  • Pipes in houses 

  • Air pollution 

  • Copper IUD use 

  • Contaminated fish and other poor quality farmed seafood

  • Exposure in careers such as: mining, electricians, painters, farming, hairdressers, jewellers. 


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When the body has too many toxic minerals floating around it stores it to try and “put it somewhere”. This is usually stored in the hair which is why I test my patients for heavy metals with a hair test. 


A hair mineral test is the best way to assess this situation. There are many beautiful herbs and nutrients that I use in clinic to treat heavy metal overload in my chelation protocols. 


It is essential to chelate heavy metals in the appropriate way. This usually means at least 3 months of treatment to do it properly and carefully. Mercury has a half life of 2 months in the body so this really shows how careful and slowly chelation and detoxification needs to be done. 


Amalgam filling removal is also essential to the process if they are present. As amalgam fillings get older they start to wear down and can start to leach mercury into the body.

Seeing a holistic dentist is vital for this process to be seamless. There is so much room for exposure to mercury to happen during amalgam removal. Finding the right holistic dentist is one of the best things you can do alongside a proper heavy metal chelation protocol. 

To order the heavy metal test kit and chelation protocol please contact me to organise. 

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