Good hair testing/adrenal/thyroid/mercury info

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HAIR TESTING

Andy Cutler is a well known authority on mercury toxicity and advises

only oral chelation for mercury chelation (see www.noamalgam.com). He

also advises hair testing to asses mercury and heavy metal toxicity.

The hair test also gives you other important information, but like

others tests it is not always conclusive because:

" Mercury poisoning is difficult to determine; mercury " hides. " Trying

to figure out whether someone has mercury poisoning is not an easy,

direct thing to do. You cannot just test the level of mercury to find

out. That is, one cannot simply test someone's hair, or blood, or

urine, or faeces, and measure how much mercury is there, and go by

that.Why not? The body's tissues are selective about how long they

keep mercury inside themselves. Mercury will stay in some body

tissues (such as the brain and liver) which are very attracted to it,

for a long time. Other tissues (such as blood), will clear out the

mercury pretty quickly. Blood will keep mercury for a few months. The

brain keeps it for a lifetime. Other tissues are in between.At first

(soon after exposure), mercury is present in hair and blood. This

means that soon after someone is poisoned, their blood and hair will

probably show high levels of mercury. But later, in most cases, the

mercury is " hidden " . It is no longer present in the blood or hair or

urine or faeces. If the person is poisoned, it is still present in

other areas (such as the brain) and is still doing damage. For people

who have been exposed to mercury through vaccines (thimerosal) or

through amalgam (dental fillings), the exposure is usually too far in

the past and/or too slow and chronic for mercury to show up in hair

or blood or urine or faeces.THIS IS IMPORTANT: A PERSON WHO IS

MERCURY TOXIC will usually (in most cases) have a NORMAL reading for

mercury on tests of hair or blood or urine or faeces. You cannot go

by that. The most recent edition of many medical textbooks tell

physicians that mercury poisoning cannot be ruled out based on the

urine or blood level of mercury. This is also true for hair levels of

mercury. Only about 1 poisoned person in 10 shows up with a high

level of mercury on these tests. The other 9 poisoned people have

normal readings for mercury.If the reading for mercury is HIGH (red)

on a hair test, this probably indicates the person has mercury

poisoning. On the other hand, if the reading for mercury is normal

(or even very low), this indicates nothing one way or another about

whether the person has mercury poisoning. Mercury can still be

present in the brain and organs, doing lots of damage there, andNOT

be present in the hair. THIS IS VERY COMMON. This info taken from

here...

The hair elements test cannot always detect 'long-ago' mercury

toxicity. It can however give you good readings about the state of

your mineral transport system which can be used to indirectly

determine if you have mercury toxicity. Mercury is the only metal

known to cause deranged mineral transport as described by Andy

Cutler. The mineral transport system is almost ALWAYS defective in

mercury toxicity affecting how your move, use and transport your

minerals. Andy Cutler advises you get DDI Hair Elements analysis and

follow his 'counting rules' to assess your mineral transport

system. " If you want to use " the counting rules " then you need to get

a HAIR ELEMENTS TEST, run through DOCTOR'S DATA INC. Do NOT get

their " hair toxic exposure " test --- it does not include the

essential elements. The essential elements are essential if you want

to use the counting rules " . We advise you to send away for 'The DDI

hair test' to maintain consistency in lab assessment. Since hair

doesn't deteriorate it doesn't need to be refrigerated or sent via

express, but can be posted by registered letter. For more information

see here...

Hair elements tests give you other important information besides

indicating 'deranged mineral transport'. It can give you indication

of how well your metabolism functions. It is highly accurate at

assessing adrenal function, and also thyroid function and

sugar/carbohydrate handling ability. These patterns appear in the

hair long before blood tests can pick them up, making hair testing a

very valuable screening tool. See some examples on our Hair testing

page.

VERY IMPORTANT: Low adrenal and thyroid function are the most

commonly missed problems for mercury toxic people and should ideally

be addressed first. Supporting these glands makes you feel a lot

better and supports chelation.