Re: DDI hair test abnormalities - need feedback

[Guest guest]

what supplements are yout aking?

> Hi,

>

> I posed these questions twice to the Autism-Mercury list but didn't

get any

> replies - can anyone here address either of these issues?

>

> My DDI hair test doesn't meet any of the

> counting rules for mercury toxicity, however I've been supplementing

> minerals for many, many months now, so I'm not sure if that affected

> the hair mineral content or not.

>

> However, there are several abnormalities that I'd like to

understand.

> Calcium was at the 84th percentile and zinc was just about touching

> 100. URANIUM was also around the 87th percentile! Does this

indicate that my

> *cells* are high in these minerals/metal or that they are LOW

because I'm

> excreting them rather than holding on

> to them? I'm not clear on this issue.

>

> Also, boron, cobalt, germanium, rubidium and vanadium were all quite

> low. Is this suggestive that I don't have enough of these in my diet

> and cells? Or does this not tell me much about the status of these

> things in my diet or body?

>

> Suze

>

>

> Suze Fisher

> Lapdog Design, Inc.

> Web Design & Development

> http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg

> Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

> http://www.westonaprice.org

>

> ----------------------------

> " The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol

cause

> heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times. " -

-

> Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at

Vanderbilt

> University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher.

>

> The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics

> <http://www.thincs.org>

> ----------------------------

>

> >

[Guest guest]

It seems that for most minerals, the results are pretty

straightforward-- low levels often signify low body stores, high

levels of most elements usually signify high body levels. Exceptions

of elevated hair levels of calcium, magnesium and zinc have been

found to correlate strongly with an improper handling of these

elelments by the body-creating an effective deficiency. For some

reason (mercury?) these minerals get concentrated in the hair when

body stores are low. This would explain Andy's skewed mineral

transport theory for determining chronic mercury poisoning.

It could be that since you have been supplementing some minerals it

could have affected your test results. I believe I am still mercury

poisoned but my latest hair tests are very improved since chelating

and supplementing. They don't meet the counting rules.

Uranium is a toxic element and if it shows high, I think that means

your body level is high and you are excreting some of it. Sometimes,

with essential minerals, we may be supposedly getting enough through

diet and/or supplements but we may not be absorbing them. It might

help to take extra for essentials that you're low in to try to

correct this.

Do you have Andy Cutler's book? All of this is really complicated and

I found his book to be very helpful in trying to sort a lot of this

stuff out. I believe the most important point he emphasizes is

chelation in order to get well and not spend too much time and effort

trying to normalize test results.

Best Wishes!

Kim O.

-- In frequent-dose-chelation , " Suze Fisher "

<s.fisher22@v...> wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I posed these questions twice to the Autism-Mercury list but didn't

get any

> replies - can anyone here address either of these issues?

>

> My DDI hair test doesn't meet any of the

> counting rules for mercury toxicity, however I've been supplementing

> minerals for many, many months now, so I'm not sure if that affected

> the hair mineral content or not.

>

> However, there are several abnormalities that I'd like to

understand.

> Calcium was at the 84th percentile and zinc was just about touching

> 100. URANIUM was also around the 87th percentile! Does this

indicate that my

> *cells* are high in these minerals/metal or that they are LOW

because I'm

> excreting them rather than holding on

> to them? I'm not clear on this issue.

>

> Also, boron, cobalt, germanium, rubidium and vanadium were all quite

> low. Is this suggestive that I don't have enough of these in my diet

> and cells? Or does this not tell me much about the status of these

> things in my diet or body?

>

> Suze

>

>

> Suze Fisher

> Lapdog Design, Inc.

> Web Design & Development

> http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg

> Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

> http://www.westonaprice.org

>

> ----------------------------

> " The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol

cause

> heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times. " -

-

> Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at

Vanderbilt

> University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher.

>

> The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics

> <http://www.thincs.org>

> ----------------------------

>

> >

[Guest guest]

> I believe I am still mercury

> >poisoned but my latest hair tests are very improved since chelating

> >and supplementing. They don't meet the counting rules.

>

> Did they previously? Are you using Andy's protocol?

>

The first hair test I did was Body Balance from Great Smokies Lab.

This was after I had only one of my amalagams replaced with a

composite crown 3 months prior to the test. I had 6 out of 11

essentials out of range either high or low. Out of 9 toxics, I had

only one thing out of reference and it was mercury. The reference

range for mercury was listed as 0-1, and mine was 1.20. I have used

Doctor's Data for my last two hair tests. I've done five altogether.

None of my hair tests have fit the counting rules perfectly, but I

believe myself to have been seriously, chronically mercury poisoned

from other things and symptoms.

I've been using Andy's protocol for almost 2 1/2 years. I've improved

alot but am still ill. I have low free T3(the active form of thyroid

hormone) and have been experimenting with prescription T3 to try to

help myself. My new doctor put me on T3 sustained release 7.5mcg one

dose a day. I think it's been making me feel worse, although I felt

better when I first took it. I've been looking into 's Syndrome

for answers. It seems that if a person doesn't keep a steady supply

of T3 they can actually feel worse. I started taking the dose every

12 hours and it seems better. I am going back to seem my old doctor

this week.

Kim O.

>

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi,

my hair test was totally negative..

my urine tests were totally postitive... so were the faecal mercury by Drs.

Data. Labs.. note both these were done under provocation... using DMSA

without the DMSA they were negative..

I think some people just do not excrete via the hair.. and that makes this

way of testing unreliable for some.

jane

Re: DDI hair test abnormalities - need

feedback

>

> > I believe I am still mercury

> > >poisoned but my latest hair tests are very improved since chelating

> > >and supplementing. They don't meet the counting rules.

> >

> > Did they previously? Are you using Andy's protocol?

> >

>

>

> The first hair test I did was Body Balance from Great Smokies Lab.

> This was after I had only one of my amalagams replaced with a

> composite crown 3 months prior to the test. I had 6 out of 11

> essentials out of range either high or low. Out of 9 toxics, I had

> only one thing out of reference and it was mercury. The reference

> range for mercury was listed as 0-1, and mine was 1.20. I have used

> Doctor's Data for my last two hair tests. I've done five altogether.

> None of my hair tests have fit the counting rules perfectly, but I

> believe myself to have been seriously, chronically mercury poisoned

> from other things and symptoms.

>

> I've been using Andy's protocol for almost 2 1/2 years. I've improved

> alot but am still ill. I have low free T3(the active form of thyroid

> hormone) and have been experimenting with prescription T3 to try to

> help myself. My new doctor put me on T3 sustained release 7.5mcg one

> dose a day. I think it's been making me feel worse, although I felt

> better when I first took it. I've been looking into 's Syndrome

> for answers. It seems that if a person doesn't keep a steady supply

> of T3 they can actually feel worse. I started taking the dose every

> 12 hours and it seems better. I am going back to seem my old doctor

> this week.

>

>

> Kim O.

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[Guest guest]

thats too broad. brands, forms and amounts or you will just go in

circles.

> > Re: DDI hair test

abnormalities -

> >need feedback

> >

> >

> >what supplements are yout aking?

> >

>

> Multi vit/mineral

> calcium/magnesium

> cod liver oil

> grape seed extract

> milk thistle

> iodine

> vit E

> Primal Defense

> Tocotrienols/co-q10

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>

> Suze Fisher

> Lapdog Design, Inc.

> Web Design & Development

> http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg

> Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

> http://www.westonaprice.org

>

> ----------------------------

> " The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol

cause

> heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times. " -

-

> Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at

Vanderbilt

> University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher.

>

> The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics

> <http://www.thincs.org>

> ----------------------------

>

>

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