Hair Test Results

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Hello Group,

I have been following the group in the background, read Andy Cutler's books on

chelation and hair analysis, and finally gotten a DDI hair test. I posted it

below and would appreciate commentary. I wish I knew how to send it as a link

because it is easier to read in graph form.

It does not meet counting rules. That may be because over the past 15 years of

being severely chemically sensitive, I've done most every form of detoxification

and supplementation, which has balanced out an otherwise unbalanced system. My

HG exposures are also long past, with amalgams removed at 29 years old (I'm now

44).

I'm suspicious of a lurking mercury problem, though, because of past history

(vaccinations, amalgams, playing with broken thermometer mercury as a child,

working in Biochemistry labs) and present health status (MCS). My thought is to

go ahead with chelation despite the hair results. I've done a few rounds and

always feel better ON round than OFF. Is that an indication of metal toxicity?

I put a few specific questions after the test results and would appreciate if

anyone has input on them.

POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS

element result ref range color

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aluminum 16 < 7.0 yellow

antimony 0.039 < 0.050 green

arsenic 0.067 < 0.060 yellow

beryllium < 0.01 < 0.020 no-line

bismuth 0.019 < 0.10 green

cadmium 0.051 < 0.10 green

lead 1.0 < 1.0 green/yellow edge

mercury 0.10 < 1.1 green

platinum < 0.003 < 0.005 no-line

thallium < 0.001 < 0.010 no-line

thorium 0.001 < 0.005 green

uranium 0.002 < 0.060 green

nickel 0.07 < o.40 green

silver 0.11 < 0.15 green

tin 0.12 < 0.30 green

titanium 0.53 < 1.0 green

ESSENTIAL AND OTHER ELEMENTS

element result ref range color under/over 50%

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Calcium 73 300 - 1200 red below

Magnesium 7 35 - 120 red below

Sodium 32 12 - 90 green below

Potassium 13 8 - 38 green below

Copper 21 12 - 35 green above

Zinc 130 140 - 220 yellow below

Manganese 0.35 0.15 - 0.65 green above

Chromium 0.65 0.20 - 0.40 yellow above

Vanadium 0.82 0.018 - 0.065 yellow above

Molybdenum 0.054 0.028 - 0.056 green above

Boron 0.55 0.30 - 2.0 green below

Iodine 0.48 0.25 - 1.3 green below

Lithium 0.008 0.007 - 0.023 green below

Phosphorus 163 160 - 250 green below

Selenium 1.1 0.95 - 1.7 green below

Strontium 0.21 0.50 - 7.6 yellow below

Sulfur 49100 44500 - 52000 green above

Barium 0.29 0.26 - 3.0 green below

Cobalt 0.007 0.013 - 0.050 red below

Iron 18 5.4 - 14 yellow above

Germanium 0.032 0.045 - 0.065 yellow below

Rubidium 0.027 0.007 - 0.096 white above

Zirconium 0.027 0.020 - 0.42 green below

Aluminum being in the high yellow range is odd since I have not had any known

exposures for years. (no aluminum baking powder, canned foods/drinks,

deodorants, cooking or storing containers, etc.) Why would my body levels stay

elevated?

The arsenic in the low yellow range is odd too. Pesticides are the main source

and I've been eating organic for a long time and never go near buildings that

have been exterminated because I get neurologically impaired. Again, why would

body levels stay elevated?

The red zone low calcium and magnesium is striking. I take supplementary

calcium (1000 mg/day) and magnesium (500 mg/ day). I rarely eat diary's. It

seems like if it were an assimilation problem, other minerals would be generally

low. Any ideas what would cause low CA/MG? I do exercise intensively (cycling

170 miles a week) and maybe that has an effect on what is left to show up in the

hair.

Is it a good idea to supplement for elements that show up in the low yellow or

red zone (zinc, strontium, cobalt, germanium)?

I have been following the group posts with interest and would appreciate any

input you might have on my particular case.

Thanks

H.