Hair Toxins--PLEASE HELP!!!

[Guest guest]

Here are the hair toxic element exposure profile for my son. He is 7

now, but the hair was taken from when he was 18 months old.

POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS

element result ref range color

=============================================

aluminum 52 < 22 red

antimony 0.52 < 0.17 red

arsenic 0.70 < 0.20 red

beryllium < 0.01 < 0.050 no color

bismuth 2.6 < 0.32 red

cadmium 0.90 < 0.70 red

lead 4.3 < 4.0 red

mercury 0.21 < 2.0 green

platinum <0.003 < 0.010 no color

thallium <0.001 < 0.020 no color

thorium <0.001 < 0.010 no color

uranium 0.004 < 0.20 green

nickel 0.67 < 1.0 yellow

silver 0.85 < 0.50 red

tin 0.94 < 0.80 red

titanium 5.5 < 2.0 red

ESSENTIAL AND OTHER ELEMENTS

element result ref range color under/over 50%

============================================================

Calcium N/A --- --- ---

Magnesium N/A --- --- ---

Sodium N/A --- --- ---

Potassium N/A --- --- ---

Copper 19 < 45 GREEN OVER

Zinc 82 < 230 GREEN OVER

Manganese 2.1 < 1.1 RED OVER

Chromium 1.4 < 0.70 RED OVER

Vanadium 0.10 < 0.25 YELLOW OVER

Molybdenum N/A --- --- ---

Boron N/A --- --- ---

Iodine N/A --- --- ---

Lithium N/A --- --- ---

Phosphorus N/A --- --- ---

Selenium 1.2 < 2.7 GREEN OVER

Strontium N/A --- --- ---

Sulfur N/A --- --- ---

Barium 0.89 < 4.0 GREEN OVER

Cobalt 0.035 < 0.10 YELLOW OVER

Iron N/A --- --- ---

Germanium 0.066 < 0.085 YELLOW OVER

Rubidium N/A --- --- ---

Zirconium N/A --- --- ---

The ones that have N/A is because they were not on my DDI sheet. I

am also not sure if I have the over part right on the essential

elements. The only percentile that I could tell by number was the

68th line(green/yellow) and the 95th line(yellow/red). I have no

clue what these mean....Mercury is low, but arsenic and

lead and others are really high. The DAN DR. said that it might be a

retention picture. Does that mean he isn't getting rid of the

mercury like he is supposed to? He was DX at age 3-3.5 as having

mild autism and mild adhd. He attends regular first grade with

speech twice a week. We are doing the GF/CF diet. I can tell a

little difference. We are starting chelating. We have just started

so I won't know something for a while. We also did the morphine

peptide test and it came back low. The low ones were Deltorphin II

and Angiotensin I. Can anyone tell me what this means? I have a

friend that thinks my son's problem is probably with his MT protein.

However, when I look that up, all I read about is high zinc and

copper. My son doesn't have that. I am really confused. If someone

could please explain this to me, I would GREATLY appreciate it!

Thank you and God Bless!

Tammy

[Guest guest]

> aluminum 52 < 22 red

> antimony 0.52 < 0.17 red

> arsenic 0.70 < 0.20 red

> bismuth 2.6 < 0.32 red

> cadmium 0.90 < 0.70 red

> lead 4.3 < 4.0 red

> nickel 0.67 < 1.0 yellow

> silver 0.85 < 0.50 red

> tin 0.94 < 0.80 red

> titanium 5.5 < 2.0 red

Wow, nasty list, isn't it? Consider removing sources, but because of a list

this long, I would start with antimony and lead. Then go to

aluminum, arsenic, and tin. This is only my *opinion* on the order to address

any removals of sources.

http://www.danasview.net/metals.htm

> friend that thinks my son's problem is probably with his MT protein.

> However, when I look that up, all I read about is high zinc and

> copper. My son doesn't have that.

You can consider adding a small amount of zinc and see if you notice any

difference.

Dana

[Guest guest]

--- In , " danasview " <danasview@y...>

wrote:

> --- In , " tammycj24 " <tammycj24@y...>

wrote:

> > aluminum 52 < 22 red

> > antimony 0.52 < 0.17 red

> > arsenic 0.70 < 0.20 red

> > bismuth 2.6 < 0.32 red

> > cadmium 0.90 < 0.70 red

> > lead 4.3 < 4.0 red

> > nickel 0.67 < 1.0 yellow

> > silver 0.85 < 0.50 red

> > tin 0.94 < 0.80 red

> > titanium 5.5 < 2.0 red

>

>

Hello from Iowa-you've got what we've got-lead at 15, cadmium at 7,

arsenic and aluminum 2-3x norm, on and on. From what I've researched,

metallothionein is run by glutathione and takes 3 atoms of zinc for

every toxic one captured. Our copper wasn't high but our zinc was

low, thus the imbalance. calcium and mag were low too. Glutathione

gets depleted when yeast and bacteria go up in the intestines. They

go up in the intestines when sulfates are low. Sulfates are low when

cadmium, chromium and mercury latch on to them in the kidney,

preventing their reabsorption in the renal tubules. Sulfates also

become low when methylation is used up by mercury and other

toxicants, plus our very heavy tyramine diet (soy, cheese, yeast,

etc.) Methylation can become low for several reasons-it is estimated

that about 30% of European descent populations have low functioning

methylene tetrahydrofolate enzyme, so, upping intake of folic or

folinic may help there, take with b-12 as they work together.

Chelating with DMSA has helped but does not cross the blood brain

barrier. Clean out the bottom, then clean out the brain by adding

Alpha Lipoic later. Start with very small amounts and play by ear and

never take either without zinc because zinc is a heavy metal and is

likely to be among the first chelated, as we found out the hard way.

Sources of lead? We thought it was the house, some of it was but it

was more the beef-going to 1/2 organic beef, organic pork, 1/2

organic turkey, organic chicken brought my hair lead from 14.92 to 2,

arsenic from 7 to 2, cadmium from 7 to 2 in 1 year! A vacation eating

store bought chicken and beef found my kids chewing on plastic, wood

and metal again and my kidneys infected again. You see, I had read

that livestock feed was fiercely contaminated with lead, cadmium and

arsenic and poultry with lead, aluminum and arsenic and was

skeptical, until I saw the difference for myself. Processed cheese

flows because aluminum is added, lead can be in dishwashing liquids,

pewter, sidewalk chalk, crayons, car keys, etc. Cadmium in phosphate

fertilizers, aluminum in anti-perspirant (watch for lymphoma, breast

cancer), some baking powders, antacids, lipstick, some table salt!

Arsenic is used in the bleaching of grains (my aunt almost died from

a bad batch). Yes, the lead is still in our house so we buy Vittel

water for its high magnesium, calcium and sulfate content-good

results but still need to chelate. Lead paint? Cover it up-scraping

it is dangerous. Flu shots-still using mercury as a preservative.

Many doctors and hospitals still using mercury and/or aluminum as

preservatives as companies are dumping out old stocks for cheap.

Amalgams- if your methylation is low, as in, many toxic metals, don't

put mercury in your mouth. It is too toxic to be handled without

gloves or to be disposed of but, ahem, is safe in your mouth with all

that acid and chewing? NOT!!! Yes, the yeast and bacteria are

dangerous but they also provide the methyl your body lacks in the

handling of these metals-basically why our livestock requires so many

antibiotics! Get rid of the metals, try to lower exposure, and then

get rid of the bacteria and yeast if they don't eventually go away on

their on-in the meantime, keep them in check. And, a good thing to

those who are overweight-chelation made me lose 40 lbs. in 6 weeks

without trying. the yeast and bacteria went out with the metals. but,

caveat-chelation is not for the squeamish-if you chelate, you are

burdening your liver and kidneys while you do eat-it pays to go on a

hypoallergenic diet while you do it-or, at least a few days within

(esp. grains except rice, corn, wild rice, all dairy,all dry beans

including cocoa and soy, all tropical fruit except kiwi, inc. citrus

& banana, raspberries, less eggs,nuts, and yeast and whatever else

you see wreaking havoc on your health while you do this. Stop a food

in all its forms for 2 weeks, add back in and take notes on your

body's response. You'll find out quickly! I hope this helps-Good luck

to you! ce Anne

[Guest guest]

> Here are the hair toxic element exposure profile for my son. He is 7

> now, but the hair was taken from when he was 18 months old.

I find the list of toxic metals in " red " really pretty scary.

I would personally be CURIOUS as to how many of these would

still show up as high on a hair test now (several years later).

However, I must say that I think there is a problem here with

metals.

I cannot use the counting rules to look for mercury, as there

is not enough information included.

> POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS

> element result ref range color

> =============================================

> aluminum 52 < 22 red

> antimony 0.52 < 0.17 red

> arsenic 0.70 < 0.20 red

> beryllium < 0.01 < 0.050 no color

> bismuth 2.6 < 0.32 red

> cadmium 0.90 < 0.70 red

> lead 4.3 < 4.0 red

> mercury 0.21 < 2.0 green

> platinum <0.003 < 0.010 no color

> thallium <0.001 < 0.020 no color

> thorium <0.001 < 0.010 no color

> uranium 0.004 < 0.20 green

> nickel 0.67 < 1.0 yellow

> silver 0.85 < 0.50 red

> tin 0.94 < 0.80 red

> titanium 5.5 < 2.0 red

>

> ESSENTIAL AND OTHER ELEMENTS

> element result ref range color under/over 50%

> ============================================================

> Calcium N/A --- --- ---

> Magnesium N/A --- --- ---

> Sodium N/A --- --- ---

> Potassium N/A --- --- ---

> Copper 19 < 45 GREEN OVER

> Zinc 82 < 230 GREEN OVER

> Manganese 2.1 < 1.1 RED OVER

> Chromium 1.4 < 0.70 RED OVER

> Vanadium 0.10 < 0.25 YELLOW OVER

> Molybdenum N/A --- --- ---

> Boron N/A --- --- ---

> Iodine N/A --- --- ---

> Lithium N/A --- --- ---

> Phosphorus N/A --- --- ---

> Selenium 1.2 < 2.7 GREEN OVER

> Strontium N/A --- --- ---

> Sulfur N/A --- --- ---

> Barium 0.89 < 4.0 GREEN OVER

> Cobalt 0.035 < 0.10 YELLOW OVER

> Iron N/A --- --- ---

> Germanium 0.066 < 0.085 YELLOW OVER

> Rubidium N/A --- --- ---

> Zirconium N/A --- --- ---

>

>

> The ones that have N/A is because they were not on my DDI sheet.

hum. I wonder if they changed the test? I really don't know.

It doesn't make sense to me. If what you have is the TOXIC

ELEMENTS TEST then I don't think the essential section would

be there at all......maybe you got some other test that is

not either of those, I dunno.

> I

> am also not sure if I have the over part right on the essential

> elements. The only percentile that I could tell by number was the

> 68th line(green/yellow) and the 95th line(yellow/red).

You MAY have a test with a different format. If you want to see

what the format of the tests usually posted is, you can find a

link here that goes to an example on the DDI website, with a

picture of the test results:

http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/HOW_TO_hair_test.html

I have no

> clue what these mean....Mercury is low, but arsenic and

> lead and others are really high. The DAN DR. said that it might be a

> retention picture. Does that mean he isn't getting rid of the

> mercury like he is supposed to?

Please read the file above " how to hair test " . It explains that

people who are mercury toxic do NOT (usually) have high mercury

on hair tests. But, notice that the doctor said it MIGHT

be a retention picture. With a normal reading for mercury

YOU DON " T KNOW. (see how to hair test file.)

Please also note however that high lead, arsenic, aluminum,

etc are PLENTY toxic. Even if your child does NOT have a

mercury retention problem, the other toxics should not

be overlooked.

> He was DX at age 3-3.5 as having

> mild autism and mild adhd. He attends regular first grade with

> speech twice a week. We are doing the GF/CF diet. I can tell a

> little difference. We are starting chelating. We have just started

> so I won't know something for a while. We also did the morphine

> peptide test and it came back low. The low ones were Deltorphin II

> and Angiotensin I. Can anyone tell me what this means? I have a

> friend that thinks my son's problem is probably with his MT protein.

> However, when I look that up, all I read about is high zinc and

> copper. My son doesn't have that. I am really confused. If someone

> could please explain this to me, I would GREATLY appreciate it!

Well, there is a theory that the REASON why " some people "

get poisoned by metals and other people are able to get rid of

them, is something to do with MT protein problem. This may

be correct, but it doesn't change that the people have gotten

metal poisoned. There may be a tiny bit more about MT here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/Glossary.html

Pfeiffer clinic apparently treats metal toxicity by using

some products that are supposed to " correct " the MT problem.

The theory is that then (hopefully) the person will detox

the metals " on their own " . But it is not clear that this

works.

> Thank you and God Bless!

you're welcome.

Moria