Re: Help with Heavy Metal urine reading...Zinc was high

November 18, 2006

> On Nov 18, 2006, at 10:39 AM, Christy Carrasquilla wrote:

>> It also lists RICE MILK as something to test for heavy metals in

>> on this

>> list. Why would there be metals in RICE MILK??

My guess: because those " tetra pack " containers it usually comes in

may have a shiny silver-colored metallic lining (possibly aluminum).

Our family is still stuck on rice milk for cereal and tea, but I've

stopped buying coconut water because of the packaging . . . Toxins

are everywhere! -- Lalita

November 19, 2006

>>High zinc turnover is also

> present in mercury and cadmium toxicity since mercury and cadmium

replace

> zinc ions. "

Most kids are low zinc. If your child is excreting zinc, it might

mean his body is not absorbing it. Were you supplementing in the

weeks before the test?

> So my question is, did taking the Houston enzymes the night before

skew the

> results,

I highly doubt it.

>> or does he really have high levels of zinc. He did take daily

> liquid zinc up to about July of this year,

He might be flushing the excess.

>>If there is mercury, what is the best way to

> test for that? We did hair and it didn't show up.

If you use the DDI hair test, you can use the counting rules

Mercury usually does not show up in the hair, because it is too

tightly bound in the organs and tissues.

> It also lists RICE MILK as something to test for heavy metals in on this

> list. Why would there be metals in RICE MILK??

Usually from the packaging. Can sometimes be in the processing [for

example, soy milk is stored in aluminum vats].

Dana

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