TOXICITY/HEAVY METALS
Terry Chappell, MD
Celebration of Health Association
Bluffton, Ohio
419-358-4627
www.healthcelebration.com
We live in a toxic world and our bodies are a toxic timebomb. Because of pollution and increased toxic chemicals in the environment, we are seeing rapidly rising numbers of cancer, asthma, allergies, autism, attention deficit, autoimmune problems, Alzheimer’s disease and plaque in the arteries, which leads to strokes and heart attacks.
Mold and toxic mold spores are so difficult to get rid of that some buildings become permanently uninhabitable. Until recently medicine has pretty much ignored these important factors that bombard our health. In the future, an assessment of toxicity in the body will become an essential part of routine physicial exams. Simple blood tests for toxic metals rarely show any problem because toxins often do not stay in the blood stream for very long after exposure. Heavy metals, such as lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic, are stored in the fat cells, bone and brain. Thus to detect metal toxicity, one needs to do a challenge test, in which a chelating agent is given and the amount of metals pulled into the urine is measured. Intravenous EDTA is a good general challenge agent, but DMPS is better for mercury (which is found in silver amalgum tooth fillings and many fish).
Looking at a smear of live blood cells, simple liver function tests, and assessing the ability to distinguish various shades of gray with a visual contrast test are other ways to determine how much toxicity is present in an individual patient.
Once detected, there are lots of ways to detoxify, depending on the substances identified (if possible), the degree of poisoning evident, and the preferences of the patient. Antifungals. allergy desensitizations of various kinds, milk thistle, colonic hydrotherapy, oral and intravenous antioxidants, chelation therapy, saunas and vigorous exercise are some of the best.
Posts Tagged ‘toxicity’
Heavy Metal Toxicity Treatment
Friday, November 7th, 2008What Lies Beneath: Toxic Turf Under Our Toes
Thursday, October 16th, 2008What Lies Beneath: Toxic Turf Under Our Toes
Janelle Sorensen
Healthy Child Healthy World
In an effort to recycle the growing waste piles of used tires, manufacturers across the country have begun making artificial turf out of the discarded rubber. They are using scrap tires as crumb rubber in-fill on playing fields, as shredded loose fill around playgrounds, as composite solid playing surfaces, and even as landscaping mulch. While it seems an environmentally-friendly option at face value, there is growing concern over the potential impacts these materials may have on children’s health. Initial research shows potential chemical and heavy metal leaching depending on a wide variety of external factors, like climate, rainwater pH, and usage. Overall, it’s better to be safe than sorry and we should put a moratorium on using recycled tires where our children play until more extensive research has been conducted.
Obesity, Cancer and Toxicity
Thursday, October 9th, 2008(NaturalNews) Many conventional media sources, known collectively as “Mainstream Media,” or MSM, repeat the conventional wisdom of obesity’s causes: sedentary lifestyle and poor nutrition. These factors are irrefutable contributors to the worldwide, growing obesity epidemic. Yet lifestyle and nutrition factors do not tell the whole story. There are much more nuanced and insidiously dangerous implications in the massive increase in obesity: connections to rising cancer rates, and correlations to stored body toxicity. This article illustrates the growing evidence linking this “unholy triad” of obesity, cancer, and toxicity.
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Blood Levels of Mercury Are Related to Diagnosis of Autism: A ReAnalysis of an Inportant Data Set
Saturday, July 12th, 2008Desoto MC, Hitlan RT.
Department of Psychology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614, USA. cathy.desoto@uni.edu
The question of what is leading to the apparent increase in autism is of great importance. Like the link between aspirin and heart attack, even a small effect can have major health implications. If there is any link between autism and mercury, it is absolutely crucial that the first reports of the question are not falsely stating that no link occurs. We have reanalyzed the data set originally reported by Ip et al. in 2004 and have found that the original p value was in error and that a significant relation does exist between the blood levels of mercury and diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder. Moreover, the hair sample analysis results offer some support for the idea that persons with autism may be less efficient and more variable at eliminating mercury from the blood.
PMID: 18006963 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (more…)
