One of the biggest health problems our modern society faces is heavy metal toxicity. Many people I talk to have absolutely no idea what heavy metal toxicity is or how it affects us, but they should. There are 16 different heavy metals that are most commonly found in the environment: aluminum, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, copper, gold, iron, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, silver, titanium, and zinc. People can be exposed to heavy metals in all sorts of ways. One of the most common sources of heavy metal exposure is dental materials and the metal fillings that were commonly used 30 years ago. Nickel-gold alloys are still used today, and these can release heavy metals into a person’s body to varying degrees, depending on how old the gold fillings are.

Therapies used at Triad Of Health Family Healing Center can help “neutralize amalgams” used in dental materials. For those older than 38, this is an especially important process that can be a life-saver. In our office, we use a process called Photomagnetic Amalgam Neutralization. Mercury and other dental materials can permeate the tooth and jaw, and even after the fillings are removed, residual materials remain. The Photomagnetic Amalgam Neutralization procedure specifically targets mercury and other metals found in dental amalgams. Other procedures are required for infections or reactions to non-metallic dental materials.

Disharmonization is the loss of resilience to a specific stressor, such as an allergen, pathogen, pollutant, toxin, or thought. Disharmonization may result in aberrant physiology contributing to symptoms and/or pathologies. There are various reasons for disharmony. The electromagnetic field around the body can not only be scientifically measured but also photographed. This photography of the electromagnetic field is called Kirlian photography. There are also new medical specialists called Kirlian diagnosticians. Many major medical centers have them on staff. They are usually master acupuncturists, and many have gone to Heidelberg, Germany, for training in reading and analyzing the magnetic field for diagnostic purposes. Most of this information comes directly from Total Body Modification.

Heavy metal toxicity is well known to be implicated in diseases such as heart disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and other chronic diseases. Heavy metal poisoning is very common and very serious. It is one of the major causes of degenerative diseases. Our daily life constantly exposes us to heavy metal toxicity. Patients who experience heavy metal toxicity often have the problem recur repeatedly.

The most common causes of heavy metal toxicity include a history of low water intake, vegetarianism/veganism, and hypochlorhydria (often associated with vegetarianism). Common exposures include cooking utensils, dinnerware, dental work, and simply living on planet Earth. Heavy metals are not new, and our bodies have the ability to detoxify them. The major metals found in dishes and cookware are lead, copper, cadmium, and nickel. It’s best to use Pyrex, Corelle, or glass when eating/cooking. Avoid aluminum pans and aluminum foil for cooking. Cast iron pans may not necessarily be the best choice, but a good holistic doctor can help guide you. Teflon might be okay if it is not scratched, worn, or chipped, but personally, I do not trust Teflon. It’s best to use stainless steel with no aluminum or copper inserts. All cookware will leach into food, so only cook with materials you don’t mind ingesting.

At Triad Of Health Family Healing Center, it is not uncommon to find patients who need to detoxify from 3, 4, 5, or even more heavy metals. In fact, some patients will have all the heavy metals we test for, though this is unusual. It takes approximately 4 to 7 weeks for the body to eliminate each heavy metal, so the more heavy metals, the longer the process. When we find that our patients have lead poisoning, it is almost certain that one or more other metals will also be present.

During heavy metal detoxification, patients may feel much better for a brief period and then worse again. This is called a “healing crisis.” Please refer to our separate blog post on “healing crisis.” When patients experience these ups and downs, it can be discouraging for both the patient and the doctor, but it is part of the process of removing all the metals from the body.

It is important for those detoxifying from heavy metals to realize that they may not be mentally or physically alert enough to operate automobiles or heavy machinery for 24 to 36 hours after detoxification begins. Patients should also be aware that they may experience mild to severe depression and even feel suicidal at times during detoxification. This is normal during heavy metal detox. For patients who live alone, special arrangements may be necessary when detoxifying from lead, mercury, tin, and aluminum.

Barium, sulfur, titanium, and other toxic heavy metals have been found in chemtrails, also known as contrails. These are not just condensation trails from airplanes. Many of the trails we see in the sky from airplanes contain various toxic chemicals. It is rumored that these heavy metals, like titanium, aluminum, and barium, are being used to reflect sunlight to cool the earth and decrease global warming. This “geo-engineering” has been going on since the 1960s, but it has led to many problems, including plant life degradation, deforestation, and the dry land seen in California, which has contributed to countless wildfires.

The patients who experience the least side effects from heavy metal detoxification are those who eat lots of red meat and drink plenty of spring water. Sometimes sulfur-containing nutritional supplements can help. Some of these nutrients include cysteine, methionine, cystine, and taurine. It can also be helpful to eat garlic, onions, egg yolks, fresh kale, cilantro, parsley, legumes, fresh green vegetables, and beets. However, recommendations should be tailored to each individual. Cysteine, cystine, and glutamine are precursors, aided by vitamin C, selenium, and the antioxidant glutathione. Reduced glutathione may also be taken as a supplement under a doctor’s supervision. Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and kale can also be quite helpful.

SILVER/LEAD

Silver and lead veins run through the earth. They are toxic to sleep near or otherwise linger over (not altogether unlike naturally occurring radon gas). It may be the reason that you’re feeling sick. Many health-oriented people have been told that if they go to the health food store and purchase colloidal silver and take it as directed, they can rid themselves of various bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. This is true. In fact, it has been substantiated to get rid of more than 200 different pathogens. However, it is a Catch-22. While it is true that the colloidal silver gets rid of all these pathogens, it poisons you while doing so. It is believed that the cause of the fall of the Roman Empire was partly due to poisoning from the silver in the mugs that they used to drink out of. Many of the Romans went crazy, and their lips turned blue from silver poisoning. Common sources of silver poisoning in modern times are also dental fillings and jewelry. Lead used to be present in pencils prior to 1978. Lead can also be found in car exhaust, paint, plumbing, canned foods, hair dyes, newsprint, and tap water. In fact, San Francisco tap water has

always had some of the highest levels of lead in the entire country.

ALUMINUM

Anyone with Alzheimer’s disease should be screened for aluminum. Aluminum tends to freeze or irritate nerve endings, producing spasm and contracture. Detoxification can cause flu-like symptoms with kidney pain as in cadmium detoxification, and mental confusion as in advanced Alzheimer’s.

SOURCES OF ALUMINUM

Cooking utensils, antacids, baking powders, antiperspirants, some soft water, aluminum foils, and processed foods containing aluminum, some canned beverages (table salt, individually wrapped cheese slices).

NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT THAT MAY BE INDICATED

Vitamin C in high doses of usually 6 to 12 grams, calcium, magnesium, B6. (The vitamin C acts as a binding agent).

Aluminum appears to deposit in and around the spinal cord.

ARSENIC

People don’t realize how common arsenic toxicity is. Arsenic produces a generalized toxicity involving the digestive system. Detoxification can cause severe headaches. There can be involvement of the fourth ventricle of the brain. This means that the cerebrospinal fluid will be affected. Arsenic and lead seem to pair up quite frequently.

SOURCES

Cooking utensils, dishes, pesticides, wire, tobacco smoke, household laundry aids (absorbed through the skin), beer, table salt, agar, colored chalk, seafood, and industrial exposure in the metal, paint, dye, cosmetic, and insecticide industries, some supplements including kelp, dolomite, and bone meal. Some pine needles tend to concentrate arsenic and can transmit it to those handling the pine needles.

NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT

Selenium, sulfur-bearing amino acids, ascorbic acid, and tocopherols. The selenium is a binding agent.

LEAD

Lead can be the most difficult heavy metal to detoxify. But, as you might have guessed, at Triad Of Health Family Healing Center, we have no trouble helping people with this nasty substance. Lead usually has an emotional component that comes with its detoxification. There is a relationship between holding onto something emotional in the past and holding onto lead in the body. Failing to deal with the emotional component first can stop the detoxification process. The doctor must handle this component first. THIS IS HUGELY IMPORTANT. And furthermore, it is missed by most healthcare practitioners due to their lack of training in being able to help with emotional imbalances. Lead will mimic multiple sclerosis. Anyone with a diagnosis of MS should be screened for lead. The binding agents for lead are vitamin C and calcium.

SOURCES

Dinnerware, cooking utensils, auto exhaust, or topical exposure to leaded gasoline. Calcium supplements such as bone meal and dolomite frequently contain lead since lead is deposited in bone tissue. Colloidal mineral supplements may have high heavy metal content. For example, one such company that sells these trace mineral supplements sources them from a large inland sea here in the United States. Certain cosmetics and foods that have been contaminated by insecticides, fertilizers, and atmospheric pollutants are also sources of lead. Polluted water, lead-glazed pottery, lead-lined storage containers, “tin” cans soldered with lead solder, canned tuna, and marijuana all may contain lead.

Formaldehyde is an activator for lead. Morticians habitually have lead toxicity because of the formaldehyde. Other toxic sources include chemically aged beer, cosmetics, carpeting, drapes, particle board, glues, and car interiors.

Formaldehyde is the most common toxic chemical to which we are exposed.

NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT

Calcium (dolomite is limestone, and it is a terrible source of calcium because it may contain lead), vitamin C, pectin, cysteine, methionine, cystine, ascorbic acid, the tocopherols (vitamin E), iron if indicated, B complex vitamins, chromium, and algin. Some binding agents for lead are vitamin C and calcium. Garlic may reduce blood lead levels in key organs such as the kidneys and liver. Garlic may also help to improve balanced blood sugar and the biochemical pathways that support balanced blood sugar. There is some research showing that garlic may also be neuroprotective against lead-induced brain damage. This range of effects is probably due to a range of sulfur-based compounds including methionine that play a key role in the synthesis of amino acids and antioxidants such as glutathione. However, significant human studies are needed to demonstrate the applicability of the animal test results to humans. Some studies indicate that fresh garlic may be more effective than garlic capsules, but again, more research is needed to know for sure. It might be noted that odorless garlic does not necessarily reduce the effectiveness of the garlic substance. We have the sources of all of this research in the office if you happen to need it before, during, or after a treatment session.

It is common for multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, and ALS to be misdiagnosed when they are actually the results of heavy metal toxicity due to lead and/or arsenic.

MERCURY

In a similar way to how lead is difficult to detoxify from the body, mercury is also very difficult to detoxify. Detoxification will typically take 4 to 7 weeks.

SOURCES

Dental fillings, shellfish, tuna, plastics, ointments, printer’s ink, some water-based paints, organomercurial pesticides with fungicides, grains and seeds treated with methyl mercury, water-based house paints, chlorine bleaches, contaminated fish, and cosmetics.

NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT

Selenium, sulfur-bearing amino acids (cysteine, cystine, and methionine), pectin, vitamin C, and the tocopherols. Binding agents for mercury are selenium and sometimes other substances will bind as well.

COPPER

Copper causes irritation to the digestive tract resulting in nausea and indigestion. Nausea can be prolonged and severe when detoxifying, and it may be accompanied by vomiting. Pathognomonic signs experienced by the patient are: patients can only sit small amounts of water. Detoxification takes 3 to 4 weeks.

SOURCES

Copper plumbing, copper-bottom stainless steel pans, dishes, swimming or bathing in a pool or hot tub where copper compounds are used as algicides. Teflon seems to block the effect of copper, but it may lead to cadmium poisoning.

NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT

Zinc, sulfur-bearing amino acids such as those contained in eggs, onions, and garlic, vitamin C, iron, bioflavonoids, and pectin. Binding agents are zinc, and sometimes selenium and chromium. The use of zinc must be carefully controlled because otherwise, it will deplete and imbalance other needed minerals.

CADMIUM

Cadmium is easily detoxified. Detoxification symptoms can be flu-like with generalized back pain or kidney pain. Cadmium will destroy the kidneys eventually, resulting in hypertension. Detoxification takes 3-5 weeks.

SOURCES

Dishes, cooking utensils (especially Teflon-coated). It is present in measurable amounts in virtually all foods and beverages but is highest in seafoods (especially shellfish), teas, and cigarette smoke. Additional sources are paints, pigments, some drinking water, galvanized pipes, batteries, auto exhaust, industrial smoke and wastes, some natural supplements such as dolomite and bone meal, and marijuana.

NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT

Zinc, eggs, onions, garlic, selenium, manganese, calcium, vitamin C, and sulfur-bearing amino acids. Zinc is the binding agent.

NICKEL

Detoxification mimics a mild case of flu. Sites of infection seem to be a focus of nickel toxicity. Detoxification takes 2 to 3 weeks.

SOURCES

Dishes, cooking utensils, nickel mining, batteries, ceramics, ink. Nickel can be found in spark plugs, jewelry, and various rubber materials. Nickel coins have some nickel in them as well. Nickel is used to harden stainless steel, gold, and amalgam.

NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT

Vitamin C, sulfur-bearing amino acids, pectin, and the tocopherols (Vitamin E). The binding agent for nickel is vitamin C.

ZINC

Zinc affects the nervous system, causing peripheral neuritis and a sensation of bugs crawling on the skin. Calcium is the binding agent for zinc.

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