Heavy Metal Results Back

Hey Dave!

Bentonite clay is great for binding heavy metals - just make sure to drink PLENTY of water to balance a tendency for constipation.

Also, there is some debate on the validity of ionic foot baths. I've done one 2-3 times and I had a pretty strong detox reaction. I felt weak and had mild herxing and I even cried. (Sometimes I'm an emotional herxer haha :p) The foot baths are supposed to be especially helpful in eliminating heavy metals. That may be more difficult to access though, my friend has a machine.

I have also heard that Zeolite can help with heavy metals but I haven't learned much about it.

I'm sure the clay works different for everyone - I had such a bad herx when I started Buhner's protocol I couldn't get out of bed. I took a teaspoon of clay and when I woke up the next morning it was like it never happened, I did 3 loads of laundry and cleaned the whole kitchen.

Very early on in my treatment, 3-4 years ago I did a heavy metal chelation and it made me incredibly sick (in an effective way.)

To be honest everything was such a blur back then I can't offer too much insight there but have you looked into chelation vs. just using binders?

Please do be sure to check on which binders work for binding heavy metals. Not to argue, but I haven't read much about those things really working to detox heavy metals. The things I have read have said to use chlorella and/or parsley, and cilantro.

Chelation can be very hard on an already sick body, so do be careful. My practitioner had planned on me doing chelation, but wanted to hold off because I was so sick and weak to begin with. So once I felt more stabilized, I started using the parsley and cilantro in my morning smoothies for a few months, but the time my practitioner had determined that I was strong enough to be able to handle chelation, I no longer needed it.

Thanks Trav and Jasp . I will check with her, however, I am confident my body is ready for chelation. She used to do IV chelation I believe but after a while she was losing money and found out that brown algae works very well. Which I think she may be using. I used to also use parsley/cilantro for a little bit but can definitely include them. I do not have any mercury fillings but I do have a permanent metal retainer which I need to have removed. I am also having to get all 4 wisdom teeth removed soon..YIKES! hahaha.

As for the ion foot baths, I have heard mixed reviews, some say the color change is due to the metal ion plates reacting wit the water, some say it is your body detoxing. I am not sure, but my TrueRife machine has ion foot baths which I use every other day, I can tell you that for a while, the water was a dark black, brown color, now it has changed to more of a caramel/brown. Not sure if that is my body getting rid of crap or not.