If your hair results show excesses in toxic metals :
Here are some guidelines:
First you want to locate and eliminate the source.
Then use natural chelators listed below to pull them out and also you can use the antagonizing metal. For example if you are way too high in copper you would want to use zinc to help pull that out. Another example would be if you are very high in calcium you could take magnesium.
A knowlegeable Naturapath in your area would beable to help you with this.
Aluminum
Sources:
Soda pop, juice and beer cans
food cooked in aluminum cookware
vaccines
flu shot
anti- perspirants
contaminated drinking water
some baking powders
drying agents in regular salt
bleached flour
fluoridated water increases leaching of aluminum from pots and pans aluminum containing antacids
Natural chelators: Vit C
Arsenic
Sources:
pesticides
beer
table salt
contaminated drinking water
paints
pigments
cosmetics
rat poison
glass and mirror manufacture
fungicides
wood preservatives
Some small amounts of arsenic are needed by our bodies but excesses causes problems
Natural chelators: iodine,selenium, Vit C
Lead
Sources:
leaded gasoline
manufacture of batteries
mine smelting industries
cigarette smoke
food cans soldered with lead
contaminated drinking water
Grecian Formula hair dye
Youth Hair hair dye
lead based paints
coloured inks
ceramic glazes
pesticide residues
lead water pipes
Natural chelators: phosphorus, calcium, chromium, copper, selenium, magnesium, iron, zinc, protein, Vit C and E
Mercury
Sources:
Dental amalgams
tunafish and swordfish
contaminated drinking water
seeds and vegetables treated with mercurial fungicides
some medications: contact lens solutions, directics, Mercurochrome,Merthiolate, Preparation H
Occupational Exposure: felt, algicides, floor waxes, adhesives, fabric softners, manufacture of paper and production of chlorine
Tatoos dyes
Mirrors
latex paints
laxatives containing calomel
cinnabar jewelry
coal burning releases it into the atmosphere
broken thermometers
Fungicides and pesticides are a major source. Used worldwide to treat
grains and seeds. The most common is methyl mercury.
Vaccines and flu shot
Natural Chelators: selenium ( preventive), zinc, Vit C
Please note Butter is the best chelator of mercury. Also Cilantro chelates out toxic metals very well. See our other page for recipe.