Is this copper AND mercury toxicity?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

This is my first post, but I've been reading the list for quite

awhile. My son's DDI hair test meets all 3 of the counting rules. 12

inside the green band, 6 yellow and 5 red. Copper is 100, rr 10-30,

zinc 210 rr 130-200. I've increased his zinc supplement from 60 mg to

about 90 mg/day for the past month. (Was this the right thing to do?)

I did not use NAC, though. I just had the DDI packed RBC elements

test done. Will that tell me if I got the copper down? Is there

anything else I should test for right now? I wanted to begin

chelation as soon as school is out. I have " Amalgam Illness " and just

wondered if I am missing anything. My son is 14, only about 95 lbs.

and had severe ADHD. The gfcf diet helped alot. His lithium, sodium

and potassium were also extremely low on the hair test. Thank you

all, for all I've learned so far, and for any advice you can give. Am

I correct to think that these results indicate Mercury AND copper?

Judy

[Guest guest]

> Hi,

>

> This is my first post, but I've been reading the list for quite

> awhile. My son's DDI hair test meets all 3 of the counting rules.

12

> inside the green band, 6 yellow and 5 red. Copper is 100, rr 10-30,

> zinc 210 rr 130-200. I've increased his zinc supplement from 60 mg

to

> about 90 mg/day for the past month. (Was this the right thing to

do?)

> I did not use NAC, though. I just had the DDI packed RBC elements

> test done. Will that tell me if I got the copper down? Is there

> anything else I should test for right now? I wanted to begin

> chelation as soon as school is out. I have " Amalgam Illness " and

just

> wondered if I am missing anything.

72% of mercury, >80% of copper, and a lot of zinc are excreted in the

bile (from the liver) in normal individuals. People who don't make

enough bile for whatever reason have their body levels of all these

things go up.

This might be something to check into.

Things like milk thistle extract, taurine, glycine and lecithin

promote healthy levels of bile flow.

> My son is 14, only about 95 lbs.

> and had severe ADHD. The gfcf diet helped alot. His lithium,

sodium

> and potassium were also extremely low on the hair test. Thank you

> all, for all I've learned so far, and for any advice you can give.

Am

> I correct to think that these results indicate Mercury AND copper?