Re: will hair test be accurate if supplements have been taken?

[Guest guest]

>

> Hello,

>

> I've ordered a hair test from DirectLabs, but then read in " Amalgam

Illness "

> that results may not be indicative if one has ben taking vitamin

> supplements.

I was taking vitamin supplements for at least 6 years before my hair

test and still met 2 counting rules.

> AC goes on to say that long-haired people should test from

> earlier hair growth.

I believe that was in the case of ambiguous results from tests of the

roots.

> Well, I am long-haired, but I have been taking lots of

> supplements for a long time. Will my test be useless?

It may be very useful and if it is ambiguous you have all that long

hair that you can test in future if you want.

>The last thing i need

> right now is a false negative test, fuel for the skeptics around >me...

>

No need to show any fuel to the skeptics if there is any.

> does anyone know more about this?

>

There's lots more in Andy's " Hair Test Interpretation " book.

There are not very many tests that are absolutely definitive. Tests

must be looked at in the context of the whole patient, symptoms,

history and so on. In the case of mercury poisoning, the DDI hair

test will give you the most clues.

If you remove all amalgams and do a trial of chelation and have side

effects that will confirm toxicity.

J

> thanks,

> NJ

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>

>Well, I am long-haired, but I have been taking lots of

> supplements for a long time. Will my test be useless?

I can just offer my experience, which is that after taking supplements

for years (and chelating) my test still met the counting rules.

It can go either way, hard to predict.

Nell

[Guest guest]

>

>Well, I am long-haired, but I have been taking lots of

> supplements for a long time. Will my test be useless?

I can just offer my experience, which is that after taking supplements

for years (and chelating) my test still met the counting rules.

It can go either way, hard to predict.

Nell

[Guest guest]

>

> There's lots more in Andy's " Hair Test Interpretation " book.

>

> There are not very many tests that are absolutely definitive. Tests

> must be looked at in the context of the whole patient, symptoms,

> history and so on. In the case of mercury poisoning, the DDI hair

> test will give you the most clues.

>

> If you remove all amalgams and do a trial of chelation and have side

> effects that will confirm toxicity.

>

> J

>

Agreeing with J....

I've seen plenty of kids, for example on A-M, who do not meet the counting rules

yet

improve with chelation. The DDI hair test is a tool for interpretation, not a

definitive yes/

no for toxicity.

I usually think of it this way----has the person been exposed to toxic metals?

What are

the symptoms/health problems and could they be caused by the poisoning? Now,

let's

take a look at the hair test and see what info can be gotten from it. Now, do a

trial of

chelation (provided all amalgams are out) and see how that goes. Get busy doing

what

you need to ameliorate symptoms (supplements, treat adrenals, thyroid, etc.).

in Illinois