Re: very high cobalt - .

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- here's my take on your hair test ...

1 red.

4 high + a couple on the border.

7 outside of the green zone.

That's an all low pattern.

Mercury is pretty low.

That looks like a high chance of mercury to me.

Na/K fine.

K/Ca = .018, low.

TEST THYROID.

Na/Mg = .4, low ==> Not enough adrenaline.

The following can improve mood & energy:

Give Tyrosine/Phenylalanine

(red meat or supplement)

Give mehtylation support:

TMG (.5-2g early in day),

Folic or Folinic acid (.4-1.2mg, 4x/d) &

B12 (several mg/d)

The combo is avail as Jarrow's " Homocysteine PF "

NB! Too much methl donors can cause anger,

aggression and lack of motivation.

Try B6.

Re B6 - It doesn't agree with everyone.

Try 100-250mg 3-4x/d (with meals and at bed-time).

If it works, it's worth experimenting with amounts.

If not, don't jack it up.

If > 500mg 4x/day can get tingling & numbness in hands & feet.

If happens, stop and it will cease in a few days.

(Adjust for children, assuming avg adult weight 135lb.)

Make sure to jam in as many nutrients as you can, since they are not getting

into your cells.

(More below).

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Posted by: " carriesuvajdzic " carriesuvajdzic@... carriesuvajdzic

Sat Jul 5, 2008 4:01 pm (PDT)

Hi,

>>re you sure it's very normal minerals? The counting rules are a

good rule of thumb, but they dont' always capture an abnormal test

>You're right, Dave--it would be good to get others to eyeball the

test. I got a generally low pattern (only 7 above 50% in essential

elements) but then I've been either pregnant or breastfeeding for five

years now so I guess that's not too strange. The test is posted on

Dean's site, #186: http://www.livingnetwork.co.za/files/hairtest_186.pdf

You don't really know where baseline is. I think you can see that with a tiny

shift in baseline, you've got everything low - I mean, does that look normal to

you? Everything is skewed to the left. Also, I doubt that you are so mineral

depleted that this is really what's going on in your body. If it were, this

would be a sign of severe malnourishment. This is much more likely to be what

is going on in your cells, a product of the cell wall not being able to

properly manage the movement of nutrients in and out.

>> " Hair Co is not generally believed to correlate particularly well

>>with B12 levels, ...

>I hadn't been taking any B vitamins at the time of the hair test but

>did just add 1/4 of a B-50 recently. Should I stop this, then?

No. " Hair Co is _not_ generally believed to correlate particularly well with

B12 " . So it's very unlikely to be the B12. It is much more likely to be a

sign of the mineral derangement.

>> " Elevated Co may interfere with uptake of iodine by the thyroid

gland and reduce thyroid hormone levels. [Do you have a thyroid issue?]

>I have low iodine on the hair test and it seems like I might have a

thyroid problem (Na/K 1.83). I do have some symptoms of hypothyroid:

tiredness, anger, thin hair and nails, easily cold. I guess I should

get tested.

It's not the Na/K that is a problem, but the K/Ca. Given your symptoms, I'd

definitely suggest testing.

>> " If it is very elevated in the presence of normal orderly mineral

transport, id the source of exposure and eliminate it.

>This is what is confusing to me, since I can't seem to find where the

exposure is coming from. Could it be old exposure? I dyed my hair

different shades of brown and black for around ten years--stopped

doing that a year or so before I got pregnant for the first time, six

years ago. Is there any chance it could come from composite dental

fillings? I see lists mentioning dental stuff related to cobalt exposure.

You don't have normal orderly mineral transport, so it's not an issue.

>Most important for me, would DMSA or ALA chelate cobalt?

No, but it's not an issue anyway.

>Thanks for your input,

>

Well, looks like you're going to be joining the folks!

Dave.