Adrenal & copper issues - Jada

[Guest guest]

Thanks for reviewing my son's hair test results. Sorry you had

trouble finding the results, it should be under testpage1.jpg hair

test results in the files section. A friend put them on for me, I am

not technical.

To address some of your questions:

Hair test:

Dave concurred with you, that the test did not meet the counting rules.

Yes, I am supplementing with many things, so a hair test say pre

supplements over a half a year ago, may have shown more of the true

story.

Urine Porphyrin:

The Metametrix porphyrin test interpretation did state that he had

elevated markers for lead and arsenic, but not mercury. Although,

Dave did not that at least on one of the markers designated " high " ,

the actual number was not outside the reference range, so I don't know

what to make of this. Does it pay to redo this test?

Blood test:

His latest blood test does show very low levels of lead, we are trying

to address some possible exposures for lead in his environment.

Background:

We live a highly polluted state, NJ, with the dubious distinction of

having the highest amount of heavy metals in the air of any state, so

the news reports.

My son is on the spectrum, PDD-NOS, he is fairly high functioning. He

had 30 shots from birth to age 18 months, including mercury containing

flu shots. He regressed after receiving Hep A at age one, newly

approved by the CDC for one year olds, not mercury containing, but had

formaldehyde and host of other scary things in it. He had a violent

reaction to it. I got the flu shot while pregnant and received 2

antibiotics, and had 5 ultra sounds in the first trimester. We have a

family history of food allergies and autoimmune disorders...

His last exposure to mercury was probably his flu shot 1 1/2 years

ago, a flu shot.

As to abnormalities in the hair test:

Copper:

Dave and my DAN who has a copy of the test noted that copper is very

high. I give my son almond milk and he eats a lot of nut butters as a

protein source. High copper foods I now know. I am stopping this. I

already supplement with 20mg of zinc broken up into 3 times a day, and

he gets milk thistle and other liver supportive herbs, which he gets

three or four times a day. He gets about 100mcg of molybdenum per

day, does he need more of this? and if so, is there any side effect

of supplementation with this?

Adrenal issues:

Dave raised that same point about low adrenaline but did not know what

was done for kids. I forwarded the test to my DAN who was receptive

to it, we are supposed to discuss the adrenal issue next week. What

is adrenal cortex extract? What are the " natural " remedies you

reference? Are they safe for kids? As to his temperature, if

anything, he tends to run on the high side most of the time,

especially in the am, so I do not know about the thyroid issue. He is

always very warm. Where would I get this saliva cortisol test? How

is the test done? What does it tell you?

Would appreciate it if you could answer these questions for me.

Thanks. Irene

[Guest guest]

Natural things I do for my adrenals:

Sea salt (I use Celtic Sea Salt. You can google it or see my

website for a link to it: www.healthgazelle.com)

Wild Yam extract (pill form) or eating wild yams.

Lysine.

When I can afford it, a product called " Plus " from Mannatech.

Coconut oil helps support the thyroid. I have been told that when

the adrenals are run ragged for a long time, it eventually effects

the thyroid. I have found that I need to take both thyroid support

and adrenal support when I am run down and my adrenals are

stressed. I take coconut oil and sea salt regularly anyway but I

take more of these, plus some other things (like wild yam and

lysine) when I need the extra support.

Good luck.

Michele

talithamichele@...

http://www.healthgazelle.org

http://www.kidslikemine.org

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> Adrenal issues:

>

> Dave raised that same point about low adrenaline but did not know

what

> was done for kids. I forwarded the test to my DAN who was

receptive

> to it, we are supposed to discuss the adrenal issue next week.

What

> is adrenal cortex extract? What are the " natural " remedies you

> reference? Are they safe for kids? As to his temperature, if

> anything, he tends to run on the high side most of the time,

> especially in the am, so I do not know about the thyroid issue. He

is

> always very warm. Where would I get this saliva cortisol test?

How

> is the test done? What does it tell you?

>

>

> Would appreciate it if you could answer these questions for me.

> Thanks. Irene

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