Guest guest Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Ny son's metal test showed that he was very high in boron. Does that mean that I should avoid boron for him or add it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Did the test meet counting rules? What kind of test? If it was a hair test it can be high from mercury. I would not give it. You can try to avoid it as best as one can. Also, do you use Borax to clean clothes? That can be a source. But ideally, need to know what test it came back high on to be able to help further. No one supplements boron though. It's trace mineral and giving it is not usually needed. > > Ny son's metal test showed that he was very high in boron. Does that mean that I should > avoid boron for him or add it? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Thanks for your reply. Yes, my son did meet all the counting rules for mercury. His minerals are all out of whack. I just bought a new bottle of Natural Calm plus calcium but I am reading it has boron in it, so now I am wondering if I should just go back and buy another bottle of regular Natural Calm (no boron). I hate to spend more money but definitely don't want to do any harm. What do you think? > > > > Ny son's metal test showed that he was very high in boron. Does that > mean that I should > > avoid boron for him or add it? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 The levels in his hair are not accurate then. If he met rules. At least not in terms of determining deficiency or toxicity of boron. He could be wasting boron, which is why there was so much in his hair, in which case he'd need it. Or he could have too much and is dumping it, which is unlikely. I think err on the side of common sense, he needs a little to build bone..but not going overboard. So a product like the Natural Calm plus is fine. I just would not buy him boron tablets unless I had some other evidence to say he really needed it. > > > > > > Ny son's metal test showed that he was very high in boron. Does that > > mean that I should > > > avoid boron for him or add it? > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 My child #3 was high in boron also and Andy said that chelating with dmsa/ala would take care of it. I recall he said that boron was one of the easiest things to chelate out and two months would probably do it. My son had rubbed and smeared many tubes of balmex all over his body and all over the house as a toddler, plus I had used borax to clean with and put it on the carpets for fleas and then vacumed it up with a not so great vacume, so I thought our child #3 got his boron that way. We have not chelated him yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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