Re: hair vs. urine to test for heavy metals?????

[Guest guest]

emjuliet7 wrote:

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> I called Doctor's Data to order a hair elements test for my daughter,

> and they said they needed a doctor's order before they could send me

> one. I was surprised because several people have posted a code that

> gets you a discount, so I thought I could order it myself.

>

Through Direct Labs, yes, not DDI.

> So I had our DAN doc order it. On the phone, his nurse said if I

> really wanted it, that he would be happy to order it for me, but that

> he really doesn't put much stock in that test since hair is an

> excretory product and shows what the body has already gotten rid of,

> not what the body is currently dealing with. She said he would have

> preferred to test her urine for heavy metals because it would show

> what her body is currently dealing with. I'm reading Andy's book, but

> have only just begun. Can anyone explain the difference between the

> tests and why this DAN doc believes the urine test is more reliable?

>

Because he doesn't seem to know very much?

You're going to find a lot of incompetent people along the road to good

health. And a few very competent ones.

Urine shows acute, ongoing exposure. It is uninformative as to quantity

and baseline. The mercurey level in the hair test is not used. Whhat

_is_ used is the different levels of elements that can show mineral

transport derangement, which in turn proves the presence of chronic

mercury toxicity.

>

> Thanks,

> Emerson

> momma to 2 little girls

>

>

[Guest guest]

Many doctors try to convince people to do challenge tests which are dangerous

because of the high single dose of chelator. Don't allow this.

S S

hair vs. urine to test for heavy metals?????

Posted by: " emjuliet7 " emjuliet7@... emjuliet7

Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:22 pm (PDT)

I called Doctor's Data to order a hair elements test for my daughter, and they

said they needed a doctor's order before they could send me one. I was surprised

because several people have posted a code that gets you a discount, so I thought

I could order it myself. So I had our DAN doc order it. On the phone, his nurse

said if I really wanted it, that he would be happy to order it for me, but that

he really doesn't put much stock in that test since hair is an excretory product

and shows what the body has already gotten rid of, not what the body is

currently dealing with. She said he would have preferred to test her urine for

heavy metals because it would show what her body is currently dealing with. I'm

reading Andy's book, but have only just begun. Can anyone explain the difference

between the tests and why this DAN doc believes the urine test is more reliable?

Thanks,

Emerson

momma to 2 little girls

[Guest guest]

Urine shows you a snapshot in time, what is happening right now. Unfortunately,

mercury and other metals go into the cells of the internal organs and the brain

and stay there. They are not in the bloodstream or the urine or the stool unless

you are chelating.   

A hair test looks for what is called " mineral derangement " which is when the

mineral transport or the minerals moving through the body are all messed up.

There levels are very low, or very high, or some other " deranged " way. Andy

Cutler has devised a way of " counting " how many of these levels that are " off "

and when a certain amount of these levels are off, there is a 39 times out of

40 chance that you have mercury poisoning. What you are looking for is the

effect that mercury has on the body. This is also why kids with heavy metal

toxicity can't eat certain foods. The metals mees up the enzyme production in

the body which is what the body uses to digest many of these foods.

TJ

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From: emjuliet7 <emjuliet7@...>

Sent: Thu, April 15, 2010 8:17:19 PM

Subject: [ ] hair vs. urine to test for heavy metals?????

 

I called Doctor's Data to order a hair elements test for my daughter, and they

said they needed a doctor's order before they could send me one. I was surprised

because several people have posted a code that gets you a discount, so I thought

I could order it myself. So I had our DAN doc order it. On the phone, his nurse

said if I really wanted it, that he would be happy to order it for me, but that

he really doesn't put much stock in that test since hair is an excretory product

and shows what the body has already gotten rid of, not what the body is

currently dealing with. She said he would have preferred to test her urine for

heavy metals because it would show what her body is currently dealing with. I'm

reading Andy's book, but have only just begun. Can anyone explain the difference

between the tests and why this DAN doc believes the urine test is more reliable?

Thanks,

Emerson

momma to 2 little girls

[Guest guest]

Good afternoon, all,

Quick question regarding the length of hair for the hair elements test.

Does the hair have to be more than an inch long?

I just had my son's haircut. Dang it!!!! I may need to wait a month or so to

let the hair on the back of his head to grow longer than an inch.

Thank you,

Jerry

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> Urine shows you a snapshot in time, what is happening right now.

Unfortunately, mercury and other metals go into the cells of the internal organs

and the brain and stay there. They are not in the bloodstream or the urine or

the stool unless you are chelating.   

> A hair test looks for what is called " mineral derangement " which is when the

mineral transport or the minerals moving through the body are all messed up.

There levels are very low, or very high, or some other " deranged " way. Andy

Cutler has devised a way of " counting " how many of these levels that are " off "

and when a certain amount of these levels are off, there is a 39 times out of

40 chance that you have mercury poisoning. What you are looking for is the

effect that mercury has on the body. This is also why kids with heavy metal

toxicity can't eat certain foods. The metals mees up the enzyme production in

the body which is what the body uses to digest many of these foods.

> TJ

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> From: emjuliet7 <emjuliet7@...>

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> Sent: Thu, April 15, 2010 8:17:19 PM

> Subject: [ ] hair vs. urine to test for heavy metals?????

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> I called Doctor's Data to order a hair elements test for my daughter, and they

said they needed a doctor's order before they could send me one. I was surprised

because several people have posted a code that gets you a discount, so I thought

I could order it myself. So I had our DAN doc order it. On the phone, his nurse

said if I really wanted it, that he would be happy to order it for me, but that

he really doesn't put much stock in that test since hair is an excretory product

and shows what the body has already gotten rid of, not what the body is

currently dealing with. She said he would have preferred to test her urine for

heavy metals because it would show what her body is currently dealing with. I'm

reading Andy's book, but have only just begun. Can anyone explain the difference

between the tests and why this DAN doc believes the urine test is more reliable?

>

> Thanks,

> Emerson

> momma to 2 little girls

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