Both heavy metal toxicity and insufficiencies of elemental metals in our bodies can negatively impact our overall health. Chronic exposure to toxic metals including mercury, lead, cadmium, and arsenic can accumulate in the organ systems and cause serious damage. Health conditions attributable to heavy metal toxicity can include:
Children are particularly at risk and are very susceptible to lead toxicity—the most abundant heavy metal in our environment.
On the other hand, insufficient amounts of nutrient elements are instrumental to the body’s proper function. Our bodies are often deficient in these essential elements due to poor diet, lack of minerals in the soil where our food is grown, malabsorption, maldigestion, and competitive inhibition by toxic elements. Nutrient insufficiencies can also occur when heavy metal detoxification is not coupled with adequate nutrient replenishment. Complaints typically associated with nutrient insufficiencies can include:
A New Leaf’s Doctor’s Data’s Heavy Metal Urine Analysis laboratory test allows the doctor to understand which nutrient and toxic elements are being excreted from the body, and thereby assess recent or current exposure to toxic elements. At A New Leaf, the doctor administers a DMPS push or chelation challenge 24 hours before the sample is collected, which binds to the heavy metal and brings it out through the urine. Thus, our doctors are able to get a greater understanding of what toxins have accumulated in the tissues.
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