Useful Tests for Patients with
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| The following tests outlined below may be extremely helpful for both tailoring your program and to chart your progress. |
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Tests for Toxic Heavy Metals |
Tests that help to diagnose metal and chemical toxicity include blood tests, urine tests, and the analysis of hair, nails or other tissues. The most accurate of these are a chelation challenge test, a hair tissue mineral analysis, or a heavy metal screen test.
Regular blood tests and urine tests are not accurate in diagnosing heavy metal toxicity, as they only tend to show what is happening in the body in a brief moment in time, and do not give the long-term picture. This makes sense since the body works hard to keep the levels of nutrients in the bloodstream within fairly tight limits. If large fluctuations in mineral levels occurred, serious illness or even death would result.
A chelation challenge test needs to be performed by a doctor who specializes in chelation therapy. The patient is given a chelating drug, commonly DMPS or DMSA, and the patient's urine is collected and analyzed over a 24 hour period. This test is a highly accurate way of knowing just what heavy metals are present in the body.
The drawbacks to this method are that it requires a visit to a health care professional's office, it is expensive, and there is a possibility of side effects to the chelating drugs.
A tissue mineral analysis, or hair analysis, is also a good way of determining what toxic metals are present in the body. In addition, it also measures the levels of essential minerals in the body, such as calcium, magnesium and zinc. This test can provide you with much needed information about your body.
The drawbacks to this test is that it does not always show mercury toxicity, since mercury tends to "hide" in the tissues and organs. As well, certain populations such as autistic children often show very low levels of toxic metals on their hair analyses, since they are unable to excrete heavy metals. Hair, being outside the body, is a form of excretion, and these children tend to store their toxic metals tightly within their tissues and organs. |
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IMPORTANT TIP: We highly recommend the home-use Heavy Metal Screen Test as a reliable and quick way to know whether you are carrying toxic metal ions in your body, and the Hair Analysis as a way of determining a broader scope of what is happening in your body both in terms of heavy metal concentrations and mineral imbalances. Both these methods of testing are non-invasive, and will help you chart your progress with the clay baths and/or with other detoxification methods. |
Personal Heavy
Metal Screen Test |
Comprehensive
Hair Analysis |
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| The immediate result, home-use Heavy Metal Screen Test will determine whether you are carrying unbound heavy metal ions in your body. It is fast (takes less than 10 minutes), convenient (can be done at home), accurate and inexpensive. A color chart tells you which of the following metals/contaminants are present: mercury, lead, copper, zinc, nickel and cadmium. |
The Comprehensive Hair Analysis report by Trace Elements details 8 toxic metals and 15 essential minerals, as well as 15 additional elements.
It comes with an analysis report that is 6-12 pages in length, and recommendations are given for foods, diet and supplements based on individual results. |
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Test for Measuring Your Body's pH
Your bodily pH levels are a good indication of how healthy you are. The more acidic you are, the more toxic and ill you are likely to be. Restoring the alkaline body pH is one of the most important steps for your health. Below is a product you can use to measure your pH levels:
VAXA® pH Test Strips™ |
How to Test Your Urine pH |
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The best time to measure tissue pH is your first urination of the morning. More specifically, the first urination after 5 AM. Simply take a plastic cup or small clean container and fill it with urine. Then take a test strip and test it with the pH of the fluid in the container.
You should immediately see a change in color which you can then match against the color of the chart given in the test kit. When you check your first urine pH in the morning, your pH should be between 6.4 and 7.0.
If the first morning urine pH is acidic (a pH below 6.4), this indicates the body is in a state of physiological disregulation due to lack of sufficient minerals which are needed to properly carry out thousands of basic cellular functions.
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VAXA® pH Test Strips™ are an accurate and convenient way to measure the body's pH. The easiest way to measure the body's pH is to measure the first mornings urination with a test strip.
It has been clinically established that the urine pH is an accurate reflection of the whole body tissue pH. The urine pH directly correlates to both oxygen levels and soft tissue levels of minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and trace elements.
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A lack of sufficient minerals is almost always indicative of heavy metal toxins within thebody, which bind up the receptor sites so that minerals cannot be absorbed. Therefore, the immediate goal is to restore a consistent alkaline first morning urine pH by detoxifying the body of heavy metals and chemicals, and by taking alkalizing supplements.
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To place your order by phone, call toll free 1-877-562-6039. International customers: call 520-877-2637. |
Test for Candida Yeast |
First thing in the morning, before you put ANYTHING in your mouth, get a clear glass of water. Work up a bit of saliva, and then spit into the water. Check the water every 15 minutes or so for up to an hour. If you have a problem with candida yeast overgrowth, you will see strings (like legs) traveling down into the water from the saliva floating on the top, or "cloudy" saliva will sink to the bottom of the glass, or cloudy specks will seem to be suspended in the water.
If there are no strings and the candida is still floating after one hour, you probably have candida under control. While using a good antifungal, you can continue to test yourself. You will start to see fewer and fewer "strings" hanging down. |
Test for Lyme Disease |
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IMPORTANT TIP: If you have been diagnosed with ALS, you should be tested for Lyme Disease. There have been cases of people being misdiagnosed with ALS, when in fact they had Lyme disease. |
It is essential to find a doctor who is an expert in Lyme Disease. To find a doctor in your area who is "Lyme literate", call the Lyme Disease's toll-free number at 888-366-6611. They are a non-profit organization that provides information about Lyme and its treatment, and referral to doctors in various areas of the US. They also have a wealth of information on their website at www.lymediseaseassociation.org.
Another excellent web site for information on the disease is that of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society at www.ilads.org.
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