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Hair analysis
Click here to see
sample test results |
$94.50
+ GST |
10 heavy metals
that may be inside your tissues including
aluminum, mercury, lead, cadmium and arsenic
|
Easy to
obtain sample; gives indication of exposure over
past 2-3 months; highly correlated with
pathological disorders |
May not be
indicative of heavy metal levels in ALL tissues;
hair treatments and pool water can contaminate
the sample, not complete information by itself |
|
Stool
analysis |
$169 + GST |
How much
heavy metal exposure you have on a daily basis |
One of the
main routes of excretion of mercury |
Not complete
information by itself; Can give falsely elevated
levels due to contamination from food |
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Urine
Challenge Test |
$229 + GST |
A baseline
heavy metal level in the urine (Pre) followed by
heavy metal levels after chelation treatment
(Post) |
Comparison
between the two levels can give an indication of
heavy metal burden in the tissues |
An unprovoked
i.e. random urine test does not provide useful
information about tissue accumulation; Not
complete information by itself |
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Blood levels |
We don’t
generally use blood testing for heavy metals as
it’s not useful except in acute exposure |
Can be used
for acute exposure to mercury or lead |
Only
beneficial for recent heavy metal exposure |
Heavy metals
are rapidly cleared from the blood after
exposure, blood does not provide useful
information about tissue accumulation |
