Well, compared to the mycotoxins the heavy metals are a little more evened out with 5 listed as High and 6 as medium. They ALL need to go, though!
So, the goal is to identify where they are coming from and stop that while also detoxing. Easy right? Riiiiight!
Okay, so this section is for those of us who like to nerd out on these kinds of details like where the heavy metals come from, feel free to scroll down for less nerding and more of my dialogue.
Barium
Barium (atomic number 56) is an alkaline earth metal that is typically found in food and groundwater. It is extensively used in electronic tubes, rodenticides, colorants in paint, and X-ray contrast medium. Exposure to barium may occur through drinking groundwater, as well as through skin contact, from ingesting it accidentally with polluted material/food, and from direct injection via X-ray contrast medium.
Gadolinium
Gadolinium (atomic number 64) is a rare earth metal. It is typically used in microwave technology, color TV tubes, synthetic gemstones, compact discs, and computer memory. It is also used as a contrast dye for MRI testing, wherein it is injected into the bloodstream and it gets stored in the blood vessels and in abnormal tissue, thus enabling the easy detection of problems found in the body. As a result, the most common route of gadolinium exposure is via the injection of the contrast dye used with an MRI.
Lead
Lead (atomic number 82) is the most predominant toxic heavy element in the environment. It is soft, malleable, and ductile with poor conductibility and resistance to corrosion. Lead continues to accumulate in the environment due to its abundant distribution across the globe, non-biodegradable nature, and ongoing use. Exposure to lead and its compounds occurs mostly in lead-related occupations with various sources like leaded gasoline, industrial processes such as smelting of lead and its combustion, pottery, boat building, lead-based painting, lead-containing pipes, battery recycling, grids, pigments, printing of books, and so on. Additionally, traditional herbal medicines, ayurvedics, and cosmetics, can be high in lead.
Nickel
Nickel (atomic number 28) is extensively distributed in the environment, air, water, and soil. Nickel is used to make jewelry, coins, batteries, spark plugs, catalysts, stainless steel (including cooking and eating utensils), machinery parts, nickel alloys, industrial plumbing, and electroplating. Lung inhalation is the major route of exposure for nickel-induced toxicity. However, food is the major source of nickel exposure.
Uranium
Uranium (atomic number 92) is a naturally occurring radioactive element found on earth found in nearly all rocks and soils. It is used as fuel for nuclear power plants and the nuclear reactors that run naval ships and submarines. It can also be used in nuclear weapons. Depleted uranium is used in military applications, including as a shield to protect against ionizing radiation, as armor in military vehicles, in munitions to help them penetrate enemy armored vehicles, and as a counterbalance on helicopter rotors. Uranium can be ingested through the lungs, and gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and can be absorbed through the skin. Uranium can stick to plant roots so unwashed root vegetables are a primary source of uranium in the diet. However, Brazil nuts are also found to have high levels. The majority of uranium that is inhaled through the lungs or ingested through the GI tract is not absorbed and leaves the body through the feces.
AluminumAluminum (atomic number 13) is the most widely distributed metal in the environment and has many consumer applications—including pots, pans, beverage cans, foil, antacids, antiperspirants, cosmetics, and food additives (e.g., baking powder, coloring agents, and anticaking agents). Therefore, aluminum intoxications may occur frequently. Exposures to aluminum may extensively occur in occupations associated with mining and processing of ore, scrap metal recycling, welding, etc. Humans living in environments contaminated by industrial wastes may also be exposed to high levels of aluminum. Intake of aluminum can occur by inhalation of aerosols or particles, ingestion of food, water, medicaments, skin contact, vaccination, dialysis, and infusions.
Arsenic
Arsenic (atomic number 33) is a naturally occurring element distributed throughout the earth’s crust and in groundwater. At lower levels, it is also found in the air and in food products. Ingestion and inhalation are the most common routes of exposure to arsenic. However, dermal exposure may lead to illness. Arsenic-contaminated water—used for drinking, food preparation, and irrigation of food crops—poses the greatest threat to public health. According to the American Cancer Society, the foods with the highest levels of arsenic are seafood, rice (including rice cereal), mushrooms, and poultry. Because tobacco plants can take up arsenic naturally present in the soil, people who smoke may have higher levels.
Cadmium
Cadmium (atomic number 48) is a natural element found in tiny amounts in air, water, soil, and food. It is used in batteries, alloys for electroplating (auto industries), the production of pigments, and as stabilizers for polyvinyl plastic. Exposure to cadmium primarily occurs via ingestion of foods grown in contaminated soil or by the inhalation of cigarette smoke.
Cesium
Cesium (atomic number 55) is a naturally occurring element found combined with other elements in rocks, soil, and dust in low amounts. It is used to make atomic clocks, optical glass, and vacuum tubes. Nuclear explosions or the breakdown of uranium in fuel elements can produce radioactive forms of cesium. Exposure to stable or radioactive cesium occurs from ingesting contaminated food or drinking water or breathing contaminated air.
Tin
Tin (atomic number 50) is a soft, white, silvery metal and naturally occurring element. Major uses of tin include cans and containers, electrical, construction, and transportation. Tin can also be combined with carbon to form organotin compounds used to make plastics (including plastic pipes), food packages, paints, wood preservatives, rodenticides and pesticides. Human exposure to tin may occur by inhalation, ingestion, or dermal absorption. Occupational exposure to tin may be significant in some industrial environments. Tin-lined cans used to package food are the most important contributor to dietary tin intake/intoxication.
Tungsten
Tungsten (atomic number 74) is a naturally occurring element that is typically found in the solid form in rocks and minerals. It is used in light bulb laments, as part of X-ray tubes, as a catalyst to speed up chemical reactions, as a component of steel in high-speed tools, in turbine blades, in darts, and in golf club components. Tungsten has the highest melting point of all metals and maintains tensile strength even at very high temperatures. Replacing lead and depleted uranium, heavy metal tungsten alloys are increasingly used in military applications such as helicopter rotors, kinetic energy penetrators for defeating heavy armor, guided missiles, and fragmentation warheads. Tungsten intoxications are relatively rare. However, breathing contaminated air, drinking contaminated water, skin contact with compounds that contain tungsten, or eating food that contains tungsten are the most common ways tungsten toxicity occurs.
Gadolinium is the highest on the list and I have done a little looking into this. So, with 5 MRI’s under my belt in the last year it makes a lot of sense. Each time I asked I was told the contrast for the MRI would pass through my system within 48 hours. It’s been since January since my last MRI, so that didn’t work for me. But, I suppose it supports my last post that I have not been detoxing as I should. So, with this bit of news I am not willing to continue with contrast with my MRI’s until I figure this out.
So, Dr. Cochran says we need to find the source of these heavy metals. THAT is my homework in addition to the detoxing and continuing all the other layers of protocol. So, a starting place for me is to have our well water tested and I turned in my water samples yesterday. I should hear back no later than next Friday, August 15.
It’s amazing to me as to how many toxins are found in our food. Most of these can be found in our food and water, plus other places. I feel like I can be thinking of the obvious things, and watching my products and housewares, but at the end of the day, all things seem to lead back to how my body is detoxing. And I wonder if it’s more productive to be focused on detoxing, which is something I am doing. In the meantime I thought I would share a picture from last June when I did my first PIOH colonics with hydrogenated ozonated water. The pretty little crystal-like formations in the tube are heavy metal toxins that were flushing out of my body. Pretty crazy, right?
Last June 2024
Dr. Cochran also suggested I look up Lead Safe Mama for learning about lead in the many products sold to us over the counter. To be healthy, we really have to be willing to learn many things and pay attention to our world around us and not leave it up to others to advocate for us. Her page is confusing to me, so I need to take some time to understand what she does and how she is helping folks. In the meantime I am keeping my eyes out for more sources for learning about the particular heavy metals I am dealing with.
So, we continue this next phase of this journey, trusting the Lord for cleaning out my system, for healing me, and for financial provision to get back out of this medical debt we have found ourselves in.
In the meantime, some prayer requests we have are:
that my body would respond well to the detoxing and begin to heal in new ways,
that we would find the sources of the heavy metals that are entering my body
for financial provision as we navigate this next phase of my healing journey
and in the end be able to help and support others in multiple ways including financially.
We are continually grateful for those of you who have prayed for us and who have given us financial support personally and/or through our Go Fund Me, we remember you often and thank the Lord for you often, saying a prayer for you.
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