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Category Archives: Hair Testing
The Tale of One Family
Today, I happened upon this article. It is about a couple, Alan and Marlene Wright, residents of the U.K. who lost their only son at the age of 14. They subsequently adopted two young half-brothers who had been neglected and … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Hair Testing, Parenting, Symptoms
Tagged adhd, andrew hall cutler, carjacking, conduct disorder, ddi hair test, defiant, disorder, doctor's data, genes, genetics, hair elements, hyperactive, marlene wright, mental illness, nature vs nurture, odd, oppositional, prison, violence
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Well This is a Surprise
Person of Interest and I both ordered Hair Elements Tests from Doctor’s Data last week. This is only my second hair test for heavy metals in eight years. This is Person of Interest’s first hair test. He has not seen … Continue reading
Posted in Aluminum, Hair Testing, Progress/Recovery
Tagged aluminum, doctor's data, hair elements, hair test, hair testing
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My Experience with Hair Testing for Heavy Metal Toxicity
Beyond Symptoms: A Hair Test Could Determine a Mercury Problem In previous posts, I outlined aspects of a health anomaly which for me, means that I need a little help excreting heavy metals. Thankfully, I am recovered and in excellent health now. I previously wrote about my … Continue reading
Posted in Hair Testing, Progress/Recovery
Tagged aluminum, andrew hall cutler, Andy Cutler, chelation, cilantro, counting rules, false negative, false positive, hair elements, hair testing, lead, mercury, poisoning, recovery, toxicity
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Blood Lead Tests for Children: Many False Negatives
Blood lead tests are recommended in my state for young children going into preschool, daycare, or kindergarten. For our community, the tests are often waved by the parent(s) and pediatrician unless there is a principal reason to suspect lead exposure. Despite my … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Hair Testing, Lead, Parenting
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Tips for Researching Mysterious Health Issues
I wanted to write something fun today, but since yesterday’s post opened the proverbial can of worms, I must forego my urge to throw out a line and go fishing, and instead try to make some sort of a casserole … Continue reading
Posted in Hair Testing, Health, Symptoms, Understanding
Tagged amalgam illness, andrew hall cutler, Andy Cutler, biochemistry, causation, correlation, environmental toxins, genetics, health forums, health research, heart disease, high blood pressure, lead poisoning, low blood pressure, mercury poisoning, mercury toxicity, social withdrawal
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A Lifetime of Questions
A Personal Laundry List of Mercury Poisoning Symptoms How do you squeeze a lifetime of personal health into one blog post? Could you do it? Would you do it? Should you do it? This is one of the hardest posts for … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Healing, Hair Testing, Happiness, Heavy Metal Toxicity, I Have Questions, Progress/Recovery, Symptoms
Tagged amalgam illness, andrew hall cutler, Andy Cutler, eating disorder, essential fatty acids, gingivitis, heavy metal toxicity, hypokalemia, lead poisoning, leaky gut, mercury poisoning, photophobia, progesterone deficiency, recovery, supraventricular tachycardia, symptoms, tinnitus
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Playing with Fire
Dangerous Ways to Move Heavy Metals around and Get Very Sick I am finding it hard to write about heavy metal toxicity and my personal health, and I just realized that in addition to my own personal difficulties, it is … Continue reading
Posted in Aluminum, Hair Testing, Heavy Metal Toxicity, Lead, Mercury
Tagged ala, alpha lipoic acid, aluminum, amalgams, Andy Cutler, brain fog, challenge test, chelation, chorella, cilantro, dmsa, dmso, edta, heavy metal poisoning, Hg, lead, mercury, Pb, silver fillings, western medicine
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