How To Tell If You Have Heavy Metal Poisoning: Symptoms & Detection

[@TheHumanCondition]

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[@robert2754]

U forgot imputesss

[@OGAesthetics]

Please do more videos on this topic.

[@EJ257IHI]

The hair mineral analysis test is quite useful, I use it yearly as it is only $100 and can guide me on what I need to improve.

[@ShyNomad]

Just wondering, what company do you use for your hair test?

[@OGAesthetics]

Please do a video on chelation if u can. Or any pointers.

[@OGAesthetics]

9:10 i also have this. Its shown as hyperhidrosis. Basiclly im stuck in parasympathetic mode most of the day :(

[@TheHumanCondition]

Hyperhidrosis generally must be differentiated from aluminum toxicity and zinc deficiency please keep us informed.

[@aliciamilam5636]

Charcoal..cilantro..find a way to remove radiation as well..

[@TheHumanCondition]

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[@HildeAzul]

@@TheHumanConditionthank you

[@ellielynn8219]

I have had a diagnosis of Crohn’s disease since I was 17. I’ve had to drink barium for digestion studies like 5x, I’ve more CT scans with contrast than I can count, I used to use really strong deodorant because of hyperhydrosis as a young teen and young adult which is crazy high with aluminum, I’ve also had to eat this radioactive toast for a digestive study (I was like 18 and don’t remember what it’s called), I took crazy strong immune system killing drugs in my early 20’s…. And of course, I’m diagnosed with ADHD, my brain is often scattered and I can’t find words, I’m tired all the time I’m convinced I have chronic fatigue syndrome, I know I have tons of metals built up. I tried doing TRS zeolite treatment but the side effects I had were so severe I couldn’t continue. Thank you for posting about this, I have SO many symptoms that you listed off. When I hit about 24 (I’m almost 38), I stopped all their drugs and went into remission and have been so much better except dealing with occasional IBD symptoms, but I’m determined to detox. Quick question, sorry this is long, could my children have heavy metals in their bodies because of my exposure of them? I have a son who has autism and intellectual disability, my middle daughter has pretty severe ADHD, and my youngest also has symptoms but not as extreme. Thank you!

[@TheHumanCondition]

many people around the world use activated charcoal and alpha lipoic acid supplements to detox metals, also sauna for mercury, and silicic acid water like Fiji or Gerolsteiner can help with aluminum, and boron for fluoride.

[@luzdaviola]

@@TheHumanCondition alpha lipoic acid is a poor chelator and will cause redistribuiton. A far superior chelator is something called OSR which was developed by Dr Boyd Haley. Activated charcoal won't chelate metals. It's good to clean up toxicity in the gut though.

[@TheHumanCondition]

Good points, I have seen it reduce hair, urine and stool levels. Charcoal works on adsorption actual physical binding using surface area. I will look up OSR thank you. I know Haleys work and his videos are amazing thank you for mentioning him.

[@luzdaviola]

@@TheHumanCondition some people can have success with ALA while others, like me, struggled after a while. OSR is also called Emeramide. No worries. More people should know about Dr Boyd Haley and OSR/Emeramide.

[@luzdaviola]

@@TheHumanCondition apparently RFK Jr used OSR/Emeramide to treat his mercury toxicity too.

[@DeeDee-44]

8:30 I get all this with peri menopause. Thank god I bought a bounder & sauna bag.

[@nokidding7417]

Hello Dr. Pierce While doing an ALA detox I observed many of these symptoms occurring. You might also consider producing another video entitled, WHAT REACTIONS MIGHT ONE EXPECT DURING AN ALA HEAVY METAL DETOX. Is it common to experience temporary activation of ancillary lymph nodes? (ie, puffyness and tenderness)

[@TheHumanCondition]

Great idea!! thanks

[@harmonicresonanceproject]

9:23 YES!

[@melissak4661]

One of my friends has been having hormonal changes for the past 3 years. Her testosterone and prolactin are super high and her periods were messed up for a year. Now she's suffering with thyroid nodules and fatigue. Do you think it's also heavy metals?

[@TheHumanCondition]

I would run labs for those and also suspect carb induced testosterone and possibly PCOS.

[@user-vh3gn3xq7s]

Woah! This could be whats happening with me 😵‍💫🙈

[@mikesmith6594]

Thanks for this very educational video on this topic often wonder if I have been affected by heavy metals in my body also love heavy metal music wished I never stopped playing electric guitar used to sound great on guitar back in the day wished I never gave up my hobby.

[@goolash9991]

Doc, what do you mean that using silica and salycilic water for aluminum toxicity? What are those?

[@judyrodriguez6527]

Good morning. I have MS. I was diagnosed in 2024. I have right leg weakness. However I have been exposed to amalgam in the dental field for 27 yrs. Which of the lab work should I do?

[@duanefrench3500]

I did my detoxification using, Redox. First month was pretty rough, much better in my 4th month on the product.

[@TheHumanCondition]

Thanks!

[@ConstanceMason-sz1ke]

Excellent vid. Thank you!

[@MollyT-zk4ch]

My five year old great grandson keeps telling me not to eat any food because there’s poison in it. He was almost in tears when he told me. He said he cannot eat none of my goodies.

[@TheHumanCondition]

read ingredients and consider urine tests for pesticides and metals in the hair and urine from Mosaic labs, I am careful with food especially in the US.

[@MollyT-zk4ch]

@ what a great idea, thank you. I did start taking some charcoal tablets. I’m not as dizzy as I was last week.

[@jeffpardo855]

This is Amanda (not Jeff) - how incredibly sweet that your grandson is so well-informed & loves you so!!! My granddaughter has always been extremely sensitive, kind - she’s just always been so lovingly concerned about others, especially her family, but we have such a strong bond!! I hate that even 5 year old children have to worry about these unique problems we have these days, but what a blessing to have his love for you be that enormous!!! Also, I don’t remember if it’s this video or another I watched, but they said on one that Glutathione is a great heavy metal detoxed - it’s also an immune system booster and very important!! I take N.A.C. currently, as it either encourages or becomes glutathione in the body. But during the whole c19 scare, from the beginning through 3 years after, I made my own immune building drink - it was delicious, to me, added vitamin C, and actually was Hydroxyquine (I am not sure what the “chloro” part is that’s in traditional, pharmaceutical Hydroxychloroquine, but I was told that part wasn’t in this. What I DO know is that it produces or becomes glutathione in the body, boosts immunity, and though I have several autoimmune disorders, I never got sick, AT ALL, during that time - it’s 100% natural, and, fun fact - I refused to wear masks or walk around with gloves (tho I did wash all food or anything that came into my house at that time, including boxes, bags, etc - and washed my hands with soap & water. If you want this recipe, I’d be happy to give it to you - simply, 4 each: oranges/lemons/grapefruit, 4 liters tonic/quinine water; cut fruit 1/4ths, squeeze, drop 1/4ths, skin and all, into pot, add 3/4ths of the tonic water, bring to simmer & simmer 2 hours (never lift top & cover any holes to retain everything), remove from heat, let sit 2 hours. Strain into glass container - enjoy feeling TERRIFIC!! (I add extra oranges & prefilled water in glass bottles w/ 1/4 hdxqn/3/4 water & drank as my water throughout the day). Drink as much as you like - the more the better! Hope that helps & I hope I didn’t overstep by giving you the recipe & sharing my recipe … I just want to help! Blessings!! Amanda

[@lorane9221]

hello! thank you for your video! can chronic hunger be caused by heavy metal poisoning?

[@TheHumanCondition]

That is a common symptom, also pica-craving non food items in an attempt to get more nutrient minerals.

[@Aaron-qu9yr]

Not a Doc but have heard if lots of strange symptoms always check for lupus or possibly sarcoidosis. Also throw out the rule book.

[@TheHumanCondition]

yes, the autoimmune diseases are generally triggered in those susceptible by environmental antigens and toxins from food and chemicals, and can be reversible.

[@Bellamoonlight05]

Is oligoscan recommended to test heavy metal?

[@TheHumanCondition]

Great part of care. Every method has its limits-some tissues collect metals more than the hand, but this is a neat way to measure minerals and metals too. I would combine it with hair analysis for 4 months of excretion, and I use blood for acute, and urine with stool for spot clearance.

[@margouccle8519]

Are metal dental crowns covered with porcelain a source of heavy metals? Is a zirconium oxide dental crown a safer solution?

[@TheHumanCondition]

I would defer to my biological dentist colleagues, for comparative answers on materials. Dental materials can be a real problem for some people.

[@OGAesthetics]

Maybe too much info. But recreational drugs stopped working for me also. Im wondering if heavy metals is to blame. My body is a complete mess

[@TheHumanCondition]

Recreational drugs often deplete nutrients and deliver heavy metals yes. It takes work to reverse, but it can be done.

[@ari3lz3pp]

​​​@@TheHumanCondition Wow, thank you! 🙏 I thought it was just lower tolerance from taking breaks but over the past years I take a very very small amount and feel baked so I stopped doing it. I have lots of symptoms of heavy metal toxicity so I'm definitely looking into detoxing if I can. I'm sorry, what kind of doctor are you, would I want to see a nutritionist? My hands randomly smell like pennies.

[@ladyalexander2003]

Look into spirulena & chlorella as a detox you can get a hair test online which will tell you what heavy metals are in your system & if you’ve developed any auto immune diseases or allergies! I was in a nhs hospital told them I’d been poisoned they didn’t check the ECGs properly or ask my symptoms I was in heart crisis being asked about the perpetrators got illegally sectioned on a 28day observation they ignored all health issues and the heart attack said I had typical symptoms - I did not! Found I had only 20% of my vitD had to pay for private tests 20 heavy metals - 2 autoimmune diseases 100 food allergies (all the foods I was eating at that time due to auto immune response to the poison) now have Cushing’s disease & cardiac issues I used many supplements - slipperly elm for stomach pains coenzyme q10 & collagen for heart and nitrolingual spray for chest pain Also yoghurt & lemon juice helps cleanse gut & adds good bacteria to fight the bad! A three day water fast may help reset the immune system as well before you try detox methods! I then paid for additional hair test from USA to get the exact levels of metals in my system! Arsenic & lead & gadolinium nearly off the scale! Taken 4 years to get rid of the pain!

[@TheHumanCondition]

The safest way to do metal detox is taking activated charcoal pill on empty stomach at night.

[@TheHumanCondition]

excellent protocols great job.

[@hajresswayah]

Good video doc, what you think of DMSA chelation therapy ?

[@TheHumanCondition]

All medical interventions have their place, I tend to prefer natural methods if one has time. If one has neurological symptoms, high blood mercury, and some other problems it can be ethical to give IV chelation urgently. Generally if the blood level is not high, but hair, urine, or stool are high, I like to use oral chelators and go slowly. The problem is if the mercury exposure is recent and acute, we should try to pull it out before it lodges in tissues. If it is chronic exposure over time, there is no rush. Autoimmune patients tend to do poorly with aggressive IV chelation drugs in my experience, I would welcome comments from those more experienced than I. Many of my patients were dental amalgam exposed.

[@hajresswayah]

@@TheHumanCondition would ALA work for Titanium and nickel toxcitiy ad well? Or are there other chelators that work better ?

[@TheHumanCondition]

It is unclear, the literature does not have great data yet. I tend to use slow charcoal and ALA over time when I do not have good data, and I use urine, stool and hair testing to track clearance of problematic heavy metals to check their clinical progress and clearance, and total body burden. Do you have some more info? Please keep us informed.

[@Nomadonthego]

How do we detox gadolinium contrast used in MRI & Cat scans? I have severe symptoms and it’s not even recognized since all doctors think they are safe but gadolinium is a highly toxic metal

[@TheHumanCondition]

It is unclear how to detox Gadolinium effectively, however I use activated charcoal and also silicic acid water for example Fiji type water with >30 ppm or mg/L silicic acid. this removed aluminum, and to some degree it should help gadolinium. Bile support is vital, and I am learning about the heavy metal removal capacity of melanocytes and melanin-triggered by sunlight.

[@ChuckMaulkey-ge7jg]

Could this be black mold what are symptoms of black mold poisoning

[@TheHumanCondition]

Yes, there may be crossovers. Nearly any neurologic symptom can be caused by black mold or heavy metal poisonings of some kind, and black molds cause some organ failures and cancers too.

[@Needless2say]

Mold can down regulate the GSH enzyme that is in the transuphuration pathway eventually becoming glutathione. Chris Shade phd a detox specialist recommended DIM belive it lowers bad estrogen in the liver. I used it for a while but decided to hold off on doing more of Andy Cutlers ALA chelation protocol.

[@TheHumanCondition]

Well said, I used to lecture with Chris.

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[@TheHumanCondition]

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[@TheHumanCondition]

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[@faheemmirza121]

Sir what about dental amalgam

[@yvonnejohnson1004]

I had to to have all the Mercury dental fillings removed when I got M E/CFS in the 1960’s. I could never wear earrings which contained Nickel. After a cancer scare this year (2024) they’ve used Titanium clips to mark where they’ve tested and they’ve left them inside my breasts. I’ve been ill ever since and I’m in severe pain. I was given the all clear for cancer. I didn’t know that there was a test for heavy metal poisoning. My father worked as a furnace man in a steel works he died of lung cancer aged 51. He used to bring bits of Mercury home for us to play with. We’d warm it up and throw it across the black leaded fireplace to see it turn into small beads. Some dentists are now using Titanium and Nickel in fillings now. It’s imported from China and I can imagine a lot of ill health in the not so distant future.

[@TheHumanCondition]

I have seen terrible problems from amalgam in some patients more than others, for many reasons. Amalgams are 47% standard mercury and they off gas mercury too, so why do we use them?

[@TheHumanCondition]

There are blood, hair, urine and fingernail tests for heavy metals, and chelation challenges, and also the Clifford immune test for metal and dental implants and materials.

[@goolash9991]

@@TheHumanConditionBecause they’re cheap and that matters more than our lives.

[@OGAesthetics]

Im now doing: EDTA oral/sublingual: AM and PM total 3000mg What u think about this for heavy metal chelation? Or do you recommend the ACC protocol? (ALA every 3-4hr)

[@TheHumanCondition]

Tell us what happens with this, everyone is different.

[@TheHumanCondition]

I have seen both work, I run stool, urine and hair metals to follow up.

[@Planet-ICELAND]

And location based problems

[@TheHumanCondition]

Yes, there used to be a website to look up superfund sites by zipcode-does anyone know the current website for this?

[@OGAesthetics]

(Not medical advice or diagnosis if u respond) My main symptoms: Shortness of breath Extreme cognitive decline, no short term memory, no verbal fluency. Stopping mid sentence because i dont remember words or unable to string sentences together Migranes / headaches Chronic fatigue Skin rashes / candida issues Anxiety and depression Autism like behaviour (avoiding eye contact, socialising etc). 4 years ago i had none of theese symptoms and they gradually came on …… U think this could be heavy metal poisoning/toxicity?

[@OGAesthetics]

Also i am allways sick for 3 weeks when i get a cold. Takes me forever to recover

[@TheHumanCondition]

Heavy metals could be part of these. I use hair metals testing from Mosaic. There is not good reliability in aluminum testing so I use Fiji water to pull aluminum

[@OGAesthetics]

@@TheHumanCondition how do you usually treat heavy metals? Im using ALA and DMSA now every 3 hours

[@TheHumanCondition]

That is good. I tend to use activated charcoal at night too on empty stomach.

[@OGAesthetics]

@@TheHumanCondition i found out i had low metals but i have PFS post finasteride sundrome. Crazy how ill i feel

[@frosty8104]

Imo the medical community should be testing for heavy metals alongside their usual blood & urine test stuff

[@TheHumanCondition]

For sure, and every child in USA!

[@frosty8104]

@TheHumanCondition I'm Canadian, but I agree, for both USA and Canada, maybe even UK or worldwide

[@OGAesthetics]

I literally have all of theese symptoms. Literally 90% of them. Any pointers going forward? I have no money…. I allready spent over 10k USD to figure this out. Please any help on how to chelate theese metals out effectively

[@TheHumanCondition]

I use oral activated charcoal on empty stomach most of the time. for some I add alpha lipoic acid low doses at first to pull metals out of cells. I also use Fiji or silicic acid water to pull aluminum out. See Christopher Exley and Dennis Crouse.

[@pippy2157]

@@TheHumanConditionthank you for this info. Do you think Morgellons is from Mercury toxicity? There is a KZbin about a woman who healed after removing her Mercury fillings.

[@TheHumanCondition]

I am still trying to understand Morgellons-if anyone has info leave it here please. Thanks for the comment!

[@ThomasStewart-ze8tw]

Sauna

[@pippy2157]

@@ThomasStewart-ze8tw if not an option then sweat anyway you can.

[@blissfulbaboon]

Please. Tell us how to detox aluminum and Mercury 😫

[@TheHumanCondition]

Aluminum is detoxified with silicic acid water such as fiji water-see Christopher Exley on YT and Dennis Crause book silica Waters. mercury can be sweat out, and chelated orally with many binders. THere is a great lab in colorado for merculy called quicksilver lab.

[@cchronis8864]

I jut got some of my amalgam fillings removed. I am using the protocol from quicksilver scientific. My Holistic chiropractor who is also a nutritionist told me not to get them removed without using that. They seems like a reputable company. You also have to go to a dentist that specializes in amalgam removals.

[@TheHumanCondition]

I have lectured with Dr. Chris at Quicksilver and they have a novel mercury testing system that is amazing.

[@JuneTurner-q3v]

what about arsenic from the jab? I have heat in my body, I am on Bio Toxin Binders, along with Glutathione an Vit B Supreme?

[@jack.w.p.reynolds]

Hello. Thank you for the video. I have tinnitus as a result of motochondrial dysfunction (see Liam Boehm's KZbin channel: Liam Stops Tinnitus). I'm confident that daily exposure at work to aluminium, nickel, chromium and cobalt has contributed to the problem. I have one amalgam filling, and the mercury it contains may also be causing a problem. Which tests would you recommend?

[@TheHumanCondition]

I start with hair heavy metal testing from Mosaic labs.

[@positivepraveen9141]

I took ayurvedic supplements for some time....I'm facing this.....doctors are not diagnosing it....still

[@TheHumanCondition]

Hair metal tests can really help.

[@luciabaquiran1728]

What specialty doctor we have to go.

[@TheHumanCondition]

I like alternative science based functional medicine doctors, the medical specialties are clueless about toxins. There is a medical specialty called environmental medicine and it used to be led by Sherri Rogers, they were a great group of holistic MDs.

[@LaneCodeRedCarnivore]

Fish are high selenium and it protects them from metals like mercury.

[@TheHumanCondition]

Good point!

[@JennaSansone-rl8oo]

Careful, some fish have high mercury levels.

[@ChuckMaulkey-ge7jg]

When I move my joints are popping balance is off 3:03 pain in thy or hip sharp pains can t walk now think it's associated with COVID vaccine

[@TheHumanCondition]

Consider Aluminum toxicity and consider silicic acid waters like Fiji water to detox. Good luck!!

[@bugsea54]

Unbelievable drs. Or mental health centers don't test for this

[@TheHumanCondition]

For sure.

[@joniaikio]

It was good video overall but very misleading timestamps. From 6:00 onward it says Clearing heavy metals poisoning but it doesnt say anything about clearing. Just symptoms. Thats why thumbs down from me to otherwise good video.

[@TheHumanCondition]

alpha lipoic acid and charcoal are the clearing methods I use, and silicic acid waters for aluminum.

[@Petrvsco]

What a bunch of nonsense. This is the kind of pseudo-experts that can cause harm to people. Stay away from this dude people!

[@ChristineNavarroTV]

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