Dave Clark
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This is just my personal opinion, but I think trying to test for metals is like chasing your tail. Metals will show different levels in different places like the serum, tissues, organs, etc. Without a biopsy, it is just a guess to say how much copper, or any metal is in the brain, liver, kidney, etc. Hair tests may show some information as to how things are being metabolized and possible deficiencies or overloads, but not conclusive. My post was just to give some thought to a metal, Hg, that causes other mineral dysfunctions like copper and iron, and the possibility that dysfunction caused by Hg is the problem, not dietary deficiency or overload. Like Dr. Haley's wife, and many other people, once Hg is removed, iron status normalizes and I would also assume copper status. This is an underappreciated theory, but if more people would give this NBMI protocol a try, they would solve some of these issues.How do you measure the levels of heavy metals? I had a hair test back then and I had no high metals, but mineral ratios were all over the place. Apparently its not as easy as looking at the lines, you must measure a insane amount of ratios so it was inclusive because I dont know how to interpet these tests.