Episode 49: Detoxification: Heavy Metals and Chelation Therapy

Today on The Art and Soul of Healing we will continue with detoxification of heavy metals by exploring testing for heavy metal body burden followed by chelation therapy.

Exposure to heavy metals can lead to infertility and poor birth outcomes, neurologic cell death, loss of IQ points in children, endothelial cell dysfunction leading to hypertension and cardiac disease, kidney disorders, and autoimmune disease like autoimmune thyroiditis. These are just a handful of the myriad of biochemical and physiologic abnormalities that result from heavy metal toxicity. We will discuss approaches to testing for body burden of heavy metals and safe approaches to removing these metals with chelation therapy. Please ensure the practitioner who helps you is trained in detoxification and chelation therapy from organizations like American College for Advancement in Medicine www.acam.og or the International College of Integrative Medicine https://icimed.com/ or naturopathic groups specializing in detoxification https://www.emeiglobal.com/courses/emei-training. Chelation therapy is not something to be taken lightly and should always been done with an expert.