Why lead poisoning may be cusing your health problems...Lyme pt's a MUST READ!!

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Dr Hyman has a flare for writing medical stories. This article contains

everything I have been saying on FACT for years, but he says he so well that he

may get your attention where I have failed.

 

Please read this and share it with your patients. We need the lead out of

everyone but many will do nothing for themselves. But, with the newer research

that has tied this all to violent and criminal behavior and learning

disorders, this makes more sense than treating symptoms with Ritalin or drugs;

we

must start dealing with causes.

 

Dr Hyman mentions a young patient with severe ADHD and violent behavior who

responded well to lowering the lead level. Use his suggestions to get

everyone under 2 mcg/dl and note he sees the obvious need to keep lead in bones

by

taking Vit D in 2-4,000 iu doses.

 

As you have heard me state repeatedly, I have every reference on this issue

of keeping lead lower, as it affects all causes of morbidity and

mortality. Perhaps today NY times Science section 5/15/08 " CALM DOWN OR

ELSE " Shortcut to: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/health/15restraint.html

will

cause you to realize that the epidemic of developmental and psychiatric

problems, now being seen in mainstream schools, is heading for disaster.

Already

deaths have occurred when children have been forcibly restrained.

 

We know that during pregnancy the fetus is getting the mother's lead and

then she will deal with the unhealthy child for years to come. Now it has been

shown that the higher lead levels lead to smaller brains and more prison time

for the child as they grow. Lead makes Mercury 100 times more toxic so the

need for continual heavy metal detoxification for everyone hoping to achieve

anything like optimal health and longevity is here now.

 

Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)

President, Gordon Research Institute

www.gordonresearch.com

 

Why lead poisoning may be causing your health problems

 

Hello Garry,

 

We are too heavy -- and I don't mean overweight.

 

You see, we're heavy with metals, not fat. Nearly 40 percent of us have

toxic levels of lead in our bodies. And we don't even know it.

 

That doesn't mean we don't have symptoms.

 

You may have headaches, insomnia, irritability, a low sex drive, or tremors.

 

You may have mood problems, nausea, depression, memory difficulties, trouble

concentrating, poor coordination, or even constipation.

 

Yet most of us attribute these symptoms to other problems. We don't recognize

that they may be caused by lead poisoning.

 

I just returned from a medical conference on heavy metals and health.

Although I have been treating toxicity from heavy metals for more than a decade

(including in myself), I was surprised to hear about new research that has been

completely ignored by the media.

 

A study published in 2006 in the conservative medical journal Circulation,

for example, should have been on the front page of the New York Times.

 

Let me tell you about why the study was so important -- and why you probably

won't hear about it from your doctor.

 

Researchers measured the blood lead levels of 13,946 adults who were part of

the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. They were

recruited from 1988 to 1994 and were then followed up on for up to 12 years.

The

goal of the study was to track what diseases people developed and why they

died. (1)

 

Now, it's important to remember that since lead was removed from gasoline

and house paint several decades ago, the average person's blood lead level has

dropped dramatically.

 

But our levels of lead are still a great deal higher than those of people

who lived before the industrial age. That's because we continue to be exposed

to lead in our soil and water, as well as from our own bones, where it is

stored once it's introduced into our system.

 

Fifty years ago, the average blood levels of lead were about 40

micrograms/deciliter. The level considered " safe " by the government has

continued to

fall and is now considered less than 10 micrograms/deciliter.

 

But this new study and others like it question the idea that ANY level of

this toxic metal is safe.

 

In this study, researchers found that a blood level of lead over 2

micrograms/deciliter (that's 2, not 10 or 40) caused dramatic increases in

heart

attacks, strokes, and death.

 

In fact, after controlling for all other risk factors, including

cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, and inflammation, the researchers

found that

the risk of death from all causes in people with a lead level that high

increased by 25 percent, deaths from heart disease increased by 55 percent,

risk

of heart attacks increased by 151 percent, and risk of stroke increased by 89

percent.

 

Want to know what's even more remarkable?

 

Nearly 40 percent of all Americans are estimated to have blood levels of

lead high enough to cause these problems.

 

This is potentially a greater risk for heart disease than cholesterol!

 

But this is not the first indication of problems with lead.

 

A report in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that high

blood pressure in postmenopausal women is strongly correlated to blood lead

levels.

 

Why is that?

 

Well, during menopause, bones break down faster -- releasing stored lead and

injuring blood vessels, which leads to high blood pressure. (2)

 

And high lead may also be responsible for kidney failure as well.

 

A study in The New England Journal of Medicine found that using chelation

therapy with EDTA to reduce lead levels in patients with kidney failure could

prevent further loss of kidney function, save billions in healthcare costs,

and eliminate the need for dialysis in millions of people. (3)

 

Wow! Digest that. Chelation therapy saves lives and billions of dollars.

So why isn't your doctor offering this as standard treatment?

 

The answer is this: As I have said many times, doctors don't learn two of

the most important things in medical school: how to help people improve their

nutrition and how to deal with environmental toxins.

 

And not only is lead linked to heart disease, high blood pressure, and

kidney failure, it is also connected to the epidemic of children with ADHD,

developmental and learning problems, and autism.

 

Even though the " safe " blood level of lead has been set as 10

micrograms/deciliter, recent studies show that the greatest drop-off in IQ

scores in

children occurs in those who have lead levels between just 1 and 10

micrograms/deciliter. (4)

 

This is particularly troubling, because more than 10 percent of poor and

inner city children have lead exposure levels higher than 10

micrograms/deciliter!

 

I recently treated a young boy with extremely high lead levels who had

Asperger's syndrome, severe ADHD, and violent behavior.

 

He likely got the lead from his mother, who had very low vitamin D levels

and had developed osteoporosis, which released a lot of lead from her bones

during pregnancy. This lead got into the boy's body in the womb across his

mother's placenta.

 

Thankfully, we got rid of his lead over time through chelation and

nutritional support. Doing so dramatically improved his attention, behavior,

and social

skills.

 

Lead is still found in our soil and water. We live in a sea of heavy metals.

In areas with a history of industrial pollution, people track lead into

their homes from contaminated soil. Today, regular house dust often contains 17

times the level of lead it once did.

 

In Washington, DC, the water was so contaminated with lead recently that the

government had to provide free water filters for everyone there. Up to 20

percent of the city's tap water may be contaminated.

 

So what can you do about this?

 

1. Find out if you are lead-toxic. The easiest test is a simple blood lead

test. Be sure the lab can measure VERY low levels of lead accurately.

Anything higher than 2 micrograms/deciliter is toxic and should be treated.

 

Unfortunately, the blood test only checks for current or ongoing exposures,

so you must also take a heavy metal challenge test with DMSA, EDTA, or DMPS,

which can be administered by a doctor trained in heavy metal detoxification.

(See www.functionalmedicine.org or www.acam.org to find a qualified doctor.)

Consider undergoing chelation therapy if your lead levels are high.

 

2. Reduce your exposures by having a " no shoes in the house " policy.

 

3. Test your water for heavy metals.

 

4. Buy a carbon or reverse osmosis water filter for your drinking water.

 

5. Take 1,000 milligrams of buffered ascorbic acid (vitamin C) a day, this

helps remove lead from the body.

 

6. Take 2,000 to 4,000 IU of vitamin D3 a day to prevent your bones from

releasing lead into your bloodstream.

 

Even though many of us have toxic levels of lead in our bodies, there is a

lot we can do to prevent it and treat it.

 

Now I'd like to hear from you...

 

Do you suffer from any of the symptoms of lead toxicity?

 

Have you been tested for lead poisoning? Do you plan to be?

 

Which of the other steps have you tried?

 

Please let me know your thoughts by posting a comment on my blog at:

 

http://www.ultrawellness.com/blog

 

Just look for the post at the top titled: " Why Lead Poisoning May be

Causing Your Health Problems "

 

REFERENCES:

 

(1) Menke A, Muntner P, Batuman V, Silbergeld EK, Guallar E. Blood lead

below 0.48 micromol/L (10 microg/dL) and mortality among US adults.

Circulation.

2006 Sep 26;114(13):1388-94.

 

(2) Nash D, Magder L, Lustberg M, Sherwin RW, Rubin RJ, Kaufmann RB,

Silbergeld, Blood lead, blood pressure, and hypertension in perimenopausal and

postmenopausal women. JAMA. 2003 Mar 26;289(12):1523-32.

 

(3) Lin JL, Lin-Tan DT, Hsu KH, Yu CC Environmental lead exposure and

progression of chronic renal diseases in patients without diabetes. N Engl J

Med.

2003 Jan 23;348(4):277-86

 

(4) Canfield RL, Henderson CR Jr, Cory-Slechta DA, Cox C, Jusko TA, Lanphear

BP.Intellectual impairment in children with blood lead concentrations below

10 microg per deciliter. N Engl J Med. 2003 Apr 17;348(16):1517-26.

 

UltraWellness LLC

45 Walker Street

Lenox, MA 01240

http://www.ultrawellness.com to see the quick, 5-minute video version of this

on my blog

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

This was a wonderful article! Thanks!

 

, Angls4Hope wrote:

>

>

> Dr Hyman has a flare for writing medical stories. This article

contains

> everything I have been saying on FACT for years, but he says he so

well that he

> may get your attention where I have failed.

>

> Please read this and share it with your patients. We need the

lead out of

> everyone but many will do nothing for themselves. But, with the

newer research

> that has tied this all to violent and criminal behavior and

learning

> disorders, this makes more sense than treating symptoms with

Ritalin or drugs; we

> must start dealing with causes.

>

> Dr Hyman mentions a young patient with severe ADHD and violent

behavior who

> responded well to lowering the lead level. Use his suggestions to

get

> everyone under 2 mcg/dl and note he sees the obvious need to keep

lead in bones by

> taking Vit D in 2-4,000 iu doses.

>

> As you have heard me state repeatedly, I have every reference on

this issue

> of keeping lead lower, as it affects all causes of morbidity and

> mortality. Perhaps today NY times Science section 5/15/08 " CALM

DOWN OR

> ELSE " Shortcut to:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/health/15restraint.html will

> cause you to realize that the epidemic of developmental and

psychiatric

> problems, now being seen in mainstream schools, is heading for

disaster. Already

> deaths have occurred when children have been forcibly restrained.

>

> We know that during pregnancy the fetus is getting the mother's

lead and

> then she will deal with the unhealthy child for years to come.

Now it has been

> shown that the higher lead levels lead to smaller brains and more

prison time

> for the child as they grow. Lead makes Mercury 100 times more

toxic so the

> need for continual heavy metal detoxification for everyone hoping

to achieve

> anything like optimal health and longevity is here now.

>

> Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)

> President, Gordon Research Institute

> www.gordonresearch.com

>

> Why lead poisoning may be causing your health problems

>

> Hello Garry,

>

> We are too heavy -- and I don't mean overweight.

>

> You see, we're heavy with metals, not fat. Nearly 40 percent of

us have

> toxic levels of lead in our bodies. And we don't even know it.

>

> That doesn't mean we don't have symptoms.

>

> You may have headaches, insomnia, irritability, a low sex drive,

or tremors.

>

> You may have mood problems, nausea, depression, memory

difficulties, trouble

> concentrating, poor coordination, or even constipation.

>

> Yet most of us attribute these symptoms to other problems. We

don't recognize

> that they may be caused by lead poisoning.

>

> I just returned from a medical conference on heavy metals and

health.

> Although I have been treating toxicity from heavy metals for more

than a decade

> (including in myself), I was surprised to hear about new research

that has been

> completely ignored by the media.

>

> A study published in 2006 in the conservative medical journal

Circulation,

> for example, should have been on the front page of the New York

Times.

>

> Let me tell you about why the study was so important -- and why

you probably

> won't hear about it from your doctor.

>

> Researchers measured the blood lead levels of 13,946 adults who

were part of

> the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. They

were

> recruited from 1988 to 1994 and were then followed up on for up

to 12 years. The

> goal of the study was to track what diseases people developed and

why they

> died. (1)

>

> Now, it's important to remember that since lead was removed from

gasoline

> and house paint several decades ago, the average person's blood

lead level has

> dropped dramatically.

>

> But our levels of lead are still a great deal higher than those

of people

> who lived before the industrial age. That's because we continue to

be exposed

> to lead in our soil and water, as well as from our own bones,

where it is

> stored once it's introduced into our system.

>

> Fifty years ago, the average blood levels of lead were about 40

> micrograms/deciliter. The level considered " safe " by the

government has continued to

> fall and is now considered less than 10 micrograms/deciliter.

>

> But this new study and others like it question the idea that ANY

level of

> this toxic metal is safe.

>

> In this study, researchers found that a blood level of lead over

2

> micrograms/deciliter (that's 2, not 10 or 40) caused dramatic

increases in heart

> attacks, strokes, and death.

>

> In fact, after controlling for all other risk factors, including

> cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, and inflammation, the

researchers found that

> the risk of death from all causes in people with a lead level

that high

> increased by 25 percent, deaths from heart disease increased by

55 percent, risk

> of heart attacks increased by 151 percent, and risk of stroke

increased by 89

> percent.

>

> Want to know what's even more remarkable?

>

> Nearly 40 percent of all Americans are estimated to have blood

levels of

> lead high enough to cause these problems.

>

> This is potentially a greater risk for heart disease than

cholesterol!

>

> But this is not the first indication of problems with lead.

>

> A report in the Journal of the American Medical Association found

that high

> blood pressure in postmenopausal women is strongly correlated to

blood lead

> levels.

>

> Why is that?

>

> Well, during menopause, bones break down faster -- releasing

stored lead and

> injuring blood vessels, which leads to high blood pressure. (2)

>

> And high lead may also be responsible for kidney failure as

well.

>

> A study in The New England Journal of Medicine found that using

chelation

> therapy with EDTA to reduce lead levels in patients with kidney

failure could

> prevent further loss of kidney function, save billions in

healthcare costs,

> and eliminate the need for dialysis in millions of people. (3)

>

> Wow! Digest that. Chelation therapy saves lives and billions of

dollars.

> So why isn't your doctor offering this as standard treatment?

>

> The answer is this: As I have said many times, doctors don't

learn two of

> the most important things in medical school: how to help people

improve their

> nutrition and how to deal with environmental toxins.

>

> And not only is lead linked to heart disease, high blood

pressure, and

> kidney failure, it is also connected to the epidemic of children

with ADHD,

> developmental and learning problems, and autism.

>

> Even though the " safe " blood level of lead has been set as 10

> micrograms/deciliter, recent studies show that the greatest drop-

off in IQ scores in

> children occurs in those who have lead levels between just 1 and

10

> micrograms/deciliter. (4)

>

> This is particularly troubling, because more than 10 percent of

poor and

> inner city children have lead exposure levels higher than 10

> micrograms/deciliter!

>

> I recently treated a young boy with extremely high lead levels

who had

> Asperger's syndrome, severe ADHD, and violent behavior.

>

> He likely got the lead from his mother, who had very low vitamin

D levels

> and had developed osteoporosis, which released a lot of lead from

her bones

> during pregnancy. This lead got into the boy's body in the womb

across his

> mother's placenta.

>

> Thankfully, we got rid of his lead over time through chelation and

> nutritional support. Doing so dramatically improved his

attention, behavior, and social

> skills.

>

> Lead is still found in our soil and water. We live in a sea of

heavy metals.

> In areas with a history of industrial pollution, people track

lead into

> their homes from contaminated soil. Today, regular house dust

often contains 17

> times the level of lead it once did.

>

> In Washington, DC, the water was so contaminated with lead

recently that the

> government had to provide free water filters for everyone there.

Up to 20

> percent of the city's tap water may be contaminated.

>

> So what can you do about this?

>

> 1. Find out if you are lead-toxic. The easiest test is a simple

blood lead

> test. Be sure the lab can measure VERY low levels of lead

accurately.

> Anything higher than 2 micrograms/deciliter is toxic and should

be treated.

>

> Unfortunately, the blood test only checks for current or ongoing

exposures,

> so you must also take a heavy metal challenge test with DMSA,

EDTA, or DMPS,

> which can be administered by a doctor trained in heavy metal

detoxification.

> (See www.functionalmedicine.org or www.acam.org to find a

qualified doctor.)

> Consider undergoing chelation therapy if your lead levels are

high.

>

> 2. Reduce your exposures by having a " no shoes in the house "

policy.

>

> 3. Test your water for heavy metals.

>

> 4. Buy a carbon or reverse osmosis water filter for your drinking

water.

>

> 5. Take 1,000 milligrams of buffered ascorbic acid (vitamin C) a

day, this

> helps remove lead from the body.

>

> 6. Take 2,000 to 4,000 IU of vitamin D3 a day to prevent your

bones from

> releasing lead into your bloodstream.

>

> Even though many of us have toxic levels of lead in our bodies,

there is a

> lot we can do to prevent it and treat it.

>

> Now I'd like to hear from you...

>

> Do you suffer from any of the symptoms of lead toxicity?

>

> Have you been tested for lead poisoning? Do you plan to be?

>

> Which of the other steps have you tried?

>

> Please let me know your thoughts by posting a comment on my blog

at:

>

> http://www.ultrawellness.com/blog

>

> Just look for the post at the top titled: " Why Lead Poisoning

May be

> Causing Your Health Problems "

>

> REFERENCES:

>

> (1) Menke A, Muntner P, Batuman V, Silbergeld EK, Guallar E.

Blood lead

> below 0.48 micromol/L (10 microg/dL) and mortality among US

adults. Circulation.

> 2006 Sep 26;114(13):1388-94.

>

> (2) Nash D, Magder L, Lustberg M, Sherwin RW, Rubin RJ, Kaufmann

RB,

> Silbergeld, Blood lead, blood pressure, and hypertension in

perimenopausal and

> postmenopausal women. JAMA. 2003 Mar 26;289(12):1523-32.

>

> (3) Lin JL, Lin-Tan DT, Hsu KH, Yu CC Environmental lead exposure

and

> progression of chronic renal diseases in patients without

diabetes. N Engl J Med.

> 2003 Jan 23;348(4):277-86

>

> (4) Canfield RL, Henderson CR Jr, Cory-Slechta DA, Cox C, Jusko

TA, Lanphear

> BP.Intellectual impairment in children with blood lead

concentrations below

> 10 microg per deciliter. N Engl J Med. 2003 Apr 17;348(16):1517-

26.

>

> UltraWellness LLC

> 45 Walker Street

> Lenox, MA 01240

> http://www.ultrawellness.com to see the quick, 5-minute video

version of this

> on my blog

>

>

>

>

>

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