How to test if you have heavy metals inside you.

As with any test, it pays to be your own advocate. If you go into this blind, then you are simply hoping that the person doing the testing knows what they are doing. Rest assured, by the time you have finished this post you will have a clear understanding of what each test involves.

Okay, if you have been paying close attention, you may have noticed that heavy metals are an insidious, omnipresent part of everyday life. They are inside our homes and they are inside us. So if we already know this, then you might be asking what’s the point of testing?

That’s a great question and I like the way you think. Here’s the short answer …

When the body is unable to filter out toxins it stores them away for another time. This build-up is reflected in our hair, blood, and stool. A sample allows us to see just how well your body is (or isn’t) detoxifying itself.

Knowing just how many heavy metals are in our body can be quite revealing. Having this information moving forward also makes treatment protocols more effective. For anyone with an ongoing health issue (but without a firm diagnosis), this could be your lightbulb moment!

There are several test options available. The most common being hair, blood, and urine. Each offers a snapshot in time. Hair tends to reflect a period of months. Blood and urine tend to be weeks and hours respectively.

The most accurate result comes from combining tests which are sometimes known as “tri-testing.” In this post. I’ll walk you through the pros and cons of each. But first, it’s important to note that toxicity, mineral depletion, and sickness all go hand in hand.

If we know that to be true, we would expect to see higher levels of heavy metals in our test results but that’s not always the case. There are other factors to take into consideration. For example, when the body becomes too ill or too weak to detoxify it can hold onto metals by storing them in fat tissue. This is important information to have under your belt as the person reading your results may jump to the wrong conclusions. Looking at the data subjectively leads us to first ask — is this person’s detoxification pathway overtaxed?”