administrator wrote:rock, I suppose you no longer visit this thread.
In case you do, do you think chromium levels would show up in blood or urine tests if done a few hours after treatment?
FYI -- I talked with someone who has a phd in biochemistry, and he thought that this issue was not something to really be concerned about.
Firstly, there are two types of Hexavalent Chromium, and we have to be sure that this is the type VI one that is dangerous.
He also thought that it is unlikely that even five percent of the chromium in the stainless steel electrodes would be emitted via electrolysis reaction over the lifetime of the machine. i.e., over 95 percent of it would not even leak out.
Anyway, I still plan to get a blood or urine test a few hours after treatment one day to satiate my curiosity.
You can do the blood tests for aluminum for sure. I don't know about chromium but I think it should be possible in a normal laboratory. Anyway I'm not taking any chances any longer. I've quit doing iontophoresis and the reason I started this thread was on account of an optic neuritis that I've been dealing with. I did some research here in Italy and it seems there's an emergent strong correlation here between toxic metals and nerve degeneration (particularly aluminum and mercury). Now I did quite an amount of iontophoresis treatments with aluminum electrodes and that certainly scares me. So now I'm going to do EDTA chelation therapy and see just how much of this stuff I have accumulated in my body.
Coincidentally guys, while doing my research, I happened to discover that heavy metal intoxication brings about, among other things, excessive sweating (particularly mercury). So perhaps our bodies have been burdened with this crap all this time and now (the irony! ... no pun intended) is that we've entered a vicious circle and perhaps we're adding to the already significant amount of metal we have.
I'm not saying hyperhidrosis is connected to heavy metal intoxication but it seems plausible and it's worth checking (just a simple test). Here's what I've discovered. Some people have low levels of glutathione in their blood so they can't excrete certain toxins rapidly enought, therefore these deposit in many tissues in our body, like the brain for instance.
If you want to do a quick check to see if that's the case, just do a normal copper/zinc ratio blood test. If the zinc concentration is 10 times higher then you're OK, otherwise something's wrong and you'd better check further. What does "checking further" mean? You can't expect anything from a normal blood test unless the intoxication has just occurred. The metals leave the blood circulation pretty soon and deposit in the tissues (or are excreted), so there's only one way to find out. You have to undergo a "challenge test". For instance with EDTA. Just one chelation, and you check urine samples BEFORE and AFTER chelation and see what changes. Then you know for sure if you're intoxicated.
Where could you get intoxicated in the first place, you may be wondering? Here's a short but by no means exhaustive list:
Paints
Dental amalgams (strong source!)
Vaccines (on account of thimerosal)
Aluminum foils
Cans
Cookware
It's all around us! Guys, check this out. It's pretty simple and I think it's worth it. Maybe this has been our problem all along and we don't need symptomatic cures any longer. Maybe (just maybe) this is the very root of the problem.
I'll keep you updated.
Take care.
Rock
P.S.
PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR ALL THIS INFORMATION. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET. CROSS CHECK. AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU FIND OUT. KNOWLEDGE IS THE DISEASE'S WORST ENEMY, AND OUR BEST ALLY.