Heavy metals can block many pathways in the body. By identifying the heavy metals, it can provide the key to treatment to remove these blockages. Heavy metal toxicity is a common issue in New Zealand, and lots of people are widely affected by this condition. Heavy metals, such as mercury, lead and aluminium, accumulate in the body over time and are suspected to lead to a wide spread of symptoms and health conditions. Heavy metal toxicity is caused primarily by the levels of pollution and use of chemicals that we are exposed to on a day-to-day basis.
Heavy Metal Testing
Common symptoms of heavy metal toxicity:
• Mental health disorders
• Foggy memory
• Impairment of vital organ systems
• Toxicity
• Allergies
• Immune dysfunction
• Thyroid dysfunction
• Cardiovascular disease
• Muscular skeletal conditions
• Metabolic syndrome
• Skin conditions
If you would like a Heavy Metal Test, contact us at info@thenutrientnurse.nz to arrange a test kit to be sent to your house. This test is completed as a provocative test, which means you will be given capsules to take orally at the commencement of your test. This chelating agent will draw out heavy metals from your tissues which allows for an in depth analysis.
Heavy metals tested:
• Aluminium (Al)
• Arsenic (As)
• Beryllium (Be)
• Bismuth (Bi)
• Cadmium (Cd)
• Mercury (Hg)
• Nickel (Ni)
• Lead (Pb)
• Platinum (Pt)
• Antimony (Sb)
• Tin (Sn)
• Thallium (TI)
• Silver (Ag)
• Barium (Ba)
Price $500 for testing, chelation medication required to draw heavy metals out and result analysis including healthcare plan. Price inc. GST.