Heavy Metal Detoxification and Elimination – why is it Becoming Increasingly Important?
Environmental toxins are ubiquitous today, and the number of individuals affected by resulting secondary diseases is increasing.
Heavy metals, pesticides, chemicals, exhaust fumes, cleaning agents, etc. – hardly any area of life is spared. High concentrations of heavy metals are also frequently found in food.
The burden from dental materials and potentially endoprostheses is widely known, and dental restoration may be necessary.
Many of these toxins accumulate in the body over years, and for a long time, our body is even capable of compensating for this burden.
If the burden becomes too severe, the body can no longer eliminate heavy metals on its own.
Often, non-specific symptoms gradually emerge, which can severely impair our quality of life:
- Chronic fatigue, headaches, lethargy
- Increased susceptibility to infection
- Hair loss / Skin rash
- Allergies
- Neurological symptoms
- Psychological disorders (depression, anxiety, mood swings)
- Liver dysfunction
- Skin irritation
- Fertility disorders
If exposure to environmental toxins persists, or if these toxins are not neutralized or eliminated, massive pathological changes can occur.
Special attention is given to heavy metals, as they are ubiquitous in daily life and can enter our bodies in various ways (especially through food and inhaled air).
Metals can cause both toxic and immunological effects in our bodies, leading to inflammation, allergies, and immune damage, up to and including autoimmunity.
Common heavy metal intoxications include:
- Nickel – in dental materials, endoprostheses, jewelry, and chocolate
- Cobalt – in endoprostheses, jewelry, cutlery, bleaching and dyeing agents
- Lead – via drinking water, wild mushrooms, offal, mussels
- Cadmium – via wild mushrooms, shellfish, offal, tobacco smoke
- Mercury – via dental amalgam, fish, seafood
- Copper – in drinking water from copper pipes and dental alloys
- Aluminum – from cosmetics, dental cement, food and beverage cans
You can view a complete list here.
Heavy metals preferentially accumulate in the central nervous system, bones, pancreas, kidneys, and liver.
Consequences of Heavy Metal Exposure
- Damage to mitochondria (disruption of energy production)
- Faulty cell repair (disruption in the cellular enzyme system, cell degeneration, cancer)
- Alteration of protein structure, leading to metabolic disruptions / blockages
- Damage to cellular structures, particularly the nervous and immune systems
- Formation of free radicals and inactivation of detoxification function
- Displacement of micronutrients, leading to significant metabolic disorders
- Damage to genetic material
Often in treatment, we are confronted with situations where certain therapies, which typically yield good results, show unsatisfactory outcomes in specific patients. These patients frequently exhibit therapy blockages due to toxin exposure. By eliminating heavy metals and freeing the body from harmful substances, we can remove these therapy blockages.
Detection of Pollutant Exposure
For this reason, I conduct diagnostics, especially when exposure is suspected. If necessary, heavy metals can then be eliminated. This saves treatment time and, in some cases, significant costs. Before a potential detoxification and elimination treatment, it is often advisable to detect exposure to heavy metals or other environmental toxins. The body’s ability to break down these harmful substances must also be considered.
All these factors influence the individual therapy.
Suitable starting materials include blood, urine (with or without prior elimination), and saliva (especially for exposure from dental materials).
Most commonly, however, detection is performed in urine after prior administration of metal-binding substances, known as chelating agents. The administered chelating agents are not processed by the body. They serve solely as a transport mechanism for heavy metals. As they circulate through the body, they bind to the heavy metals and then exit the body, laden with these metals, via the kidneys.
The best method for you depends on various factors.
Eliminating Pollutants with the Eumunys Concept
In my practice, I apply the safe and proven concept of the German Academy for Chelation Therapy e.V. to
eliminate heavy metals
. This is individually tailored to each patient’s detoxification ability.
A robust liver detoxification function plays a significant role in this process. This enables us to achieve gentle and careful detoxification without the typical side effects that many patients experience.
