Heavy metal poisoning occurs when your body’s soft tissues absorb too much of a particular metal. You might be exposed to high concentrations of metals from food, air or water pollution, as well as medicine, food containers with improper coating, industrial exposure or lead-based paint. Common symptoms across several types of heavy metal poisoning include: diarrhoea, nausea, abdominal pain, vomiting, shortness of breath, tingling in your hands and feet, chills and weakness. If you have suffered with any of these symptoms for a long period of time and conventional medicine testing has failed to give you any answers then you may want to consider heavy metal urine or hair sample testing.

A screen for toxic metals using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) for 20 toxic elements

Patient Instructions:

It is recommended that you omit fish and shellfish from your diet for 5-7 days prior to collecting your urine sample as these have been shown to temporarily increase the excretion of toxic metals.

Mineral containing nutritional supplements should ideally also be avoided for 24 hours prior to commencing your sample collection.

Collect urine over approximately 6 hours (or provide an early morning specimen). We recommend you select option A on your sample form once you receive your test kit.

View sample instructions HERE

Q. How do you support me with my results?

In ADDITION to your lab report we provide the following options which are INCLUDED in the package prices;

A) Follow up personalised written report produced by our clinical team (click HERE for team info) highlighting dietary and lifestyle advice plus links to supplement protocols, specific doses and any further testing requirements included. We use the patient information you provide us at checkout along with your results to compile personalised action points for you.

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B) Follow up 30-minute video call to discuss your results and answer any questions you have. Once the lab has completed your results you will be sent these via email with a link to book a time and day online. You will also then be given the option to upgrade your 30-minute call to a 45-minute call for an additional £30 if you wish. During the call your practitioner will explain the results in more detail and what they mean for you. After your call you are sent a personalised list of supplements & the dose your practitioner advises with links to purchase from our supplements store. This is for your convenience. You are of course welcome to purchase supplements elsewhere. You will also be provided with a list of follow up tests should this be required plus a copy of your recorded zoom call which you can download and keep.

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C) Both Zoom call and written report with personalised next steps (Zoom call is first and written report follows).

Heavy metal toxicity can either be acute or chronic effects. Long-term exposure to heavy metal can progressively lead to muscular, physical and neurological degenerative processes that are similar to diseases such as Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and Alzheimer's disease. This lab report will provide your levels of the following metals along with recommendations on how to correct levels. We use Doctors Data Inc labs in the USA for this testing. Your kit is posted to you from the UK within 24-48 hours of ordering so you should receive your test kit within a few days via DHL. You can then contact DHL to arrange a free collection of your sample. If you are ordering from outside the UK we will ship via DHL or Fedex with return labels. Results usually take around 2 weeks. Order toxic metals and essential elements together for great cost savings.

Toxic Metal testing covers the following:

Aluminum

Antimony

Arsenic

Barium

Beryllium

Bismuth

Cadmium

Cesium

Gadolinium

Lead

Mercury

Nickel

Palladium

Platinum

Tellurium

Thallium

Thorium

Tin

Tungsten

Uranium

Creatine also checked

Sample report can be viewed HERE

Essential Elements checks:

• Zinc

• Vanadium

• Sulfur

• Strontium

• Sodium

• Selenium

• Potassium

• Phosphorus

• pH

• Molybdenum

• Manganese

• Magnesium

• Lithium

• Iron

• Copper

• Cobalt

• Chromium

• Calcium

• Boron

  Sample report can be viewed HERE

What are the symptoms of heavy metal poisoning?

• diarrhea.

• nausea.

• abdominal pain.

• vomiting.

• shortness of breath.

• tingling in your hands and feet.

• chills.

• weakness.

Guide to choosing the right toxin test HERE

You can read about the differences and application of the Toxic Metals Hair and Urine Test HERE.