Can my symptoms be related to heavy metal toxicity?

There are more and more people entering the doctor's office with seemingly unexplainable symptoms.  These symptoms can vary from fatigue to weight gain to neurological symptoms, and they seem to come about out of the blue because there are no clear causes.  The doctor will perform what seems like a very thorough analysis and will not come up with anything.

Heavy metal toxicity is becoming increasingly prevalent in our society and is a very common underlying cause of a wide array of conditions and/or seemingly mysterious symptoms.  There are lots of heavy metals that we can be exposed to on a daily basis, depending on where you live, where you work, what materials you come in contact with at work/home, what type of foods you eat, where those foods come from, what type of  drinking water you use, etc.  All of these factors play a role in your total exposure to heavy metals that can include aluminum, cadmium, mercury, lead, nickel, arsenic, barium, and more.

These metals can deposit in different areas of the body and can affect different physiological functions (eg. disrupting enzymatic reactions, hormonal actions, neurological functioning).  Depending on what functions are affected, there can be a wide array of symptoms that manifest.

The good news is that these heavy metals can be detected quite easily using specialized lab testing.  Once certain metals are detected, we can then work towards both decreasing your exposure to these metals and pull or chelate these metals from where they are being stored in your body.  If you are experiencing symptoms that seem unexplainable according to preliminary medical analysis, heavy metal toxicity may be a possible cause.  If you are interesting in testing for these heavy metals, I encourage you to schedule a visit with me at Newmarket Naturopathic.

Yours in health,

Dr. Michael Morsillo, B.Sc., N.D.
Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine

Nature's Emporium
16655 Yonge St.
Newmarket, ON
905-898-1844
www.drmorsillo.com