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 The symptoms of toxic heavy metal poisoning and the symptoms of autism, PDD, Aspergers, & ADD/ ADHD are very similar.  Toxic metals could be the cause of those symptoms. Memory loss, increased allergic reactions, high blood pressure, depression, mood swings, irritability, poor concentration, aggressive behavior, sleep disabilities, fatigue, speech disorders, high blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, vascular occlusion, neuropathy, autoimmune diseases, and chronic fatigue are just some of the many conditions resulting from exposure to toxins. 

Heavy metals originate within the Earth.  However, we have opened Pandora’s Box by spreading these toxic metals throughout our environment.  As levels rise in our air, water, and topsoil, they also rise within our bodies, contributing to chronic diseases, learning disorders, cancer, dementia, and premature aging.

Heavy metals poison us by disrupting our cellular enzymes, which run on nutritional minerals such as magnesium, zinc, and selenium.  Toxic metals kick out the nutrients and bind their receptor sites, causing diffuse symptoms by affecting nerves, hormones, digestion, and immune function. There seems to be a higher level of heavy metal toxicity in children in the Autistic spectrum. The evidence suggests that some children in the autistic spectrum build up more of these toxic metals because of an inability to excrete them. When they become lodged in the brain the brain does not function normally, causing autistic symptoms and learning disorders. 

The relationship of the heavy metals and children with autistic symptoms is being researched from every angle thought of. One team of investigators reported damage to the intestinal mucosal layer , in the form of increased permeability, in over 40% of autistic children tested. This gastrointestinal dysfunction would allow greater amount of toxins to penetrate the gut barrier into systemic circulation, and thus increase the toxin burden in children unable to properly process this onslaught of toxin agents.

This is a topic close to our hearts. Our daughter at the age of six has accumulated concerning amounts of six toxic metals. We, of course, wish this research was coming out much faster.

The heavy metals most often implicated in human poisoning are lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium. Some heavy metals, such as zinc, copper, chromium, iron, and manganese, are required by the body in small amounts, but these same elements can be toxic in larger quantities. Once in the body, they compete with and displace essential minerals such as zinc, copper, magnesium, and calcium, and interfere with organ system function. Toxic heavy metals may lead to a decline in the mental, cognitive, and physical health of the individual. 

The degree to which a system, organ, tissue, or cell is affected by a heavy metal toxin depends on the toxin itself and the individual's degree of exposure to the toxin. The specific sources of exposure, where the metals tend to be deposited and the adverse health effects of each metal are identified through the following link..

There is a long list of symptoms and the heavy metal toxins associated at the following LINK

Today, heavy metals are abundant in our drinking water, air and soil. They are present in virtually every area of modern consumerism-from construction materials to cosmetics, medicines to processed foods, fuel sources to agents of destruction, appliances to personal care products. It is very difficult for anyone to avoid exposure to any of the many harmful heavy metals that are so prevalent in our environment. Our chelation program may help to lessen the negative impact that these agents have on human health. Oral chelation therapy is effective in treating heavy metal poisoning. Children with lead poisoning should be careful to be in lead-free environments while chelating.

One of the most startling revelations Dr. Adams made was his description of the thimerosal molecule and the fact that thimerosal can settle in vaccine vials.  It is far denser than other molecules in the vaccines due to the heavy mercury atom.  Thimerosal may settle to the bottom of a 10-dose vial of vaccine so if the vial is not shaken properly, or not at all, some unlucky children could have received up to 10 times the dose of thimerosal. That immunization may change your child's performance for their entire life.***Inorganic mercury contained in vaccines may be undetectable in urine, hair, or blood testing.

Here is a link to an interesting article specifically on the effects of COPPER TOXICITY SYNDROME By Dr. Lawrence Wilson .Very high copper can cause a psychotic break from reality, a type of  schizophrenia. Although copper diffuses out of the liver into the blood and then into other tissues, it has disastrous effects only on the brain. There it can cause motor neurologic disease characterized by any combination of tremors, dystonia, dysarthria, dysphagia, chorea, drooling, open-mouthedness, and incoordination. Sometimes, copper toxicity to the brain is first noted as grossly inappropriate behavior, sudden deterioration of schoolwork, or, rarely, psychosis indistinguishable from schizophrenia or manic-depressive illness. As copper moves from liver to brain, some of it always deposits in Descemet's membrane of the cornea, producing gold or greenish gold Kayser-Fleischer rings or crescents.

Why Is Cleansing The "Blood-Filtering- Organs" Considered Important?
The Liver and Kidneys as well as the Gallbladder and Lymphatic System are major “filters” of the blood system, removing toxic wastes and debris. The kidneys especially aid in ridding the body of excess “acids” while rebalancing critical pH. If these “filters” are damaged or continuously unclean, your blood will remain laden with debris and heavy metals that could travel to your brain and cause a stroke, or become part of the cholesterol plaque hardening your arteries and veins, or become “stones” painfully lodged in your kidneys. The clean and efficient functioning of key blood filtering organs is critically essential for life.

• Help prevent hardening of the arteries
• Help rejuvenate your cardiovascular system
• Improve circulation
• Help remove lead, mercury plus 18 other metals
• Reduce toxic lead and metal deposits and abnormal calcium deposit
• Reduce blood pressure and blood cholesterol
• Reduce leg cramps
• Improve liver function and kidney function
• Help to relieve symptoms of memory loss by increasing circulation of the brain
• Help dissolve fats in plaque lined arteries

 Proper digestion is essential to the safety of the chelation process. 

Our "Digestin" product helps with digestive discomfort from food allergies and problems digesting lactose, sugar, gluten or fats.

Digestive enzymes are highly effective in the breakdown of damaged tissues and in the killing of unfriendly gastro-intestinal flus/viruses, helping to reduce inflammation and encourage healthy tissue growth. If your child has digestive problems and needs enzymes Click Here for OUR supplements site then on the digestive link.

Chelation can be accomplished with nutrients that protect our bodies from heavy metals.

Magnesium protects us from aluminum

Amino acids, calcium, iodine, selenium, vitamin C, and zinc protest us from arsenic.

Amino acids, calcium, vitamin C and zinc protect us from cadmium.

Amino acids, calcium, iron, Vitamin C, vitamin e, and zinc protect us from lead.

Amino acids, pectin selenium, and vitamin C protect us from mercury.

 Vitamin C, molybdenum and sulfur-containing amino acids( cysteine and taurine) chelate copper.

It is advisable to keep this in mind when choosing supplements after IV chelation is concluded or to provide a maintenance program after you have reached desired levels. For IV chelation we recommend the Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in New Jersey.

How to start the process

Testing of your hair sample can be done at many local health food or supplement stores- The cost of this test can vary as to what provider submits the test to the lab. Most are sent to the same lab in the area that you live in. The most important consideration is that you will understand the data and that you will get a consultation with the analysis.

Hair analysis is usually the first step. We can now do hair analysis at our center in Merritt Island, Florida. Kits can be mailed to you to mail into the lab and reports will be sent to us to go over with you by phone. Holly@incrediblehorizons.com ($45 charge)

A more complete analysis can be provided through our Biotrac program (Click Biotrac in the blue column on the supplements page). Another advantage to using this is that they will suggest compatible products especially for your personal needs that can enhance your general health and your chelation process. They will provide a complete consultation as part of the service.

 Click Here to order Biotrac- a consultant will call you for your consultation and to give you procedural info

In childhood, blood lead levels above 80 ug/dL generally indicate lead poisoning, however, significantly lower levels (>30 ug/dL) can cause mental retardation and other cognitive and behavioral problems in affected children. Blood levels of mercury should not exceed 3.6 ug/dL, while urine levels should not exceed 15 ug/dL. Symptoms of mercury poisoning may be seen when mercury levels exceed 20 ug/dL in blood and 60 ug/dL in urine. Since arsenic is rapidly cleared from the blood, blood arsenic levels may not be very useful in diagnosis. Cadmium toxicity is generally indicated when urine levels exceed 10 ug/dL of creatinine and blood levels exceed 5 ug/dL.

Their bodies should be strong and healthy before the chelation process should be attempted, i.e. gut function, nutrient support, and cellular energy. Please see a medical professional before starting this process if there are any digestive/liver/kidney concerns. You can print ingredient lists and any data from the supplements website on their products for your medical professional.

Trace mineral replacement therapy (nutritional support) is essential when doing any form of chelation. Trace mineral therapy is important on its own as well since the essential minerals compete with toxic metals for binding sites. In other words, when ones body is properly mineralized, the absorption and toxicity of heavy metals is greatly reduced. We recommend our Vaxa Greens or Daily Essential product for nutritional support. Chelation products also work best when taking the chelating agents on an empty stomach. If there are no foods/water containing heavy metals in the stomach when the chelating agents are introduced, there can be no absorption of heavy metals. Thus preventing the uptake of new metals in the process. 

Once you have decided you are ready to start:

If needed consider the option of our Liver or kidney support (click on organ health) and our Digestin formula. They will lessen the chance of side effects. REMEMBER IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU DRINK AT LEAST EIGHT GLASSES OF WATER PER DAY WHEN CHELATING.

Digestin is an excellent enhancement to the Oral Chelation program because enzymes help the body absorb chelators and nutritional support. Digestin is to be taken right before meals.

For Chelators in our product line that work on specific metal toxins use the following LINK

Adding garlic and cilantro to your diet will enhance the chelation process.

Dosage for children

Dosages for Toddlers (1-3 yrs) generally require one quarter (¼) of the recommended maintenance dosages for adults, although there are always exceptions. Dosages for children between 4-7 years of age require one half (½) of the recommended maintenance dosages for adults. Dosages for children between 8-12 years of age require three quarters (¾) of the recommended maintenance dosages for adults, and for those over the age of 12 years dosages are generally the same as adults because increased rates of body metabolism in these children/adolescents more than adequately compensate for body mass and weight of adults.

• Buffer-pH+ (click on PH Balancing on VAXA page) Or consider Vaxa Greens-It is more expensive but adds the nutritional support needed for chelation.
  Systemic Alkalize
  
  (1) Helps stop continuing plaque formation.
  (2) Unlocks/Keeps heavy metals from bonding, increasing chelation efficiency.

    Buffer-pH+ Dosage: 4 caps daily for 3 months. (Cost is $29.95 for 120
    capsules-3 bottles are needed for three month supply making total cost
    $89.85 plus shipping and handling). Please add Daily Essentials to your
    regimen when choosing this option.

OR

• Vaxa Greens (To order this product type "Vaxa greens" in keyword search at the top of the Vaxa page)

        (1)Gently cleans your colon
        (2)Emulsifies and metabolizes fat
        (3)Naturally increases your energy
        (4)Restores a healthy pH level -Unlocks/Keeps heavy metals from bonding,
         increasing chelation efficiency.
        (5)Provides nutritional support during the Chelation process

        $48 for 25 servings per bottle. Place 3 teaspoons of Vaxa Greens into four
        ounces ( 1/2 cup) to eight ounces (1 cup) of water, or your favorite juice.
        Mix completely and enjoy! Putting it in a fruit flavored shake makes it a
        desirable option for children.
        *Vaxa Greens is the most recommended product by physicians for 
        general  health.

• Anti-Oxin+ provides a gentle chelation for children and Echinacea to enhance immunity during the chelation process. (Click on Antioxidants in the blue column of our Vaxa web page) Or adults can consider Tricardia+.

        Anti-Oxin+ is $27.95 -60 capsules per bottle. Take 1 to 2 capsules daily, 
        or as directed by physician. For nutritional support during illness, 
        radiation exposure or heavy metal toxicity, take 4 capsules twice daily,
        or as directed by a physician. Thereafter , take 1 to 2 capsules daily for
        ongoing maintenance. (See dosage for children note above.) Costs will vary
        as to age. Ordering a three month supply saves you shipping and handling.

OR

• Växa's TriCardia+ (click on Oral Chelation on Vaxa Page) Adults only 
  EDTA Oral Chelation Formula
  
  (1) Chelates (grabs) dangerous heavy metals and eliminates them.
  (2) Detoxifies the Liver and Kidneys, enhancing elimination.

        TriCardia+ $39.95 for 180 capsules per bottle. For complete cleansing, take
        2 to 4 capsules daily for the first week, increasing to a maximum of 12
        capsules per day within the first 4 weeks( 4 capsules 3x daily) and continue
        for 12 weeks, or as directed by a physician. Drink at least 8 glasses of water
        daily for balancing and flushing of the system. Thereafter , take 2 to 4 
        capsules daily for ongoing maintenance.(6 bottles needed total cost 239.70
        plus shipping and handling)

We also suggest the nutritional support of:

Daily Essentials Or Vaxa Greens

Trace mineral replacement therapy (nutritional support) is essential when doing any form of chelation. Daily Essentials contains the necessary and essential nutrients needed to sustain the life and health of an organism. This complete formula includes vitamins, minerals, trace elements, amino acids and select herbs known to be powerful antioxidants.

Vaxa Greens is an advanced synergistic blend of "Phyto-Nutrient Complex" concentrates, containing over 50 Superfoods that provide you with naturally occurring vitamins, minerals, enzymes, protein, algae, functional foods and more! This product also balances Ph levels that are often thrown off in the chelation process.

See Chart for what Attend, Digestin, and Allersine adds for nutritional Support LINK

 ORDERING INFO
 Click Here to order any of these products! It is faster to place your order if you have a list of what products you want to order then click on product list once you are on supplements page. If you want more information on a product click on its name and you will be transferred to an information page.

Supplemental Products recommended for
Autism Spectrum/ADHD/ADD

Biotrac testing-Test for nutritional needs and toxicity levels
Anti-Oxin  - Chelation Product                    
Tri-Cardia (adults only) Chelation Product
Daily Essentials-Mineral replacement/nutritional support
Vaxa Greens -Mineral replacement/nutritional support & ph balancing
Digestin -digestive support   
Allersine-Allergy support
Attend- natural supplement to improve attention & processing
Extress-natural supplement to decrease hyperactivity & stress
Memorin-natural supplement to improve memory & clear thinking
Neuran-natural supplement to improve neural disorders & processing

After three months retest-continue on program or go on maintenance schedule. Mercury and lead take the longest to chelate. It may take longer than three months.

Intravenous chelation therapy costs about $120 per treatment across the nation. 

In Conclusion: There are many questions to be answered regarding the cause and treatment of autism, PDD, and other autistic-spectrum disorders. The solutions are not always simple and the cause is often multi-factorial. It is important to realize that with everything in medicine there are no guarantees of absolute recovery, especially with complex disorders involving the nervous system. However, there is reason for hope and enthusiasm regarding the treatment of children with an autistic-spectrum disorder. Much can be done to help your child reach their full potential, and we believe that with many children significant mental, emotional, and overall health improvements can be achieved.

Parent Support Group
B-Focasd
 Brevard Families of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders 
(or Similar Disabilities).
Melborne meetings are the first Wednesday of every month 7-9 p.m.

For more info contact
Cari at cari@bfocasd.com.

Email Holly@incrediblehorizons.com with any questions

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