Removing Heavy Metals

Detoxification Recipe

Compiled by Dr. Thomas Stearns Lee, NMD

Heavy-metal poisoning is rampant.  It is a major cause of hormonal imbalances, cancer, thyroid problems, neurological disturbances, learning problems, depression food allergies, and parasites.

Cilantro -- also known as coriander or Chinese parsley -- has been proven to chelate toxic metals from our bodies in a relatively short period of time.  (The word chelate comes from the Greek word for claw, and describes a process which acts to engulf and then enable the removal of a highly reactive toxic mineral.)

Combined with the benefits of the other ingredients, the following recipe for Cilantro Chelation Pesto is a powerful tissue cleanser.  It is not only easy to make, but also really tasty.  It's delicious on toast, baked potatoes, and pasta.

Two teaspoons of this cilantro pesto daily for three weeks is purportedly enough to increase the urinary excretion of mercury, lead, and aluminum, thus effectively removing these toxic metals from our bodies.  Consider doing this cleanse for three weeks at least once a year.

Cilantro Chelation Pesto

• 4 cloves garlic

• 1/3 cup Brazil nuts (selenium source)

• 1/3 cup sunflower seeds (cysteine source)

• 1/3 cup pumpkin seeds (zinc, magnesium sources)

• 2 cups packed fresh cilantro (coriander, Chinese parsley)  (Vitamin A source)

• 2/3 cup flaxseed oil

• 4 tablespoons lemon juice (Vitamin C source)

• 2 tsp. Dulse powder

• Bragg's Liquid Aminos™

Process the cilantro and flaxseed oil in a blender until the cilantro is chopped.  Add the garlic, nuts, and seeds, dulse and lemon juice and mix until the mixture is finely blended into a paste.  Add a squirt of Bragg's Liquid Aminos to taste and blend again.  Store in dark glass jars if possible.  It freezes well, so purchase cilantro in season and fill enough jars to last through the year.

One person suffering from high blood pressure due to mercury poisoning had her blood pressure return to normal after eating 2 teaspoons of this pesto daily for only a week.  So whether you need to detoxify heavy metals from your body or just wish to use it as a preventative measure, 2 teaspoons a day is all you need to take.

For cases of serious disease, you may contact NaturoDoc for referrals to clinics outside the U.S. that use innovative, effective natural medical procedures for detoxification.

About Testing for Toxic Metals

Several different methods can be used to test for toxic metals in the hair, urine, and blood.  A challenge test of the urine evaluates the body load of mercury more accurately than a hair analysis.  The problem with hair analysis is that there could be a lot of heavy metals in the bones and teeth that do not come out in the hair test.

In our opinion, the only dependable reflection of the body's load of toxic mercury is a urinalysis preceded by a dose of an oral chelator at a known concentration for your body weight.  The chelator is DMSA, and the amount of toxic metal that comes out in this preliminary dose reflects how much is there to be removed later.

The King James Medical Laboratory and its Omegatech division offers preventive medical physicians a full menu of tests to support their patients.  These tests include testing for 22 metals in hair, urine, and blood, and a full interpretation of hair test results.  The urine test can be performed alone, or before and after chelation therapy to evaluate its effectiveness.  Also available is a special test for mercury and other metals in urine that is designed to evaluate the body burden of mercury and the effect of removal therapy.  This "Toxic Metals in Urine" test is available for the evaluation of twelve of the most important toxic metals.

NaturoDoc has no affiliation with the King James Medical Laboratory.

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