Heavy Metal Toxicity

• Have you ever considered you could be lead toxic? It’s everywhere, even in lipstick.
• Do you regularly eat fish, or do you have amalgams? Then the chances are you’re mercury toxic.
• Environmental pollution can be a killer. Are you poisoned?
• Are you breathing in freeway dust every day? Then your body is probably toxic.

Pollutants invade the body’s tissue just as they invade the bloodstream. In particular, heavy metals can contribute to degenerative diseases. They can also cause symptoms, such as chronic fatigue, memory loss, insomnia, unexplained tremors, depression, and chronic headaches, among other problems. Ridding the body of these toxic substances may improve a person’s ability to live longer, relieve life-debilitating symptoms, and may even improve a person’s resistance to the effects of some diseases.

How we treat Heavy Metal Toxicity in Tampa Bay

At LifeWorks we recommend oral or IV Chelation Therapy as the primary treatment of heavy metal intoxication by lead, cadmium, aluminum, mercury, arsenic, and even iron. Each patient receives a full medical evaluation and screening blood tests before receiving chelation therapy. Chelation is an intravenous therapy with an amino acid called EDTA (Ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic acid). This substance binds toxic metals and removes them from the body so that they can not continue to cause harm.

For more information about handling heavy metal toxicity call our Clearwater clinic at 727 466 6789.

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Author: Dr. David Minkoff, M.D.Website: http://www.lifeworkswellnesscenter.com/our-team/dr-david-minkoff-m-d.html

Founder and Medical Director

In 1995, Dr. Minkoff's wife became ill and her physicians couldn't find what was wrong. Not accepting their "no hope" conclusion, Dr. Minkoff went on a search to help her which led him out of emergency medicine into complementary and alternative medicine to find the answers. In the process he gained expertise in Biological medicine, heavy metal detoxification, anti-aging medicine, hormone replacement therapy, functional medicine, energy medicine, neural and prolotherapy, homeopathy and optimum nutrition. He studied under the masters in each of these disciplines until he became an expert in his own right. The answers he found were soon in demand when others learned of his wife’s return to good health. In response to this, he and his wife, Sue Minkoff RN established Lifeworks Wellness Center in 1997 and it quickly became one of the most comprehensive complementary and alternative medicine clinics in the U.S.