In January 2013, my heath completed shattered. At my lowest point, I
was fully bedridden. And for the last four years, I've been on a
journey healing from chronic fatigue, Lyme disease, and endless
debilitating infections. This is despite being (what many people
would consider) the epitome of health; I have three master's degrees
in exercise physiology, nutrition, and biokinesiology and I'm the
author of a multi-award-winning fitness book.
In 2016 even after years of healing, being treated for endless
chronic infections, and having a team of extensive medical
professions I was still not fully functional. So I started digging
further into what could possibly be missing to find out why my
immune system was still impaired. Heavy metal toxicity seemed like a
possible answer. Addressing heavy metal toxicity is essential in
treating many cases of Lyme disease, and I found numerous scientific
articles that detailed how heavy metals suppress immunity and
increase the risk of infectious disease, including mycoplasma
pneumonia (which I, too, was being treated for).
How cilantro helped me diagnose my heavy metal toxicity.
During my research I found that a negative response to a chelation
agent was one way to determine the likelihood of a heavy metal
problem. And since cilantro is considered a natural chelation agent,
I decided to just take one pill from a reputable company and face
the consequences (if any). What happened? Within 12 hours, the
amount of pain became unbearable every joint in my body burned and I
thought my kidneys were going to burst. This continued for three to
four days. Obviously, it seemed that I had a heavy metal problem.
Shortly after this experiment, I saw my physician. I told him what
had happened and he made numerous suggestions for ridding myself of
heavy metals. I asked him why he had not considered heavy metals
before, and he said he only really suspects heavy metals in the
50-plus crowd, so I was now the youngest in his practice. Hopefully
from here on out, he will start checking sooner! Inevitably, I went
through three grueling months of chelation therapy and I suffered
from endless herxheimer reactions, severe hypotension, migraines,
burning joints, severe exhaustion, chills, nausea, and more.
Chelation therapy helped me regain my health.
After three months, I came out further ahead and was finally able to
handle the chelation process without any more negative side effects.
My energy levels and stamina reached a new high and I was able to
stop numerous medications that I had been taking for over two years.
With a condition like mine, you often have to take 10 steps back to
move one step forward. And addressing heavy metal toxicity brought
me one step closer to regaining my health. In April 2017, I was
actually able to return to the gym after over four years.
Source
Now, you're probably wondering why I had a heavy metal problem in
the first place? I've been asking this, too. I have no metal
fillings, I don't eat excessive amounts of fish, and I've never
lived in an area with heavy levels of air pollution. Regardless,
failure to address heavy metal toxicity was contributing to my
chronic fatigue, and doing chelation therapy was well worth it. And
that's all that really matters, right?
