Posted by Marc Martin on
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> Marc - What do you do to support your adrenals, kidneys and liver?

There are a variety of supplements (and foods) which will help various
organs. The specifics may vary by person depending on what they
tolerate / do well on / are willing to do / can afford. Also, different
doctors tend to prefer different brands of supplements, and also there
are things available at health food stores or online that are different
than what doctors tend to use.

Over the years, I've noticed that I've done well with a doctors brand
called "Standard Process", and they make a variety of supplements which
support a variety of organs. For example:

Adrenals: Adrenal Desicated, Drenamin, Drenatrophin PMG
Kidneys: Arginex, Renatrophin PMG, Renafood, Albaplex
Liver: Livaplex, Hepatrophin PMG, Spanish Black Radish, AF Betafood,
Betacol, Cruciferous Complete, Garlic

Also, to support liver detox via foods, you can try eating various
foods which support detox (depending on what you are willing to eat and
can tolerate): broccoli, asparagus, brussel sprouts, garlic, eggs,
kale, beets.

And to support the adrenals via food, make sure you are getting enough
salt (probably unrefined sea salt is best).

As for kidneys, drink a lot of water (preferably unchlorinated).

> My doctor wants to do a 6 hr urine provocation heavy metal test and
> then IV chelation if I need it. I know, from testing as well as
> symptoms, that I have adrenal fatigue. I'm so fatigued and weak, I
> can't imagine getting hit with IV drugs like that. Are those tests
> safe? Are there other (less scary) things I could do instead?

There are certainly some who would say that provocation tests and IV
chelation are not safe. I personally would not do them. If your body
cannot deal with the amount of metals that are unleashed into your
system during such a test or IV, it may end up making you worse, and it
may be difficult to get back to where you are now. There are alternate
tests which don't require provocation -- hair mineral tests and urine
porphyrin tests are the most commonly used. Also, one simple test for
heavy metals is to try a small amount of a known heavy metal chelator and
see how you feel. If have an adverse reaction, that it pretty much an
indicator of toxicity.

The busiest heavy metal chelation group on Yahoo that I know about is
called "adult-metal-chelation". I view this group with a bit of
skepticism, as most of the people all chelate using one specific way,
and they tend to badmouth other methods which seem just as good to me.
They mostly use "frequent dose chelation", which involves using a few
known heavy metal chelators (DMSA, DMPS, or Alpha Lipoic Acid) in small
amounts and at frequent intervals (every 3, 4, or 8 hours in 3-day
rounds with 2 week breaks). However, some people even have bad
reactions to this method, and may be better off trying some of the
alternatives (liquid zeolite, powdered zeolite, chlorella, cilantro,
NDF, OSR), or simply focusing on rebuilding their detox organs and
letting their body eliminate the metals at its own rate (in such
a case, you might want to add some relatively harmless things
which will bind to toxins in your intestines -- activated charcoal
or bentonite)

Marc