Dr. Sergey Kalitenko, a holistic practitioner with two offices in the New York City area, recounts the story of a patient who had trouble sleeping. After eliminating the usual sleep-sapping culprits of vitamin and nutrient deficiencies, stress, alcohol, smoking, caffeine and prescription medications, and ensuring that the man?s hormones were adequately balanced, Dr. Kalitenko checked his mercury and lead burden. Not only was it high, it was practically off the charts. After a thorough detoxification, the patient immediately began sleeping soundly again.
Heavy metals like mercury, lead, cadmium and arsenic are all around us. They can be in the foods we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the items we touch. Not only is this multi-sensory heavy metal arsenal omnipresent, it can deleteriously impact our health and well-being.
Take mercury, for example. Also referred to as quicksilver, it is ranked number three on the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry?s 2015 Substance Priority List. When mercury is released into the air from man-made sources such as industrial plants or incinerators, it quickly permeates the mud bottoms of lakes, rivers and coastal waters and transforms into methylmercury. That?s where it has the greatest implications for us, because who ingests the bottom-feeding bacteria but the fish and shellfish we enjoy at a good meal?
Methylmercury literally casts a wide net, affecting shark, swordfish, tile fish, mackerel, bass, walleye and pickerel, among others. According to the Unites States Environmental Protection Agency, all 50 states and some U.S. territories and tribes have consumption advisories to protect people from the possible health risks of eating contaminated fish caught in local waters. Those particularly at risk include the elderly, pregnant women, nursing mothers, young children and high fish consumers.
When fish or shellfish harvested from contaminated waters are consumed in large quantities over time, the inherent methylmercury can harm the brain and hurt the body. Memory, cognition, motor impairment, developmental delays, cardiovascular impacts and, in some cases, death, can all result from over-exposure to this potent neurotoxin.
The solution seems simple enough: avoid eating fish fillets containing more than .3 parts of methylmercury per million. Since fishermen, suppliers and food purveyors should all be on board with the EPA specifications, it may be easier than you think. But what if you suspect that you may have already taken in too much methylmercury, and that it just might be an underlying factor for why you feel out of sorts?
A holistic expert like Dr. Sergey Kalitenko will not only check your toxin levels but will also look at your heavy metal burden to determine how toxins may be adversely affecting your body. If excessive mercury and/or lead levels are found in your system, he?ll create a customized, medically sound detoxification program to help rid your body of those harmful poisons. Along with IV vitamin therapy, Dr. Kalitenko will share lifestyle and dietary strategies to help prevent additional toxins from entering your body.
To reel in more information about how mercury can be a root cause of many medical ailments, schedule a consultation at either of Dr. Kalitenko?s two New York City offices conveniently located in Brooklyn (718-382-9200) or Great Neck (516-467-0253).
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