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How To Tell If Mercury Toxicity Is The Cause Of Your Mysterious Symptoms | This episode is sponsored by ButcherBox and Kettle & Fire\nChanges in environmental mercury levels have been dramatic in recent decades; industrial exposure to mercury is significant and mostly comes from coal-burning and chlor-alkali plants. The more mercury we are exposed to, the more we are likely we are to be toxic. The main ways that humans are exposed to mercury are from contaminated fish and dental amalgams or silver fillings. And while some of us are very good at detoxifying mercury and other toxins, some people have genetic variations (called polymorphisms) that make them more prone to metal toxicity. Mercury can affect nearly all your organs, especially the brain, heart, kidneys, and gut, and many chronic diseases may be caused or worsened by mercury, including neurologic disease, ADHD, autism, heart disease, autoimmune diseases, and more.\nIn this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss how they test for, diagnose, and treat mercury toxicity. Dr. Hyman also shares his own personal experience recovering from mercury poisoning.\nElizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices functional medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well.\nThis episode is sponsored by ButcherBox and Kettle & Fire.\nNew members to\xa0 ButcherBox can get two New York Strip steaks and two pounds of wild-caught Alaskan salmon for free in your first box when you sign up at Butcherbox.com/farmacy.\xa0\nKettle & Fire is now offering 25% off its bone broth plus free shipping. Just head over to kettleandfire.com/hyman and use the code HYMAN.\nIn this conversation, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Boham discuss:\n\nWhy mercury toxicity is often overlooked and ignored\n\nDr. Hyman\u2019s personal experience with mercury poisoning\n\nMercury\u2019s effects on the body\n\nHow mercury can be passed through the placenta and breast milk\n\nMain sources of mercury, including coal-burning facilities, fish consumption, mercury dental fillings\n\nSafely removing mercury fillings\n\nEffectively testing for mercury levels\n\nPatients with mercury toxicity that they have treated\n\nBoosting your body\u2019s natural detoxification pathways\n\nAdditional Resources:\nHow To Get Lethal Mercury Out Of Your System\nhttps://drhyman.com/blog/2010/06/07/how-to-get-lethal-mercury-out-of-your-system/\nMercury Detox \u2013 A 3-Step Plan to Recover Your Health\nhttps://drhyman.com/blog/2010/06/01/mercury-detox-a-3-step-plan-to-recover-your-health/\nMercury: Get This Heavy-Metal Poison Out of Your Body\nhttps://drhyman.com/blog/2010/05/20/mercury-get-this-poison-out-of-your-body/\nGet These Toxins Out Of Your House\nhttps://drhyman.com/blog/2016/07/25/get-these-toxins-out-of-your-house/\nHeavy Metals And Health: The Untold Story\nhttps://drhyman.com/blog/2021/02/12/podcast-hc43/\nHow Lead And Other Environmental Toxins Are Affecting Us\nhttps://drhyman.com/blog/2020/12/04/podcast-minisode65/\n\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices