detoxification Archives - Maria Rickert Hong

Maria Rickert Hong September 11, 2013

YOU’VE GOT TO CLEAN YOUR WATER!

water faucet You might not know that there are a lot of potential hazards in your local drinking water. The Environmental Working Group recently published a report, “Water Treatment Contaminants: Toxic Trash in Drinking Water“, which found “probable human carcinogens” in every single water system they tested. They tested 201 municipal systems in 43 states.

Local water is typically fluoridated (fluoride is a known neurotoxin) and chlorinated, leading to extremely toxic disinfection byproducts (DBPs). Pharmaceuticals, heavy metals, pesticides and more have been found in many water systems. [Read more…]

Filed Under: DETOXIFICATION, FLUORIDE, HEAVY METALS, HIDDEN TOXINS, PHARMACEUTICALS, TOXINS Tagged: chlorine, detoxification, Environmental Working Group, fluoride, heavy metals, lead

Maria Rickert Hong April 8, 2013

WHERE ARE MY HEAVY-METAL LEVELS NOW?

mercury ripple I’ve been chelating to remove heavy metals for a while now. I had myself retested back in January 2011, and my levels of heavy metals had declined significantly.

“H” means higher than the reference range, and “VH” means it’s a way-high number. My initial mercury levels were literally off the charts! Mercury is toxic at one part per billion, which is about the same concentration as one grain of salt in one swimming pool. [Read more…]

Filed Under: ADRENAL FATIGUE, AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS, CANCER, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, DETOXIFICATION, GENERAL, HEALTH TOPICS, HEAVY METALS, LIVER FUNCTION, OTHER DISEASES, TOXINS Tagged: alcoholic, aluminum, aneurism, antimony, arsenic, arthritis, barium, beryllium, bismuth, cadmium, cancer, cellulite, cesium, chain smoker, chleation, detoxification, detoxifiers, disproportionate anger, fatigue, gadolinium, gut dysbiosis, heavy metals, high blood pressure, high cholesterol. alcoholism, irritability, lead, lupus, mercury, nickel, osteoporosis, palladium, platinum, sensitivity to caffeine, tellurium, thallium, thorium, tin, titanium, toxic liver, tungsten, type 2 diabetes, uranium

Maria Rickert Hong February 12, 2013

METHYLATION: THE HIDDEN LINK AMONG ALCOHOLISM, AUTISM, CANCER AND MORE

disease Methylation is a subject that keeps coming up again and again for my sons and myself. It’s one of those all-encompassing issues like toxicity or gut dysbiosis because so many diseases and conditions are linked, directly or indirectly, to it or rather, a lack of it.

What is methylation? It’s the chemical process of donating a methyl group (CH₃) to a molecule or compound. This doesn’t sound like much, but this little group is very important to how our bodies function, as I’m finding out.

It not only helps with energy production and builds immune cells and neurotransmitters, but it also processes hormones, detoxifies our bodies, puts protective myelin sheath on our nerves, and can be responsible for epigenetic gene regulation.

Because of its association with all of these essential processes, an inability to methylate is linked to a whole host of diseases and conditions. Methylation defects are linked to: [Read more…]

Filed Under: ADHD, ADRENAL FATIGUE, ALLERGIES, ALZHEIMER'S, ANXIETY, ASTHMA, AUTISM / PDD-NOS, AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS, BIPOLAR DISORDER, BIRTH DEFECTS, BREAST CANCER, DEPRESSION, DIGESTIVE ISSUES, ECZEMA, EPIGENETICS, FIBROMYALGIA, GUT DYSBIOSIS, HEALTH TOPICS, INFERTILITY, METHYLATION, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES, OSTEOPOROSIS, PARKINSON'S, SCHIZOPHRENIA, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, THYROID DISEASE, UTERINE CANCER Tagged: ADD, addictive behaviors, ADHD, alcoholism, allergies, Alzheimer’s, anxiety, asthma, atherosclerosis, autism, Benjamin Lynch, bipolar disorder, cancer, cardiovascular disease, chemical sensitivity, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic viral infection, cleft palette, congenital heart defects, dementia, depression, detoxification, diabetes, Down’s syndrome, Dr. Ann Louise Gittelman, Dr. Kenneth Bock, Dr. Mark Hyman, epigenetics, fibromyalgia, folate, folic acid, GAPS, gut dysbiosis, H. pylori, immune deficiency, infertility, insomnia, L-5-methyltetrahydrofolate, L-5-MTHF, lupus, metafolin, methylation, methylcobalamin, methyltetrahydrofolate, MTHFR defect, multiple sclerosis, myelin sheath, neural tube defects, neuropathy, neurotransmitters, nutritional deficiencies, osteoporosis, Paleo, Parkinson's, pulmonary embolisms, quatrofolic, recurrent miscarriages, schizophrenia, sensory processing disorder, spina bifida, thyroid dysfunction

Maria Rickert Hong December 18, 2012

BEET KVASS

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Filed Under: DETOXIFICATION, FERMENTED FOODS, FOOD AND NUTRITION, FOOD CHOICES, HEALTH TOPICS, TOXINS Tagged: dairy-free, detoxification, fermented foods, GAPS, gluten-free, kvass, liver, Paleo, probiotics, recipes, SCD, vegetarian

Maria Rickert Hong November 14, 2012

MERCURY, AUTISM AND GLUTATHIONE

There is no safe level of mercury, and it causes neurological damage, such as autism, PDD-NOS, ADHD, developmental delays and sensory processing disorder.

A lower amount of the antioxidant glutathione means that mercury will accumulate in the body.

Filed Under: ADHD, ANTIOXIDANTS, AUTISM / PDD-NOS, DETOXIFICATION, DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS, FOOD AND NUTRITION, HEALTH TOPICS, HEAVY METALS, NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, TOXINS Tagged: ADHD, antioxidant, autism, detoxification, developmental delays, glutathione, heavy metal, mercury, PDD-NOS, sensory processing disorder, SPD

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