Whole Body Dentistry

Whole Body DentistryI was listening to a replay of The Power Hour internet radio show today and was very pleasantly surprised to hear my own dentist, Mark Breiner of Whole-Body Dentistry in Trumbull, CT as a guest on the show.  He is a holistic dentist who doesn’t use mercury, fluoride or BPA.

While listening to the show, I realized that my sons and I are extremely fortunate to have him as our dentist.  Not only is he an IAOMT dentist who safely removes mercury fillings, but he also looks at how the health of the body is in relation to the teeth.

He looks at things from an energetic perspective.  Each tooth sits on a particular acupuncture meridian, so an unhealthy tooth can affect the systems and organs related to that meridian.

In addition, mercury fillings, because they are metal, affect the electrical energy along that meridian.  I remember when I first went to see Dr. Breiner.  He measured the voltage, current and power of each mercury filling, and it was very disturbing to me to know that there was a significant amount of each coming from each filling.

Dr. Breiner also practices homeopathy as a means of helping the body detoxify from the mercury, as well as from other toxins lurking in the body.

He’s written a fantastic book, “Whole Body Dentistry:  A Complete Guide to Understanding the Impact of Dentistry on Total Health,” that explains his perspective.

You can listen to the replay of the show here and here.  We are fortunate indeed!

WHERE ARE MY HEAVY-METAL LEVELS NOW?

mercury rippleI’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…]

IS IT FATIGUE OR MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION?

mitochondrionBecause of my son’s failure to thrive, our pediatrician sent us to see Vicki Kobliner, a holistic nutritionist, who’s also on the board of Epidemic Answers with me.

Given that Crane Man has constant fatigue and stomach pain, poor growth, mild sensory issues and developmental delays, Vicki suggested having preliminary tests for mitochondrial dysfunction done.  [Read more…]

HIGH HEAVY METAL LEVELS LINKED TO AUTISM

dirty power plantYet more research is coming to light about the damaging effects of heavy metals.  A recent study showed that autistic children have much higher levels of them than the general population (that said, however, doesn’t mean that the general population is free of heavy metals).

These children had significantly higher levels of lead, thallium, tin, and tungsten, “toxic metals that can impair brain development and function, and also interfere with the normal functioning of other body organs and systems.”

The study also noted that “38-47% of the variation of autism severity was associated with the level of several toxic metals, with cadmium and mercury being the most strongly associated.  Mercury toxicity, the effects of which mimic autism, is, according to my perusal of the research, the most damaging.

It bears repeating, for those of you who don’t know or who haven’t read any of my previous blog posts, that heavy-metal toxicity played a huge role in my sons’ Sensory Processing Disorder (which I call “autism light” and Beth Lambert calls “almost autism“) and in a lot of health problems that I had as well.

 

 

RECOVERY FROM SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, REFLUX, ASTHMA, ECZEMA

older sonMy Children: Recovered from Sensory Processing Disorder, Acid Reflux, Asthma and Eczema, and getting healthier everyday!

(NOTE:  This is a blog I wrote for Epidemic Answers, a 501(c)3 non-profit of which I am a Board Member.  We let parents know that recovery is possible from autism, PDD-NOS, ADHD, allergies, asthma, autoimmune diseases and other chronic children’s health disorders.)

I have recovered my sons from sensory processing disorder (SPD), acid reflux,  asthma and eczema.  [Read more…]

THE “R” WORD

recover button

recover button

You may or may not know my personal recovery story.

I have recovered my 2 sons, now ages 6 and 8, from sensory processing disorder (SPD), asthma and acid reflux with a biomedical approach, which means correcting nutritional and hormonal deficiencies, removing toxicities and correcting gut dysbiosis.

I’m still working on failure to thrive, mitochondrial dysfunction and hypothyroidism.  In addition, they both had developmental delays, and my older son had severe hypotonia as a baby.

I have recovered from immune dysregulation, in which I had shingles twice, the worst case of poison-ivy ever, bronchitis (which I’d never had before), constant sinus infections and constant colds that would last 3-4 weeks at a time.  [Read more…]

WEBINAR REPLAY: THERAPIES THAT WORK FOR AUTISM, PDD-NOS, SPD, ADHD, LD AND DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS

Patty Lemer

Patty Lemer

Earlier today, I interviewed Patricia Lemer, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Developmental Delay Resources (DDR), a non-profit that is dedicated to meeting the needs of children with developmental delays in sensory, motor, language, social, and emotional areas.

Today’s interview was phenomenal and full of practical information because Patty has worked with these children for over 40 years, and she knows what therapies and interventions work.

Some of her recommended resources are:

Patty lists many more references in the webinar, so it’s a good idea to listen to it.

MERCURY IN FISH

Mercury in seafood is more harmful than believed.  Levels of the toxin previously deemed safe are probably not.  Read more…

SOURCE:  Portland Press Herald

 

MERCURY CAUSES NEUROTOXICITY

This video was shown in late 2012 at the Congressional hearing about the autism epidemic: “How Mercury Causes Brain Neuron Damage”.  Also, “we should be focusing on the dietary aspects” in relation to autism.  Parents have to do their own research, and researchers don’t listen to them.

SOURCE:  University of Calgary

 

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.