Why was the Mad Hatter, mad?
Back in days when Alice & Wonderland was written, the brims of hats contained mercury. It made the hatters, mad! Symptoms of heavy metal poisoning are fatigue, headache, anemia, poor coordination, abnormal nerve reflexes, depression, confusion, and tingling in the extremities. When the liver gets overworked, the bile flow diminishes. Naturopathic physicians call it a sluggish liver. The medical term is cholestasis. Some causes can be the presence of gallstones, alcohol (ooops, there we go again), oral contraceptives, hyperthyroidism or thyroxine supplementation for hypothyroidism, a slew of other drugs, and viral hepatitis. (hepatitis means inflammation of the liver) The condition cirrhosis of the liver is when the liver is scarred and furthered hindered in its purification process. Yeah, there is a cirrhosis/alcohol correlation, too. A good screen for heavy metal toxicity is a hairmineral analysis. Our health is directly tied to our ability to detoxify and there are things you can do
