Toxic Metals, Stool (Includes Gadolinium)-Doctor's Data Kit

Note: This is a home collection test kit that will be mailed to you.

Fasting Required:
No
Lab:
Doctor's Data
Specimen:
Stool
Results:
Average processing time 7-10 business days
Note: Result turnaround times are an estimate and are not guaranteed. Our reference lab may need additional time due to weather, holidays, confirmation/repeat testing, or equipment maintenance.

Special Instructions:
Ship to lab Monday-Thursday only. For three days prior to and until you complete the stool collection, suspend usage or consumption of the following substances:

• Fish, and shellfish
• Oyster shell calcium and dolomite supplements
• Barium enemas
• Bentonite clay
• Mineral or Castor Oil
• Rectal suppositories
• Bismuth-containing medications (e.g. Pepto Bismol)
• Antacids

Do NOT have dental amalgams installed or removed for three days prior to stool collection. Never discontinue prescription medications without first consulting your physician.
Description:
Fecal analysis provides a direct indication of dietary exposure to toxic metals and indirect information about the potential for toxic metal burden. Also provides a comprehensive evaluation of environmental exposure, potential for accumulation in the body (Hg), and possibly endogenous detoxification of potentially toxic metals. For many toxic elements such as mercury, cadmium, lead, antimony and uranium, biliary excretion into the feces is the primary natural route of elimination from the body. The primary process by which the body eliminates the insidious sulfhydryl reactive metals is through the formation of metal-glutathione complexes, of which greater than 90% are excreted into the bile.
Includes:

• Antimony
• Arsenic
• Beryllium
• Bismuth
• Cadmium
• Copper
• Lead
• Mercury
• Nickel
• Platinum
• Thallium
• Tungsten
• Uranium