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


Fasting Required: No

Lab: Doctor's Data

Specimen: Stool

Results: 7-10 business days

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:

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.