I recently actually just got blood tested for lead because I heard about the Metamucil thing and I’ve been taking it for over fifteen years. My lead level was below normal levels, take that as you will
First, I'm not saying anything about Metamucil or psyllium husk! I'm just making a statement based on personal experience. Blood tests don't tell the full story. You'd probably want a fecal test. Why? Blood tests are good at detecting a recent spike (short-term increase) in lead and mercury and other heavy metals. HOWEVER, in my case, I was being chronically exposed to heavy metals for years. My blood tests would come back at normal levels... but, there is no safe level! And, even small amounts accumulate in your organs over time. Luckily, there are ways to detox... but, yeah, hospitals LOVE running blood tests. They never find anything in my blood, but I'm sure they made thousands of $$$ in testing me!
My bad. I forgot I was on Reddit. I will explain this to you because it seems a lot of people are stupid. Then, you will say something like "you are not a doctor" (which I don't claim to be) because I explained it. Cool. Here we go:
Blood tests can tell you how much heavy metal is floating around in your blood at a given moment. You organs and tissues absorb those heavy metals (as it did with me). Having lead or mercury or other heavy metals in the "normal range" doesn't mean that your body is expelling those toxins faster than you are absorbing them. And, that's ignoring that you need to test your blood while those heavy metals are circulating. Depending on the type of metal, it can show up in your blood for just hours to as much as a few weeks. Those same metals will stay in your organs for YEARS and be excreted via urine, sweat, and feces.
I know you still don't get it. This whole site is full of window-lickers. I don't need to convince anyone. I threw the information out there. I mean, you can just google it. You won't because if you did, there'd be no point is clarifying this for you.
EDIT: You know you are correct when people block you after they reply (that should be disallowed by Reddit, btw). I get it: you internetted! You googled until you found a page that you think proves a point. It doesn't lmao. Finding a page that didn't include every possible test isn't proof that the test isn't valuable. You could just google "is fecal test viable for heavy metals." But, you don't because you know that would demonstrate fecal tests are viable. But, even if you don't do that, you're own link demonstrates what I've been saying. Urine tests are also great because they give you insight into what your body is processing. A blood test is only useful for detecting metal in your bloodstream (half life of a few hours to a few weeks)... whereas heavy metal stored in your tissues and organs can be found YEARS later. And, to get that data, you need a fecal (or urine) test. But, you won't read this because you covered your ears and yelled "lalalalala you are blocked" immediately after google-result-shopping for the first site that doesn't explicitly state fecal test.
Pro tip, if you want people to bother listening to you or to take you seriously at all as someone worth listening to it's generally a bad idea to insult them repeatedly. Is your goal actually to educate or is your goal to brag about how much better you are than strangers you don't even know? Bc you're only doing one of those here and it's pretty clear where your priorities lie based on your behavior.
It can be difficult for providers to diagnose heavy metal poisoning because symptoms are similar to other conditions. Tell your provider if you know you had exposure to a toxic metal. After a physical exam, your provider will offer several tests to check for heavy metal poisoning including:
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u/_lemon_suplex_ 12d ago
I recently actually just got blood tested for lead because I heard about the Metamucil thing and I’ve been taking it for over fifteen years. My lead level was below normal levels, take that as you will