You constantly come into contact with heavy metals in your environment. While this contact can occur through food and water, it can also occur through air pollution, cosmetics, medications, and even many common items in the home and work environment.

Exposure to heavy metal can comes from a variety of sources, including:

• Air pollution from vehicle exhaust, release of industrial waste, and coal-fired power plants
• Cigarette smoke
• Contaminated fish from polluted water sources
• Food grown in contaminated soil
• Physical contact with contaminated soil
• Residential paint (from older homes with lead-based paint)
• Residential water (from older homes with copper or lead pipes)
• Water pollution from industrial waste

Although your body can naturally detoxify and eliminate many of these toxic substances, when levels become too high, they can begin to adversely affect your health.

Part of the toxic tendency of heavy metals is to compete with the essential minerals your body needs for normal function. By comparing the levels of important nutritional minerals to the levels of heavy metals, one can better assess how these toxic substances can have a negative impact on health and well-being.

If you have any of the following symptoms, then heavy metal toxicity could be affecting your health:

• Anxiety and depression
• Deteriorating eye health
• Digestive problems
• Fatigue
• Headaches
• Infertility
• Memory problems
• Mental “fogginess”
• Poor heart and/or blood vessel function
• Poor immune function (recurrent infections, autoimmune diseases)
• Poor kidney function
• Tingling sensations in the hands, feet, and/or around the mouth
• Tremors

How does Thorne's Heavy Metals Test work?

1) Order and activate - After your purchase is complete, everything you need for your at-home test is delivered to your door. Use the activation code located on the back of the test kit to activate your test on thorne.com and complete your health profile.

2) Collect samples and send - Referencing the directions booklet included in your test kit, complete your sample collection from the comfort of your home. Use the prepaid shipper to mail your samples directly to the laboratory.

3) Receive results and recommendations - Your results will be reviewed by an independent, board-certified physician. Within 7-9 days you will receive your personalized results with meaningful insights and recommendations to promote your health and wellness.

Order your Thorne Heavy Metals Test here.