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More about Testing for Ionic Metals

By now we all know why we have to test for the presence of Ionic Transition Metals. They are electrically charged metals (anything from lead to mercury, cadmium, iron, copper, zinc and so on) which stick to the body like hair sticks to the balloon and build up to 'toxic' levels.but they also produce avalanches of free radicals!

The test itself and subsequent usage of CH77 still seems to be problematic for a number of practitioners...hence I decided to write a bit more about testing for ionic metals and their 'neutralisation'.

The Test:

•  Place approximately 12 drops (0.8 ml) of TESSOL in the test tube.

NOTE: after a couple of times of using the test you don't have to count the drops any more. Just squirt the TESSOL into the test tube to the approximately right level. We do not want to be too 'scientifically' accurate (for that we have to go to a laboratory and laboratory trained people will do the job). but rather want to get an idea whether ionic metals are present or not! And THAT the test will always show. Please keep in mind that the test is based on the oldest chemical method for the detection of ionic metals..and also read the evaluation of the test by the University of Newcastle .

•  With the plastic pipette place some 'test substance' (water, urine etc.) into the test tube and on top of the green TESSOL. Fill up to approx. ¾ of the test tube (3.5 ml).  Shake vigorously for approx. 10 seconds.

•  Stand up the test tube on the white cap. Wait until the 'colour band' settles out on top of the 'liquid portion' underneath. Observe colour.

•  If colour shows anything but green...Ionic metals are present!

Let us assume that the colour changed away from green. That means that 'environmental metals' are contained in the tap water you have tested or the urine sample etc.

'Pure water' is always green!

A truly healthy person always shows a green colour of the urine test!

How do I know that?

Here are a couple of tests you can do in order to SEE that this is a true statement:

•  Get some 'demineralised' water from the super market. You can get that in the 'laundry department'.   It is normally used in irons etc. in order to prevent calcium build up...because there is no calcium in that water. nor are there other 'minerals' or metals (calcium, magnesium etc. are really metals). You also can use distilled water.

•  Now place some of that demineralised water into the test tube in which you have prepared the green test solution. You will see that the sample stays absolutely green..no matter how hard you shake.

NOTE : you can do the same test with bottled water you purchase. or any other water you drink. Only drink water that does not change the colour of the test away from green!

If you want to SEE how metals change the colour of the test please do the following experiment:

•  Prepare a test as above with demineralised water. The test will be green.

•  Now place a piece of copper wire (or a small piece of lead, a zinc plated screw etc.) into the test tube and shake vigorously for a while. You will SEE the specific colour of the specific metal developing!

But we still don't know why a 'healthy person' should have a green test result. This statement is based mainly on our own observation through hundreds of individual tests. When we test 'people of the street' we will see that sometimes up to 100% of people show colour in their urine sample (see also India Testing and China Testing).

When I gave a seminar in Perth (Astralia) we tested 35 people. Out of these 35 people the majority showed a murky/coppery colour. One test was green. Later on I was told that copper levels in the Perth water supply is high which would account for the coppery colour..and the lady with the one and only green sample had taken CH77 for a while.

The problem in Perth may not only be caused by metals in the water supply, but also because of metals in the air from mining activities. Metals are 'migratory' which means they 'float' around in the air. It is said that there is not a single place on Earth where we cannot find lead (from leaded petrol)..not even on the North Pole. or where the Eskimos live.

In China (Nanning), out of 35 people (mainly young medical students) we tested only one young lady, who recently had moved to Nanning from a mountainous area, showed a green test.

On the other hand, whenever I go to health exhibitions and test health practitioners the 'rate' of green tests is much higher than what we 'normally' find. Out of a hundred 'health practitioners' up to 30% may show a green colour! Health practitioners are meant to live a healthier life than the 'average' person...and obviously that shows.

Which does not mean that they may not be exposed to higher amounts of 'environmental metals' as well, but it means that due to a better functioning body (healthy food, water, supplements) they are more able to 'chelate' ionic metals.

Here is one example. One day a friend invited me to go with him to the presentation of a 'miracle' food. Anything and everything which is claimed to be 'miraculous' I am very suspicious about. Often the miracle is in the money that rings in the till of the salesperson.

Anyway it turned out to be your 'normal' American 'ra,ra' approach (as I call all the hype going along with 'multi level marketing' etc.). When I was asked by the lady introducing the product: 'what are your thoughts about it?' I answered: 'well, the next time I see you I want to do an ionic metal test on your urine sample..if it is green I will support your product..if the test changes colour I will not support it!'

I thought that was a good way out. The next time I saw the lady at a place where I tested quite a number of people, she gave me a urine sample. It was green ! Then she gave me another urine sample..that of a friend of hers taking the same 'miracle food'. That was green as well !

Wow.I thought, the stuff really works! I guess I will never get involved in 'Mannatech' (that is what the 'stuff' is called)...but I was certainly and pleasantly surprised...and it would be interesting to test more people taking the 'miracle' food.

Green is obviously desirable. Green means NO ionic transition metals present. Generally ionic transition metals have no place in a human body since they are electrically charged, stick to tissues and build up to toxic levels..and also are known to produce avalanches of free radicals (through the metal mediated Fenton reaction)..full stop.

Now I assume that everyone reading this article has heard about 'chelation' and 'chelation therapy'. Much research has been conducted over the years...but apart from some controversy (as always there are people with different 'opinions') and the more 'unproven' the opinion is the more dogmatic people become..see religion!) there seems to be a good amount of 'anecdotal' evidence that chelation can be very helpful. The internet is a good source for reading material concerning the topic.

In our case we do not have to rely entirely on 'opinion' or 'guess work'. We have some proof and hope to get a lot more!

What is that proof?

Let us look at the following scenario:

•  Collect a sample of tap water in a small sample jar or a small glass.

•  Perform an ionic metal test. The green colour of the TESSOL changes..to say 'reddish'. We KNOW that ionic metals are present since the IHMT detects ionic metals ONLY. We do not worry too much what kind of metal may be present..only THAT ionic metals are present.

•  Now place a couple of drops of CH77 into the water sample and perform a new test .

•  The test will be GREEN ! All ionic metals have been chelated or made electrically neutral!

That is what we want to see in a urine sample as well! The procedure is exactly the same!

•  Prepare a green solution as per above and add some urine from a urine sample in a sample jar.

•  If the colour changes (i.e. ionic metals present) add some drops of CH77 to the urine sample in the sample jar and perform a new test.

•  Test now must be green !

NOTE : in case the test is not entirely green it is an indication that there are very large amounts of ionic metals in the sample and you have to add more CH77. It also indicates, of course, that the person is a bad chelator and will need much more CH77 than the recommended 'starting dose' of 3 ml.

In some cases people have to take 20 ml of CH77 per day and more in order to get the test colour of the sample back to green! Huge amounts of metals can accumulate over many years in various tissues of the body. Certain metals seem to have an 'affinity' to certain organs (we spoke about that previously).

Just the other day a practitioner rang and asked for how long a person needs to take CH77 until ALL ionic metals are removed, i.e. the test stays green. There are two answers to the questions: 'how long is a piece of string'..and that is what I prefer: 'I am not clairvoyant'! The TEST will show that ! What I am absolutely certain of is that ionic metals which have accumulated over years are not expelled or eliminated within a day or two! In some cases it may take years to get rid of all ionic metals. The patient simply has to be tested from time to time to SEE how things are going. If a person has taken (say) two bottles of CH77 over a period of 2 months, stop CH77 for a couple of days and perform a urine test. If the test is green the patient may not need CH77 any more. If there is colour in the test again more CH77 has to be taken!

Some people may not like that idea. but I always try to make sick people aware of the fact that it took them a long time to get into the 'mess' they are in...and in all fairness it may take a while to get out of 'that mess' again.

The positive part of out approach is that it is so 'visible'. We can SEE the progress over a certain period of time...can SEE when and how the colour changes. In many cases people will 'feel' the difference a long time before they can see it. Once metals are being chelated they cannot interfere as much any more with the 'electromagnetic phenomena which determine all life processes' (German researchers.especially Professor F.A. Popp).

Some (so far verbal) feedback from America (from a research scientist) is that autistic children 'improved by 50%' between 1 to 3 days after receiving their first 'sip' of CH77! When we deal with ionic metals it sometimes seems to be a bit like 'switching a light switch on and off'.

I hope that this will help and make the 'testing and proving' issue a bit clearer. If you have further questions, please write to me. We may collect individual questions and my answers to these questions and put them together in a FAQ sheet which we can send out to all of you. Most questions asked are similar.

Hans, 7.12.2005