Disclosures: I have no financial affiliation with anyone & have not been asked to write any of the following.
Disclaimer: This is not medical advice.
Disclaimer: This is not medical advice.
Background:
Summary:
I conducted 2 nail tests over the one year of taking NBMI. It took approximately 6 months to collect the required sample size for each test. The 1st test showed 15 metals elevated & out of range. The 2nd test only 1 metal remained high. Gadolinium had been reduced by 72%.
*The results are not indicative of total body burden or how much remains but, to me, they clearly show that NBMI is an incredible chelating agent. If NBMI did not directly lower all the previously elevated toxic metals, I believe it at least helped my body get to a place where it was able to help itself. I'll take the reduction however it happened. The fact that reductions happened across the board, with all but 1 metal remaining out of range (although it was also reduced by 66%), tells me this wasn't just normal “washing out” over time.
Crucial Considerations When Using NBMI:
The times I felt worse during this year:
- 3 MRIs with Gadavist within 8 days in early 2017. [eGFR 119 pre injections ]
- 1 MRI with Gadavist in April of 2018 [eGFR 115 pre injection]
- Terrible reaction to Zn-DTPA IV chelation, winter 2018 [eGFR dropped to 91]
- Started NBMI in February 2019 [eGFR back up to 119 as of Jan. 2020]
Summary:
I conducted 2 nail tests over the one year of taking NBMI. It took approximately 6 months to collect the required sample size for each test. The 1st test showed 15 metals elevated & out of range. The 2nd test only 1 metal remained high. Gadolinium had been reduced by 72%.
*The results are not indicative of total body burden or how much remains but, to me, they clearly show that NBMI is an incredible chelating agent. If NBMI did not directly lower all the previously elevated toxic metals, I believe it at least helped my body get to a place where it was able to help itself. I'll take the reduction however it happened. The fact that reductions happened across the board, with all but 1 metal remaining out of range (although it was also reduced by 66%), tells me this wasn't just normal “washing out” over time.
Crucial Considerations When Using NBMI:
- Monitor Molybdenum (Mo) Status & Other Nutrients.
- NBMI is sulfur based & Mo is CRITICAL in sulfur metabolism. I learned this the hard way, despite multiple sources stating the importance of Mo & knowing my Mo levels were on the low end. More info can be found in this thread.
- Really high or low molybdenum can cause problems. After all, it is a metal & can be toxic in excess as well.
- Heavy metals can interfere with Vitamin D production, magnesium absorption, & cause other nutrient disturbances.
- Dose Amount & Consistency.
- The most effective dose, based on studies I found, is 300mg/daily. 300mg/daily is the amount I chose to take (100 mg with each meal). I started by taking it sublingually then switched to putting it in a gelatin capsule with saturated phosphatidylcholine. I did this hoping the saturated PC might possibly help get some of the NBMI into the bones. I have no idea if this worked but I continued taking it this way.
- I tried multiple times to try to stretch out my supply by lowering the dose only to have Gd symptoms pop right back up.
- There are people taking tiny doses, or randomly starting & stopping, then complaining of side effects or no effect. I feel a lot of confusion & poor results could be cleared up if people would invest a few hours trying to understand the basics of this compound (there are many great presentations on YouTube ).
- Consistency: see “The Times I Felt Worse” below
- Patience & Flexibility.
- I would say all chelation is complicated & Gd toxicity seems especially tricky. If you have Gd toxicity and are looking for a quick & easy solution, I'm afraid you're likely to be disappointed no matter what you try.
- I experienced steady progress with NBMI. I had been living with 24hrs of torture level pain after the Gd injection in April 2018. NBMI took the edge off within a month. Energy levels slowly built back up. I had worked up to being able to walk 6 miles until December (see below) . Before NBMI, being able to walk to the mailbox was considered a “good” day.
The times I felt worse during this year:
- When I ran out of NBMI my Gd symptoms were quick to show up again. I realized managing Gd toxicity is a bit like managing pain; it's best to stay on top of it. If I ran out, it took some time to get back up to the comfort level I had previously reached.
- Gd symptoms, unrelated to premenstrual pain, would show up to some degree around that time of the month. The best I can conclude is this is due to higher bone turn-over (therefore Gd being released from the bone) during the follicular phase?
- This past December my muscles starting cramping & feeling week/sour after the smallest amount of use. My energy levels tanked. Through testing & trouble shooting I concluded this was due to a Molybdenum deficiency (I was also Vitamin D, Iodine, & Magnesium deficient. Although Mg was high in the 1st test, the interpretation said this was actually a sign of deficiency. I started supplementing with topical Mg dissolved in DMSO- more sulfur! ). I had been running on Mo fumes & hit empty while still consuming high amounts of sulfur based foods & products, not good.
- Hopeful. I know this Gd exorcism isn't quite over but I'm so incredibly thankful for the divine interventions that have got me to this point. Just look at the numbers below :-D
- Gd deposition occurs at a higher rate in the bone, which is not easily accessed by drugs.
- Macrocyclic contrast agents deposit both free & bound Gd. I'm not sure how & when Gd, that is bound to other molecules, is released & able to be chelated.
- I still get pain in my hips (tops of femurs?) when I stand or walk too much. There are a few studies that show Gadavist seems to preferentially deposit in this area.(My upper thighs are also where the largest NSF like "cobblestoning" depressions occurred.)
*Highlighted metals on the first test PDF are metals that are found in the same minerals from which Gd is mined*
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