Mineral Balancing, HTMA + Safe and Effective Detoxification With Matt Coffman

Episode Highlights With Matt

• His wild health journey and how he got into the work he does now
• Overcoming Lyme, Babesia, Epstein-Barr, parasites, mold, and heavy metals 
• What mineral balancing is and how it is important 
• Why he prioritizes hair mineral analysis as a form of testing over a blood test
• What makes HTMA different than other forms of testing
• My personal experience with mineral balancing 
• Minerals work within a system, and knowing your status matters
• How minerals can help the body get rid of heavy metals 
• What ionic mimicry is and how this means our body can hold on to heavy metals and displace minerals at the level of an enzyme site
• What enzymes are, what they do in the body, and how this relates to minerals 
• The many places heavy metals hide and how these get passed on generationally 
• How low zinc in kids can result in picky eating, and how to replenish it easily 
• The potential autism link with heavy metals and how mineral balancing might help
• Why the body wants to hold on to heavy metals until minerals are balanced 
• Most important lifestyle factors for detox and mineral balancing 
• The surprising place where many people are getting a lot of their mercury 
• A surprising reason to avoid seed oils that you might not have heard before 
• How you can actually have a deficiency and a toxicity of a mineral at the same time
• Important nuance about copper in the body 
• Manganese toxicity, how it happens and what it does (and Lyme can hide behind manganese) 
• A missing piece with anemia that many people miss

Resources Mentioned

• Valence Nutraceuticals
• Follow Matt on Instagram

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