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tant nutrient minerals such as zinc,
iron, selenium, and sulfur. Mercury
accumulates in the brain and central
nervous system. Mercury also adversely affects your dog's overall immune system by attaching to the immune cell structure and altering his
ability to function normally. Mercury
can cause kidney and cardiac diseases, respiratory problems, arthritis,
and gum disease in your dog.

Calcium inhibits lead absorption and
protects against lead accumulation in
bones and teeth. Both young children
and dogs are naturally fast metabolizers with lower levels of tissue calcium
and magnesium. This low calcium to
lead ratio leads to higher lead absorption into the bones, where it
displaces calcium. During times of
stress, when the body would normally release more calming calcium, it

u Arsenic is number one on the
ATSDR's 2013 Priority List of Hazardous Substances list. It is a known
carcinogen and affects the skin,
digestive system, liver, nervous system, and respiratory system. Arsenic
compounds can create reactions in
the body that disrupt enzymes that
are involved in respiration of cells as
well as fat and carbohydrate breakdown and their metabolism. Organic
arsenic compounds are mainly used
as pesticides, while inorganic arsenic
is primarily used to preserve wood.
Once arsenic is released in the environment it cannot be destroyed.
To make matters worse, arsenic
compounds also dissolve in water.
Organic forms of arsenic are actually
fed to pigs and poultry to improve
production, and in the case of swine,
to treat diarrhea. This meat is then
used in commercial dog foods.
u Cadmium is a naturally occurring
metal, and can be found in food,
water and cigarette smoke. It is a
known carcinogen that appears to
act in two ways: cadmium harms
DNA directly and it disturbs a specific DNA repair system which helps
prevent cancer. Like other heavy
metals, cadmium stays in the body
for a long time and accumulates
after long-term exposure (even to
low levels). Cadmium is released into
the air from mining, industry, burning
coal, and household wastes, where it

then binds to soil particles and dissolves in water. Fish, plants, and animals accumulate cadmium from the
environment. Dogs are exposed to
cadmium not only through food but
through drinking water and breathing contaminated air. Animal studies
suggest cadmium accumulation leads
to liver disease, high blood pressure,
and nerve and brain damage.

A Real World Example:
Bonus's Follow-Up Retest
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u Lead can be found in all parts of our
environment. Much of it comes from
human activities, including burning
fossil fuels, aviation fuel, mining, and
manufacturing.The concentration of
lead in polluted air varies inversely
with altitude. Because lead is a heavy
element, it settles out of the air onto
the ground. Consequently, lead poisoning occurs in dogs who spend their
lives close to the ground. Epilepsy can
result from lead toxicity in dogs. In
children, hyperactivity can be the first
presenting symptom, so if you have a
hyperactive dog you can suspect high
tissue lead levels. It can take years
before lead exposure reaches dangerous levels, so you might not recognize
symptoms until your dog is older.

will release this stored lead into the
bloodstream. This can bring lead into
any of the body's organs, leading to
cancer and organ failure.

In part 1, we looked at the initial hTMA
test for Bonus. The data provided from
those lab results allowed us to design
a corrective protocol for Bonus using
nutrition alone to safely replace toxic
heavy metals with biologically preferred
minerals. With this protocol, the cells
and organs are supplied with essential
nutrients in the appropriate ratios needed to support the dog's unique biochemical profile. An optimized nutritional plan
also meets the increased biochemical
demands that are placed on an athletic
dog from the stressors he encounters in
his training program.

Besides providing Bonus with the mineral supplementation recommended after his initial testing, I made some
dietary changes for all my dogs based on my conversation with Noa Martinsen, canine nutritional consultant
at AnimalElite.com.When I had fed my dogs a kibble diet, I had frequently rotated not only the protein I was
feeding, but also the brand of food I used. My thought was that no single food was perfect and all of them must
lack something or have too much of something, so rotating sources was the best way to provide a balance in
the nutrients the dogs were getting.When I switched to a raw diet, I only rotated proteins. After learning more
about sources of toxicity, it made sense to me to rotate where I was getting my raw food from as well. It seemed
like you couldn't avoid toxicity in food, but by changing sources you would be less likely to keep building up too
much of the same toxicity. I also integrated more raw organ meat into the dogs' diet and fish, and I rotated what
ground vegetables I used. I never would have guessed that the dogs could be so excited about fish.

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