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\"Gadolinium\"<\/p>\n

Dr Catriona Walsh writes:
\nThis week, I was featured in the Daily Mail’s Health Supplement, in a piece about gadolinium, the contrast dye used in up to half of all MRI scans.
\n https:\/\/www.thefoodphoenix.com\/gadolinium-mri-contrast-the-diagnosis-delusion\/<\/a><\/p>\n

For years, those of us who felt our health collapse after an MRI were told it was stress, anxiety, or imagination. Normal labs, end of conversation. This week, a national newspaper printed it as news instead.<\/p>\n

I told them what I have come to believe after my own MRI in 2016, and after meeting so many of you:<\/p>\n

“Gadolinium doesn’t just take your health, it takes your life as you knew it.”<\/p>\n

It’s a great and very balanced piece that was extremely well researched and written. But, like everything in life, it’s not perfect. It quotes a radiologist saying gadolinium has “helped and diagnosed millions.” It is a reassuring number. It is also one that, when you go looking for the research, is nowhere to be found. What the studies actually measure is how often the contrast adds nothing. In one paediatric study, gadolinium revealed something not otherwise visible in 0.18% of patients. In prostate MRI, three-quarters did not need it at all, with no loss of accuracy.<\/p>\n

If you have lived this, you are not imagining it, and you are not alone. I have written the whole thing up, sources and all, on the blog. Link in the comments.<\/p>\n

If you want a place to start making sense of your own story, my free MRI Contrast Guide is: https:\/\/www.thefoodphoenix.com\/long-term-effects-of-gadolinium-contrast-agents\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shivani Arjuna commented on the post: commented on the post:
\nGadolinium is extremely damaging to the nervous system and kidneys and is not needed to get good MRI imaging, for which iodine used to be used. Cilantro is the primo detox agent for it. Dr. Dietrich Klighardt recommends 1-3 tsp a day of Coriandolo Plus tincture with a binder, such as chlorella. You can also eat lots of cilantro if it agrees with you.<\/p>\n

Dr Catriona Walsh replied:
\nShivani Arjuna oddly, a lot of people in the gadolinium community complain that cilantro flares their symptoms. I\u2019ve never noticed a problem eating it myself in food, but I\u2019ve never used the amounts that some people do to try to detox. I have no idea why it seems to trigger so many people, but it\u2019s a very frequent occurrence.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, lots of people also react to glutathione supplements quite badly, which I suspect is riboflavin and niacin deficiency. Perhaps the cilantro sensitivity is also niacin deficiency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr Catriona Walsh writes: This week, I was featured in the Daily Mail’s Health Supplement, in a piece about gadolinium, the contrast dye used in up to half of all MRI scans. https:\/\/www.thefoodphoenix.com\/gadolinium-mri-contrast-the-diagnosis-delusion\/ For years, those of us who felt our health collapse after an MRI were told it was stress, anxiety, or imagination. Normal … <\/p>\n

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