Mineral Balancing and Heavy Metal Detox: Oligo Scan Insights with Jeff Lioon

This episode discusses how minerals are the building blocks for producing vitamins, antioxidants, proteins, hormones, and enzymes, while heavy metals are generally unnecessary and can block mineral absorption through “ionic mimicry.”

Jeff Lioon, creative director for Oligo Scan and co-founder of Ionome Labs, shares his background in holistic health, personal improvement through diet and lifestyle changes, and experience performing thousands of scans. The conversation explains mineral–metal antagonist/synergist relationships (e.g., aluminum with silica/boron/magnesium/lithium; mercury with selenium/iodine/zinc), and outlines three detox principles: reduce heavy-metal exposure, provide needed minerals, and maximize excretion.

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