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Fibromyalgia = heavy metal toxicity

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Why Bayesian reasoning matters in chronic illness

Traditional medical science moves cautiously: hypothesis → trial → replication → consensus. That timeline often spans decades, while millions edure crippling symptoms. Bayesian reasoning offers a faster route. It updates probabilities as evidence accumulates, asking: “Given what we already know, what’s the most probable explanation right now?” By assigning likelihoods to each hypothesis and updating them dynamically, we can cut through layers of conflicting research and arrive at a working conclusion – long before full consensus.

Fibromyalgia (FM) is the perfect testing ground for this approach. The literature is overflowing with descriptions of downstream effects – neuroinflammation, central sensitisation, gut dysbiosis – but very few attempts to isolate the root insult that starts the cascade. A Bayesian lens lets us score each proposed cause for plausibility and explanatory power, revealing which one best fits the data with the fewest extra assumptions.

Layered model of fibromyalgia: walking through the contenders

Below we evaluate the main root-cause theories using a rough Bayesian scale (0–1) for causal likelihood. Scores reflect biological coherence, reproducibility, and explanatory reach across FM’s hallmark symptoms: widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, cognitive fog, and autonomic imbalance.

1. Heavy-metal toxicity – the prime mover

Bayesian score = 0.9

Metals such as mercury, lead, cadmium, nickel, and aluminium are well-documented neuro- and mito-toxins with exceptionally long biological half-lives. They accumulate in the dorsal-root ganglia, brainstem nuclei, limbic circuits, and small-fibre nerves – exactly the regions that govern pain, fatigue, and autonomic tone.

  • Neuronal calcium-channel interference: mercury and lead distort voltage-gated calcium channels, causing erratic neurotransmitter release and hypersensitised pain transmission.
  • Mitochondrial blockade: cadmium and mercury inhibit Complex III and pyruvate-dehydrogenase, cutting ATP output in muscle and nerve cells – mirroring the energy crash seen in FM.
  • Glial activation: nanomolar mercury or aluminium chronically activate microglia and astrocytes, generating excess glutamate and nitric oxide – the hallmarks of central sensitisation.
  • Small-fibre degeneration: lead and cadmium reduce epidermal nerve-fibre density, replicating the small-fibre neuropathy documented in roughly half of FM patients.
  • Neuro-endocrine disruption: metals displace zinc and selenium from deiodinases and steroid-receptor proteins, flattening thyroid and adrenal output – producing fatigue, cold intolerance, and stress fragility.

Every one of these mechanisms has been shown experimentally in neurotoxicology, and together they reproduce all major physiological features of fibromyalgia – In Bayesian terms, heavy metals explain more observed data with fewer assumptions than any competing theory – hence the highest causal weight.

2. Chronic infections and vaccination residues – secondary triggers

Bayesian score = 0.6

Persistent infections such as Lyme or mycoplasma can sustain immune and nervous-system activation. Vaccines introduce adjuvants like aluminium and mercury which can lodge in tissues for decades, adding to the total metal burden.

3. Autoimmunity and immune activation – the fire truck, not the arsonist

Bayesian score = 0.3

Autoimmune markers occasionally appear in FM patients, but they behave as a response to persistent irritants –metals, infections, or debris – rather than an independent disease. When the initiating insult is removed, immune activity often normalises.

4. Pesticides and chemical exposures – toxic multipliers

Bayesian score = 0.7

Organophosphates and solvents are neurotoxic and glutathione-depleting. Many contain or mobilise metals, worsening retention and oxidative stress. They act less as a separate cause and more as a load multiplier for heavy-metal toxicity.

5. Mycotoxins (mould) – a load-builder, not initiator

Bayesian score = 0.4

Mycotoxins impair mitochondrial respiration and hepatic detox, compounding an already over-burdened system. However, heavy mycotoxin exposure typically yields broader systemic illness – fever, respiratory and cardiac effects – not the isolated pain profile of FM. They likely worsen, but seldom originate, the syndrome.

6. Genetic or connective-tissue predisposition – susceptibility, not cause

Bayesian score = 0.2

Hypermobility and collagen-gene variants appear in many FM patients but also in healthy controls. These factors create vulnerability to injury and dysautonomia yet do not initiate disease without an environmental stressor. Epigenetically, they can amplify damage once the toxic load exists.

7. Trauma and chronic stress – the physiological amplifier

Bayesian score = 0.5

Psychological or physical trauma can unmask FM by driving sympathetic dominance, reducing vagal tone, impairing bile flow, and limiting hepatic clearance of toxins. It functions as an activator of pre-existing metabolic stress, not its origin.

Synthesising the layers

LayerPrimary agentBayesian weightRole
1Heavy metals (Hg, Pb, Cd, Ni, Al)0.9Foundational cause – bioaccumulation, multi-system toxicity
2Organic toxins (pesticides, solvents)0.7Synergistic load; depletes antioxidants
3Mycotoxins0.4Secondary load builder
4Chronic infections / adjuvants0.6Re-ignite immune stress on toxic terrain
5Genetic & trauma factors0.2–0.5Modulators, not initiators
6Neuroinflammation / small-fibre damage—Downstream phenotype

The combined evidence points to chronic heavy-metal accumulation – amplified by other toxins and hepatic overload – as the most probable root of the fibromyalgia cascade. Everything else behaves as co-factor or consequence.

Evidence base: the research trail

1. Peer-reviewed papers bluntly implicate heavy metals

1.1 Elbeialy et al. 2024 – Rheumatic disease “mostly affected by chronic heavy-metal intoxication”

Paper: Environmental pollution impact on the severity of some rheumatic diseases: a comparative analytical study on inflammatory and non-inflammatory samples (BMC Rheumatology, 2024).
Link: https://bmcrheumatol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41927-024-00420-8

This study concluded that both inflammatory and non-inflammatory rheumatic diseases, including fibromyalgia, are “mostly affected by chronic heavy-metal intoxication.” It frames long-term metal exposure as a key upstream factor, not a marginal influence.

1.2 Stejskal & colleagues 2013 – “Metal-induced inflammation triggers fibromyalgia”

Paper: Metal-induced inflammation triggers fibromyalgia in metal-allergic patients (Neuroendocrinology Letters, 2013).
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24378456/
Summary: https://www.conem.org/2014/04/metal-induced-inflammation-triggers-fibromyalgia-in-metal-allergic-patients/

All FM patients in this study showed hypersensitivity to at least one metal, while controls largely did not. Reducing exposure (eg, replacing dental metals) yielded clinical improvement. The authors propose that metal-induced chronic inflammation can trigger FM in sensitised individuals.

1.3 Al-Khalifa et al. – Disturbed metal profiles and the “mimicry-metal theory”

Paper: Determination of Some Essential & Non-Essential Metals in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS).
ResearchGate: link

FM patients showed elevated cadmium and lead plus low zinc, magnesium, and calcium. The authors describe a “mimicry-metal” mechanism where toxic metals displace essential ones in enzymes and antioxidant systems, creating oxidative stress and pain amplification.

1.4 Bjørklund et al. 2018 – Toxic metals as aggravators or co-causes

Paper: Fibromyalgia and nutrition: therapeutic possibilities? (Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2018).
Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2018.04.056

This review details how cadmium and mercury burdens intensify oxidative stress and mitochondrial failure, arguing that heavy metals are potential initiating or aggravating factors in FM rather than incidental findings.

1.5 Bazzichi et al. 2024 – Environmental factors, metals, and ASIA

Paper: Environmental factors and fibromyalgia syndrome: a narrative review (Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 2024).
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38855963/

Lists heavy-metal exposure and metal hypersensitivity among major environmental contributors to FM and CFS, and connects them to the ASIA framework (autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants). The review positions metals and adjuvants as upstream triggers of chronic pain syndromes.

2. Integrative and environmental-medicine clinicians

2.1 Dietrich Klinghardt MD PhD

Paper: Case Report and Hypothesis: A Series of Fibromyalgia Cases Treated for Heavy-Metal Toxicity (Journal of Orthopaedic Medicine, 2001).
Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1355297X.2001.11736134

Klinghardt documents significant recovery in FM patients following amalgam replacement and chelation, interpreting fibromyalgia as an expression of chronic metal toxicity.

2.2 Joseph Hickey MD

Source: https://platinumenergysystems.ca/index.php/blog/post/recovery-from-fibromyalgia
After six years of clinical observation, Hickey concluded that FM and chronic fatigue are linked to high body levels of mercury, cadmium, lead, and bismuth.

2.3 Other functional and environmental-medicine clinicians

Across multiple case series, practitioners report that FM symptoms seldom remit until heavy-metal burden is actively reduced via bile support, mineral repletion, gentle chelation, and removal of current exposure sources. Within this broader literature, heavy metals are elevated from “possible factor” to central upstream cause of fibromyalgia and related syndromes.

In summary: When we examine competing hypotheses through a Bayesian lens, heavy-metal toxicity stands out as the simplest, most comprehensive, and most evidence-supported root cause of fibromyalgia. It explains the neurochemical, mitochondrial, endocrine, and immune patterns that others describe merely as “downstream findings.” Until disproven, it deserves top prior probability as the logical starting point for prevention and recovery.

Where to from here?

I will be linking a full heavy metals detox protocol here soon. In the meantime there is a very good proprietory product called CLEANSLATE – look it up at therootbrands.com/kakum

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Mounting scientific evidence suggests that prolonged exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation has serious biological and health effects – The Lancet

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Increasing electromagnetic smog – Lancet article

As the Planetary Health Alliance progresses, it’s time to discuss the global spread of artificial electromagnetic fields, especially the surge in radiofrequency radiation (mainly microwaves) from wireless technologies. Mounting evidence links prolonged exposure to serious health effects, yet most public safety regulations are based on outdated 1990s guidelines that focus solely on thermal effects. Research shows non-thermal exposure alters brain metabolism, electrical activity, immune responses, and chronic exposure increases oxidative stress, DNA damage, and cancer risk. Studies by the US National Toxicology Program and Italy’s Ramazzini Institute confirm these effects in animals.

Wireless communication use has caused radiofrequency levels to soar by 10¹⁸ times over natural levels. Technologies like 5G and the Internet of Things will further increase exposure. This unprecedented lifelong exposure raises concerns about neurodevelopmental changes, neurodegenerative diseases, and behavioural disorders in children, with prenatal exposure linked to ADHD-like behaviours, as shown in Yale studies.

The Oceania Radiofrequency Scientific Advisory Association has compiled the largest database of studies on these effects. Among 2266 reviewed studies, 68% found significant biological impacts, with 89% of oxidative stress studies confirming harm. This challenges claims that current non-thermal exposure levels are safe and supports the International EMF Scientist Appeal, urging the WHO and UN to reduce public exposure.

Environmental effects are also evident, such as declining bee populations, linked to electromagnetic interference affecting their magnetoreception. Anthropogenic electromagnetic fields might also disrupt natural phenomena like the Schumann Resonance and the ionosphere. Despite claims that non-ionising radiation is harmless, experiments show radiofrequency radiation damages DNA through oxidative stress.

As we tackle global environmental challenges, addressing “electrosmog” is vital. Some governments have begun regulating children’s use of wireless devices and promoting wired alternatives, but a coordinated international approach is needed to protect public health and the planet.

Full paper is found here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(18)30221-3/fulltext?fbclid=IwY2xjawGplnJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHeEaeS7kS2UUxEnfu__thPtwMbDNIsYM462gTD2T6i71BIOyY6Cl2-9wXg_aem_3DKgYyN-vSRWCa74Fn9IPQ

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High-Tech Dreams, High Power Costs – 5G could consume 20% of global electricity by 2030

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Power hungry 5G

Achieving gigabit speeds requires 5G to operate on high frequencies necessitating millions of small transmitters and immense energy to power the network, process signals, and meet user demands.

Despite potential efficiency improvements the rise in data consumption, driven by streaming, virtual reality, and the “metaverse” is projected to push global electricity usage sky-high. Ultra-HD streams and VR glasses, while visually stunning demand far more power than their 4G predecessors.

Ericsson anticipates mobile data usage will grow fivefold by 2026 compared to 2020. By 2030 global data traffic may increase twentyfold, fuelling concerns about energy sustainability. Wireless networks also have a heavier environmental impact than wired ones, requiring significantly more energy per data unit transmitted.

Adding to this strain the production of 5G devices and replacing older technologies will drive the demand for rare earth metals posing further ecological challenges. Telecom providers already predict a 150-170% increase in energy costs by 2026 due to 5G infrastructure. A single 5G station consumes as much power as dozens of households, tripling energy use compared to 4G sites.

To mitigate these impacts the shift toward wired fibre-optic connections which are both more energy-efficient and radiation-free may hold promise. However as 5G adoption accelerates, the environmental footprint of this technology demands urgent attention. Can we justify the trade-offs for faster connectivity and immersive experiences?

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EMF Guidelines are “Unscientific”

In March 2020, ICNIRP (the International Commission for Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) published a set of guidelines for limiting exposure to electromagnetic fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz). ICNIRP claims this publication’s view on EMF and health, a view usually termed “the thermal-only paradigm”, is consistent with current scientific understanding. We investigated the literature referenced in ICNIRP 2020 to assess if the variation in authors and research groups behind it meets the fundamental requirement of constituting a broad scientific base and thus a view consistent with current scientific understanding, a requirement that such an important set of guidelines is expected to satisfy. To assess if this requirement has been met, we investigated the span of authors and research groups of the referenced literature of the ICNIRP 2020 Guidelines and annexes. Our analysis shows that ICNIRP 2020 itself, and in practice all its referenced supporting literature stem from a network of co-authors with just 17 researchers at its core, most of them affiliated with ICNIRP and/or the IEEE, and some of them being ICNIRP 2020 authors themselves. Moreover, literature reviews presented by ICNIRP 2020 as being from independent committees, are in fact products of this same informal network of collaborating authors, all committees having ICNIRP 2020 authors as members. This shows that the ICNIRP 2020 Guidelines fail to meet fundamental scientific quality requirements and are therefore not suited as the basis on which to set RF EMF exposure limits for the protection of human health. With its thermal-only view, ICNIRP contrasts with the majority of research findings, and would therefore need a particularly solid scientific foundation. Our analysis demonstrates the contrary to be the case. Hence, the ICNIRP 2020 Guidelines cannot offer a basis for good governance.

Read the full paper here: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/reveh-2022-0037/html

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Influenza’s Link with EMFs

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The name of the disease comes from the word “influence” as it was thought to be caused by the influence of the cosmic bodies; the sun, moon and stars.

The correlation between sun spot activity – which is electromagnetic in nature – and influenza epidemics is seen in the following article from the magazine Nature.

https://www.nature.com/articles/343304b0.pdf

In 1901 Nicola Tesla was granted a patent for harvesting radiant energy. In earlier lectures Tesla explained that this radiant energy was caused mainly by radiation from the sun. I’m bringing this up here to establish that cosmic electromagnetic fields have been understood for at least 120 years. You will see in a few paragraphs the link between historical influenza and these natural EMFs, which paves the way to understanding what happened in 1889.

tesla_patent

For more details on Tesla’s radiation harvesting patent see: https://teslauniverse.com/nikola-tesla/articles/nikola-teslas-radiations-and-cosmic-rays

Previously in 1888 Tesla invented the polyphase AC motor which was to revolutionise industry allowing them to use alternating current for power, not just lighting and telephony. The industrial use of AC spread like wild-fire.

And now to quote from Arthur Firstenberg’s masterful history:

In 1889, most historians agree, the modern electrical era opened. And in 1889, as if the heavens had suddenly opened as well, doctors in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia were overwhelmed by a flood of critically ill patients suffering from a strange disease that seemed to have come like a thunderbolt from nowhere, a disease that many of these doctors had never seen before. That disease was influenza, and that pandemic lasted four continuous years and killed at least one million people. Influenza is an Electrical Disease. Suddenly and inexplicably, influenza, whose descriptions had remained consistent for thousands of years, changed its character in 1889. Flu had last seized most of England in November 1847, over half a century earlier. The last flu epidemic in the United States had raged in the winter of 1874–1875. Since ancient times, influenza had been known as a capricious, unpredictable disease, a wild animal that came from nowhere, terrorized whole populations at once without warning and without a schedule, and disappeared as suddenly and mysteriously as it had arrived, not to be seen again for years or decades. It behaved unlike any other illness, was thought not to be contagious, and received its name because its comings and goings were said to be governed by the “influence” of the stars.

But in 1889 influenza was tamed. From that year forward it would be present always, in every part of the world. It would vanish mysteriously as before, but it could be counted on to return, at more or less the same time, the following year. And it has never been absent since.

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Like “anxiety disorder,” influenza is so common and so seemingly familiar that a thorough review of its history is necessary to unmask this stranger and convey the enormity of the public health disaster that occurred one hundred and thirty years ago. It’s not that we don’t know enough about the influenza virus. We know more than enough. The microscopic virus associated with this disease has been so exhaustively studied that scientists know more about its tiny life cycle than about any other single microorganism. But this has been a reason to ignore many unusual facts about this disease, including the fact that it is not contagious. In 2001, Canadian astronomer Ken Tapping, together with two British Columbia physicians, were the latest scientists to confirm, yet again, that for at least the last three centuries influenza pandemics have been most likely to occur during peaks of solar magnetic activity—that is, at the height of each eleven-year sun cycle.

Pages 80–81 of The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life

Most people (I was one of them) PRESUME that flu is transmitted from person to person. Did you know that there is no clinical evidence to support this position? Dr. Sam Bailey does a great job at exposing the lock of evidence in the video below.

Influenza now looks like an electrical disease that presents with a virus. So are viruses contagious; and what actually is a virus? These questions opens up a whole new fascinating world – or at least it did for me. This is a wonderful rabbit hole to dive into. There has been a wealth of research for over 100 years which has run parallel to the mainstream popular theories of contagion and germ theory. Other theories like exosome theory and terrain theory fit better with empirical data. To make a start down this rabbit hole I can recommend you check out Dr. Andrew Kauffman and Dr. Tom Cowan. Look these guys up.

https://roguemale.org/2021/03/24/the-great-virus-swindle This articles looks at the biological fact that viruses are not living entities and the theory that they are simply intracellular particles which are the building blocks of cells.

In the video below there is a 22-minute explanation by Dr. Andrew Kauffman. The virus in question is not influenza but the exact same mechanisms apply.

For more in-depth look at the history of electricity, and the ailments that have followed – check out The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life by Arthur Firstenberg.

Arthur Firstenberg - The Invisible Rainbow

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Sulforaphane

Here’s a great tip for those of us who enjoy cruciferous vegetables – cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, brussel sprouts…

There is a compound in these types of vegetables called sulforaphane that is renowned for it’s crazy health benefits. It aids in detoxing and immunity building among other noble qualities. But in order to be made bio-available this compound needs converting by the enzyme myrosinase. However myrosinase is destroyed by heat, so when you cook your cruciferous veg the sulforaphane is left in a form that is not well digested by the body.

Enter brown mustard seed (Brassica juncea). (Best mustard variety for myrosinase.)

In the video below are details of trials which found that adding 1 gram of powdered mustard seed – which contains myrosinase – resulted in the sulphoraphane of cooked broccoli increasing by 400% in it’s bio-availability.

So you can cook your veg, add back the enzyme, and all is well.

Here is a link to a paper showing the detoxing qualities of sulforaphane:
https://bit.ly/3bDddcQ

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EMFs, Vertigo and Dizziness

Vertigo

This post is mostly just a summary of the published science on the association between EMFs and vertigo/dizziness.

In a study of 420,000 cases of hospitalisations in Denmark, there was a 10–20% increase of of vertigo and migraine above the standard ratio. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2632742/

According to Dr Martin Pall, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences, Washington State University – in his review of Neuropsychiatric disorders attributed to EMFs – vertigo/Dizzyness is the 7th most studied disorder. His full list of EMF disorders are:

  • Sleep disturbance/insomnia (17 studies)
  • Headache (14 studies)
  • Fatigue/tiredness (11 studies)
  • Depression/depressive symptoms (10 studies)
  • Dysesthesia (vision/hearing/olfactory dysfunction) (10 studies)
  • Concentration/attention/cognitive dysfunction (10 studies)
  • Dizziness/vertigo (9 studies)
  • Memory changes (8 studies)
  • Restlessness/tension/anxiety/stress/agitation/feeling of discomfort (8 studies)
  • Irritability (7 studies)
  • Loss of appetite/body weight (6 studies)
  • Skin tingling/burning/inflammation/dermographism (6 studies)
  • Nausea (5 studies)

Source:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891061815000599

In a Polish study (587 participants), dizziness was reported by 18.6% of them (https://bit.ly/3pHVkzZ). The average number of daily calls was 5 and the average duration of call was 3 minutes or less.

In a Saudi study it was found that 2.4% of participants experienced dizziness related to mobile phone use (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15195201)

In a questionnaire of 17 Radiology hospital operators of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) devices 35% said they experiences vertigo/dizziness. Obviously the general public are not exposed to MRI machines, I include this only to establish a link between magnetic fields and vertigo. (https://bit.ly/2HfCSgz)

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Dirty Electricity

In the following video we look at a typical “dirty electricity” example where a mains adapter powering an electronic device (the home broadband router) is adding copious amounts of current spikes to the household wiring.

This adapter is a common 240v to 12v adapter. It has a CE mark and various “Safety Marks” claiming to be in compliance with UK regulation. It could just be a faulty component in this power supply. Notice that the oscilloscope was showing current spikes at the main breaker box. When current spikes are introduced at any point in the house they will be present throughout the whole house. So the wiring in the floor under your bed, and in the sockets which are turned off next to your bed, the current spikes will be present even if you have an adapter that is charging a phone downstairs.

The example in this video is of a particularly bad power adapter, but to one degree or another every switched-mode power supply I have come across adds current spikes to the household mains.

As part of the House EMF Survey I check for bad power supplies like this.

For more information on the health implications see Dirty Electricity — Stealth Trigger of Disease Epidemics and Lowered Life Expectancy.