Posted by Larry Hoover on June 20, 2006, at 9:16:56
In reply to Re: Hair Analysis, toxic levels of mercury » Larry Hoover, posted by holymama on June 19, 2006, at 17:29:11
> > I can't answer your questions because you're speaking of two different things. You said you had a hair analysis, yet you mention high blood mercury and aluminum. Did they make your head bleed before they collected the sample?
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> I didn't mean to say 'blood' -- I had a sample of my hair tested. :)In this case, the mercury most likely does not represent whole body exposure.
> > High compared to what? You can't interpret a test without knowing the methodology, and the standardization. What level are they calling high, and why are they calling it high?
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> Larry, I don't have the levels in front of me -- I have a print out of their 'findings', but the actual levels were in my nutritionsist's copy. I didn't ask for a copy of that, because it doesn't mean much to me. I did see on my nutritionist's copy that my mercury level was not just in the high range of normal; it was outside of normal range.You're living in a hot zone.
> > All of this is a bit overwhelming, but the toxic level of mercury (he doesn't normally do anything about high aluminum levels. !)
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> > Aluminum is not relevant. That's why.
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> Why is aluminum not relevant?? I thought there may be a correlation between aluminum and alzheimer's, and isn't it at least interesting to note that my levels are outside normal range?That correlation was a spurious finding. Meaningless. It happens.
> > Your low selenium is likely *caused* by the mercury. I bet you have silver fillings. Tricked you, the dentists did. Silver fillings are approximately 50%, by weight, liquid mercury. The other metals crystallize in the liquid mercury, and you get a self-setting alloy, called amalgam.
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> I used to have quite a few amalgam fillings, but have had all but two removed over the last 4 years.Get those last two out.
> > You should immediately begin supplementing selenium. You have all the information you need, to prove that.
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> > The low zinc, magnesium, calcium.....doesn't surprise me one bit. Most Americans don't even come close to proper intake of those.
> > You didn't get all unbalanced in one day. Please, show some patience, as you start to get the balance back. There are adjustments to be made, along the way.
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> Thanks for the info Larry, and I think I will have a second hair analysis done (with another company) to see if the results are the same. But I am concerned...Of course. Your concern is justified. Hair analysis must be carefully interpreted, though. And few people have that skill.
> I have been actually pretty conscious of this stuff over the years, having my mercury fillings removed, eating organic foods, no chemicals in the house...etc.. not having the typical american diet or lifestyle in many ways. But we do live downwind of a coal-burning, mercury-producing electrical plant, (now that someone mentioned it)...one that my husband has been concerned about. For good reason, I guess...
That's why I mentioned it, in my list. Most people do not live right downwind of huge coal plants. All the dust that comes off of that stinkin' thing is contaminated with mercury. It actually makes your hair test less reliable.
Your car sits out there, collecting dust, sometimes for long stretches of time. You hop in there, and crank up the air conditioning, and all that mercury (and other metals) dust get thrown up into the air in your car. It settles on your hair. On your clothes. As if your clothes weren't already dusty.
You live in a hot zone.
Take 400 mcg/day selenium for one month. Make sure it is from selenium yeast. It contains a much higher percentage than usually found of the seleno-amino acids seleno-cysteine and seleno-methionine. In those already highly protective aminos, the usual sulphur atom has been substituted with a selenium atom. Instead of a sulfhydryl group, you've got a seleno-hydryl group. It's ready to meet its maker. If it bumps into a mercury atom, bazaam! It's all over for that mercury atom. The selenium-mercury dimer that forms is the most insoluble molecule ever known (as far as I know.....maybe there's some other freaky weird stuff). It is so insoluble, that the solubility can't be measured. That particular mercury atom is cancelled.
So, selenium yeast, at 400 mcg/day, for a month.
Then, 200 mcg/day, for the rest of your life, or until adverse effects occur. We don't know your sensitivity to selenium, and we're still at about a half of the level at which the most sensitive people begin to show symptoms.
Vacuum your house, a lot. Use a paper mask when you're doing it. Anybody else in the house wears a mask, too, while all that vacuuming is going on.
Lar
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