Posted by Larry Hoover on June 20, 2006, at 23:09:44
In reply to Re: Hair Analysis, toxic levels of mercury » Larry Hoover, posted by blueberry on June 20, 2006, at 19:00:55
> Larry,
>
> Question for you, since I too have elevated mercury levels...
>
> When you take selenium yeast, and selenium binds up that mercury atom, what happens after that? You say it is insoluble. What does that mean? Does that mean it sits there neutral forever, or does it get flushed out, or what?As far as I know, it just sits there, dormant. It's a tiny molecule. It just sits in the corner, like so much cellular dust.
> I've never heard of selenium yeast. I wonder where you get it. I'll have to google it and see.
Yeast cultures are fed a selenium-enriched diet, usually in the form of sodium selenite, or selenic acid. The yeast do the conversion for you, converting some of the cellular cysteine and methionine to their respective selenium forms. Those forms are already active. No further conversion is necessary, although some futher conversion does occur, as in the formation of the selenium dependent form of superoxide dismutase (SOD).
> Anyway, very curious as to what happens to the selenium/mercury duo after they bond. ???As far as I know, the mercury just stops being a toxic heavy metal, and becomes a tissue-bound inert heavy metal.
Lar
poster:Larry Hoover
thread:658684
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/alter/20060601/msgs/659535.html