Posted by bleauberry on November 7, 2009, at 6:06:36
In reply to Re: Mercury, posted by nolvas on November 6, 2009, at 3:33:16
Selenium is a good supplement for mercury issues. It is not a good chelator, but it does help to bind up existing free mercury. And it is crucial for many biochemical processes in the body that have probably been comprised by disease or mercury.
If you wanted a real good test, though I don't think you need one, you would need to see a Naturopath or an Integrative MD. They have access to the lab tests. What you would do is take a urine sample, then take 1200mg of DMSA in a single dose and collect urine for the next 6 hours. The two urine samples are compared to each other and compared to general population averages. The test you do not want is a blood mercury test...there won't be any mercury in your blood. It already found a home in your fat tissues, nervous system, brain, and glands, where it will stay forever unless forced out by chelation. A blood test will only confirm recent mercury exposure within the last 72 hours.
There is no better or safer chelation method I am aware of than low dose frequent dose DMSA. All the others are helpful at restoring a damaged body or keeping a healthy one healthy, but will not pull the large amounts of deeply stored mercury, and what they do pull will not be done safely...a lot of redistribution on the way to excretion. DMSA is the only one that will hang onto it all the way to the toilet. Cutler agrees that Chlorella and Cilantro probably work, but should be reserved for DMSA failures/intolerances since we don't know how those herbs work or what their halflives are...too many unknowns. But they do work.
> Sorry to butt in but I noticed that you don't have Selenium on your list, this is a very important chelator of heavy metals such as Mercury, cadmium and lead. For any Mercury detox I would definitely add this to your detox regimen. Also and importantly certainly of Mercury toxicity can be confirmed by a blood test. Doctors don't seem to be interested in my experience as they go n the evidence presented and to them mercury amalgam poisoning doesn't exist.
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> My advice is to get a test for Mercury to be absolutely certain there are good labs such as Genova Diagnostics. Although you will need the advice and help of a nutritional practitioner/functional medicine practitioner for many tests at a lab.
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> You can also have a look at this regarding Mercury Toxicity.
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> http://www.diagnose-me.com/cond/C586629.html
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> A suggested Mercury detox protocol :
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> http://www.mgoldmandds.com/detox1.htm
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> A video regarding Mercury toxicity and fillings :
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ylnQ-T7oiA&feature=player_embedded#
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> I have at least 10 amalgam fillings and it's certainly true that very small amounts of Mercury vapour are emitted from the fillings every day. I wonder whose clever idea it was to put one of the most toxic metals second only after Plutonium in peoples mouths! Dentistry has taken the opinion that Mercury amalgam is not dangerous and doesn't appreciably affect health, of course if they admitted it then they'd have some explaining to do, and it would be costly. The official stance is that it doesn't affect health so it's doubtful that a doctor will test you for Mercury toxicity.
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