If you haven’t yet removed your mercury fillings (assuming you have them) and don’t feel ready for a full metals detox (which can be quite stressful) here is the way to gently help the body get rid of, or at least manage, heavy metal toxicity.
1. Get plenty of water-soluble and fat-soluble anti-oxidants. That means Vitamin C, E, A, and essential fatty acids. E and A should be derived mostly from wheat germ oil, avocados, fish oil, cod liver oil, sweet potatoes and butter, carrot juice and cream, eggs, liver. C can be gotten from chyawanprash, an excellent anti-oxidant, Emergen-C or equivelent.
2. Thoroughly cleanse and support the bowels and liver until you have no inflammatory issues. Take in a dose of good oil each morning chased by the cleansing drink, and use good fats and organic, cultured butter or Ghee liberally with your meals. This keeps the liver producing bile, and many metals are managed and excreted by the liver and bile. Coffee enemas are good. Take Milk Thistle or a liver-supporting complex like Livatone Plus that includes Milk Thistle.
3. Include a super-green supplement that has chlorella, spirulina and blue-green algea in your diet, as well as plenty of cilantro and other leafy greens. Some people react negatively to chlorella, however. Dr. Andy Cutler, the metals chelation guru, says to avoid these when you have mercury toxicity. So if you react badly, stop.
super green supplements
4. Sweat near-daily, detox bath weekly. Many toxins, including metals, are best excreted by the skin rather than delicate kidneys.
5. For 2-3 weeks, take large doses of Selenium (100 mcg or 2 mg), MSM (500 mg), zinc (50 mg), and eat plenty of sauerkraut, cabbage, garlic, onions. This is contra-indicated if you have Crohn’s Disease or Leaky Gut, however. In those cases, and in cases of negative reactions to certain foods (MSM, garlic, onions – see list in Diet Management), it is best to avoid sulphur entirely. Dr. Cutler says this is a common issue for mercuty people.
Selenium and MSM will bind metals like aluminum, lead and mercury and take them out of you safely, with next to no side effects. You must be getting large amounts of vitamin E when you do this, and something like ALA to actually pull the metals from where they’ve been deposited, otherwise they’ll just make sure you don’t absorb anything you eat that contains aluminum, lead, etc.
6. After step 5, return to an alkaline state (MSM is acid) by making potassium broths, taking calcium, drinking kefir/raw milk, and avoiding sulphurous foods for awhile (cabbage, broccoli, garlic, onions).
Calcium supplements
Symptoms of heavy metal toxicity are:
allergies
white horizontal stripes on the nails
hair loss
poor sense of smell
anemia
bone pain
constipation
convulsions
depression
dermatitis
diarrhea
dizziness
dry skin
fatigue
gastritis
hyperactivity
HBP
learning disabilities
liver degeneration
multiple chemical sensitivities
Tremors
Nausea
Vision impairment… and many other neurological disorders.
All of the above symtpoms have other causes, so don’t automatically assume you have heavy metals toxicity just because you have these symptoms. If you’ve tried all the known cures, however, and these symptoms remain chronic, get a hair analysis done and in the meantime follow this protocol. If the hair analysis test is positive, follow Dr. Andy Cutler’s protocol for metals chelation.
In a nutshell, Dr. Cutler’s protocol is to take about 50 mg of Alpha Lopeic Acid, a powerful anti-oxidant, every 3-4 hours round the clock. Some people take larger doses but they get really sick.
At the same time, you should be taking calcium and anti-oxidants vitamin E (tablespoon of wheat germ oil a day – add to protein shake), and vitamin C (emergen-C is great for this).
You can also take DMSA, but it’s risky, brings on quite a reaction. Great for taking out mercury though.
It’s also important to support the kidneys with plenty of fluids, as metals are hard to pass.
The liver should be protected with Milk Thistle while undergoing metals chelation. The morning oil cocktail and Cleansing Drink chaser is a good daily thing to do while taking ALA. A high-fat, high-fiber diet is highly recommended.