As we continue to dive into the health related issues regarding mercury toxicity, we would like to take some time to discuss a very important aspect of preparation before having amalgam (which are 50% mercury!) fillings removed.
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We wrote a post about a safe protocol for removal or replacement; you can check that out here. Many people might like to immediately rush out to have their fillings removed as soon as they realize how poisonous they actually are, but this may not be the best idea if your health is already really poor. You need to get real about what state your health is actually in!
Most people that want to do it properly take steps to check their level of health and support whatever they might need first.
This is ideal because if all your body systems are not supported--especially the organs involved with detoxing pathways (kidneys, liver, etc.)--you can be causing more damage than good. It’s often easier to address and correct weaknesses now instead of healing damage later.
The key factor to stabilizing health prior to amalgam removal is nutrition. Getting the body functioning at the highest level it can--even with the mercury fillings!--through diet and potentially vitamin/mineral supplementation is of utmost importance. Since nutrition and/or supplementation is a vast topic, we're going to discuss it over multiple posts. First, let’s focus on nutrient needs to support mercury detox.
*Please note that just like so many people have different symptoms of mercury toxicity, they also have different reactions to the supplements that are commonly used to help. You can work with your healthcare provider to have blood tests and other analyses done to gauge your level of health and vitamin and mineral needs.
Here are the most common supplements used and what they do for a mercury poisoned body. In an upcoming post, we’re going to make an extensive guide for finding these nutrients in whole food and natural sources:
1.) Nascent iodine
Most people are unaware what a huge role iodine plays in our health, or that the human body is supposed to consume it every day. Most cells contain/use iodine, especially the thyroid cells, but even more importantly here is that iodine will help you detox heavy metals like mercury. Over 95% of people are deficient in the vital nutrient iodine.
Most people are not eating things like sea vegetables each day - and even if you did you, would probably just be getting more mercury because the oceans are polluted. Our bread used to be fortified with iodine until the 1970's, but then it was replaced with bromine which is actually an iodine disrupter that makes your body lose more than it had.
Further, iodized salt does not contain healthy forms or quantities of iodine for the body, plus it is processed with toxic chemicals. While it may contain just enough to prevent goiter (enlargement of the thyroid) it is nowhere near enough to support real health. Iodized salt is a very poor source of iodine.
We have this miraculous nutrient/detoxifier/protectant available by donation through our website. http://www.intothegardenofeden.com/iodine1.html
2.) Omega oils such as 3 and 6
These oils can increase the fluidity of how the cell membranes function, which helps mercury be moved out of the cells. The oils also help to calm a distressed nervous system. Mercury is known for eating away at the myelin sheath that protects your nerves.
Many people believe omega oils can only be obtained by fish or fish based supplements, but a much safer option for mercury damaged individuals are omegas that come from safflower or sunflower oil, or the superfood "weed" lamb's quarter. If you are getting it from plants, you are much less likely to be consuming mercury along with it!
3.) Zinc picolinate
Mercury quickly depletes zinc.
4.) Sulfur
Mercury loves sulfur and will try to bond with it, thus making it unavailable to bond with other molecules. Sulfur is part of our blood cells, and they cannot function properly when mercury binds to sulfur.
Garlic is an awesome source of sulfur, or MSM is a sulfur supplement that helps to mobilize mercury to get it out of your system.
http://customers.hbci.com/~wenonah/hydro/hg.htm
5.) Selenium
Just like sulfur, mercury binds to selenium. Selenium deficiencies have been tied to a loss of glutathione peroxidase, which eventually will cause free radicals to run rampant and cause lots of damage.
And of course it has many other functions in the body! Some doctors even believe something as simple as 200mg of selenium a day could dramatically reduce breast cancer. It has been shown that a large number of women that had root canals (which are potentially sealed with amalgam before crowned or filled) have ended up with breast cancer.
http://www.naturalhealth365.com/root-canals-toxic-chemicals-bill-henderson-1337.html
6.) Methyl-B12 and Active B complex
All B vitamins are so very important, and many people are at least slightly deficient in them to begin with. It is great for the central nervous system. They help support your adrenal gland which are easily overworked with mercury toxicity, and they also support the methylation process.
Methylation is part of how your body will detox. It is found that the sicker some individuals are with mercury poisoning, the more likely they are to have one or more defective genes that aid in methylation. (If you want to research that more it is called MTHFR gene defect.)
7.) Vitamin C
This is a wonderful antioxidant, again with many functions in the body! Many people have used vitamin C IV therapy to heal many illnesses.
8.) Digestive support (probiotics, digestive enzymes)
Mercury is great at destroying gut flora and digestive enzymes. Helping support digestion for proper nutrition absorption is critical. For the same reason it is highly suggested you avoid antibiotics while mercury poisoned. They also destroy good gut flora, and many people have only noticed a rise in mercury related symptoms after taking a round of antibiotics for minor infections.
9.) Vitamin D
This will help aid in fighting off minor health issues and help keep hormones balanced. Additional illness while already mercury toxic can be much worse than it normally could be.
10.) Colloidal Gold
High quality colloidal gold is like magic in a bottle. It is thought to rejuvenate glands (like adrenals), soothes nerves, and also stimulates them to function better, invigorates sexual organs (a lot of infertility is thought to be related to heavy metal issues), reduces joint pain and inflammation (which is abundant with mercury issues), improves digestion, and enhances mood and cognitive function. There are studies still underway to explore how it helps the plasticity of the brain in reordering neurological pathways.
http://www.intothegardenofeden.com/colloidal-gold.html
These are not in order of importance per se, since they each play a different role.
This list may seem a little daunting but please keep in mind how many body systems and functions are disrupted and damaged via mercury.
We're going to cover whole food and natural sources for these nutrients in an upcoming post, and we want to make a few notes about supplements here:
There's a huge range in quality of vitamins. The industry is essentially unregulated, and unless you have fancy testing equipment or a very trusted source, you basically don't really know what you're getting!
So it's important to know that
- There's a lot of total crap out there.
- You do not want synthetic sources--whole food, organic sources are best.
- Cost is not foolproof but is often a decent indicator of quality. Super cheap supplements from corporate chains have proven again and again to be contaminated or weak.
So yes, supplements may be easy especially if you have money or are busy or eat at restaurants a lot and don't control your nutrition, but we'll show you whole food sources that can supply all these nutrients that will actually be more sustainable in an upcoming post!
This is a great starting point to get yourself towards health for a good removal and great detox!
We hope this will inspire you to do additional research and work towards the best possible health for yourself!
For additional resources on this topic please check out some of these links and the ones above:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK27954/
http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Dr-Brownstein/iodine-deficiency-thyroid-fatigue/2013/01/22/id/484522/
http://www.medicalmedium.com/book
I'm not sure about colloidal gold but that's my point of view. I wouldn't recommend colloidal metal. Now I don't have the answer on everything.
Instead of garlic, I'd recommend cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, collards. Garlic is a very strong spice and can cause trouble sleeping and other problems.
We have seen success with both colloidal gold and colloidal silver for a large range of ailments and both recommend them and testify to their results. It's another issue for people to research on their own if they so choose. We share some of the information we have on that on Steemit too.
The veggies you recommend are all excellent sources of sulfur! Once again it's great to have options and to know that there are many ways to source the nutrients we need. We're going to go further into whole food & natural sources of compounds that support detox in an upcoming post. It's extremely valuable to know these things are accessible!
A lot of people are scared of the Colloidal Gold and Colloidal Silver because it is a "heavy metal" yet with the highest qualities of CS and CG like @gardenofeden carries there are no possibilities for any heavy metal build up.
Also when taking a high quality iodine supplement like @gardenofeden offers even if there was its very easy to detox out of the body.
It is the ionic energy of the CS and CG where the real medicine is not in the heavy metal particles them selfs.
I never tried it myself, but I heard ZEOLITE should be very powerful to transport the metal toxic out of the body. And also fled seeds should transport a lot of sh** out.
I have heard of a lot of success with ZEOLITE but have not used it my self either.
I will keep my mercurys.... I am not sure if it is so good to remove them. I am afraid, that the toxic which would be released, is far more unhealthy.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9539465
Actually I really wanna have them to be removed, but I cannot afford it anyways in the moment. Thats point two. 😒
but thanks for sharing this link @teamsteem 😊
Better to get the teeth pulled and have no teeth than mercury in your body.
Research an u will see how detrimental it is!
There are also mercury-safe dentistry which practice safe methods of removal.
Of course health is your choice, but please be sure to thoroughly research the situation to make an informed decision. Once again @teamsteem and @kimberleighfl are adding even more valuable references for your research!
Please watch this before you decide. If you have safe removal you won't be constantly exposing yourself to more toxins with every drink or bite of food.
Thanks for sharing! 😊
So what is the safest method of replacing them? And with what?
I'm so sorry I never saw this. Using the method described for a safe removal is the best way to do it, and to make sure that you have it done by quadrants. Now what do you replace them with is a great question. I personally had mine done with different type of composite material - however before I did that I had a test taken by some lab in Colorado that gave me a 100 page book of all the materials that my body had a bad reaction to. This was spendy but very helpful because I wasn't going to spend thousands of dollars to have 15 fillings replaced or removed without having a safe substance take their place.
Oh god no! hahahaha
i am looking in to getting mine out after this information. I have been severely ill the last two months with MS like symptoms & seizures with no answers. Thank you <3
That is an extremely powerful decision, and we're so grateful we could share something of real and life changing value with you, @kaykunoichi~~
May you find relief for your symptoms and continue to get better and better! Blessings~~
Thank you so much <3
nice post , thanks for share
Thanks for reading!
Thank you @gardenofeden for this very in depth explanation! Of course I do my own research as well, but it's always good to see/read stuff from sources I haven't come across before! :) Will all the toxic junk out there, I definitely need to detox in the next week!
Grateful we could share info of real benefit & value with you, @michael14876! This is really important stuff, and it's a great starting point for looking into the issues. Health is wealth!
Yes ALWAYS do your OWN research and come to your OWN conclusions about anything ESPECIALLY your health!
A very useful post. I take a lot of benefits from this post. Hope you are always healthy I will try to do your post
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Grateful to share benefits with you, @blackcoffee!
Great post!!!!! Yes! Me I have one amalgam filling into. Have to get it out also!!!! Everything else-checked!!!! Superfood, vegan, Ayurvedic is my style. I will resteem your post, because more people have to check it out. Even if they don't wanna take it out-it's better if they know about. Thanks for all of this informations. 🙏🏼🌞
Thank you so much for your support! It's important as we try to spread awareness to as many people as possible. This is very important information that everyone needs to know!!
Wow really great post!
So well done and also so important!
Thank you, it's great to see the impact this info is having on the community! It's inspiring several people to get this poison out of their head.
Yea!
What a beneficial service to the people!
May we inspire more than ever before to new levels of health and happiness!
May it be!
Bless it be~*~
I second you on the silver fillings. The mercury fillings now a days are rarely done due to their ill effects on body in long run, however due its property of strength, it is stilll done in many parts of the world and ofcourse being cheap than white fillings. I would say if you have a silver filling done on your teeth, go to your dentist to see if your insurance covers white fillings. The mercury starts to dissolve into the oral fluids and tend to do so for years causing accumulation of mercury in the body, and if the threshold is crossed the toxicity occurs.
Amalgam also needs much tooth preparation which renders tooth to fracture if the integrity of tooth margin collapses.
Amalgam is also very poor in Aesthetics, which nowadays is a primary factor of patients.
Amalgam had its virtues of strength but its effects on body surpasses the former, so whenever you go to see a dentist, discuss thoroughly about silver fillings and whether you can have white fillings instead.
Also if one has done amalgam fillings some years back in more than 3 or 4 teeth, consider removing them for white fillings. However, 1 or 2 teeth can be seen as borderline cases.
P.S. i will be making a thorough post about amalgam fillings, health hazards and its replacements in coming days.
Kind Regards
Dr Himayun
Thanks for your input, @mirhimayun!
Unfortunately amalgams are still common practice even in the US. They are cheaper than composites, as insurance will often cover them at 100% vs. only partial coverage for composites.
It is extremely important for consumers to educate themselves on their options! This standard practice is actually very dangerous to long term health.
Looking forward to the information you share on the topic! We need more people talking about this!
Post about the Mercury in Dental Amalgam fillings
https://steemit.com/health/@mirhimayun/oral-health-5-dental-amalgam-and-safety-concerns-2017816t0574417z
Yeah, the field of dentistry is horrible. The promotion of fluoride, and the lack
of procedure to remove the periodontal ligament are major issues with dentistry. Direct pulp capping is a method that has improved drastically since first introduced, with 80% of people being candidates for this procedure with a 92% success rate. This method is much safer and beneficial to your long term health. Teeth are connected to the health of the entire body, using this alternative will certainly prevent many health issues in the future.
There are plenty of alternatives to standard practices that truly do support health! It's important for consumers to know they have options so they can make empowered choices for themselves.
Great information! I have also heard that eating parsley and cilantro is also good for detoxing from heavy metals.
Yes those are excellent herbs for detox! We're going to cover whole food sources that support mercury detox in an upcoming post, and these will definitely be included.
Glad that I found your blog. Keep it coming!
Glad you found us too! We strive to share inspiring information of real value!
It would be a good information about health process if every people knows it the world were a better place thanks
Exactly! Life is vastly improved when you are healthy! This is why we share healthy options we know for a life of thrival.
Thanks you very much. :)
Wow! Very informative. Good to know as I have to have this done soon. =)
Great, it is a wonderful investment in your health! We definitely suggest researching as much as you possibly can to be well-informed on what you will undergo.
And make sure you don't start chelating prior to removing the amalgams. RIP Andy Cutler.
https://www.recoveringkids.com/getting-started
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