The first of several posts I am working on that offer specialized preventative/mitigative dietary approaches that focus on whole foods and medicinal plants/fungi that increase one's health sovereignty
Thank you so much for all your work on researching this. Allow me to say this, as someone who still has amalgam fillings (unfortunately) I cannot tolerate Cilantro -and other high thiol foods - because it does move mercury. And moves it to a less desirable place, possibly. It does not move mercury out of the body. Therefore, I would caution anyone with amalgams against using cilantro, chlorella, spirulina, garlic, NAC, glutathione - as all these can move mercury, but they're not strong enough to hold onto it and escort it out of the body which can cause more problems for someone already mercury toxic.
One of the studies I read leading up to this post :
"The Long-Term Algae Extract (Chlorella) Supplementation Modulate SOD-1 Activity and Decrease Heavy Metals (Hg++, Sn) Levels in Patients with Long-Term Dental Titanium Implants and Amalgam Fillings Restorations"
Hi Carol, you are most welcome, I am glad you appreciate the research and time I put into posts like this.
Based on your experiences and research can you offer any suggestions for others that have amalgam fillings (which does not involve expensive surgery/dental operations and does not involve synthetic and/or lab made substances that are unable to accessed/created in a decentralized manner) who are also interested in chelating heavy metals from their bloodstream and other tissues?
Can you offer any links to pertinent research and tests that have been done which show how cilantro taken in conjunction with chlorella can move mercury into "a less desirable place" (but not all the way out of the body) ?
Based on the research I have seen Chlorella is a mercury magnet, and it has a fibrous, indigestible outer shell that grabs mercury and secures it. Chlorella is not digested–it moves mercury through the body for it to be ready for safe and effective elimination. The data I have seen shows that Cilantro, on the other hand, helps with elimination. It naturally moves mercury.
Several herbalists and a couple naturopaths I have talked to locally suggested combining chlorella and cilantro as it allows them to work together effectively to trap and eliminate mercury. They said that it is very important to note that chlorella and cilantro should be taken at the same time to ensure that mobilized mercury won’t be reabsorbed by the body.
I would be interested to learn more from the data you have seen that indicates that when one has amalgam fillings the combination of those two can lead to problematic results.
I have noticed there are a few doctors out there that are selling expensive (synthetic substance and/or trademarked and not DIY-able) Chelation therapy protocols/products and they seem to be some of the most adamantly opposed to using cheap, widely available and whole food based heavy metal detox methods (their conflict of interest in that matter makes me suspicious of their motives but perhaps there was some truth to their criticisms of cilantro and blue green algae specifically?).
I am always open to learning something new though, and would appreciate any data, studies and independently confirmed tests you can offer in that regard.
Thank you so much for all your work on researching this. Allow me to say this, as someone who still has amalgam fillings (unfortunately) I cannot tolerate Cilantro -and other high thiol foods - because it does move mercury. And moves it to a less desirable place, possibly. It does not move mercury out of the body. Therefore, I would caution anyone with amalgams against using cilantro, chlorella, spirulina, garlic, NAC, glutathione - as all these can move mercury, but they're not strong enough to hold onto it and escort it out of the body which can cause more problems for someone already mercury toxic.
One of the studies I read leading up to this post :
"The Long-Term Algae Extract (Chlorella) Supplementation Modulate SOD-1 Activity and Decrease Heavy Metals (Hg++, Sn) Levels in Patients with Long-Term Dental Titanium Implants and Amalgam Fillings Restorations"
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31014007/
Hi Carol, you are most welcome, I am glad you appreciate the research and time I put into posts like this.
Based on your experiences and research can you offer any suggestions for others that have amalgam fillings (which does not involve expensive surgery/dental operations and does not involve synthetic and/or lab made substances that are unable to accessed/created in a decentralized manner) who are also interested in chelating heavy metals from their bloodstream and other tissues?
Can you offer any links to pertinent research and tests that have been done which show how cilantro taken in conjunction with chlorella can move mercury into "a less desirable place" (but not all the way out of the body) ?
Based on the research I have seen Chlorella is a mercury magnet, and it has a fibrous, indigestible outer shell that grabs mercury and secures it. Chlorella is not digested–it moves mercury through the body for it to be ready for safe and effective elimination. The data I have seen shows that Cilantro, on the other hand, helps with elimination. It naturally moves mercury.
Several herbalists and a couple naturopaths I have talked to locally suggested combining chlorella and cilantro as it allows them to work together effectively to trap and eliminate mercury. They said that it is very important to note that chlorella and cilantro should be taken at the same time to ensure that mobilized mercury won’t be reabsorbed by the body.
I would be interested to learn more from the data you have seen that indicates that when one has amalgam fillings the combination of those two can lead to problematic results.
I have noticed there are a few doctors out there that are selling expensive (synthetic substance and/or trademarked and not DIY-able) Chelation therapy protocols/products and they seem to be some of the most adamantly opposed to using cheap, widely available and whole food based heavy metal detox methods (their conflict of interest in that matter makes me suspicious of their motives but perhaps there was some truth to their criticisms of cilantro and blue green algae specifically?).
I am always open to learning something new though, and would appreciate any data, studies and independently confirmed tests you can offer in that regard.
Thanks for the comment.
Sincere thanks. Blown away by the info. So very generous of you...can't wait for the gardening information. Thank you very much.
Gardening information? Is there a place where Gavin gives gardening information?