Newport! Chelation quest
Hey!
Yes, I have thought about chelation to "deal" with critters, I have read much about it and it would make much sense.
I did a hair analysis one year ago that showed elevated mercury levels and too little selenium and copper (and low in most essential minerals), and I just ignored that and continued with life. Now I understand that it wasnt very smart and my immune system is supressed.
So, yes, metal chelation. But, my liver is a worm nest and kidneys are very weak due to that, and chelation is hard on the body and can be dangerous. So, there are many options and I do not know which ones:
Alpha lipoic acid
EDTA
AMINO ACIDS i.e Dr Vickerys (this is particurlary interesting to me, found post
//www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=587443#i)
DMSA
DMPS
Riceplex
Iodine
large doses of selenium according to the lyme PDF (by the way great article on selenium and mercury from acu-cell
http://www.acu-cell.com/ses.html
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Selenium supplementation is an effective way to reduce excessive mercury levels. I have monitored on a number of occasions a sharp drop in selenium levels when dental
Amalgams were removed, and where subsequently Se lowly returned to previous levels again over a three to four week time period.
When people have no heavy or toxic metal concentrations in their body (that bind to selenium), most of the time there are no negative symptoms when taking about 200mcg per day of selenium, however when selenium is very low when first supplemented (perhaps due to toxic / heavy metal storage), and larger amounts are taken, adverse effects are very commonly experienced the first few weeks due to the heavy or toxic metals being eliminated by the body. In that case, I always urge my patients to slowly increase their selenium dose from as low as 25mcg per day (or even lower), up to eventually the full dose, which generally is around 100mcg or sometimes higher, depending on circumstances.
Organic forms of selenium (selenium yeast and selenomethionine, or selenocysteine) are always preferable to inorganic forms such as sodium selenite because of their better absorption and lower toxicity, even when ingested at much high amounts. In contrast, due to its free-radical promoting oxidative nature, inorganic selenium is mutagenic and has caused cataracts at high doses in animal studies, while organic selenium is less toxic, and does not have mutagenic or oxidizing activity.
Deficiency of selenium leads to lowered glutathione peroxidase activity (cardiovascular disease) and it is implicated with a higher risk for cancer of the liver (particularly from hepatitis B), lungs, breast, skin,colon, rectum and prostate.
It is still not clear whether the lowered risk of developing certain cancers from taking about 200mcg of selenium per day also applies to individuals who previously exhibited normal levels of selenium, or only to those with lower levels before supplementing that amount.
What would make up a good, gentle chelating protocol that would involve/combine the above agents without "killing" the organs?
Thanks! :)