The Mercury Detoxification Manual: A Guide to Mercury Chelation

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Front Cover......Page 1 Back Cover......Page 2 Title Page......Page 3 Copyright......Page 4 Disclaimer......Page 5 Dedication......Page 9 Quotation......Page 11 Contents......Page 13 Tables......Page 25 Figures......Page 29 Preface......Page 31 Acknowledgements......Page 33 Why Did Andy Die?......Page 35 Introduction......Page 37 Why mercury is so dangerous......Page 41 How you might have become poisoned......Page 42 Why your doctor might miss what is wrong......Page 48 2. What Mercury Poisoning Looks Like......Page 51 Psychological symptoms......Page 52 Neurological symptoms......Page 54 Physical symptoms......Page 55 3. Other Toxic Metals......Page 61 Aluminum......Page 62 Antimony......Page 63 Arsenic......Page 64 Copper......Page 65 Lead......Page 66 4. How to Test for Chronic Mercury Poisoning......Page 69 If you have mercury fillings: a hair test......Page 70 How to interpret a hair test......Page 71 How to apply the "counting rules" to the "Essential and Other Elements" section of a Doctors' Data hair test......Page 72 Dental work and what you need done......Page 75 Further comments about dentistry......Page 76 Precautions you must take with the dentist......Page 77 Precautions the dentist must take......Page 78 Be careful about advice from your dentist......Page 79 How to afford the dental work......Page 80 The chelators we use for the ACC protocol......Page 83 How chelation works......Page 85 The chelating agents and waiting periods for taking them......Page 88 The waiting periods for taking chelators......Page 89 Why these waiting periods are important......Page 90 Which chelator to choose and how much to take......Page 91 What NOT to do!!!!......Page 92 Supplements never, ever to take......Page 96 Avoid medical mercury!......Page 98 No other medical metals either!!!......Page 99 No drugs that are dangerous for people with mercury poisoning!......Page 100 Some considerations before starting......Page 103 The first three months after amalgam removal or your last exposure to mercury......Page 105 Adding alpha lipoic acid after three months......Page 106 Schedules for taking supplements......Page 108 How long does this take?......Page 111 The "stall phase" or "dump phase"......Page 112 What does methylation have to do with mercury detoxification......Page 114 Chelating lead......Page 115 Protocol for chelating lead......Page 116 Why take supplements?......Page 117 Prescription medicines......Page 118 A note about mental illness......Page 119 Adrenals......Page 120 Symptoms......Page 121 Adaptogens......Page 122 How to take adaptogens......Page 123 Electrolytes......Page 124 Thyroid......Page 125 Symptoms......Page 127 Help from your doctor......Page 128 Diabetes and blood sugar......Page 129 Supplements......Page 131 Help from your doctor......Page 132 Allergies......Page 134 Supplements......Page 135 Symptoms......Page 137 Supplements......Page 138 Symptoms......Page 139 Supplements......Page 140 Yeast and dysbiosis......Page 141 Supplements......Page 142 Die off when using yeast remedies......Page 143 Symptoms......Page 144 Depression......Page 145 Obsessive, suffering depression......Page 146 Supplements......Page 147 Anxiety......Page 148 Supplements......Page 149 Insomnia......Page 150 Supplements......Page 151 Chemical sensitivity......Page 152 Supplements......Page 153 Pain......Page 154 Symptoms......Page 155 Supplements......Page 156 Help from your doctor......Page 157 Why diet is important......Page 159 Fruits and vegetables......Page 160 Fish......Page 162 Doing your own cooking......Page 163 Thiol food sensitivity......Page 164 General notes on diet......Page 171 A convenient pill tray......Page 173 Filling your pill tray......Page 174 Remembering to take your chelators......Page 175 Alarms......Page 176 Labeled pill boxes and other strategies......Page 177 Keep a log or diary......Page 178 Organizeing the rest of your life......Page 180 Some useful suggestions to make life easier......Page 182 If you are pregnant......Page 185 After your child is born......Page 186 Timetable of basic precautions......Page 187 12. Does Your Child Need to Chelate Too?......Page 189 Teething chart......Page 191 Timeline of developmental milestones......Page 192 Growth charts......Page 196 Medical diagnoses......Page 197 Common sense......Page 198 13. Conclusion: Some Encouraging Words......Page 203 How do I clean up mercury? (Normal cleanup instructions as for a lightbulb or thermometer)......Page 205 How does exposure to a broken light bulb or thermometer affect chelation?......Page 207 How much iodine should I use?......Page 208 My doctor says I should do a challenge test, do a DMPS IV, take chelators once a day and so forth.......Page 209 I took a dose early/ late what do I do?......Page 210 Can I stop chelating whenever it isn't convenient?......Page 211 Does chelation remove important minerals?......Page 212 Can I skip my chelation round when I feel sick, or have a wedding or event?......Page 213 I can't remember if I took my chelator dose ten minutes ago.......Page 214 Which hair test should I use and where do I get it?......Page 215 What if I am told that I absolutely need a vaccine?......Page 216 What should I do if I ahve been obliged to get a vaccine, anyway.......Page 217 Appendix B: FDA Mercury in Fish Chart......Page 219 Abbreviations......Page 223 Glossary......Page 225 Bibliography......Page 239 Index......Page 241