Comments - Amalgam Removal Risks and Protocols. - Heal Thyself!2024-03-28T17:44:46Zhttps://heal-thyself.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2814160%3ABlogPost%3A8668&xn_auth=noThere are concerns regarding…tag:heal-thyself.ning.com,2013-02-12:2814160:Comment:729962013-02-12T14:08:37.296ZPat Robinsonhttps://heal-thyself.ning.com/profile/PatRobinson
<p>There are concerns regarding iodine supplementation in the absence of adequate selenium due to the mobilization of mercury into blood circulation. Andy Cutler, author of "Amalgam Illness" also cautions about mobilizing mercury with iodine supplementation as it doesn't bind with (chelate) the circulating mercury. The mobilized mercury is just redeposited into brain, organs and gut, rather than effectively excreted. …<br></br></p>
<p>There are concerns regarding iodine supplementation in the absence of adequate selenium due to the mobilization of mercury into blood circulation. Andy Cutler, author of "Amalgam Illness" also cautions about mobilizing mercury with iodine supplementation as it doesn't bind with (chelate) the circulating mercury. The mobilized mercury is just redeposited into brain, organs and gut, rather than effectively excreted. <br/><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/ANDY_INDEX.html" target="_blank">http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/ANDY_INDEX.html</a><br/><br/>Additionally, women with hypothyroid, especially Hashimoto's, are at increased risk of a hyperthyroid crisis when supplementing iodine. <br/><br/><a href="http://chriskresser.com/iodine-for-hypothyroidism-like-gasoline-on-a-fire" target="_blank">http://chriskresser.com/iodine-for-hypothyroidism-like-gasoline-on-a-fire</a><br/><a href="http://thyroidbook.com/blog/iodine-and-hashimotos/" target="_blank">http://thyroidbook.com/blog/iodine-and-hashimotos/</a><br/><a href="http://www.westonaprice.org/metabolic-disorders/the-great-iodine-debate" target="_blank">http://www.westonaprice.org/metabolic-disorders/the-great-iodine-debate</a><br/><br/>Iodine-rich food sources such as sea vegetables are a natural way to consume iodine alongside co-nutrients needed. (Raw, grass-fed)cow’s milk, yogurt, mozzarella cheese, eggs and strawberries are good sources of iodine. Fish and shellfish can also be concentrated sources of iodine.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=69" target="_blank">http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=69</a><br/><a href="http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=135" target="_blank">http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=135</a><br/><br/><br/>Pat Robinson</p> In the News!
New study says…tag:heal-thyself.ning.com,2012-07-17:2814160:Comment:619282012-07-17T15:59:44.350ZCatherinehttps://heal-thyself.ning.com/profile/Catherine942
<p>In the News! </p>
<p>New study says that BPA in dental fillings might affect children's behavior, but the research couldn't prove that BPA caused the subtle changes.</p>
<p><a href="http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/07/16/plastics-chemical-in-dental-fillings-might-affect-childrens-behavior-study">http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/07/16/plastics-chemical-in-dental-fillings-might-affect-childrens-behavior-study</a></p>
<p>IAOMT has the story on…</p>
<p>In the News! </p>
<p>New study says that BPA in dental fillings might affect children's behavior, but the research couldn't prove that BPA caused the subtle changes.</p>
<p><a href="http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/07/16/plastics-chemical-in-dental-fillings-might-affect-childrens-behavior-study">http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/07/16/plastics-chemical-in-dental-fillings-might-affect-childrens-behavior-study</a></p>
<p>IAOMT has the story on their site also. They call the study relatively weak but raises some questions:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.iaomt.org/news/archive.asp?intReleaseID=422">http://www.iaomt.org/news/archive.asp?intReleaseID=422</a></p> I'm out of town, on the way t…tag:heal-thyself.ning.com,2012-07-17:2814160:Comment:619272012-07-17T03:43:54.390ZPat Robinsonhttps://heal-thyself.ning.com/profile/PatRobinson
<p>I'm out of town, on the way to Canada for two weeks. But, wanted to mention that we detox for 12-18 months after amalgam removals. There is a dump around 3 months and again about 12 months after removal. I've read that one should delay conception until 18 months after removal. <br></br><br></br>I'm not crazy about Cutler's chelation due to the chemicals used. But, definitely do not agree with Mercola and Klinghardt. And we can't actively chelate with mercury still present in the mouth.…</p>
<p>I'm out of town, on the way to Canada for two weeks. But, wanted to mention that we detox for 12-18 months after amalgam removals. There is a dump around 3 months and again about 12 months after removal. I've read that one should delay conception until 18 months after removal. <br/><br/>I'm not crazy about Cutler's chelation due to the chemicals used. But, definitely do not agree with Mercola and Klinghardt. And we can't actively chelate with mercury still present in the mouth. <br/><br/>Here is more info about the detox pathways. I don't agree with all of it either. :-) We each have to choose what we believe in and make our best path forward based upon that. <br/><br/><a href="http://tuberose.com/Liver_Detoxification.html" target="_blank">http://tuberose.com/Liver_Detoxification.html</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.tuberose.com/Metal_Detoxification.html" target="_blank">http://www.tuberose.com/Metal_Detoxification.html</a><br/><br/><a href="http://www.tuberose.com/Mercury.html" target="_blank">http://www.tuberose.com/Mercury.html</a><br/><br/></p>
<p><br/>According to Cutler, cilantro has only one thiol bond, thus does not bind with mercury strongly to remove it from the body. He likes DMSA intead. Here are a bunch of Cutler's posts: <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/ANDY_INDEX.html" target="_blank">http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/ANDY_INDEX.html</a><br/><br/>IMO, most N.D.'s are dangerously clueless about mercury chelation.<br/><br/><br/>Pat <br/><br/><br/></p> Hi everyone, I finally had m…tag:heal-thyself.ning.com,2012-07-16:2814160:Comment:622012012-07-16T14:00:40.956ZKelly Bhttps://heal-thyself.ning.com/profile/CarmenPestomayo
<p>Hi everyone, I finally had my two amalgams removed just a few weeks ago. <a href="http://heal-thyself.ning.com/group/natural-dental-alternatives/forum/topics/amalgam-replacement">http://heal-thyself.ning.com/group/natural-dental-alternatives/forum/topics/amalgam-replacement</a> I did a lot of prep work to get ready for it, and am doing a lot of work after to get the rest of the mercury out of my body. (My own experience: …</p>
<p>Hi everyone, I finally had my two amalgams removed just a few weeks ago. <a href="http://heal-thyself.ning.com/group/natural-dental-alternatives/forum/topics/amalgam-replacement">http://heal-thyself.ning.com/group/natural-dental-alternatives/forum/topics/amalgam-replacement</a> I did a lot of prep work to get ready for it, and am doing a lot of work after to get the rest of the mercury out of my body. (My own experience: <a href="http://bellicositykit.blogspot.com/2012/07/mercury-you-beautiful-toxic-element.html">http://bellicositykit.blogspot.com/2012/07/mercury-you-beautiful-toxic-element.html</a>)</p>
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<p>I had a question about the detoxification process though and re-exposing myself and my family. Is there a particular pathway that is specific to the binding and removal of mercury (like, the GI tract), or are all elimination pathways involved? I am wondering specifically if I am expelling mercury vapor in my breath now and I need to avoid breathing on my family. I know, it sounds a bit silly what with the daily exposure we get to everything else, but the thought crossed my mind and I'm curious. How about in sweat? </p>
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<p>One last thing I noticed, Pat, you didn't mention cilantro as a very effective chelator in your list above. Was that on purpose?</p>
<p>Thanks for any comments!</p> Good afternoon everyone!
WOW,…tag:heal-thyself.ning.com,2012-07-15:2814160:Comment:620302012-07-15T21:39:10.789ZCatherinehttps://heal-thyself.ning.com/profile/Catherine942
<p>Good afternoon everyone!</p>
<p>WOW, I had no idea the amount of time and energy (not to mention health and finances) mercury can consume, but so glad I found this site! Would so appreciate the group’s thoughts on:</p>
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<li>Opinions of the Cutler protocol vs. Klinghardt/Mercola?</li>
<li>Did anyone ever consider metallothionein? I visited a naturopath who suggested this for chelation with the rationale that DMSA is hard on the kidneys and liver.</li>
<li>I understand that foods with…</li>
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<p>Good afternoon everyone!</p>
<p>WOW, I had no idea the amount of time and energy (not to mention health and finances) mercury can consume, but so glad I found this site! Would so appreciate the group’s thoughts on:</p>
<ul>
<li>Opinions of the Cutler protocol vs. Klinghardt/Mercola?</li>
<li>Did anyone ever consider metallothionein? I visited a naturopath who suggested this for chelation with the rationale that DMSA is hard on the kidneys and liver.</li>
<li>I understand that foods with thiols (high sulphur foods) are to be avoided. What are some foods that folks have eaten instead?</li>
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<p>My background: Had six fillings and got three of them removed with a mercury-free dentist about three weeks ago. In my early 40’s and was entertaining ideas of having a child (yes, I know I’d need to do this quickly, lol). I innocently thought removing the fillings was it, but happened to look up detox online and the rest is history. With the amount of time to detox, I feel like I’d be cutting it really close.</p>
<p>However after learning some of the mercury symptoms with mercury and realizing that I’ve already taken a few missteps without knowing it (taking ALA with fillings for a few months and adding cilantro here and there to my diet) I am weighing removal more heavily. Perhaps I can adopt, but that’s another item. </p>
<p>Healthwise, I eat a pretty healthy diet – organic foods, plenty of green leafy veggies and minimal fruits, hardly any sugar, beans, brown rice, drink lots of water, was considering becoming macrobiotic but have been having chicken again lately. Exercise three-five times/week and vitamins include fish oil, turmeric, vit C, CoQ10, milk thistle, selenium, vit D, digestive enzymes, iron (sometimes), zinc, and an adrenal support blend with Ashwagandah, ginseng and holy basil.</p>
<p>Would love to hear from the group on if the removal has been worthwhile and if it’s a bad idea to stop halfway through removal to consider conceiving. I figure if my body has ‘learned to live’ with mercury for this long, how bad would it be to go forward with kids. If my body has learned to adapt with six fillings, it’s still getting exposure, just half of what it got before.</p>
<p>Sorry for the long post and thanks for any and all responses!</p> Karin - I just wanted to try…tag:heal-thyself.ning.com,2011-07-28:2814160:Comment:375122011-07-28T13:02:37.452ZSarah Woodhttps://heal-thyself.ning.com/profile/SarahWood
<p>Karin - I just wanted to try to briefly share my story. I did have an amalgam filling removed while I was nursing two kids (a 3 yo and 9 mos) and have gotten pregnant and had another baby since then. So far, everyone seems to be doing fine! </p>
<p>I would not have chosen to have had a filling out under those circumstances if I could have avoided it, but I really didn't have a choice. My tooth was cracked - and had been cracked for a year already by the time I got it fixed. It was…</p>
<p>Karin - I just wanted to try to briefly share my story. I did have an amalgam filling removed while I was nursing two kids (a 3 yo and 9 mos) and have gotten pregnant and had another baby since then. So far, everyone seems to be doing fine! </p>
<p>I would not have chosen to have had a filling out under those circumstances if I could have avoided it, but I really didn't have a choice. My tooth was cracked - and had been cracked for a year already by the time I got it fixed. It was painful and I could not chew on that side of my mouth. I put off the dental work as long as I could. For obvious reasons, I never did any chelating or detoxing or anything like that (I still have two amalgams left in my mouth too.) I *tried* to avoid nursing my 9 mos old for 24hrs, but could not even make it that long (maybe about 18 hrs). We both took large doses of vit C right after the procedure to help bind up any mercury and excrete it from our systems. I had the amalgam removed under IAOMT protocols and the actual removal probably took about 5 minutes. I was not willing to wean, wait any longer for the repair or avoid pregnancy for many years because of this amalgam. However, I did as much as I could under the circumstances to limit our exposure to mercury. </p>
<p>To be honest, I think all the stress and anxiety leading up to making a decision of how to proceed and imagining how difficult it would be for my son not to nurse him and all that might have taken a greater toll on my system than the actual mercury exposure! I am at peace with everything now, but it was certainly a hard road leading up to it. </p>
<p>For me, my attitude is, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" In other words, if I weren't experiencing pain and problems with the amalgam filled tooth, I would have left it in, as I have done with the other two. However, one of those other teeth is also approaching a serious crack that will warrant another repair. :( It's a bit of a gamble as to when the teeth might finally give way. I now know that the typical life expectancy of an amalgam filling is about 25-30 years, which puts me smack dab in the middle of my child bearing years, where I am now. :( As for that tooth that already has fissures, but hasn't completely cracked, I'm trying to avoid chewing on anything hard that might be the final blow, but I am going to plan to have it removed and the tooth repaired sometime in the coming year. (My youngest is just 3 mos old right now.) I will hopefully wait until she is at least a year old, but we also hope to have more kids, so I want it to be many months prior to a potential pregnancy. I may or may not decide to have the last amalgam removed at the same time to get it over with (it's on the other side of my mouth, unfortunately). But I will consult with my holisitic dentist on that one... He was really good, btw, and thankfully reassuring about the impact of the mercury exposure to me and my kids/future kids. There are a lot of horror stories out there, but he brought it back into perspective for me. A lot of mammas have had unknowingly had MUCH greater exposures to mercury and are ostensibly doing just fine (and their kids). There are also plenty of cases of mammas and kids who have been seriously affected by mercury exposure due to amalgam fillings, so you have to weigh out your own situation.</p>
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<p>Best wishes!</p> I avoid mercury removal, avoi…tag:heal-thyself.ning.com,2011-07-28:2814160:Comment:375102011-07-28T00:43:35.293ZPat Robinsonhttps://heal-thyself.ning.com/profile/PatRobinson
<br/>I avoid mercury removal, avoid peroxide in the mouth with amalgams in, avoid starting large doses of kombucha, and avoid detox <a href="http://heal-thyself.ning.com/profiles/blogs/cleanses-1" target="_blank">"cleanses"</a>. <br/><br/>Pat
<br/>I avoid mercury removal, avoid peroxide in the mouth with amalgams in, avoid starting large doses of kombucha, and avoid detox <a href="http://heal-thyself.ning.com/profiles/blogs/cleanses-1" target="_blank">"cleanses"</a>. <br/><br/>Pat Thanks, Pat. I'm really glad…tag:heal-thyself.ning.com,2011-07-27:2814160:Comment:375082011-07-27T22:10:30.608ZKarin Kishhttps://heal-thyself.ning.com/profile/KarinKish
Thanks, Pat. I'm really glad to have found your site. During these nursing/child bearing years, while I still have amalgams, what things are most important for me to avoid to reduce mercury transmission/harmful detox?
Thanks, Pat. I'm really glad to have found your site. During these nursing/child bearing years, while I still have amalgams, what things are most important for me to avoid to reduce mercury transmission/harmful detox? Well, according to Andy Cutle…tag:heal-thyself.ning.com,2011-07-27:2814160:Comment:377902011-07-27T21:42:15.624ZPat Robinsonhttps://heal-thyself.ning.com/profile/PatRobinson
<p>Well, according to Andy Cutler at 3-6 months and again at about a year after removal, the body does another purge/dump of mercury from body stores into blood circulation. That is why the round the clock chelation is recommended for the duration, per my understanding. Can't chelate with mercury still in your mouth though. And Cutler advices no pregnancy for 12-18 months post removal. The first 48 hours after removal were the most mercury exposure, as I understand it. <br></br><br></br>Magnesium, zinc…</p>
<p>Well, according to Andy Cutler at 3-6 months and again at about a year after removal, the body does another purge/dump of mercury from body stores into blood circulation. That is why the round the clock chelation is recommended for the duration, per my understanding. Can't chelate with mercury still in your mouth though. And Cutler advices no pregnancy for 12-18 months post removal. The first 48 hours after removal were the most mercury exposure, as I understand it. <br/><br/>Magnesium, zinc and selenium are the most benefit for supporting detoxification. Vit C, clay and salt water flushes can help detox mercury. But, breastmilk is a detox pathway. Plenty of mamas have decent detox systems and have nursed through mercury exposure. And the child is getting optimal nutrition from nursing. You can't change the past. <br/><br/>Pat</p> I forgot to mention I still h…tag:heal-thyself.ning.com,2011-07-27:2814160:Comment:377892011-07-27T21:28:38.661ZKarin Kishhttps://heal-thyself.ning.com/profile/KarinKish
I forgot to mention I still have two amalgams left. Thanks in advance-
I forgot to mention I still have two amalgams left. Thanks in advance-