Re: amalgam mercury poisoning

[Guest guest]

Drat. I cannot stand cilantro. It makes everything I eat taste like soap.

(Anybody else have this reaction? My dh is in complete agreement with me.)

Has really cut down on our ethnic eating out the last few years... seems as

if you can't get Chinese/Thai/Vietnamese or Mexican food without cilantro

anymore. Not that we've been in the habit of eating out, that much, but we

used to...

Pardon my ignorance, but what is chlorella, what form do you take it in, and

where do you get it? From your comment I have this mental image of putting

some kind of exotic grass on my cutting board and pounding it with a hammer.

~~Jean

>Are there any foods or supplements I can be eating in the meantime that

>

> >would chelate some of the mercury vapor that may be leaching from my

> >fillings daily?

>

> My understanding is that chlorella (provided the cell walls are cracked)

> and cilantro (in the form of a tincture, extract or tea) are both very

> effective at pulling mercury from the body.

[Guest guest]

>(Anybody else have this reaction? My dh is in complete agreement with me.)

A small but definite percentage of people find that cilantro tastes soapy

to them. An acquaintance of mine -- a soap-taster himself -- was fond of

pointing out that though not all intelligent people are soap-tasters,

soap-tasters are disproportionately intelligent, so at least you have

something to be cheerful about. Assuming he was right. <g>

>Pardon my ignorance, but what is chlorella, what form do you take it in, and

>where do you get it? From your comment I have this mental image of putting

>some kind of exotic grass on my cutting board and pounding it with a hammer.

Chlorella is an algae. As such it's basically impossible to digest unless

its cell walls have been cracked by the manufacturer. This is pretty

difficult to do without wrecking the nutritional value of the chlorella,

though, so you have to be pretty careful about getting the right

supplement. Unfortunately, not all people can digest even well-cracked

chlorella -- I, for one, apparently can't. And some people get nauseated

by it. But it can be worth trying.

Turns out Mercola sells chlorella for a pretty decent price. You can look

into it at http://www.mercola.com/chlorella/order.htm -- I never tried the

kind he's offering, and since he's selling it his objectivity on the brand

selection may be suspect, but I tend to think he's an honest, honorable guy

whose heart is in the right place, so maybe it's worth giving his a shot.

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[Guest guest]

At 12:47 PM 3/23/2002 -0500, you wrote:

>Drat. I cannot stand cilantro. It makes everything I eat taste like soap.

Have you tried making guacamole? The ingredients tend to hide the raw

taste of cilantro. I use 2-3 small avocados (pureed), 1/3 red onion (diced

small), 1 small handful cilantro leaves (chopped finely), 1/4 red and/or

yellow pepper (diced small), 1 small tomato (diced), juice of 1 medium lime

and optionally 1/8 jalapeno pepper (diced finely), all hand blended

together. It definitely does not taste like soap ;-) Another food that

chelates metals out of the body: blueberries (with raw cream it's a little

bit of heaven).

-=mark=-

[Guest guest]

Didn't know that. Will make my annual early July morning pigouts of first

harvest blueberries in the pasture even more like the heaven its always been.

Wanita

At 01:59 PM 3/23/02 -0800, you wrote:

  Another food that

>chelates metals out of the body: blueberries (with raw cream it's a little

>bit of heaven).

>

>-=mark=-

[Guest guest]

>>>>My understanding is that chlorella (provided the cell walls are cracked)

and cilantro (in the form of a tincture, extract or tea) are both very

effective at pulling mercury from the body.

***Thanks ! I looked in the archives and saw that you mentioned this

before. Too bad cilantro tastes so soapy! (to me) But, I noticed when I use

it in moderate amounts in some Indian recipes, it actually tastes great.

>>>>Does anyone know of a health care

>professional (ND? Dentist? Nutritionist? Other?) who is experienced in

>helping clients remineralize their teeth? And does long distance

>consultations? (Unless they happen to be in Southern Maine.)

Actually, I believe a couple of the people on this board (including at

least one who was discussing remineralization) is fit those bills.

****I'm hoping one of them will speak up or contact me as I'd like to know

if this is doable through a phone consultation. Thanks!

Suze Fisher

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