minerals/carb cravings

[Guest guest]

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Since starting chelation with ALA we have noticed that we are craving

junk food. A LOT. We have been thinking of this in terms of addiction

to the endorphins created by food sensitivities and/or gut bug

business but I was reminded recently of chromium's role in sugar

regulation and am wondering how much chromium is used up/leeched by

chelation. It was my understanding that chelating agents have a kind

of hierachy of minerals they were attractive to according to their

properties, starting with Hg then Lb etc then Zn etc.

Where does chromium fit into this hierachy? I ask because my zinc has

only just got into the reference range after heavy duty

supplementation over 18 months (from 9 to 12.1)and I'm concerned that

if chromium's going, then what's happening to zinc levels ?(awaiting

blood test results, but they are not always accurate reflection of

tissue levels, yeah?)

Does anyone have an insight into how this works?

Regards, Kelle

[Guest guest]

I'm not going to speculate about whether chromium gets used up during

chelation.

My understanding is that dithiol chelators prefer 'heavy' metals and

that things like Mg and Zn are used up quickly during chelation

because of their role as enzyme cofactors and the high demand for

enzymes during healing.

About the carb cravings, consider that as ALA chelates mercury out of

the brain it is sort of like the brain is getting more damage from the

moving mercury and the hypothalmus and pituitary are going to have to

heal before they start working better. When there is stress and low

blood sugar the adrenals get called on to increase the blood sugar

because the brain has to have sugar at a narrow range of concentration

to survive. If the adrenals can't keep up with the demand, because

the system just got a whack from mercury and needs to do some healing,

then there will be sugar cravings to meet the needs of the brain.

My 2 cents.

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> Since starting chelation with ALA we have noticed that we are craving

> junk food. A LOT. We have been thinking of this in terms of addiction

> to the endorphins created by food sensitivities and/or gut bug

> business but I was reminded recently of chromium's role in sugar

> regulation and am wondering how much chromium is used up/leeched by

> chelation. It was my understanding that chelating agents have a kind

> of hierachy of minerals they were attractive to according to their

> properties, starting with Hg then Lb etc then Zn etc.

> Where does chromium fit into this hierachy? I ask because my zinc has

> only just got into the reference range after heavy duty

> supplementation over 18 months (from 9 to 12.1)and I'm concerned that

> if chromium's going, then what's happening to zinc levels ?(awaiting

> blood test results, but they are not always accurate reflection of

> tissue levels, yeah?)

>

> Does anyone have an insight into how this works?

>

> Regards, Kelle

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