Metal in muscle tissue, body fat and brain Re: Meaning of high mercury in blood

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> Hi , Are any of the metals stored in muscle tissue?

Yes. It is attracted to SH (thiol) groups and there are thiol groups

in muscle.

I'm quite lean

> and muscular and wonder how I can have so much mercury, lead, arsenic

> and aluminum in my body..

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> I lost 20 lbs in one month when I got out of the hospital the first

> time; wouldn't some of the mercury " disappear " along with the body fat?

It would redistribute to new locations.

> Maybe it all moved into the brain?

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Or maybe to other parts of your body.

> Also, if mercury can only move across the blood brain barrier with the

> help of ALA, how does so much mercury get in there in the first place?

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The vapor form and organic form get into the brain easily. Once they

are there they are oxidized to the toxic inorganic form that can't get

back out (except with ALA chelation).

J

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