Fw: [Autism-Mercury] candida & mercury & autism

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Notice reference to heart problems at end of first paragraph. may interest

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[Autism-Mercury] candida & mercury & autism

Kerri,

You are right that candida produces neurological and immune

reactions, but

note the following: Bernie

Candida: the mercury connection(snipped from annotated bibliography)

Occupational exposure studies have found mercury impairs the body's

ability to kill Candida albicans by impairment of the lytic activity of

neutrophils and myeloperoxidase in workers whose mercury excretion

levels are withing current safety limits(285,404). Such levels of

mercury exposure were also found to inhibit cellular respiratory burst.

A population of plant workers with average mercury excretion of 20 ug/ g

creatinine was found to have long lasting impairment of neutrophil

function. Immune Th1 cells inhibit candida by cytokine related

activation of macrophages and neutraphils. Development of Th2 type

immune responses deactivate such defenses(404b). Mercury inhibits

macrophage and neutraphil defense against candida by its affects on Th1

and Th2 cytokine effects(181,285). . Candida overgrowth results in

production of the highly toxic canditoxin and ethanol which are known to

cause fatigue, toxicity, and depressive symptoms(460). Another

study(59) found such impairment of neutraphils decreases the body's

ability to combat viruses such as those that cause heart damage,

resulting in more inflamatory damage.

Methyl mercury is more toxic to some body processes than inorganic

mercury. Mercury from amalgam is methylated by bacteria, galvanic

electric currents(35), and candida albicans in the mouth and

intestines(51,81,98,182,225). Oral bacteria streptococommus

mitior,S.mutans, and S.sanguis were all found to methylate mercury(81).

Mercury exposure through fillings appears to be a major

factor in chronic fatigue syndrome(CFS) through its effects on ATP and

immune system(lymphocute reactivity, neutraphil activity, effects on

T-cells and B-cells) and its promotion of growth of candida albicans in

the body and the methylation of inorganic mercury by candida to the

extremely toxic methyl mercury form which like mercury vapor crosses the

blood-brain barrier and also damages and weakens the immune

system(222,225,226,234,235,265,293,60,313,314,342,368,369, 404),

Replacement of amalgam fillings usually results in elimination of

candida(26,35,404,etc.),

[this was for adults but similar goes for kids and mercury thimerosal]

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