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Posted by martha vaugh (Member # 1522) on :

I've been taking chitosan for a couple of years; cholestyromine has too much fructose for me. My metal-testing showed I have very, very high levels of lead. Am detoxing. Just read to NOT take supplements made with unrefined ground oyster shells or bonemeal and dolomite due to high lead content. Since chol. is made from the extoskeleton of shellfish, could this be where I got the high lead levels??? Any ideas?

Posted by GiGi (Member # 259) on :

would not be surprised if that were not safe.
Kelp is not clean any longer either. Have you tried Betasitosterol? www.neuraltherapy.com/articles. Or chlorella. How are you detoxing lead?
Just curious.

Take care.

Posted by martha vaugh (Member # 1522) on :

Gigi, Thank-you so much for your reply. I'm using Captomer (2, 3xday) then Thorne's Basic Detox Nutrients plus Thorne's Hydrolyzed Whey Protein. And, am having four hydrochloric acid IV's: one per week. Do you have a comment on that? I did try to email you about this IV about two weeks ago, but it came back to me. I've followed your wonderful advice for four years. I wish I knew why Lyme patients have high levels of heavy metals in their systems.

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Marjo

Posted by efsd25 (Member # 2272) on :

Thanks for bringing this up! I know that chitosan is expensive, but I wonder if it would be worth sending a sample off for a Pb analysis???

That is all we need is more lead.

Ernie

Posted by GiGi (Member # 259) on :

Dr. K. is very generous about answering some of my questions. I will let you know when I hear. If he has been using a certain remedy for a long time and all of a sudden it does not test well any longer on patients with ART, he quickly can analyze when a product is not clean any longer. That's how he found quickly that the freeze-dried garlic he had been using for several years all of a sudden would not test positive on toxic people. This led to a year-long search for organic garlic, grown in absolutely clean soil, and we finally have one now. (Biopure). The garlic you get from China today is loaded with pesticides. Don't eat it.

I will let you know when I hear about Chitosan. I know he hardly uses it, but for some people that cannot handle chlorella.
Most people are fine with Biopure Chlorella.

Many people also mobilize more toxins/metals and should take more chlorella, instead of less. If there is not enough chlorella in the gut to mop up all the toxins, the person will feel ill because they recirculate in the system. Usually, it means take more chlorella, not less.

Take care.

Posted by martha vaugh (Member # 1522) on :

Thank-you Gigi. I will look forward to what you learn from Dr. K. I just finished reading his site that you posted. I really want to get to the place where you are: HEALED! And I appreciate all you do for us.

Posted by Kira (Member # 2676) on :

HI there,

I often took Chit-O-Power which is a form of Chitosan yet different as it is effective beyond the gut(and much more expensive), so curious too about that specific form of it...Hope I'm not paying out tons of moeny only to poison myself with more lead...!! Ugh!!

Gigi...about Chlorella...I have a problem with mobilizing more toxins than my body can tolerate as you mentioned...which you seem to think I need more chlorella vs cutting back as I have...

But wondering, does it make a difference too in how it is taken...for example, with food or on an empty stomach??

I find it mobilizes toxins(makes me sicker) when I take it on an empty stomach...and therefore can only take one single drop...but can take 20 drops if I take it with food. SO... is it totally ineffective with food and that is why I can take more of it, or is it actually helping me by "mopping up" toxins in the gut when I take it with food...??

So confusing to know what to do...and what is going on inside...

All my best everyone,
Kira

Posted by Kira (Member # 2676) on :

Hi there Bryan...and thank you for the feedback...The fact that you said Chitosan and chlorella may be toxin absorbers in nature too, kind of makes sense.

You said dosing is critical with clorella...but empty stomach or with food...does it matter?? My guess is that it is most effective on an empty stomach, like most herbs?? I think I have to work on improving my liver to handle detox more before I can do Chlorella...

I am tolerating 900mg MSM/2x a day, and ALA 200mg/2x a day...but not ready for the heavy duty stuff, (DMPS, DMSA etc)

Kira

Posted by GiGi (Member # 259) on :

Kira, what are the "drops" you are referring to. I think we are talking about different things.

I posted recently a long description about
Chlorella, what it is, what it does, how and when to take it. I tried to pull the thread up now, but the search does not seem to work right now.

I have posted a very similar lengthy article about Cilantro, what it is, what it does, etc.

Remember, all of these agents/medicines/remedies/drugs are tested on a patient with ART to determine which of the many detox agents works best for a particular patient and at a particular time. He/she will not take any of them until that is determined. It is also determined how all of these work together. They are tested as a combination before they are taken. These test results change as the patient moves through the various phases of detox. What was good and worked well yesterday, does not fit all the time.

I just posted "Something worthwhile knowing".
If you read it carefully. One agent does not work for all people and you certainly need to change detox agents depending on where the metals are deposited. Some of them will never be mobilized and have to be helped with Neural Therapy or similar therapies before there are results. There is also to this day no method to determine if there is still mercury remaining in the body, and if so, how much. The only way to determine this is with ART. ART also tells
where the metals are - in which body compartment. That helps to determine which agent to use.

Mercury or any metal detox is not done with one or two agents. Much less is it successful treating a patient long distance
or with info picked out of a how to book. I chose an MD who has had a chance to get to know me, with my particular physical problems, my background, my lifestyle, my abilility to handle certain medications.
My mental makeup. The emotional garbage (we all carry some) is probably one of the most important factors and is often one of the causes of metal toxicity.

Healing takes place on all levels. See Dr. K.s publication " Five Levels of Healing" I posted about.
Also, please know, that Chlorella has never been a detox agent on its own. It works only in conjnction with other items. If chosen carefully, it is miraculous.

Take care, and let me know which drops you are referring to.

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