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First, I'd recommend having each bottle of it lab tested for mercury. Chlorella is so good at sucking up mercury, it will do so from where it grows. If you take contaminated chlorella, you'll wind up with mercury poisoning. It happened to me.
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I think *all* brands and batches are *supposed* to be mercury free, but the reality is different. I developed nasty air hunger from the stuff, a sign of acute mercury poisoning. That was after I had amalgams removed, had done chelation, and tested low mercury. I had the batch tested and it was loaded with mercury. No way to know in advance unless you have it tested.
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how in the world do you test it, dguy?
i also take the source naturals brand mentioned above.
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That was gonna be my next question
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I called Source Naturals and they said they could not guarantee that their chlorella is mercury free. I'm paranoid it's contributing to my high mercury levels.
Anyone know if Dr K's brand is mercury free?
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cottonbrain - I believe I read chlorella can move mercury around, and is not good if you have dental amalgams. I may be getting chlorella confused with methyl B-12 though.
I wish I could try chlorella and the B-12, but I have fillings and am afraid to try these.
I think Andy Cutler is someone to google for such info.
Can anyone else clarify? I wish there were concrete answers on this issue.
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I have no idea what the answers are. I can say I was taking cilantro pesto and got quite ill after 5-6 days. I have some amalgams and two root canals.
I don't do great on Chlorella either. I never believed in all the heavy metal talk I here on LN, but..... Maybe I'm wrong?
The stuff is just so alternative. No proof whatsoever of mercury poisoning on my tests I've had.
Who knows. I guess it doesn't matter because no holistic doc I've seen nor LLMD has any protocols for metals I've been told about. You all say you need to treat with a doc. Can't when your docs don't treat. Posts: 7545 | From The 5th Dimension - The Twilight Zone | Registered: Mar 2008
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I take Sun Chlorella, 15 small green tablets a day. I was just tested for heavy metals but don't have the results yet.
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mandy, so Source Naturals can't guarantee no mercury? hmmm...do you suppose they've had complaints?
I've been taking that brand for five or six months and love it. It has helped me immensely.
Mandy, do you know if you had high mercury before you took it? How long did you take it?
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I just bought some Source Naturals Yaeyama chlorella. A couple questions:
Do you have to chew the tablets or can you just swallow them? I tried chewing a couple, and while they don't taste awful... they don't taste good. To me at least.
I also noticed that they have 2mg iron per serving (10% RDA). Anyone know if this is too much to have at the same time as doxy/other abx which say to avoid taking iron/calcium/magnesium at the same time because they can bind to the meds and reduce absorption?
Finally, any suggestions for recommended daily dose?
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I've taken Biopure brand for years, then shifted to Hanoju, said to be organic. The only organic brand I found in Europe.
I find it helps more than anything else I tried to bind to toxins, not only heavy metals. I can't live without chlorella.
The dosage varies: I take to reduce herxes or when I'm doing killings, or when I'm on metal detox or when my body is detoxing by itself. Meaning, every single day for more than 3 years now.
The worse I feel, the more chlorella I take and it has helped me during all these years, specially with fungal die off.
I still couldn't find any substitute for chlorella, despite taking many cleansers... Perhaps, only MSM can compete? It tastes though worse then chlorella!
My daughter is also on chlorella for years, since she was 2 years old. I clearly see that when she's toxic, tired, crying for no reason, after about 40-60 minutes after chlorella, she gets MUCH better.
She learned to recognize when she needs cleansers and chlorella is her detoxifier number 1. I find it matches well with bear garlic tincture (that helps cleaning through kidneys), while chlorella cleans through GI tract.
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My daughter is also on chlorella for years, since she was 2 years old. I clearly see that when she's toxic, tired, crying for no reason, after about 40-60 minutes after chlorella, she gets MUCH better.
I'm going to try this with my son. He has Tourette's. The last time his tics came on heavy I gave him some activated charcoal. He calmed down soon after. I don't know if it was a fluke, or what...but I'm going to keep trying to detox him when things get crazy.
I am wondering if he has yeast, fungus, lyme, or who knows what putting off toxins that are causing him to tic.
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I'm having great success with Bentonite clay (Great Plains) and Psyllium Husks Powser (Yerba Prima). I'm getting both from vitacost.com You can't beath the price. I think I paid under $30 for both shipped and delivered 2nd day air.
Absolutely no side effects to speak of. Herxing at a minimum now.
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Prime chlorella is completely mercury free, it gives this info on website. I called the Source Naturals back to question the mercury issue, and they said technically they would recommend not taking their brand it "might" contain very minimal amounts of mercury.
I have extremely elevated levels of mercury and lead. I've been using Source Naturals brand for 8 months.
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mandy, let me get this straight: the people who make Source Naturals brand did not recommend it???
I've not had my mercury levels tested, but i absolutely love the SN chlorella! I'm so sorry your levels are high -- and scared now too.
Thanks so much for the link -- I will check them out asap.
i guess you have some heavy metal detox in store?
lymetwister, how much bentonite clay do you take? do you take it in capsules? do you take the psyllium after the clay?
it is organic chlorella by source naturals. Mandy do you know if this product also has mercury, or were they referring only to the yaeyami (sp) brand?
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anyone know if organic chlorella means mercury free?
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Start the bentonite with 1/8 of a teaspoon and work your way up. Bentonite can make you tired and exhausted in the beginning. Best is at night and having a bowel movement in morning, so the toxins are not too long in the bowels. But it is not always possible. I started slowly and had no problem or negative reaction at all.
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I just heard from my naturopath that people with Lyme should not take Chlorella "Vulgaris", but rather chlorella "pyrenoidosa" to clean up the Lyme toxins.
My sister asked her Lyme doc about it, and she gave the same advice.
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