I am cutting pasting and dropping your info. into MS word to print out and study. I will have to go over it many times for it to sink in. Ahhh the joys of midlife.

God works in mysterious ways. My lyme research is paying off helping me to understand what is currently happening with our son.

Perhaps you will find the following interesting if you are already not aware of this.

It is new to me and I am blown away:

More on mercury

Metals in reactive order:

K
Na
Ca
Mg
Al
C
Zn
Fe
Sn (tin)
Pb
H
Cu
Ag
Au
Pt
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page03/Reactivity.htm.

temporal increases in the reactivity of mercury from highly contaminated zones
http://www.doi.gov/ocl/2003/MercuryEmissions.htm

The large ***hydrogen overpotential*** characteristic of mercury electrodes in protic solutions extends the attainable negative potential range (past carbon) and makes difficult reduction reactions possible.
http://www.epsilon-web.net/Lc/manuals/Principles/Electrodes/electrodes.html

This is amazing:
http://encarta.msn.com/media_461542064/Reactivity_Series.html

Mercury Toxicity (Amalgam Illness)
Selenium is able to combine with metals such as cadmium and mercury to reduce their toxicity.

http://www.diagnose-me.com/treat/T32782.html

Some elements are toxic to us. These elements are: beryllium, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, chromium, vanadium, arsenic, bromine, antimony, iodine, neodymium, mercury, thallium, lead, polonium, actinium, and the actinides. http://periodictable.mysterymaster.com/report.html

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
May, 2001
Mercury Detoxification.

Mercury causes rapid turnover of thiamine in the brain by converting it to thiochrome. Interestingly, the symptoms of Vitamin B1 deficiency and mercury toxicity are almost indistinguishable. Chelated mineral sources of calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, selenium and manganese can protect against organic and inorganic mercury posoning.[25] Selenium is an essential trace element, which is vital to the activation of GSH- containing, liver detoxification enzymes and also to the antioxidant enzyme, Glutathione peroxidase, important in neutralizing free peroxide radicals and oxidized lipids. Tolerance of selenium may be limited by its binding to, redistribution and precipitation of mercury in the tissues, which may induce nausea, digestive disturbances, vertigo, etc. For those who do not tolerate selenium, use of Vitamin E (Tocopherols and Tocotrienols) to counteract mercury-induced, tissue lipid peroxidation is indicated. Vitamin E works with selenium to neutralize mercury. Zinc is important in the production of Metallothionein, present in L-Cysteine, which detoxifies mercury. Molybdenum decreases accumulation of mercury vapor depresses adrenal gland stores of Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C), thus diminishing the body's response to Oxidative stress, infections, etc. Supplemental Vitamin C, in both the water-and lipid-soluble forms, is critical to adequate, systemic mercury detoxification. Alpha-Lipoic Acid (ALA), or Thioctic Acid, is a potent, universal antioxidant, being both water- and fatsoluble. It regenerates the endogenous antioxidants, Vitamin C, Vitamin E and Glutathione, and repairs tissue damage due to oxidative stress. Most importantly, ALA substantially increases intracellular, reduced GSH. Prolonged use of garlic extract, containing high amounts of sulfur allyl compounds, particularly allicin, is helpful in the gradual removal oflow levels of mercury from the body. Microactivated algae, such as Chlorella and Spirulina, may help detoxify organic and inorganic mercury. Probiotics, e.g., Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteriae, are helpful in restoring normal, friendly bowel flora, which are injured by mercury compounds, and serve to reduce gastrointestinal symptoms, including flatulence, constipation, diarrhea, halitosis, etc. Finally, activated charcoal is prescribed immediately before and after the deamalgamation procedure to help adsorb and prevent enterohepatic recirculation of the liberated mercury.[26] (See Table 8 for recommended nutriceutical dosage regimens).
www.vaccinationnews.com/ DailyNews/May2002/MercuryDetox.htm

Mercury and cadmium bind avidly to gut membrane and are notoriously caustic to gut mucosa. Mucosal degradation is accompanied by microbial overgrowth and production of microbial toxins. Increasing toxin accumulation can affect immune function, permeability, digestion and assimilation of nutrients, and further erode microbial balance.

Common mercury methylators include condida, staph, strep and E. coli. Mercury volatilizers may emerge after antibiotic exposure.
http://www.danasview.net/dan01mc1.htm

A study in Sweden found significant occupational and environmental exposures at cremetoria, and since the requirement to install selenium filters mercury emission levels in crematoria have been reduced 85%(422).

Mercury also blocks the immune function of magnesium and zinc.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~stgvisie/AMALGAM/EN/SCIENCE/bernie_science.html

The above...WOW...what a website! YIKES!!!

You are quite industrious! I'd be happy to comment on the links when I have a faster computer, which should be soon.

I am familiar with the crematorium studies. I learned at a conference that populations living in predictable strips of land downwind from crematoria developed chronic illnesses.

Dr. K joked that it's now illegal to die in Switzerland. I believe they outlawed cremation there. Human bodies are too toxic to bury or burn without causing significant environmental contamination.

I saw a lot on selenium in your post. I think it's good and yes definitely indicated generally for Hg toxicity.

But I've learned that there is no universalizable uber-protocol for lyme or detox. Sure there are greater probabilities that X will work better than Y, but each individual has a unique microbial/toxic internal millieu. Add to this genetics, interactions, allergies, psychology, spirituality, etc., and there are too many variables to factor in and establish optimum protocol.

Herein lies the beauty in energy medicine. Through autonomic response testing, for example, we needn't be human megacomputers, but rather can tune in to the very real information conveyed by the body to the knowledgeable practitioner.

I will come back to read all the links. I appreciate the post and if there is a specific question you have in mind I'll do my best to answer it if I can separate it from the volumes of info.

I have a feeling what you're getting at is more broad, however, i.e., what do we do given all this? And an appropriate, balanced response to this question contains more elements than there are letters on this site.

My brain likes to bite off smaller bits to chew on. For example, a shorter, but still reasonably lengthy discussion could be had on whether nickel is toxic at any level and why. This could then lead to confounding variables and relevant topics which would branch off dendritically like the proverbial gargantuan oak that springs from a tiny seed.

Precedent favorable outcomes of similar cases is modern science's inductive principle and it's illogical (read: Hume) even though it's been shown to have practical import in the past.

I'd say, before I go thrashing about in the bin you've posted, don't get too overheated. At present, we all seem to be dying. The answer to every question is simple human kindness and love.

The more important medically relevant questions are: Are we living authentically?, And: Are we ready for death? This may sound morbid to you, but if it does, maybe it's worth examining why death is bad. Our lives and experiences are very much determined by and structured around our most deeply held beliefs about what happens after life here.

I haven't meant to veer, I hope you see my response for now as just a reminder that life and health are bigger than atoms and microbicide.

Thanks again for your thorough post ,

trevor/oliver

2. I think the Romanian treatment would work (Abx AND restoring significantly depleted Mg levels at the same time).

3. I KNOW Rife indeed helps.

4. It is very likely other things could work too. (hint: what does our gov. tell GW vets to do...and WHY is this important)? The statins reduce this.

Time...this takes time...esp. if longstanding. We're talking likely a couple of years as old cells die and new ones made before we feel really good again.

Fact: Mg and Ca are needed to make HEALTHY antibodies to fight pathogens. I don't care what shape or size those pathogens are. Without Mg...no ATP...not one miniscule drop of energy for our cells.

Fact re: genetics (from Mdschoice website which I have linked many times before):

a. Mg2+ ion decreases the number DNA replication errors

b. Mg2+ ion stimulates DNA REPAIR

c. Most of the known enzymes involved in repairing DNA lesions are dependent on Mg2+ at varying degrees

(I'm counting on the above.)

Is that short enough and to the point (winking)?

All those "probalities" you mentioned...I have them in MS word files...from music therapy, positive thinking, nutrition, color therapy...you name it. (Laughing). Indeed there are correlations to how all of these can and do HELP...including staying "positive".

You CAN recover. NEVER GIVE UP HOPE. You can beat those little nasty buggers...all of them.

Spiritually,my faith is strong. I do not fear death and I believe life goes on...another plane, but I believe God's intentions for us here is to help and learn from one another.

Guys and girls, don't go out and double your magnesium intake. Too much of that is just as bad as not enough. The same goes for every mineral you add in extra.

And don't overdo selenium - it has a habit to grab the mercury where it finds it and drags it to another place in the body.

All has to be done for the right reasons (deficiency, allergy?), at the right time, and with the accompanying precautions in order to avoid even more problems.

Don't do any serious detox yourself and do not take the advice of a doctor that has just figured out recently that heavy metals might be a problem for humanity, but has not had paid attention to this in his medical practice until the patient he saw before you. It is not a good thing. Treating heavy metal toxicity, etc. successfully is a tricky undertaking for the most experienced.

It is wonderful to learn about it all and to become informed, and the more you know, the better. But your doctor should also have gone out and done his homework and should not attempt a hit-or-miss strategy practicing on you.

I understand that some very learned LLMD's are trying their hand at mercury toxicity, and I cringe and pray when I hear how they approach the problem. I am just a person that has lived it, a former patient, living it with many of my patient friends, and have learned what is best to do and best not to do which can differ. with every single patient. We are different

Thank you, Trevor. Many similar thoughts as you expressed toward the end of your post were constantly with me when I was still toxic. However, I am still amazed every day at the Lust for Life that I now feel, the inner peace that has returned to me and to our partnership with my husband. Life is good again as it was when I was very young -- before I saw the first dentist.

Toxins are just that - they kill. The sad part of it all is that we are living in a world today where literally no one can escape the exposure. It takes constant vigilance.

Thank you, Marnie, for your digging into all of this. Applying it in reality, what to do with it, is not easy. As it is not easy to find a doctor who can deal with it in the right way.

My advice would be - find the experts that are around, even if you have to wait in line for a while. They are all over the country, but you need to search for them. Treating mercury or metal/chemical toxicity is not popular with the AMA and the ADA, because there are literally only alternative methods that will do the trick. The courageous doctors do not advertise to the world - here I am, come get me.

Following a decision in 1993, per order of the California Superior Court, Dental offices who buy amalgam from a certain manufacturer must prominently display this warning sign:

WARNING - This office uses amalgam filling materials which contain and expose you to mercury, a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm. Please consult your dentist for more information.

Take care.

Just to make sure there's no misunderstanding, as far as preparing for death goes, this may be the most important occupation any of us can engage in.

"The Tibetan Book of the Dead" is beautiful at describing the importance of neither denying nor diminishing the significance of knowing how to die. Many of us just think, "oh well, it's coming so I better party or just focus on life and cures while I'm still alive".

This is not a morbid discussion. Any feelings you may have that death is ugly or morbid derive from the Western collective consciousness; the consensus reality of our society.

Bert Hellinger is genious at explaining the traumas that can result from dying in particular ways or in a less than conscious state. Traumas to you, but also traumas that extend backwards and forwards to your entire family system.

I may be alone here, but I find that not shying away from thinking of how to prepare for death or about "the other side" is liberating and soul-nourishing. Death is only bad or sad if our belief systems dictate it must be so.

I'm not suicidal, fatalistic, hopeless or about to die anytime soon. The next transformation, death, for me is something to be excited and happy about.

This doesn't mean I'm trying to harm myself. I'm in fact trying to do the opposite for myself and for everyone else, even as regards death.

I just don't share the assumption widespread in America, but not nearly as much so in the East, that death is "losing the game", ugly, depressing, and worse than life.

I fully understand that to many, all of this is incomprehensible and might even seem evil.

Really, the ultimate medical questions involve every aspect of health, trans-generational health, advance directives, how to die (or as it's called, "end of life care"), and how to live a life informed by more than chemistry and the resolution of physical pathology.

Remember the five levels of healing GiGi.

Marnie, I agree with some of your statements. Do you want me to respond with any objections I may have? I'm a bit unclear and I'm no longer sure you have a direct question, which is fine, maybe I misunderstood.

As far as just magnesium let's say, from Dr. K I know it can interfere with detox. Via what mechanism exactly, I'll have to ask him.

And I totally agree with GIGI on there being different orders and protocols for each individual. This seems an obvious point to me, but it's almost never considered by the AMA and mainstream medicine's one size fits all, patentable approach to pushing treatments.

I merely posted this info. about mercury in case you weren't aware of it. I did not/do not have a specific question to ask you. I was merely sharing research as I did with your biaxin - mercury post.

I feel I must comment on the following statement of yours so as to not confuse the others on this board who may be reading this.

You said, "As far as just magnesium let's say, from Dr. K I know it can interfere with detox. Via what mechanism exactly, I'll have to ask him."

Hummm...I hope you DO ask him! I'd really like to see his response. This is from a neurosurgeon:

"Protection from Flouride AND Mercury Toxicity

These recommendations were taken from the article by Dr. Russell L. Blaylock, NEUROSURGEON, in an interview on the 700 Club. http://www.cbn.com/CBNNews/News/021126e.asp

Fluoride Protection:

- Avoid fluoride toothpastes, mouthwashes and dental office treatments.

- Reduce or eliminate consumption of fluoridated water. Drink and cook with fluoride-free purified water. That means distilled water or water prepared by reverse osmosis. It is best to store water in glass or polycarbonate containers as plastic containers can leach harmful synthetic substances into the water.

- Pregnant mothers should especially avoid fluoride.

- Blaylock recommends certain supplements for adults against fluoride toxicity. Parents might also consider some supplements for their children, reduced proportionally to their body weights. Here are the main ones:

- 500 mg. per day of magnesium, preferably in a highly absorbable form, such as magnesium lactate, malate or gluconate.

***Avoid magnesium aspartate as aspartic acid is an excitatory amino acid.
http://www.mercurypoisoned.com/nutrition/protection_from_fluoride_and_mercury_toxic ity.html

Look closely at the web addy above.

GiGi...you said:
"And now - a reality check:

Guys and girls, don't go out and double your magnesium intake. Too much of that is just as bad as not enough. The same goes for every mineral you add in extra.

And don't overdo selenium - it has a habit to grab the mercury where it finds it and drags it to another place in the body."

But GiGi, didn't you and your husband take a lot of Mg? And now you feel it is not good for others to do this? I don't understand.

Do you feel your Mg supplements CAUSED you to store the heavy metals?

I believe the reverse is true: A serious Mg deficiency causes the heavy metals to be stored or pulled from storage.

GiGiFrequent Contributor Posts: 2043From: Washington StateRegistered: Oct 2000 posted 20 October 2004 01:14 I have found over time that both the Mag Asporotate blocks my autonomic nervous sytemwhen being muscle tested for it. It never worked, no matter when. The identical happened with the Mag Tab SR - it has additives that just are not for everybody. I always objected to the coloring agent in it! Why? I ended up taking Magnesium citrate or glycinate, but always in combination with Citramin II from Thorne, with meals, 2-3 caps mag - 1 cap Citramin.

How much Mg (milligrams) per day did you take if taking 2-3 caps with every meal?

GiGiFrequent Contributor Posts: 1998From: Washington StateRegistered: Oct 2000 posted 11 August 2004 01:07 some of the muscle spasms that won't let go feel like this. I had it big time. Try to up a b s o r b a b l e magnesium. Maybe your mag reservoir is low and balance the calcium against it - the two go with each other, one pulls, the other relaxes. So the balance of mg and calcium is most important.

When that was going on with me, I had Mag IV and learned to give it to myself IM every other day into the muscle ( 3 ml mag sulfate mixed with 2 ml procaine, so it will not hurt. It fixed it over time, but it takes a while. My husband also had a lot of it and it helps.

You had IV Mg and then IM doses every other day?

Yes, it IS important to find out which minerals and vitamins are deficient so we can rebalance them appropriately (the right amounts). This takes INTRACELLULAR testing...not a common practice here in the good ol U.S. of A. Most doctors don't have a clue if someone requests this test...they don't know where to order it, interpret it, etc. They weren't taught.

For guidance, I think we can safely look at the ODA..optimal dietary allowance levels, not the RDA...which is the absolute lowest amt. needed per day.

I am not recommending HUGE doses of Mg without testing. I feel one can safely double the RDA of Mg orally...provided it is in divided doses throughout the day...which is far better anyway.

The only source of energy for our brain cells is glucose. Mg is needed to make ATP either via the glucose route or the oxygen route.

``Furthermore, the fact that glucose concentrations continue to decrease for a short period after oxygen levels reach zero suggests that cells continue to utilize glucose anaerobically for such functions as maintenance of cellular integrity, with collapse of the cell membrane as evidenced by increases of extracellular glutamate and aspartate not occurring until both oxygen and glucose concentrations reach zero.''

PMID: 9674554

CoQ10 Deficiency caused by lack of other vitamins (like Vitamin B6) the body needs to manufacture CoQ10. If CoQ10 is deficient, nerve cells in the brain and elsewhere may not have the ability to withstand the overstimulation caused by excess glutamate. http://www.msgtruth.org/why.htm.

GiGi...what you found out is not all Mg supplements are ``created equal''. Mg aspartate is bad as is Mg glutamate, esp. if excess glutamate is already an issue because of CoQ10 issues. (We make CoQ10 when we EXERCISE, if we have the "ingredients" to make it.)Since lyme patients seldom feel like exercising, it would logically follow that CoQ10 may be low. Then THOSE forms of Mg would worsen the situation.

GiGi, did you ever have your INTRAcellular Mg level tested?

The RDA for Mg is near 400mg. I do not recommend large doses infrequently. Much better to take smaller doses more often. One needs HEALTHY KIDNEYS before taking any supplement. VERY LARGE doses of Mg can cause respiratory depression (relaxes the diaphram too much) , but can be countered quickly with calcium. One should never get into that situation in the first place.

Unless you have a really healthy gut..to absorb the nutrients from foods and supplements, you are wasting your money It's going down the toilet. The ``friendly bacteria'' in our bowel help us to digest and ABSORB our nutrients as well as make many nutrients, enzymes, and even some ``natural antibiotics'' for us.

The abx. destroy the normal flora.

I believe until the Mg levels are restored, you will continue to store the heavy metals..they are EVERYWHERE in our environment. Address the deficiency first.

Ancora Imparo.

I did realize that relating to you what Dr. K had said, re: Mg and detox, would likely perturb you.

I understand Mg is your holy grail and it may very well be the panacea you suggest. I don't know. Dr. K did, however, say that it can hinder detox. Either one of you could be wrong and I don't pretend to be able to definitively arbitrate the difference of opinion.

I've never meant any offense, most all of what I've posted here has just been a reformulation of what other docs have told me.

And I appreciate the thread, I didn't know if it was just food for thought or a request for info. It was because I didn't want to be rude that I asked for clarification of what I imagined was a question. I'm all for sharing info, thank you.

My goal is/has been to find the safest, cheapest CURE for this horrible disease that is robbing so many of a joyful life.

I'm not focused on treating the symptoms - one after another, but I do realize there is a time when simply making someone comfortable is called for.

I know there is a "point of no return" in the disease and aging process.

If there is anyway I can stop the downward spiral towards the "point of no return", I'm going to keep pushing.

I believe the body is capable of healing itself if given the right nutrition. But this does take time.

Never in a million years would I have believed that 4 years ago! (Unfortunately, I talked my sis into taking IV Rocephin.)

Unfortunately, in this country presently, we do not have access to the IV nutrients in doses needed to do this...paid for us by insurance. So we have to find other ways.

I believe Rife therapy can indeed help. Targeted. Hit that bugger with Rife frequencies while getting the nutrients back up to where they are supposed to be so that our own antibodies can attack it.

I believe the body does not attack itself, but instead is trying to find alternative paths to heal. It's an incredible, awesome system. We are not supposed to "self destruct" so young.

Two things cause cell destruction: nutrient deficiencies and toxins. We have to address both issues, but we can do both via good nutrition. Eating good things not only helps us to feed our cells, but eating certain good things helps us to rid the toxins too.

In another thread, GiGi mentioned, quoted, someone who uses NDF for detoxing. This is fiber. Taken separately, it might not be as beneficial as if taken in its entire natural form.

We all know how important fiber is to our bowel health. Here's why:

Cholesterol is fat + protein. (All proteins need Mg to be formed.)

Our liver makes cholesterol (and some is provided in foods). Our liver stores Mg to help make the proteins to combine with fat to make cholesterol.

Next step:

The liver produces bile from cholesterol by converting it into bile acids. Bile contains also a lot of toxins that have to be removed from our body. (Acidic bile picks up the alkaline "bad metals"?)

But, the problem is that bile is going directly into our intestines, and by doing this we have chance of absorbing those toxins again into our blood stream.

It is natural fibers and lignans in our food that are suppose to bind with bile, and help taking bile out of our intestines? What happens if we don't eat enough fibers? We may reabsorb some of the bile back into the blood and lymph stream.''

Now...some incredible info. I ran across in the wee hours...research coconut oil with regards to cholesterol. Coconut oil is even in many infant formulas for good reasons. When I read about the infant with HIV...I almost dropped off my chair!

Go here:
http://www.karlloren.com/diet/p89.htm

How about a nice bowl of oatmeal with a dab of coconut oil on top? ;-)

Ancora Imparo

P.S. If Dr. K is using DMSA or DMPS you might want to go to pubmed and find PMID: 15310232. Lots we still don't know re: the use of various substances to detox. and all their implications. In my opinion, safer to go as natural a route as possible. The big guns ONLY if obviously very poisoned.

I fully agree DMPS and DMSA might be and for many have been quite dangerous. I'm all for extending life and improving it's quality preferably by using compounds not too altered from their natural forms.

I have to go for now, good luck,

Histidine is a component of metallothionine and has a strong affinity for certain metals including zinc, nickel silver and mercury. I do take a little extra zinc when using it to avoid depletion.

B1 (thiamine) can help with detox and is probably one of the reasons garlic is effective (it contains allithiamin). But if you take large amounts of B1 without increasing magnesium and calcium, you can develop symptoms similar to pesticide poisoning because you will be depleting an enzyme called cholinesterase.

Jan

1: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2000 Jul 14;273(3):816-9. Related Articles, Links

Histidin as a mercurial poisoning inhibitor.

Myshkin AE, Khromova VS.

Institute of Biochemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygin St. 4, Moscow V-334, 117977, Russia. [email protected]

Histidin has been shown to effectively inhibit coagulation of horse oxyhemoglobin (HbO(2)) modified by mercury(II) ion bound to reactive thiol groups of protein. Kinetic parameters were measured and the histidin-to-mercury binding constant was kinetically estimated. Histidin, as other pharmaceutically acceptable compounds with some mercury-binding capacity, has been suggested to alleviate mercury intoxication conditions. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.

PMID: 10891329 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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: Acta Biol Hung. 1997;48(4):497-504. Related Articles, Links

Biotoxicity of mercury to Chlorella vulgaris as influenced by amino acids.

Mohapatra DK, Mohanty L, Mohanty RC, Mohapatra PK.

Department of Botany, Uktal University, Bhubaneswar, India.

The toxicity of mercury ion, on Chlorella vulgaris, is largely influenced by amino acids. Five amino acids, namely alanine, asparagine, glutamic acid, cysteine and histidine, were added separately to the medium containing static dose of mercury. Survival (%) of the alga was reduced with the increasing concentrations of mercury. Of these five amino acids, cysteine was found to be the most effective while alanine and glutamic acid were the least effective on reducing the toxic effect of mercury on the alga measured in terms of growth, chlorophyll and protein content. The order of detoxification was Alanine < Glutamate < Asparargine < Histidine < Cysteine. Amino acids from ligands with Hg2+ making it less toxic to the alga and produce an additional source of energy for growth and development.

Okay...back to a search to try to figure out what nanocolloidal means...

Nanocolloidal particles are small clusters of a few hundred atoms dissolved in a solvent. New materials are being made from these particles, and they are starting to be used in the fabrication of small-scale devices. Miniaturisation offers the capability of enhanced data storage (e.g., magnetic tapes) and 'defect-free' ceramics, for example. Nanoparticles in a solvent are also the 'primary' particles that are the initial stages of precipitation of inorganic and polymers from solution. The overbased detergent particles discussed above may also be considered to be nanoparticles.
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Chemistry/staff/research/dmh_research_interests.htm

The product contains nanocolloidal cell wall chlorella, nanocolloidal cilantro, nanocolloidal Poly-Flor which contains substances from beneficial bacteria, super oxide desmutase, hyaluronidase, lipoic acid, pure water, Living Water, and BioPhoton Excitation Process. Chlorella has long been known from the mining industry to bind heavy metals to its cell wall.

*** The major problem with chlorella has been difficulty breaking the cell wall. In this process millions of 0.1 micron sized particles of chlorella are created.
NDF is a safe food supplement that has proven more effective in binding mercury than intravenous chelation. It is also effective in removing aluminum and toxic substances from the body. In the clinical use of NDF, it was discovered that some individuals with schizophrenia recovered normal mentation while taking NDF. These persons were able to discontinue NDF without suffering a relapse of their schizophrenia.
http://www.naturalhealthteam.com/health_problems/diseases/45.htm

Ahh...I get it! Similar to why an ultrasonic nebulizer works better...get the particles smaller for better absorption.

Ancora Imparo (I am still learning)

Jan, the enzymes and hormones are all proteins...and it takes Mg to make all the proteins...immunoglobulins included.

Pieces of a huge puzzle.

Smart guy...that Timothy Ray!!!