NAC/glutathione to chelate mercury?

Does it work ok? I have some here anyway (NAC, 100 grams in a pouch) and was planning on taking it for my liver, so it would be nice to kill two birds with one stone!!

It was recommended somewhere for chelating mercury as apparently glutathione is the main way the body removes mercury naturally, I read?


Thanks muchly duuuudes!


Hoppi!

Would have a good synergy with Humifulvate I believe.

Ah awesome, yeah I think I understand what you mean! Is it because humi would sweep the mercury out of the GI tract that glutathione has displaced? I wonder how good humi would be at nicking the mercury from Candida (assuming that is in fact how mercury and Candida co-exist).

I may just focus on NAC for now (due to time and money constraints) and then add humifulvate if l find my wallet and schedule allows it! lol - I'm already taking a fair number of things atm!

hm, the NAC is making me feel a bit lame to be honest, perhaps I'm taking too much at once. I'm getting worrying things like pain in my left arm... heh

I hope I'm imagining/exaggerating it...

But yeah like, no other supplement ever makes me feel bad.

I'm either taking too much, or I should be finding natural boosters of glutathione like watermelons and avocados, and incorporating lots and lots of them into my diet to get a super healthy and very natural glutathione boost (as well as of course many other health benefits as all these foods are wonderful).

Ugh NAC does make me feel like s*** lol >.<

Does anyone know how much of the powder I should be using? Maybe I simply used too much, as I know it's supposed to be taken at a pretty low dose.

Thanks, and dw I'm sure I'll be fine, I guess I'm just not used to having something in powdered form that needs to be taken in a very low dose, and I messed up! Either that or my body simply doesn't like NAC very much... o.O

For inorganic mercury:

The data suggest some activity of N-acetylcysteine in facilitating excretion of Pb, Cd or Au, but not of Hg

http://www.springerlink.com/content/p322083126qv821q/

Could be detox reaction. Maybe add some bentonite or humifulvate to help.

I may just focus on NAC for now (due to time and money constraints) and then add humifulvate if l find my wallet and schedule allows it! lol - I'm already taking a fair number of things atm! Smile

You can get a 30 day supply of humifulvate for only $9.99 over at swanson's.

crincrin wrote:For inorganic mercury:

The data suggest some activity of N-acetylcysteine in facilitating excretion of Pb, Cd or Au, but not of Hg

http://www.springerlink.com/content/p322083126qv821q/

Hm, this suggests that the body doesn't use glutathione for removing mercury? But if it doesn't use glutathione then what does it use? Most of the net seems pretty confident glutathione is the primary mercury detoxer in the human body, but I dunno, I guess it could be something else.

http://www.google.com/#q=glutathione+mercury


And hapyman I love your avatar hehe

Perhaps I should go to Swanson's if I do decide to get humifulvate!

CS has posted a link to just humic acid on his healthy fixx article.
http://www.iherb.com/Morningstar-Minerals-Immune-Boost-77-Mineral-Supplement-120-Capsules/16754?at=hil335

About £11 for 2-4 months, depending on how many you take.

http://healthyfixx.com/plan/5/heavy-metal-detox

good stuff tooyoung, thanks man

I mean, I wanted to boost glutathione for the sake of my liver, but to be fair... I'm starting to think that simply removing metals and eating good foods will do my liver much more good.

I'll do a bit more research I think, but thanks for that link that's very helpful!

I believe you can boost glutathione naturally by taking raw garlic.

Thanks about the pic hopi... I cracked up when I saw that picture so I knew it was the right one lol. Good positive energy

yeah I totally agree man ^_^

And.. maybe I will go for the humifulvate! I mean.. it does seem very powerful and very safe. However, I did hear it was mainly only good within the digestive system, or rather the gut itself, as it doesn't leave and enter the blood stream much?

I wonder if anyone can shed light on this. I might be wrong, and to be honest as I mainly want to deprive Candida of mercury it still sounds good to me. I think if I get NAC/glutathione and humifulvate, the combined enhanced liver activity and chelation should do me some good!

Hoppipolla - If you want to remove mercury the most effective method possible (other than OSR, which is no longer available, no thanks to the FDA), Humic acid (humifulvate) is the way to go.

Vitamin D rises glutathione remarkably, so that would be an effective way to help facilitate the process.

Iodine will free up some metals than nothing else can get rid of. All together, it's pretty cheap.

Jdp mentioned zeolites as another possibility. However, the primary concern is that there are some that are good and some that are bad--a third party testing organization would be needed to find something safe.

CS so what is the best way to get to the brain mercury? Is it just that over time it works its way out? Or does the Iodine aid in this? Or is perhaps combining ALA with humifulvate and Iodine the way to go?

hapyman wrote:CS so what is the best way to get to the brain mercury? Is it just that over time it works its way out? Or does the Iodine aid in this? Or is perhaps combining ALA with humifulvate and Iodine the way to go?

Iodine removes all the metals, including mercury, so it's probably essential for optimal results.

Yes, ALA penetrates the blood-brain barrier and can help mobile mercury out of the brain and increase glutathione production to further bind to it for excretion. One important note is that lipoic acid should not be taken during a glutathione treatment.

Altern Med Rev. 2002 Dec;7(6):456-71.
Mercury toxicity and antioxidants: Part 1: role of glutathione and alpha-lipoic acid in the treatment of mercury toxicity.
Patrick L.

Mercury exposure is the second-most common cause of toxic metal poisoning. Public health concern over mercury exposure, due to contamination of fish with methylmercury and the elemental mercury content of dental amalgams, has long been a topic of political and medical debate. Although the toxicology of mercury is complex, there is evidence for antioxidant protection in the prevention of neurological and renal damage caused by mercury toxicity. Alpha-lipoic acid, a coenzyme of pyruvate and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase, has been used in Germany as an antioxidant and approved treatment for diabetic polyneuropathy for 40 years. Research has attempted to identify the role of antioxidants, glutathione and alpha-lipoic acid specifically, in both mitigation of heavy metal toxicity and direct chelation of heavy metals. This review of the literature will assess the role of glutathione and alpha-lipoic acid in the treatment of mercury toxicity.

This review gets more into the details:

http://www.altmedrev.com/publications/7/6/456.pdf

Wow, this is so helpful thank you! ^_^

I actually have already been taking 5000mg of D3 a day as I was concerned it might be something I miss out on as I have a habit of being indoors too much!

I think what I'll do is get that Swanson's humifulvate and a bottle of lugol's, and use them as directed on HealthyFixx as well as the other things I'm taking for candida, possible leaky gut, my liver, etc. I'm really just trying to strike a balance between not overdoing supplements or costs, and covering all my bases so to speak. I also look forward to the likely very anti-Candida benefit of chelating mercury out of my digestive system, so hopefully that will do me a lot of good!

HealthyFixx is gold by the way, I'll be on there regularly and I'm sure recommending it to friends too!

From a happy, confident Hoppi! ^_^

Ok! Which one should I buy?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Humifulvate-Rx-Sea-Kelp-30-x-500-mg-/310293459084

or

http://www.healthmonthly.co.uk/dr_laszlo_meszaros_metal_shield



Did I find the right Swanson's one? It does have a lot of cool ingredients! I'm a little concerned about the l-cysteine, as I heard it wasn't too good to take cysteine like that which is why it's best to get it as NAC? Or is the amount there too low to be of concern?

Thanks peeps! Can't wait to get this started!! I'll grab some normal Lugol's 5% as well and get this started! ^_^

EDIT -- I just grabbed the Swanson's one Killer combo right? Besides, they're only 30 each so I can always switch around if I want. W00t! ^^

YEah the laszlo's is the one I use. As far as I can tell its been effective. Just ordered a bottle for round three a couple days ago

Awesome One every night yeah? Are you taking anything else for chelation? ^^

I am taking it nightly with iodine (lugol's) and vitamin c per CS recommendations.

awesome

I know I probably should grab some vitamin C, I just really want to limit the number of things I'm taking at once, just because I know from experience that if I don't, I can't keep up with it all!! Plus it's pricey...

I think I've kind of hit the cap now, so I'll be dropping things before I add more!

Hopefully the humifulvate, iodine and MCP combo will do me some good! I'm sure it will!

Hi,

I am trying to raise my glutathione levels before resuming metal chelation in order to avoid shedding when chelating (MCP).

Unfortunately I don't feel so well when consuming Broccomax or NAC, kind of nauseous.

What should i do then ? Take Vitamin D instead, or certain foods (garlic, avocados) ?

Undenatured whey protein. It contains bonded cysteine. Along with a diet sufficient in protein this should boost glutathione levels. Some people argue good ol' regular whey protein is capable of this as well, but logically it would probably be a bit less effective.

And be aware that when you first start accomplishing this, you can feel like shit for a while. Moving toxins out of the body has that effect. The body sequesters them away in fat stores to protect itself, when you thrust them back into circulation you will have that sort of tox-shock nauseating feeling. Sometimes its a matter of pressing through it. NAC is a great product.

Thank you for your reply