I'm looking at amalgam removal in a few months and want to build up my system and adrenals as much as I can beforehand. I'm still breastfeeding my daughter and do not want to mobilize mercury. What can I take and what should I avoid?

What about the sulfury foods I love to eat? I feel better eating them, so does that mean I shouldn't?

Thanks!
Shonda

Hi Shonda,

This is very individual. If you get reactions to sulfur foods, it's mobilising too much mercury for your system to handle. If you do well on the sulfur.. That may mean you do need the sulfur and rather than cause adverse reactions, helps you to feel better. Some people low in sulfur do just fine with it, because their body requires it. Others may find the extra sulfur brings on mercury symptoms and make them feel revolting.

Sulfur foods are onions, garlic, broccoli, cabbage, leek, eggs etc.

Sulfur supplements like garlic, methionine, cysteine, MSM, etc may also mobilise mercury in people who react.

If you are doing ok on sulfur? you might be ok to continue the foods, but I wouldn't go too far and start supplementing it.

I'm not sure whether a person can avoid any mercury going into breastmilk....but if you are concerned about unnecessary stirring up of mercury that may encourage more to go there, you could limit your sulfur intake if you feel concerned. I am not qualified to understand enough about this to advise you. But I do know that some mercury toxic people do very well on sulfur, some do not. That maybe your best indicator.

Thanks Bex. I think I may try a sulfur elmination diet and see what happens when I add it back. The problem I can see with that is that my system is so whacked out right now that there are multiple things not working right. I'm not sure I could discern whether or not the sulfur made a difference. The sulfate test may work better?

I crave sulfury foods! I used to eat a couple of eggs for breakfast in the morning. A few months ago, I started upping that number till I was eating 4-6 eggs for breakfast every morning and loving it. I heap onions and garlic into most things I cook. Before I got pregnant, I did very well on a supplement called SAMe (s-adenosyl methionine) which is sulfur containing.

After reading the list of things than help during chelation, it's hard to know which ones have a direct role and which ones are supporting. Also, even the supporting roles lead to moving it around some. I'm afraid that if I take a bunch of things to help build up my system, I will mobilize some mercury, regardless of what those are. I'm worried that anything I do to make myself feel better is mobilizing it.

Hi Mano, this might be interesting for you.

http://onibasu.com/wiki/Cysteine_status