My wife, Nina, has just begun taking Algin to fight off mercury toxicity and after reading much about sodium alginate I thought, "Hey, why not pop a couple myself and see what happens?" Everything I'd read seems to indicate that it could be benefitial in general, even if you're not suffering from mercury toxicity or similar ailments. It seems to me like a high quality Metamucil (a la, psyllium husks) in a way.

Maybe it was just placebo, because we were really hoping it would help alleviate Nina's symptoms but, I swear, 15 minutes after I took two I felt ... incredibly well. I was very alert. I felt good ... abnormally good. "High", if you will. Though I've read that is helps alleviate "toxic" symptoms, I've never read anywhere that it boosts your energy or emotional levels. Any feedback on that?

I'm also curious if taking Algin is known to be acceptable for anyone and everyone (with or without symptoms). Consuming apples and other roughage as part of a daily diet is quite benefitial for human health, so it would make sense that adding seaweed to your diet would also be good for you. Is there any reason I might not want to take it?

I'm not suffering what Nina has been going through lately, but we share the same diet (formerly, lots and lots of fish) and I have one "silver" dental filling in my mouth still. I'm of the belief that MOST people have a buildup of mercury in their bodies, even if they don't know or feel it. According to www.mercuryhurts.org: One in six American women of childbearing age has enough mercury in her blood to pose a risk to her unborn child. And if you take the above statement as truth, then it's a pretty good assumption that nearly everyone has problems with mercury (and other heavy metals) -- with or without metal fillings in our teeth. So it seems as though everyone could benefit from taking Algin as a daily supplement.

Thoughts?