ALA definitely causes heavy metal elimination, and real well too from my experience. I am not sure it binds it though, which is why it's usually used with DMSA probably.

Personally, I think it's wise to mix your chelators... ALA is going to mobilize certain things, DMSA certain things (and bind pretty well), DMPS certain things, cilantro etc.

Just guessing, sort of, but if you stick with just one method of chelation you may relieve some symptoms, acquire new ones perhaps because maybe what got missed by the binder (DMSA, DMPS, chlorella) will rest in places that certain chelator cannot reach, or else other symptoms seem more acute because of a new imbalance that was coped with previously in a different way. From my experience, using one thing for too long may not be completely effective.

I did the cilantro soup the other day, it threw me for a loop the past couple days, I did not eat it the second day (I was hurting a bit), but... after resting off chelation since yesterday, I woke up this morning feeling wonderful, and am still in that state <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I did an H2O2/sea salt bath last night also, that may have helped.

The cilantro is real good stuff, my head real clear all day but it was not fun to endure to get here. I was eating chlorella and taking the ALA/DMSA prior to and after the soup. And garlic. Whatever it did is very good, I am resting and will have another go at it in a few days. I have never done that much cilantro in one day... All studies I have read on that say 2 weeks of it can clear out more mercury/heavy metal than almost anything else known. I'll keep you posted, so far so good, but a rough ride while doing it for sure.

Cilantro is real easy to grow btw. Growing your own ensures no pesticides or other stuff, and ensures freshness. Bugs seem to hate it anyway.