Hi Pgm, I understand that concept, but I had experienced and have experienced candida die off and my symptoms following removal were completely different and totally metal related.

The vitamin C can indeed encourage some mercury elimination. I remember I was so ill after removal, that a doctor who deals in mercury sent me vitamin C powder (good quality stuff) and some selenium. The reaction I got at that stage from both those products was an increase in detox symptoms and I would cry and salivate and had to either stop or lessen the dose. This enabled some more metals to come out, and often onto the skin in the form of a mercury rash. I told hte doctor about this and he agreed and said though they may not directly chelate mercury, they increase glutathione levels, which enables the body to push more toxins and metals out.

Again the symptoms were completely different from die off and very much the metal toxic stuff. So I do believe that vitamin C, selenium and vitamin E, all have elements to that them can encourage some elimination as well as protection, though not direct chelators.

I understand your comments regarding pathogen die off and mercury, but people are usually very well aquainted with their bodies and symptoms and after time and I was definitely able to tell when it was metal, yeast die off or both.

I have never heard of ALA being an agent causing candida die off, so that confuses me. Though I know it increases glutathione, glutathione helps with elimination of toxins but is not an antifungal and does not directly kill yeast. The body maybe aided to handle yeast better perhaps, but ALA is a very powerful metal chelator and goes beyond even that of DMSA. Any symptoms, would be much more likely metal and if a person takes ALA and doesn't get any symptoms? They maybe lucky and not have a metal toxicity problem.

Amalgams are definitely not the only problems causing candida, but at least they are visible and can be removed, taking one load off. But a long term build up of mercury from them over time is the danger.

AFter my amalgams were removed, I got immediately worse from exposure, and possible some detox, but then took some DMSA (but did not keep taking it due to expense). I went into a kind of "remission" of symptoms and was not prepared for the dumping of mercury from organs, which hit me over a year following amalgam removal. It was a shock and a nightmare to go through and I cannot tell yo how often I hung my head over a bowl for the saliva to come out. This was not yeast related, anybody who is aquainted with mercury understand the salivation component.

I remember the doctor working in this said that salivation is actually one of the strongest indicators of mercury and it was at least one way my body was attempting to rid itself of the metal. Unpleasant, but necessary I guess. My body had problems doing it any other way.