Bex, I haven't claimed anywhere that mercury wouldn't be the root cause to candida (or something else). There is always a root cause that you must find. Diseases such as AIDS and diabetes are examples of other causes of candida (because they also disable your immunity). However, once you remove your fillings, mercury may no longer be the issue. Everyone has some mercury in them, regardless of whether they can be labelled mercury poisoned or not. This is part of the reason why DMSA/DMPS challenges are not widely accepted as proof of chronic mercury poisoning, because even "healthy" individuals can excrete lots of mercury.
If your excretion of mercury is normal, you may end up with little mercury in your body, but a collection of pathogens instead after removing your fillings. The important thing here is that your immune system was compromised by the chronic mercury exposure, but it didn't accumulate significantly anywhere. Mercury in bloodstream, even if it leaves your system is the real issue here.
We really don't know yet whether chelating mercury is the thing that actually helps, because many of the chelators used targets also directly pathogens, or affects the way the immune system works against them. In my opinion this is still an open question.
I disagree. There are many people who take chelators randomly and get much worse.(including myself)
If they start to take them the right way and avoid redistribution they improve.
The chelators seem to effect pathogens indirectly through increased heavy metal excretion which strengthens the immune system.
Many poisoned people also have a deranged mineral transport showing up in the hair. It's quite obvious that this is caused by mercury and healthy people with amalgams don't have this.
