"Your body is always trying to get well."

Humans have always been coming in contact with mercury, especially though the consumption of seafood. I too have read about Candida and its ability to absorb Mercury. On reading it I automatically realised that Candida is the bodies natural way of escorting mercury out of the digestive system and out of the body.

Otherwise our ancestors would have had a tough time eating fish.

My theory has been that Candida is there for a reason - it would come in extremely handy for people who had a large seafood component to their diet. However, once your seafood diet was completed, then the mercury contamination would start to subside, and the Candida would probably subside and the body would go back into balance.

But what happens when the mercury doesn't subside, as in the case of having mercury amalgams? The body, in all it's wisdom of the natural mercury elimination procedures, does whatever it can to get well. But no matter what, in the case of fillings the mercury is still in the system. My theory is that candida, the bodies natural mercury absorber, goes overboard trying to fight a battle where the rules have changed. It is then the problems of too much candida comes into play...

So the question I have is: does the candida grow in result of mercury entering the intestines, or in anticipation of it? If the candida is taking care of leaching mercury then the removal of the candida would be a bit of an unknown, however if the candida is there in anticipation of mercury (mercury bound up somewhere) then removal of candida MAY be beneficial.

If there was a way to just cut it back, as opposed to complete irradiation, then in that thinking it should be all good.

Also remember that Candida can get into the blood stream. Now, that also makes me wonder if that is also a natural progression for the body in trying to remove mercury.

Don't forget though, having mercury in our fillings is UNNATURAL. Just because the body might be doing what it thinks is right for a "natural case of mercury contamination" doesn't mean it's doing the right thing in this instance.