HI Weety, as far as I know, all types of green algae have some kind of affinity for metals. Though it seems Chlorella is the stronger of the ones I've heard of. It's really individual because some people react badly to them, some really well. They do tend to bond and somehow mobilise metals.

In your condition, I can understand you wanting something at least to grab onto this poison as you're continually being poisoned by it. A dentist here uses NDF with his mercury toxic patients, even with amalgams still in their mouth. He makes them brush with it first (few drops on a tooth brush) and then rinse and spit and THEN take the dose. That's his way of doing that.

So perhaps zeolite would be ok too. You can ask the makers of it and see what they think.

I know that mercury uses up a lot of essential elements when you are being poisoned and this is often what the symptoms are being caused by too. Not just direct from mercury but indirect from the fact it's taking out what you require.

You would be wise to get yourself a good quality complex mixture (powder) of a vitamin/mineral supplement that gives you a good foundation to work off. From there? You can add some additional vitamin C (if the supplement doesn't have enough), vitamin E, zinc, magnesium, selenium, milk thistle and iodine (apparently iodine is depleted by mercury and sometimes adding these things can cause a detox of metals).

So watch out for that. Take it easy and work your way up and see how you go. These are just some tips. Diet plays a huge role, again the foundation of any other additions that you make. Avoiding sugar and gluten/wheat seem to be the ones to get rid of, as well as other ones like milk, caffeine and other high carb foods (even natural like fruit, potatoes, corn etc) and all grains if they too cause problems.

These things feed the yeast inside your body that is usually very high in a metal toxic environment. People are on both sides of this issue. Either the body tries to buffer itself by upping yeast levels and/or it can no longer keep yeast under control because of the mercury and the yeast takes over.

Either way, candida for me was a nightmare. It also apparently methylates mercury and makes it more toxic. Candida causes horrible symptoms, overloads your gut and liver (which are needed for detox) and can, just on its own cause multiple symptoms (some of which can be mistaken for mercury).

So often you'll be battling more than one issue with mercury and you need to REALLY address that, even if you think candida might not be a problem, the diet will still help because it's about improving your immune system and detoxification.

Plenty of proteins (eggs and meat) and animal fats (like butter) are advised in this condition, Hal Huggins (mercury pioneer) recommends this also and it apparently aids healing. He even recommends having enough salt in the diet too! Dr Weston Price is also excellent in finding out the best foods and fats to consume. Please look him up! You'll be surprised at his discoveries. Wonderful stuff. Plenty of healthy vegetables (raw, stir fried, steamed) too! Acidophilus yoghurt (plain and sugar free) and raw nuts and raw seeds etc. If you can handle some carbs? Limited fruit and non gluten grain might be ok. I cannot, they still feed my yeast, but then I have a very severe case of it. You may not, in which case you should be "ok". If you want a treat? you can have carob instead of chocolate or substitutes that are healthier. Herbal tea instead of black tea. Coffee substitutes are available also. This is all about building your immune system and helping your body eliminate toxins and prepare for amalgam removal.

So in the meantime, if I were you? i would get the foundation right and then go from there. Diet and supplementary aid. Replacing the stuff that mercury blocks and depletes and going from there. Sometimes diet and supplements alone can actually cause enough detox for anybody to tolerate. You may find yourself feeling worse for awhile as toxins are loosened and start to come out.

Other ways to naturally help your body detoxify some mercury is hot baths and the addition of epsom salts to the hot water or sea salt and baking soda. Usually a cup of each will suffice. And lying in it and allowing your body to sweat. Don't overdo it to make yourself feel faint, but as hot as you can stand it and as long as you can stand lying in it up to your chin pretty much. If you start feel funny? then get out of there!

also if you can handle some exercise? walking is great. Treadmill and/or outdoors. Rebounding is also great for the lymph, which also encourage elimination....

There are many things you can do in the meantime to help your body. I'm sorry you have so much amalgam in your mouth, that is appaulling, so you will need all the support you can get and your body should thank you for it over time. It's not a quick fix, nothing is.