"But…..at the back of my mind…..I do think “Is this right? To take so many man-made supplements”

I have to admit to being horrified by the responses to this e-mail.

If you look at Vitamin C from plants and vitamin C from a manmade source, they are exactly the same, there is no difference at all. The only question is how to get your body to absorb as much as possible. Personally I find IV Vit C to be the best. If anyone here has had vit C 20g (plus other nutrients) in there arm and not had any beneficial reaction, then I would question whether they have Hg poisoning. I could go on about the drug like affects if Vit C, but antioxidants in general are essential for the Hg poisoned. You are receiving tremendous cellular damage and the only way you have to combat it is taking as many vits a possible.

In general, Hg affects your ability to absorb the nutrients from the foods you eat. You can eat the best, Organic, fresh food available, BUT, if you're not absorbing those nutrients then you need to massively supplement. Remember this too, I only know of 1 person that ever died of vitamin supplements, and to be quite frank, he was an idiot. Compared with the estimated 200,000 people who die each year in the US from doctor prescribed meds, you've got nothing to worry about (unless you're a complete idiot). there are very effective vits, minerals and herbs for many conditions or that will help ameliorate symptoms of Hg poisoning. I can't stress more how important it is to take the supplements (some more than others). I take a ton of vits each day, but only those I have found work for me. I also think this is why people think I'm 15 years younger than I actually am (could have been the hg?),

Your only way to limit the damage while you're getting the Hg out is to supplement.

Taking Glutathione (the bodies master antioxidant) is, in my opinion, essential too, though it's a bit expensive. It chelates hg as a further benefit.