Hi Sean, I think adding minerals is important. Mercury competes with them and displaces them, so adding extra is often necessary in order to battle the mercury's effect on them. Replacing them may also compete and help displace mercury, which may also cause detox reactions and make a person feel worse. This may also be why algin maybe causing problems? Not just the fact it can act as a sponge for mercury (and help with symptoms), but it may also contain minerals in and of itself that are encouraging some detox at the sametime? (e.g. iodine is contained in seaweed products, as are other nutrients. Iodine apparently can help rid the body of toxins such as fluoride, mercury etc). Hence why when using products that contain these and other nutrients, that people can feel the impact of detox symptoms and often have to take a break and give their body a chance to flush them out.

I had this at one stage from a good quality vitamin C powder alone and had to keep stopping, until I could tolerate it for longer periods and on higher doses. It actually erupted some mercury detox symptoms in me. Even though it's not a specific chelating agent in itself. The ACTION of some of these minerals and antioxidants can indeed aid the body to rid itself of a certain amount of toxins/metals naturally. Selenium is another one can cause reactions for the same reason.

I think you will find these links of interest to you in this regard and is very much to do with what you have mentioned in the above post and i have posted them on this forum before. But I think they are brilliant to have and to save. Makes alot of sense:

Iodine - bring back the universal nutrient

Iodine and chelation

These are from the same author. I really ignored the significance of these things until now. I didn't realise how important they were, especially when mercury toxic. Yet, when I think back, I now realise my reactions to vitamins/minerals was actually a good thing, but did not feel it at the time. No time when you are moving/removing mercury will you feel well. It can make you feel wretched and look wretched as well.

But at the sametime, there is no reason to tolerate symptoms that push you right over the edge into near psychosis either. I've done that once too often when using products to mobilise mercury over and above what I could tolerate and often was a candidate for the mental hospital. I was just very lucky I had a family member living with me who stuck it out with me and knew it wasn't "me" but the mercury and gained strength support from their faith in God. If not for that, I may have been committed long ago.