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Relationship between Mercury and Manganese

Mercury from amalgam binds to the -SH (sulphydryl) groups, resulting in inactivation of sulfur and blocking of enzyme function, producing toxicity. Sulfur is essential in enzymes, hormones, nerve tissue, and red blood cells. These exist in almost every enzymatic process in the body. Mercury also blocks the metabolic action of manganese and the entry of calcium ions into cytoplasm. Mercury from amalgam thus has the potential to disturb all metabolic processes. Mercury is transported throughout the body in blood and can affect cells in the body and organs in different ways.

Physicians, dentists and toxicologists who have treated the increasing number of people with problems associated with mercury have identified six general categories of pathology:

(1) Allergies. Mercury combines with allergens to more readily rupture white blood cells than with allergens alone,

(2) Immunological diseases,

(3) Collagen diseases (further accentuated when dental fluorides are administered,

(4) Cardiovascular diseases,

(5) Neurological degeneration and

(6) Psychological and behavioral disorders caused by systemic physiological or neurological damage.

It is also interesting that each of the first five areas use the element manganese - the action of which is blocked by mercury. For this reason, manganese is often recommended as a supplement in this context.