The first quote from the article indicates that DMSA itself can cause deficiencies in minerals.

The second article quote indicates that it's not the DMSA itself, but the action of heavy metal detox that depletes the body of minerals.

Andy believes it's the action of chelation, not the chelator that causes the mineral deficiencies, which is what I said in my earlier post.

Whichever it is, (though I tend to trust Andy's opinion pretty well) supplementation is necessary. Antioxidants are also very important too. Mercury uses them up big time. Just supplementing on a quality vitamin C powder (with bioflavanoids), vitamin E and selenium (I took selenium away from vitamin C, I hear in some articles it's not as effective if it's taken too close to vitamin C - 2 hours apart seems to be recommended). I had a very strong detox reaction and I felt a certain amount of metals were mobilised and removed from that alone. That came as a big surprise to me. The mercury skin rashes also increased just after increasing antioxidants. That is how powerful they can be. At least in my experience they were. Minerals appear to precipitate reactions for similar reasons. Replace what mercury depletes/displaces and I guess that's what can be expected. Iodine also.

PS JK98, if you look at the article/s, there is also some information there that goes right against Cutler's advice. They advocate taking products like garlic, cilantro, chlorella, sulfur amino acids like methionine etc and Alpha lipoic acid as a powerful antioxidant, not even mentioning (or realising?) it is also a strong chelator of mercury. Which, if not treated with caution, can be highly risky if one still has amalgams, or one's blood levels are still too high in mercury. It also mentions that DMSA chelates brain mercury. According to Cutler, it does not. Or at least not to any clinical degree. So, much in that article is in complete contrast with the advice and cautions that Cutler gives. This is what makes it so confusing and difficult for mercury toxic people to know what to believe and whose advice to take and which advice is correct. In my personal experience, Cutler has been spot on! He even mentions why some people can take high sulfur products/foods and others cannot. And why it can be risky for those where it acts as a mere mobilising agent, which can increase the risks of mercury redistribution and possible severe side effects or even some damage. I had symptoms from sulfur foods when I was very high in mercury, but as the mercury was reduced, my reactions to sulfur died down also. The worst effects were from actual supplements that contained sulfur in much more potent forms. Sulfur in foods would make me feel poorly, but not as bad as the supplements. I had to be careful either way. Yet some do really well on them!