Hi Alex,

I'm sorry to hear about your brother

I have heard the quote "First do no harm". Don't make things worse if you can help it. Though, this is difficult when you're dealing with mercury as it is very easy to make things worse as you're attempting to make things better. It's risky stuff to deal with.

I support JK98's statements completely. But may I add:

If you want my opinion, I would say to be VERY cautious of the NAC, chlorella, cilantro and glutathione as well. All of these products can mobilise mercury and sometimes wildly. Whilst they are ordinarily helpful and healthy, their effect with mercury may cause more problems than its worth. Some people can do ok on them, or even well, others can be seriously affected and certainly, it is not wise to use them whilst a person still has amalgams. Even AFTER removal of amalgams, any of these should be treated with caution, because of the fact they can all mobilise mercury and may potentially shift it into more sensitive areas, like the the brain.

I would advise sticking to support supplements as JK98 has mentioned. Even then, if ANY make things worse, please either stop or try on a smaller dose and test for respones. I know a certain amount of detox symptoms is not unexpected nor undesirable, but you do not want to make things unnecessarily worse or intolerable.

I would check your brother's diet. I think personally this is one of the most important things to do. Even Hal Huggins recommends a diet regime and more and more biologic dentists are outlining a diet plan for their toxic patients before they remove their amalgams. To help prepare them for it and make them healthier/stronger.

The main things I think to remove from a mercury toxic person's diet is usually sugar, wheat/gluten products and yeast. This can be VERY helpful. Sugar is very bad for the immune system and will make a toxic situation worse, plus can create or worsen candida (a yeast condition). Wheat/gluten products may not be digested properly in a person with compromised gut/immunity from mercury and may make them much more toxic. Wheat is also apparently treated with mercury fungicide.

And yeast? Well, though it maybe healthy, in someone with candida (which is common with mercury poisoning), it is wise to omit it. Even sensitivity to yeast alone can challenge immunity further and make symptoms worse.

Even eliminating these alone made my mercury poisoning situation SO much easier. After a few weeks of withdrawal/detox, I alleviated quite a few symptoms and amongst those were depression/anxiety etc. Quality of health improved quite substantially, though I was still toxic from amlagams. It took a load of my gut and liver and helped me become healthier and stronger in my fight against mercury.

That is personally what I would recommend as a starting point. Diet (and make sure he includes good healthy foods with fruit (if tolerated and doesn't cause too many candida symptoms, as it's still a form of sugar, though natural and much healthier) salads/vegetables, plenty of protein in meat and eggs (very necessary in mercury toxicity) and enough fats in butter, fat on meat, fish oil (mercury free brand), extra virgin olive oil etc. Nuts/seeds, natural acidophilus yoghurt. Natural ocean sea salt is also good to use.

And of course support supplements. I would not use chelating/mobilising agents at this point until he has gotten his amalgams out and I would be careful after amalgam removal which ones to use and how to use them.

Clay baths? Great! Sweating should also be of help. Via some exercise, hot baths, saunas etc (as long as he does not overdo it). Vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium (only if tolerated), B complex, zinc, magnesium/calcium (equal ratios) and even a multi vitamin/mineral to cover bases may also be of help. Cod liver oil? Great (as long as it's tested for mercury). Not sure what's in liver life? Melatonin maybe ok too.

The rest? I'd hold fire personally.

You sound like a great brother!

There is a protocol that I usually recommend and stand behind on this forum and I would recommend you look into it. But this is only to be used AFTER amalgams are removed. Please check out this link:

Informative posts by Andy Cutler

I suggest reading through it careful and finding out about the chelation products and the protocol that is recommended in using them.

It sounds like a lot, but take it step by step. At this stage, just diet and supplement support is probably the safest bet (in my opinion). Later chelation can be brought onboard.