The way I see it honestly is chelation can mess many up more and seriously is not for all! Some do better on it yes, but where is their candida or their organs when they start it? In Good health?
Yes, it can. Whether it's natural or unnatural, because moving mercury is always highly risky.
I haven't seen this occur with Cutler's protocol as much as I've seen with other methods. Quite the opposite. However, no method of moving mercury is completely without effects (whether natural or not).
As far as I'm aware Sean, Linda started doing ALA, because of the very problems she has mentioned, not
because of or after using ALA!
I have seen Linda actually have some good effects from ALA and that has given her hope in the past. I have not come across any of her posts where she's mentioned deteriorating after ALA or further!
The testimonies are also encouraging. As have the few on here who have used it properly! Sunshine, Dgawson and I think JK etc. Sunshine is now near well as far as I know.
This is what is encouraging me to do some rounds of the stuff. I did a recent round and found i came up in the typical "mercury rash" (which I had in the past when detoxing the stuff). So that was a surprise! I haven't done any since, i've had a bad flu.
I will not be doing ALA nor any of that anytime soon, nor care too. I see so many with negative effects from it that it just makes me scared to death of it, from yeast flareups etc.
That's your decision and I respect that. But again, the many negative effects are not something i have seen with Cutler's protocol. You gave a link awhile back, but it was to do with wrong methods of using chelation and ALA more than anything. And somebody who was very keen on putting Cutler down and anybody who used or promoted his protocol. The person even went so far as to accuse those who promoted/recommended his protocol as deliberately out to harm others. Which is completely ridiculous and to me spoke more about the person making such accusations!
Just as natural methods can screw people up if used incorrectly. It's all about moving mercury and the safest method of moving it out - as you already know.
I love all in here, but they know where I stand on Chelation. I feel the natural way is the best, displace metals with minerals from FOOD not supplements which actually can carry metals in them etc. Some supps can carry metals, did you know that?
Yes, I am aware where you stand on chelation. And I can understand the concerns, because of the risks of moving mercury. However, leaving mercury where it is also not the answer and in fact will continue to remain and poison the body and brain unless it is removed properly.
I've seen enough people and heard enough improve and even get well from proper chelation. Yes, people get screwed up by wrong chelation. But let's not confuse the two.
Natural does not always = safe with mercury. Again, plenty are made worse by messing around with mobilising natural agents as well.
I have heard some supplements do carry heavy metals. But without supplements, I did not make nearly as much progress with my toxicity. So I guess it depends on the quality!
I believe someone said they got worse on DMSA and ALA from Lead in those supplements they were taking? Hospitilized for 8 months? What about powdered herbs? Organic? Think about that.
I haven't heard about this myself, but would be surprised if this was so and concerned of course. I haven't noticed that I ever got further poisoned by using chelation! Rather, it was helping to get the metals out. If people can get their mercury out by organic herbs? Great!
I'm just not so sure about brain/organ mercury! A great diet with proper nutrients is always recommended and aids healing, but as far as I'm aware, I don't know that this alone is going to detox a person from their organ mercury!
