Hi desperatewoman,

If the blood is still high in mercury (which is usually the first 3 months following amalgam removal and/or other recent mercury exposure), taking a brain chelating agent like ALA during that time is highly risky. It means the brain chelating agent will have more chance of grabbing the free floating blood mercury on its way into the brain. This is because ALA can cross the blood brain barrier, which is what you want when you're ready to get mercury OUT of the brain. But it's not so great if you have high blood levels of mercury and and it's pulling more of it INTO the brain.

The key is to reduce blood/body levels first, so that when you use a brain chelating agent, you have a clearer blood stream. Then the brain chelator can go into the brain without taking unnecessary amounts of mercury with it.

A clearer blood stream, means the brain chelator (e.g. ALA) can go into the brain, grab mercury that's already in there and make it easier for it to come out!

This is how I understand it. Someone else may have a much better understanding and way of explaining it that me.