I believe I started eating a high protein diet (say about 4-5 years ago) to actually help against mercury... Without meat every day I get pretty sick... just now I realize why...

Probably Atkins himself was mercury poisoned and felt all the benefits of high protein diet.

I discovered about 2 months ago the source of my 10 years of uncomfortable life (I'm 22). Really terrible to know it was avoidable...

On top of havin' many of the mercury tox symptoms (anxiety, poor attention, tachycardia, weakness, nausea, bowel problems...), what really convinced me to getting them removed is the "toothbrush test", i.e. you start brushing your amalgams and swallow your saliva... after about 30 seconds I get nausea (I could not continue even if I wanted), then after a few minutes anxiety and unwell-being... It's really crazy... now I understand also why I hated to brush my teeth... The same happens when I chew gum (of course I do it only as a test), and unfortunately every time I eat crunchy food...

Now I removed two amalgams without side effects, I'm going to remove 4 10 days after.

I'm actually lucky I'm in Italy, and I found a GREAT dentist that follows almost the huggins protocol, (except the vitamin C IV) and also takes care to touch the amalgam very little, while working on the edge, more on the tooth side, in order to avoid pulverizing the amalgam. He does l almost exclusively amalgam remova from 5 years, so he has a deal of experience. Teeth are then filled of "diamond" resin, one of the world's best, and it just costs you 130? (=150$) one, no matter how big... I'm lucky :-)

Argh... you mean I'll have to chelate for 4 years after removal? Terrible... but it's cool to know I'l be getting better for 4 years :-)