Does anybody know anymore about this? I am VERY interested to hear and the possible reasons behind it and does dairy mean ALL diary? Even acidophilus yoghurt? Cheese? etc.

All I know about it I saw in a video from Dr. Haley. He was talking about autistic children and said that milk stops the excretion of mercury from the body via urine or feces. He said they didn't know why this is.

I believe the video is called something like Neurodegenerative diseases and their relation to mercury, or something like that. I purchased it from the IAOMT website.

Hi Russ, thanks for that. Was wondering though if it might include other dairy products like cheese, yoghurt etc. Surely if it did, they'd have mentioned ALL diary products, not just milk.

Hi Bex. I read it is the protein casein. Milk has 2 proteins, casein and whey. When they make cheese, they separate the whey from the casein (at least mostly). So, ricotta cheese, which is whey cheese, may be ok. I don't know, though. It's probably worth doing some reading/surfing to find out if it's ok to have dairy products. I personally don't eat them anymore, for various reasons. I've also read that it's just milk that causes problems. And I've also read it's just the lactose.

Interesting ..

I always have side effects from drinking cows milk or cheese- But I notice that I actually feel better after eating raw goat's cheese, or raw goats milk instead of cow's milk, in my drinks.

I'm finding I llove raw goat's Feta Cheese in salad's-- I wonder if raw goat's milk won't stop excretion of mercury like the pastuerized cow's milk.

Yes, this would be a good thing to look into.

Casein is a very long very sensitive protein, so yes, raw dairy would make a big difference compared to conventional pasteurized homegenized dairy. A big big difference.

I have been drinking raw milk (mainly fermented as kefir) since I got my fillings out and have a lot of improvement in my mental and physical symptoms. Its only been about 5 months and I am obviously not completely better but I am definitely smiling a lot more than I used to! I can also tolerate more exercise but I do have the occasional days where I do feel all out of whack, but even then my mind feels a lot more stable and my body just hurts so I can tolerate it much better.

I drink raw goat milk and goat milk kefir. I had one day when I thought I had a bad reaction to it. I went off it for a while, but kefir is full of probiotics - even more than yogurt, so I resumed drinking it and do not seem to be having a bad reaction to it at all. It must have been something else. In fact, I seem to be doing very well most days and my symptoms are lessening gradually.

Sorry. Unfortunately, the video does not mention anything about what component of the milk causes the effect.

This is from "Eating Alive" by Dr John Matsen.

"Some of the sulphur-carrying enzymes that are inhibited by mercury are xanthine oxidase and depeptyl peptidase--which play a key role in digestion of the casein of milk products and an enzyme that digests gluten in grains."

The casein and gluten get impacted in our colon, feed candida and hinder efficient elimination so the mercury just sits there and gets recycled back into the blood stream. That is why it is important to clean up the diet, cleanse the colon from candida and heal leaky gut before attempting the metal detox.

Sandi

And some can tolerate yogurt, but I am better off without any dairy at all, except I do eat the odd bit of feta in Greek salad. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Sandi
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Hi All,

I found a web site that explained the reason for mercury and dairy not being a good combination quite a while ago, im trying to find it again and will post it as soon as i do. very interesting.

From my own experience if i have the smallest amount of dairy, ANY dairy - my symptoms spin out of control... especially the mental ones, the anxiety, feelings of impending doom, depression and utter hopelessness are overwhelming to say the least. Takes me a minimum of 3 dairy free days to start feling human again. I am now TERRIFIED of the stuff and will rather starve before I go near it.

I asked Dr. Buttar about dairy and he replied along those lines too. But if you are digesting it ok, especially raw milk, it is not a problem.

Does this include sheep's cheese. I tend to eat quite alot and don't seem to get bloating and blocked nose from it.