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| Amalgam Fillings and Elevated Levels of Mercury |
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After hearing the doctor’s warning against amalgam, it was clear that it was time to start thinking about my fillings again. They’d been the culprit behind the mysterious buzzing in my head when I was in my twentiescould they also be behind the mystery of my impaired immune system? I had already read in alternative medicine books that mercury contributes to candida. I knew I had to take action and figure out whether mercury was damaging my health.
Soon after the lecture, I had my body tested for heavy metals with the urine toxic element DMPS (dimethyl mercapto propionic acid) test. The results showed my mercury levels were in a highly elevated range. I never ate fish, so I knew my amalgam fillings were the source of the mercury poisoning in my body.
Over the next several months, I had all my fillings removed and replaced with composite material. I never again experienced another toxic headache. I later had several DMPS IVs (chelation therapy treatments) to help my body detox from mercury.
Afterward, I began having fewer respiratory infections, and my environmental allergies no long bothered me. My energy increased. I then began to take an antifungal medicine, Diflucan (fluconazole). Finally, after eight years of vitiligo, a significant amount of my skin’s pigmentation returned.
About that time, as I discussed earlier, Dr. Allen was testing Westley for amino acid deficienciesa lack of amino acids in the diet, or difficulty digesting amino acids, could precipitate exactly the sort of attention and behavioral problems Westley had experienced for years. The test results showed that Westley’s amino acid levels were indeed low. I wondered about Erik’sand my own. Sure enough, tests showed that our amino acid levels were low, too.
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