My understanding is that you're supposed to take the chlorella about 30 mins before the cilantro so it's in the intestines by then. The idea is that the cilantro will mobilize the metals and you don't want them getting reabsorbed, so having chlorella already at work will absorb whatever the cilantro mobilizes....haven't tried it myself, but I believe Klingheardt recommends using them this way.

We hear of some terrible stories about mercury toxic folks who used cilantro and ended up very very sick. It seems to take a long time to recover too.

40-something female took nearly 8 yrs to fully recover.
http://whatidontknow.net/blog/how-do-you-tell-your-story/


18 yr old male got much worse but is now getting better.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/frequent-dose-chelation/message/64260


Many more stories in the Adverse Reactions folder here.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/frequent-dose-chelation/links


Whatever chelator is in cilantro apparently is rather rare in that it can move inorganic mercury across the blood brain barrier. However for most people just starting to chelate, this will most likely mean it will move mercury *into* the brain and cause an increase in brain-related symptoms.

Lipoic acid also moves Hg across the bbb. Inappropriate use of it caused the mice in this study to have more Hg in the brain.
http://onibasu.com/archives/am/74605.html