mike... thank you so much for your informative reply. how do you know so much about this stuff? anyway, i seem to get bloated after eating. maybe i have leaky gut? i've been rethinking ... and i think i'm just going to move forward with the chealation with dmsa and ala...and all the other products i am taking... and then, i'll tackle the digestive issue... yeast/ parasite ...bowel cleanse, etc. its just too big an issue and will probably take alot of time... so i'm going to finish the chealation for now to keep things organized and simpler. my natropath does not believe in malabsorbtion. he says if i have leaky gut that the nutrients would just leak into the bloodstream the nutrients would get absorbed there. i should have said to him.. yes, but they are not suppose to be absorbed there.. anyway, i think i'm going to finish the chealation then move to the other stuff.