Re: selenium warning (again)

Well a lot of people disagree with Cutler's methodology. At any rate, I can't see the connection with selenium making mercury toxicity WORSE. Mercury alone crosses the blood brain barrier anyway, yes?

From T's link:

"In a desperate relief effort we have been attempting to remove the mercury plus the selenium stored under all teeth by removal of all teeth with the help of tetracyclin ointment (chelating agent). It takes more than 10 years though, to identify the results in the MR. This desperate therapeutic step should be a warning to all, to finally stop the re-poisoning of Amalgam patients."

Huh? Since when is selenium stored under teeth? Removal of all teeth?!?!

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from the Cutler stuff:

Re: selenium & zinc as chelators?

Selenium and zinc are not chelators and do not reduce body levels of
merucry. They do cause the body to change a bit so as to store some
of the mercury in passive form for a while.

Andy

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--- In Autism-Mercury@y..., elvira.kurti@v... wrote:
>
> > Selenium binds with mercury to form a passive and very poorly
> soluble
> > compound. It is also used in certain enzymes, like glutathione
> > peroxidase and the T4 to T3 conversion enzyme (thyroid hormones),
> so
> > mercury toxic people don't have enough for these enzymes if they
> don't
> > take extra.
> >
> > Andy
>
> When Selenium binds with Mercury what happens with the poorly
soluble
> compound? Does it get flushed out of the body or it gets deposited?

It remains trapped in the body.

> Does Mercury loose its toxicity in this form?

It is less toxic as long as it is trapped, but it does eventually
resolubilize and is then just as toxic as ever.