Once free, the next step is to actually facilitate the removal of the metals from the body. And here's where chlorella comes in. Chlorella
possesses the capacity to absorb heavy metals. This property has been exploited as a means for treating industrial effluent that contains heavy
metals before it is discharged, and to recover the bio-available fraction of the metal in the process. In studies undertaken in Germany, high doses
of chlorella have been found to be very effective in eliminating heavy metals from the body – from the brain, intestinal wall, muscles, ligaments,
connective tissue, and bone.
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Together, these herbs create a powerful oral chelation formula.

The bottom line is that this formula is now proven to be a major weapon in the fight against heavy metal toxicity. Once cleaned out after 42-days,
a two week cleanse every 3-4 months should be enough to keep you relatively metal free – unless you eat a lot of high-mercury fish, or have more
than a few Amalgam fillings, in which case every 2 months is advisable. Incidentally, you do not want to use a chelation formula every day. Your
body actually needs small amounts of some heavy metals.

Heavy Metal Toxicity

Lead

With the elimination of lead-based house-paint, and the increased use of lead-free gasoline, lead poisoning is certainly less prevalent. However,
low-level toxicity is still an issue. Coal burning power plants still spew lead into the atmosphere, and like mercury and aluminum, the problem
with lead is that it accumulates, unless you take active steps to remove it. The EPA estimates that 10 to 20 percent of human exposure to lead may
come from lead in drinking water. Infants who consume mostly mixed formula can receive 40 to 60 percent of their exposure to lead from drinking
water. The EPA warns that if lead is not detected early, children with high levels of lead in their bodies can suffer from damage to the brain and
nervous system, behavior and learning problems (such as hyperactivity), slowed growth, headaches, and more. However, adults are still at risk and
can suffer from reproductive problems (in both men and women), high blood pressure, digestive problems, nerve disorders, memory and concentration
problems, and muscle and joint pain.

Aluminum

As for aluminum, it has been known for 20 years that once it enters your body, it accumulates in your brain, where it kills off neurons, leading to
memory loss. And thanks to the significant amounts of aluminum found in food emulsifiers, antiperspirant deodorants, hair sprays, baking powder,
many types of toothpaste, much of our drinking water, and most of our cookware, you are exposed to a lot of aluminum over the course of your life.
There has been much speculation, therefore, that aluminum may be one of the prime factors in the onset of Alzheimer's disease. The connection
between aluminum and Alzheimer's disease became even stronger when in 1995, Neurotoxicology reported that the widespread use of aluminum salts to
purify water could account for the large numbers of people suffering from Alzheimer's.

And recently, the final piece of the puzzle may have fallen into place: the connection between aluminum and fluoride. New research has revealed
that fluoride in drinking water makes the aluminum that we ingest more bio-available. As was reported in Brain Research, Vol.7 84:98, the
combination of aluminum and fluoride causes the same pathological changes in brain tissue found in Alzheimer's patients.

Note: there is a significant difference between metallic aluminum and plant-derived aluminum, which is in the form of aluminum hydroxide. No
studies have ever shown a connection between aluminum hydroxide and toxic levels of aluminum in the human body -- which is a good thing, because
there is a lot of it in our food supply.

Like mercury, the danger from lead and aluminum is not the result of large doses, but the result of a steady accumulation over years -- as they do
not easily clear from the body unless you take conscious steps to remove them.

Mercury, Deadly Beauty

People have known about the dangers of mercury since the days of the Roman Empire, when slaves who worked in the “quicksilver” mines died horribly
after 2-3 years exposure. And in the 19th century, the workers who used mercury to make hats went bald and suffered from severe muscular tremors,
dementia, and fits of wild, uncontrollable laughter. Thus the phrase: “Mad Hatter.”

It's no secret that mercury is one of the most toxic metals known. Numerous studies have shown its impact on health. There is strong evidence that
mercury lowers T-Cell counts. This, alone, implicates it in cancer, autoimmune diseases, allergies, Candida overgrowth, and multiple sclerosis. In
fact, due to other studies that showed mercuric chloride increased several types of tumors in rats and mice, and methyl mercury caused kidney
tumors in male mice, the EPA has determined that mercuric chloride and methyl mercury are possible human carcinogens. It has also been shown that
mercury cuts the oxygen carrying capacity of blood by half. This would account for many instances of chronic fatigue.
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Mercury also has an affinity for brain tissue and is implicated in brain tumors and dementia. And, finally, mercury has an affinity for fetal
tissue, which accounts for its implication in birth defects. In 2002, the National Academy of Sciences found strong evidence for the toxicity of
methyl mercury to children's developing brains, even at low levels of exposure. A recent study from the Centers for Disease Controls found that as
many as 637,233 American children are born each year with mercury levels of more than 5.8 µg/L (5.8 micrograms per liter), the level associated
with brain damage and loss of IQ.

Today, we face two primary sources of exposure: our food supply and our dental fillings.

48 Tons of Toxins in Our Food and Water

There is nothing complex about the process. Mercury is a naturally occurring toxin, which is found in soil, rocks, wood, and fuels like coal and
oil. Simple soil erosion deposits mercury in rivers and lakes, but concentrations remain low, unless, as has been discovered in the recently
deforested regions of the Amazon, erosion reaches extraordinary levels. The burning of rainforests also releases mercury that has been taken up
from the soil by the trees.

But the major source of mercury in our food chain, responsible for about 1/3 of the levels found in our bodies, is our burning of coal to generate
electric power. That is the single greatest contributor to the problem. Mercury that naturally occurs in the coal is released during burning and
enters the air; it is then precipitated into the oceans, lakes, and rivers by rain. According to the EPA, coal-fired power plants in the United
States emit about 48 tons of mercury into the air every year -- and more than half of this mercury falls within 5 miles of the plant itself. When
it reaches the water, microorganisms consume it and convert it into a substance called methyl mercury.

Mercury In the Food Chain

A study at the University of Tennessee recently rated methyl mercury among the most dangerous poisons on Earth (just behind plutonium).

It has no known beneficial use in the body, and it accumulates in the muscle tissue of fish, animals, and humans. When minnows eat plankton or
algae that is contaminated with methyl mercury, it is deposited in their flesh; larger fish prey upon the minnows, and the toxin travels straight
up the food chain to the most prized game fish -- the big predators like bass, pike, walleyes, brown trout; and to all the finest food and sport
fish of the seas -- tuna, swordfish, shark, roughy, marlin, and halibut. According to the EPA, fish at the top of the aquatic food chain
bio-accumulate methyl mercury to a level approximately 1 million to 10 million times greater than dissolved concentrations found in surrounding waters.

Of course, when you climb one more rung up that food chain, you find us, the people who eat fish. Just like the predatory fish that we catch and
eat, we store mercury in our tissues. Just like the ancient Romans, we know that high exposure to mercury is fatal. But…

Mercury Rising

In 1997, the EPA under the Clinton administration presented a detailed study that revealed the hazards of mercury contamination, pinpointed
coal-fired power plants as the leading source of emissions, and promised action. But nothing was done. The EPA had begun work on a plan to address
mercury pollution in December 2000 and in a 2001 presentation, the agency said that 90 percent of mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants
could be cut, using what is known as the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT), by 2008.

More recently, the Bush administration decided that the coal-fired power industry would be exempt. Therefore, levels will continue to climb -- not
fall.

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