High dose is only during amalgam removal.

Thanks Tobi for pointing out that too much selenium it toxic. Rokybird only recomends that dose, 600 mcgs for two days before and a few days after Amalgam remvoval. Then go back to about 200 mcgs.


From: AndyCutler@a...
Date: Fri Apr 21, 2000 1:27 pm
Subject: Re: [Autism-Mercury] Selenium for detox


Poster asks:
>On another autism list I belong to, the use of selenium is being advocated
>as a total metal detox. I remember reading something about that here but
>I thought it had to be in conjunction with something else. My short term
>memory is horrible and I can't wait to get these Amalgams out. Can someone
>comment on this so I can share it with the other list?


BELOW COMMENTS BY ANDY CUTLER,PHD. chemistry,author of Amalgam Illness.

Selenium is helpful, but it is not in any way a detox agent.

There are two things selenium does:

first, it binds very tightly to mercury and passivates it. Thus taking more
selenium reduces the level of "free" mercury that is bouncing around doing
damage.

second, there are some important enzymes in your body that require selenium.
Since mercury binds very tightly to selenium it interferes with these
enzymes. Taking more selenium lets your body make more of these enzymes.
Two of them are glutathione peroxidase and the enzyme which converts the
thyroid hormone T4 to the more active form T3.

Selenium is best taken in the selenomethionine form, and reasonable dosages
are 1-2 mcg per pound.

Andy Cutler

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Rokybird only recomends that dose, 600 mcgs for two days before and a few days after Amalgam remvoval. Then go back to about 200 mcgs.


From: AndyCutler@a...
Date: Fri Apr 21, 2000 1:27 pm
Subject: Re: [Autism-Mercury] Selenium for detox


Poster asks:
>On another autism list I belong to, the use of selenium is being advocated
>as a total metal detox. I remember reading something about that here but
>I thought it had to be in conjunction with something else. My short term
>memory is horrible and I can't wait to get these Amalgams out. Can someone
>comment on this so I can share it with the other list?


BELOW COMMENTS BY ANDY CUTLER,PHD. chemistry,author of Amalgam Illness.

Selenium is helpful, but it is not in any way a detox agent.

There are two things selenium does:

first, it binds very tightly to mercury and passivates it. Thus taking more
selenium reduces the level of "free" mercury that is bouncing around doing
damage.

second, there are some important enzymes in your body that require selenium.
Since mercury binds very tightly to selenium it interferes with these
enzymes. Taking more selenium lets your body make more of these enzymes.
Two of them are glutathione peroxidase and the enzyme which converts the
thyroid hormone T4 to the more active form T3.

Selenium is best taken in the selenomethionine form, and reasonable dosages
are 1-2 mcg per pound.

Andy Cutler