Category Archives: Mercury Poisoning

Feb 2017 Update

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The good news is that I’m still making good gains. The work on improving my gut is mostly done and the main ingredient was a type of anti-histamine alongside other herbal products. I would never imagine an anti-histamine helping but what this does in short, is reset the gut. This achieved what nothing else could. Not even weeks on raw diet and many other types of treatment over the years (like 10 years!). I was that weak and ill that I needed something powerful. Gut healing can also be done with an intense program involving probiotics, diet and other supplements but I was at a point where I really didn’t care what I took; as long as it worked.

There’s more to this story than just taking it and feeling better but I will leave that for another post or my eventual book.

Once the gut is working better then this turns everything around. Food and sleep start doing what they are supposed to be do and healing can finally begin.

Phase two is getting on top of chronic infections and taking  a load off of your immune system. These infections can also house heavy metals (heavy metals and unfriendly microbes go hand in hand) and other toxins so when they are killed these toxins can re-circulate in our bloodstream and make us feel shitty. Biofilms can be involved here. The strengthened gut, plus a clay and charcoal mix, improved liver function is there to process and ‘mop up’ these toxins. So without even taking chelating agents, these toxins will leave the body. If they don’t get excreted they will redistribute and cause even more trouble. I wish I could prove this by doing testing every few weeks but it’s just not feasible. I’m happy with just feeling better as time goes on; that’s what we all want.

So I’ve introduced some anti-microbial herbs like clove, wormwood, oregano, coconut oil, and others to start to decrease my immune load. I’ve started slowly as you do, and side effects are noticeable but aren’t too bad. This is something that cannot be rushed and will take a few months to get on top of them. I should be feeling improved after these bad bugs are deceased / dormant and then true chelation can start with the likes of EDTA, Cilantro, Lipoic Acid etc.

These should be tolerated by that stage. Cilantro and ALA hurt me badly back in the day so I will be very careful with these. Remember toxins are very easy to mobilize but more difficult to excrete.

Diet has been very important for me. I eat nothing that feeds these little critters – that means sugar, bread, pasta, sugary drinks. There is no point feeding them up and trying to kill them at the same time. So it’s back to the ketogenic / paleo foods which i happen to enjoy anyway. I have the odd ‘cheat meal’ or ‘cheat day’ but get back on the keto/paleo wagon without out too much trouble.

I hope this post has been informative and I will post again when I have more info

 

Stopping Chelation – Dr Cutler Protocol

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Shortly after a very positive post a month or so back i had a big setback; more like a crash, and I was quite surprised in it’s severity. It made me re-think  my strategy. I needed to do more.

I had switched to DMSA/ALA instead of my usual DMPS/ALA. I did two rounds of the new combo and then crashed. I was taking tiny doses – 6mg DMSA and 3mg ALA. I haven’t been able to increase these levels since I started chelation Cutler style way back in late 2014.

It just seems all too difficult and I feel like I’m missing something. And trying to do it nearly all myself is proving incredibly hard. I’m not being precise enough with what exactly I’m trying to detox and no-one is supervising me, mainly because I just haven’t been able to find someone. Another issue is that my judgement isn’t great, so decisions are usually not great. But we all have to keep trying so we can only do our best.

My ‘best’ was to continue looking around for someone to give me a better idea of exactly what I was trying to do. This blanket approach of just ‘doing chelation’ wasn’t working as well as a precise and individual protocol would.

From someone who contacted me via this website I tracked down a functional medicine doctor in Australia who having success treating chronic illnesses. I could tell by talking to him that he was very knowledgeable about these illnesses. After 90 minutes talking to him via Skype my gut feeling was that he could help or certainly give me an idea of what was causing my symptoms.

He is more of a health detective than anything else so he wanted me to do the following tests, based on the info I’d given him and what we discussed online.

Most of the tests below – a little overwhelming but I feel it will be worth it.

Health Tests

 

  • Hair Test – with Trace Elements, Texas. Best Hair Mineral Analysis I understand. Not ARL.
  • 24 hour Amino Acid test – see what nutrients and proteins are being absorbed correctly.
  • Liver Detox Profile – Liver function and ability to tolerate DMSA if used as chelating agent.
  • Neurotransmitter Profile – see what’s out of balance in my brain. eg Serotonin, Dopamine etc
  • Kryptopyrroles – possible Zinc and B6 deficiency
  • DMSA challenge test – with glycine and Biosil to maximise results. Send poo and urine to Microtrace Minerals in Germany. Should be fun.

I’m usually loathe to spend anymore money on testing because no one has ever been able to properly interpret them and treat me properly. Hopefully this time will be different. (I’ve said that a few times 🙂 I’m interested to see the results myself and perhaps they can be used if I went back and had a consultation with Dr Cutler or anyone else; if need be.

These tests are going to take a while to do so the doctor has given me an interim protocol to work on. This basic protocol will be revised as more tests come in.

  • To mobilise = R-Lipoic Acid (Cutler wouldn’t agree to this but who knows who is right)
  • To bind = Modified Citrus Pectin
  • To bind & help in general = Orthosilicic Acid (BioSil)
  • Other general supplements like Magnesium for support.

So this makes sense. Mobilise  – Bind – Excrete. Not sure what is being mobilised yet but the tests should give us an idea. Mercury, Lead, Aluminium, Thalium etc

I have to do the tests first and then start the above so I will keep this site updated with test results and progress.

Keep trying

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chelating Continues…

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Progress Update

I continue to prove that underlying toxicity is at the core of what has kept me chronically ill for many years. This is an issue where diets, exercise, meditation, medication, working, keeping busy, thinking positive, sauna therapy, various other treatments  and many many supplements etc DID NOT WORK for me and were never going to.

 

Some of these typical healing remedies have helped me to manage symptoms but they did little to remove the toxicity from from my brain, nervous system and organs. And that is key; that is one of the main causes or THE cause. I cannot prove what I’m currently doing does achieve this but it is so obvious after 15 years of trying things and then something starts to make a difference. I think the correct term is anecdotal evidence, but lets keep it simple, it just works! Bloody slow, but it works.

 

Among my supporting therapies I outline in my e-book, at the top of the list, and most vital, is chelation therapy. This is the method I have chosen to pull out toxins such as lead and mercury and who knows what else. Mobilising these toxins is easy and potentially dangerous, but getting them out of our bodies safely is the crucial part.

 

I use a combination of DMPS, DMSA and ALA (alpha lipoic acid) and continue to adjust doses as I improve and are able to handle larger doses. I might do some DMPS/ALA cycles or ’rounds’ as they are referred to, then switch to DPMS alone or even DMSA alone.

 

There is a protocol to follow (Andrew Cutler) but one thing I have learnt is everyone is different and those who rush just delay recovery. For instance, I still can only handle a tiny dose of DMPS (5mg) and ALA (3mg). I would like to be taking more but my body cannot tolerate it. It doesn’t matter because whatever dose anyone is on works for them. We have no choice.

 

Some take large doses (up to 100mg) ALA alone and this works for them because they’ve experimented. That’s the only way to do it. No professional knows what dose will suit you so you have start LOW AND SLOW because this stuff is powerful. Go by feel more than anything else.

 

I just completed round 42. I’ve being doing rounds (ideally 3 days on and 4 days off) for 18 months but initially I waited weeks between rounds because I was so sick and weak. Now they are easy.

 

I’ll just keep going until I’m back where I want to be health wise. If it’s 100 rounds, fine, 200, whatever. I have no other choice and they get easier as I get better so it’s actually very straight forward. It’s a relatively easy protocol.

 

Because it’s over such a long time frame, it’s hard to gauge improvements but i’ll list some here:

 

  • less joint and muscle pain
  • can tolerate more carbohydrates. I couldn’t touch carbs like bread for 7 years.
  • Sleep better, even feel refreshed some mornings instead of foggy fatigue
  • can complete tasks that require mental power – computer work, conversations etc
  • enjoy conversations with people, can now keep up and understand them
  • laugh at things I find funny instead of no reaction, and crack a few jokes
  • breathing is more consistent instead of gasping
  • way less internal and mental stress
  • way less irritated by those around me and less frustrated with everything
  • more patient and sympathetic
  • can tolerate more exercise although not able to jog consistently yet
  • not so worried about the future
  • balance and blood pressure improved – can get of bed quickly
  • make way better and quicker decisions
  • can say NO much easier, don’t care so much
  • heart beat more consistent and smooth – nervous system stronger
  • emotionally resilient
  • can have a heated (honest) conversation with someone without collapsing
  • sleep actually works now, I can recover more quickly
  • my core temperature has increased – nice and warm now and way more tolerant to cold
  • skin not so sensitive any more
  • horrendous fatigue has gone but more improvement needed – adrenals are happier
  • can read people better and understand what they mean
  • tolerate alcohol better – no more sweats and nausea after a sip of wine
  • better appetite – get quite piggy sometimes 😉
  • better sense of well being and general optimism

 

That’s all good but I have a long way to go. There are still a few symptoms I want to knock off:

 

  • Sensitive to light
  • socially sometimes I still come to halt and freeze when not feeling so well
  • foggy brain and feels like inflammation in middle ear
  • not as relaxed and calm as I would like to be
  • have to careful with over doing it physically and mentally

 

Some of these are caused by my habits and decision making. It’s best if I don’t spend any time watching TV or on the computer (like I am now). It feels like I need a complete mental break from these stimuli.

 

Because I’m used to being so ill, my natural reaction to someone asking me to do something triggers a small stress reaction. My body/mind is taking a long time to realise that I actually can now do these things but history has taught my body that if I do that then I will suffer. Recalibration is taking a long time.

 

This is improving and I find myself saying ‘no’ now because I genuinely do not want to do that activity or meet up. Some conversations are still a bit weird and I misunderstand things but I don’t beat myself up about it. And I’m sure there are lots of weird and uncomfortable moments when people are well. I just accept I get things wrong a bit, that’s the way it is for the time being. I go with the flow and enjoy hat I can because there’s no other choice.

 

I feel like I could be doing more to speed up recovery so I will be working on that from now while still chelating. I’ll keep chelating to a point where I can take a mega dose and nothing happens. If I still have symptoms then, I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it.

 

One issue for me taking ALA is that although it has improved my symptoms, I have also gained one or two. I understand that this because ALA crosses the blood brain barrier so the toxins can ‘slosh’ in and out through a metaphoric ‘doorway’. With the right dosing, most toxins get out but some stay or even get in before the door shuts.

 

This has caused me to have a couple of minor issues which should resolve. One is that my eye-brain communication gets confused sometimes. If I see a branch move outside, my brain tells me it looks like a cat or some animal moving. When I focus on it, I see that’s it’s a branch. This doesn’t bother me. The other is that my jaw seems stiff to open sometimes. No big deal but it’s noticeable.

 

It will be interesting to see when these symptoms disappear. I wouldn’t be too concerned if they never did, as long as I got my core health back. Would they cause me to stop chelation? , no – because the benefits are too great. I just being honest about treatment, it can be hard work, a real roller-coaster of emotions and you have to be patient.

 

Chelation hasn’t been the only fix for me; I’ve improved other aspects of my life of which I discuss in my e-book.

 

For anyone thinking that toxicity might be an issue then doing a therapeutic trial is simple and no tests are really necessary. Safe and inexpensive

 

 

Chelation Therapy Isn’t An Exact Science

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I’ve done 26 rounds of chelation following the Andrew Cutler protocol. This involves taking a chelating agent such as DMPS, DMSA and or ALA (Alpha Lipoic Acid) at regular doses. For nearly all 26 doses I’ve used DMPS at a relatively small dose of 2.5mg every 8 hours for 3 days then take 4 days or off before starting the next ’round’. That’s all I can handle.

Up until November 2015 this was going well; very slow progress but going pretty well. I cannot prove that my progress can be atributed to doing chelation therapy but i’m certain that it is. The fact that I cannot tolerate a higher dose than 2.5mg DMPS says to me that I have a rather severe heavy metal toxicity issue and I suspect my methylation system is not working well at all. There are other factors which I’m still learning about.

Chelation Therapy is really the only thing at this stage that has made positive gains for me but I still have much to learn about this fascinating but frustrating treatment. I feel I could be doing much better so I’m working on that. I’d like to be taking more and I’d like to be feeling better overall while I ‘chelate’.

However, I made a mistake by introducing 3mg ALA rounds 19-24 in late 2015. Now I realise that is has actually stirred the toxins up, particularly in my head as I have gained more neurological symptoms. Obviously the DMPS could not mop up the mercury that the ALA pulled out and it has been redistributed. ALA can pull toxins out of the brain, DMPS cannot. So I have to be very careful about adding ALA in the future as I understand it has to be to get the brain toxins out. A tiny 1mg dose is probably ideal and it’s common for people to take this amount. ALA is supposedly a true chelator that makes a strong bond with toxins and escorts them out of the body but it obviously ‘lets go’ of the odd toxic molecule which then wrecks some havoc on me.

The catch 22 is that Mercury disrupts the methylation cycle so that’s why it can take so long to remove it all. I view chelation therapy as doing a raid on the bad guys; get in, take what you need and get out before you cause any trouble or raise the alarm.

So the idea is to do a minimum 3 days round without causing too much trouble. These chelators can be tough on the body so supplements such as adrenal support, magnesium, zinc and vitamin C and E have to be taken while ‘in’ and ‘off’ round.

It is assumed that half to one percent of toxic metals are removed each round anyone does so you can see that 100 to 200 rounds may take some years. It’s a marathon but we also are feeling better as time goes on so it really is just a matter of time and being persistent and consistent. Knowing that mercury is the problem or a big part of the problem gives me some peace of mind as not knowing what is wrong is incredibly stressful and frustrating.

I’m learning more about the methylation cycle; there are great videos on YouTube from guys like Ben Lynch. Many things can done such as DNA tests and subsequent supplementation with the likes of B12, Methyl Folate, SAMe etc so I’m going down another rabbit hole here but not jumping into anything just yet.

For starters there are 4 types of B12 one can take so it’s not straight forward. But B12 is crucial for so many things so it’s something I want to make sure I’m getting enough of. I eat meat but if my absorption isn’t great then my cells might not be getting enough.

Dr Andy Cutler is not convinced that doing these DNA tests and spending huge amounts of time on methylation are necessary because with time and less heavy metals in our systems, methylation will correct itself, regardless of whether some of us have more ‘junk DNA’ than others.

Only time will tell. The experiment continues….  🙂

For more info:

Facebook – Andy Cutler Think Tank Private Group

www.noamalgam.com

Bye-Bye Beta Blockers

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Around 2008, I couldn’t find anyone decent in New Zealand to help me work on getting my high mercury levels down. I’d been told time and time again by all the ‘top’ doctors that my levels were normal. I’d had various tests that had come back with elevated levels but was steered away from it being an issue.  I was running out of ideas and desperate for a solution so ended up at a naturopath’s house whose supplements were all from Russia. She explained to me what they were which made sense to me and off I went. Great I thought, lets get rid of this mercury and things might improve. The supplements were basically strong drainage remedies such as milk thistle and some gall bladder drainage remedy.

What was to unfold was probably my worst mistake of all time. What I was given certainly mobilised mercury and whatever else, but the problem was excreting it. Toxins are very easy to mobilise but much more difficult to excrete. They just flow around and around your body causing all sorts of unnecessary harm. The catch 22 is that mercury disrupts our detoxification systems therefore making things exponentially worse. All our bodies can do is store these toxins as safely as possible. It’s when we pull these metals out but redistribute them into less safe places is when the trouble really starts.

As I started to feel worse I decided that taking more was the best thing to do. I can handle this. I understood that some pain and suffering meant something was happening; it was coming out. Wrong.

I was unleashing these toxins into my bloodstream and very little was actually leaving me. My pain and suffering threshold was pretty high so I kept on going think I would push through. Rational thinking went out the door and things started to go from bad to worse. I finally realised that stopping was the best thing to do but the damage had been done. I wasn’t able to sleep at this stage and my heart was racing like never before; no matter what I did it just wouldn’t calm down. I was getting scared at this point because I was in the middle of this hell trip and there was no end to it.

I couldn’t lie down or things would get worse so I was sitting in bed close to losing conciousness. Repeatedly, I would begin to blackout and then fall off the bed and put my head on the floor and just save myself. I thought I’d really done it this time, one self-treatment too many. No one was home at that stage and I really thought I would black out and die.

Mercury Abyss

Mercury Abyss

What I had done was put myself into a state of toxic shock which can lead to death. I had unwittingly mega-dosed myself with toxins and things weren’t looking good. I was so concerned that I scribbled out a note to my parents saying I’d really messed up this time and basically I’d died trying to get well. Sorry about that. And then I had to fall to the floor to save blacking out again in a sweaty, nauseous pile of underweight human.

When my parents saw me, they put me the car and we when to the emergency room. After explaining my experiment and getting some daggers thrown at me I was prescribed beta blockers. I must admit I did feel an idiot when I handed the doctor the container of pills but he couldn’t read the contents because they were in Russian. Ah, the joys of treating yourself when no one else can.

So, the beta blockers decreased my heart rate but I was pretty messed up. If I thought I was mentally in bad shape before, then I really was in zombie land now. I couldn’t complete any daily task without basically collapsing. My kidneys were sore for over a year, I lost more weight, and generally I was just existing. It was beyond miserable. I think 2 years just went by with me just trying to stay alive and there was no sign of pulling out of this one. I was 32 and just existing; I was alive but there was no life. The bouts of depression were horrendous but eventually I came to respect the power of them. I’d learned to look in from the outside, like part of me was looking down at myself thinking, ‘Wow John, you really f’d this up mate and you’re hurting like hell but don’t just die, hang in there, just hang in there as well as you can and keep trying”.

And that part of me was strong and would never give up no matter how much pain I was in or how bleak the future looked. I remember being impressed with the human ability to suffer continuously but also staying calm, even when things were this desperate.

So that’s my beta-blocker story and it’s great to not have to take them any more. I probably could have stopped them a year or so ago but the all I had to do was think back to those awful times and that would put me off doing it.

Proper detoxing doesn’t involve pain and suffering. If anything makes you feel worse, stop it immediately and reassess what you are trying to do. The fact that whatever you are taking makes you feel worse should give you some clues.

I’m happy with my program and it’s slowly working. In my book, I explain exactly what I did to turn things around and what I’m currently doing.

As reluctant as I am to go to the doctor these days and not being a fan of taking meds, I appreciated modern medicine at a time when I needed a solution.

Towards good health, John

Chelation Therapy – My rough start with DMSA

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It took me so long to try Oral Chelation Therapy which basically involves taking a powder that binds to heavy metals such as Mercury and excretes them via your kidneys and urine. Sounds easy doesn’t it?

I’d had some nasty side effects with Cilantro and Chlorella, even MSM, so I was very reluctant to try more products that had anything to do with stirring up toxins.

No-one in New Zealand could help me with Chelation. I wondered whether I was the only one in the country thinking I had some mercury poisoning and I wanted to get it out? Surely not. Had I gone that mental that I thought I needed this but I didn’t really? And how was I going to get some DMPS or DMSA into the country? (the link is below)

That’s why it took me so long; because it was all too hard and unknown. Years went by.

After reading Dr Andrew Cutler’s book Amalgam Illness I decided to try the lowest dose of 12.5mg of DMSA every 3 or 4 hours for 3 or 4 days straight. Then a break a of a week or so to allow my body to recover and push more toxins into my bloodstream for removal. The regular dosing keeps blood levels of the drug at levels which keep extracting metals without redistributing too much. These drugs either don’t get everything or cause minerals to imbalance, so there MAY be redistribution symptoms. It can be tough on your body in some way that it can cause a lot of fatigue. I won’t pretend to know exactly what goes in inside. Just do your homework on how much to take and what supplementation you need; vitamins like Vitamin C, E, Zinc and Magnesium The drug binds to metals in your blood and they get excreted. Then your body pushes more metals out from tissue into your blood for extraction and you do another cycle.

So, Day 1 went well with no problems. At the end of Day 2 I was starting to really get tired and was really dragging myself around. I was committed to finishing the cycle so hung in there until the end of day 3. In hindsight I should have stopped and started the following week on half that dose.

When i woke the next morning I literally could hardly move. Every muscle was so weak and sore I could not properly move until 3pm. I had completely seized up. I was really concerned and I thought i’d really wrecked myself once and for all. It happened again the next day, I could hardly move until the afternoon.

It took 3 or 4 days to slowly come right and within a week I think I was better than before I started, so that gave me some hope. I decided to continue with DMPS, not DMSA, which meant I could dose every 8 hours and get some sleep throughout the dosing. After my little setback, I decided to start on 5mg DMPS to be safe. This went much better although on Day 3 I was struggling to finish it because of fatigue. Recovery was much better but decided to do some rounds at 2.5mg just to be safe. That’s what I’m on now and hardly getting any side effects after my 10th ’round’ so will increase back up to 5mg soon and see how that goes. Slow and steady is the name of this game. I will add Alpha Lipoic Acid at a later date, as I understand this is a fat soluble chelator that cleans the brain.

Supplements are crucial while ‘on round’ and ‘off round’. I average 1 round a month which is very conservative and will delay recovery but I want to keep my mineral levels steady after working so hard to improve them with Nutritional Balancing (NB). Chelation is tough on the kidneys and body in general so I am very careful about this. My NB practitioner would prefer that I do not do these and believes chelation is unnecessary. He believes that the NB program will allow the body to push these toxins out at the right time and chelation forces them out which messes with body chemistry. This makes sense but I’m human and I think I know better so I might get taught another lesson here. We’ll see. More info on Chelation is at:

http://www.livingnetwork.co.za/chelationnetwork/chelation-the-andy-cutler-protocol/

https://www.livingsupplements.com/

Depending on how this all goes, I may switch to Dr Chris Shade’s (Quicksilver Scientific) protocol. I know little about it, DYOR, but it seems to be less harsh on the body and excretes through the bowels not kidneys so I’ll keep an eye on his work. Intestinal Metal Detox (IMD) is his main product . I understand MetalSweep is similar, it’s a silica based product. Dr Cutler doesn’t think they can work which doesn’t help knowing which way to go. Dr Shade’s website is:

https://www.quicksilverscientific.com/

Feb 2018 Update: Please read my latest blog posts to see what’s has been working for me. I believe that anyone has to have a reasonable level of health to tolerate Chelation therapy. I’m sure that once I get nutritionally balanced (not using Dr Wilson’s regime as it didn’t work for me or anyone else I know) and balance out my Thyroid (TSH 1 to 1.5) then Chelation may be very effective. I may not need it at all but will post any further attempts at Chelation. Also RIP Dr Andy Cutler; his heart was in the right place.

John

Magnetico Sleep Mat

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My Magnetico diary / review is at the bottom of this post.. (and also March 2017 update at bottom of post , I’m back on it!)

After researching magnetism and it’s potential health benefits I decided to try it out for myself. I’ve bought a lot of products over the years that haven’t worked so the decision to purchase this was well researched. The science behind it certainly made a lot of sense to me. I purchased a 10 Gauss core pad. If I have some success, perhaps I will upgrade to the 20 Gauss.

A simple explanation of how these work is that the earth’s current Gauss level is .5 or half a ‘Gauss’. So a 10 Gauss mat will increase the earth’s vital magnetism level by 20 times. The higher the level, the more optimally our billions of cells work. Cells are restored to optimal efficiently. Earth’s magnetism is slowly decreasing over time. Perhaps this one reason there are so many chronic health issues in today’s modern world.

magnetico review

 

These sleep pads are placed under the mattress, not on top.

They are not the same as many other magnetic type products that basically act as constant magnetic-acupuncture. Apparently this is not recommended because, long term, it stimulates the body in an unhealthy way. It would like having acupuncture all night, every night, and this is not how acupuncture was designed to be used. And there has to be a gap of at least 4 -5 inches between you and the magnets.

The inventor, Dr Dean Bonlie, has some very interesting videos online. Search for –  Dr Dean Bonlie Magnetico Beds for more in-depth information.

http://magneticosleep.com/

This is my journal:

23rd Nov 2014: I had been warned the first days and possibly weeks could be tough going and this has been proved right. My whole body feels like it is recovering from a workout at the gym. Some fatigue, weakness with a sort of numbness. Something is definitely is going on. It’s hard to describe but it’s almost like a full body buzz type feeling. Not a good buzz, but not a bad buzz. And I haven’t done any exercise or lifting so it must be the sleep pad. I wake up hardly being able to move but this clears as I get up and move around.

I’m very lethargic and don’t really want to do anything. I feel like lying down but I’m not sure whether I want to lie down on my bed and feel even more lethargic. My mood is good, it’s certainly not getting me down. I’m taking it day by day and doing very little else during the day. Certainly no exercise physical work, which I can’t do much of anyway.

I will consider using a heavy metal chelator, DMPS, to help clear any toxins released from the magnetic therapy. But certainly not at high doses as I have only tolerated a tiny dose of 5mg in the past.

DMPS can cause a lot of suffering all by itself so this isn’t something to play around with when you don’t know how powerful it is.

29th Nov 2014: I’m 11 days into this trial and today is the worst I’ve felt. My symptoms align with what I was told may happen, which was Weakness, Agitation, Fatigue and Tingling.

One thing is for sure – the Magnetico sleep pad is definitely causing this. It’s certainly doing something. It’s good news but also not so fun. I just want to lie down but I feel better if I keep moving slowly. I also do stretches and daily coffee enemas which help a lot. I don’t feel strong enough to go to my part time job which isn’t demanding at all. I can expect to feel like this for  2 -3 weeks so I hope to hang in there and manage. If I continue to worsen, I will take my 10 Gauss mat and put it under the bed which will decrease the strength.

30th Nov – Day 12: After yesterday, I decided to try doing a round of DMPS chelation to ease the detox effects. I think this worked because I woke up feeling better when I felt that I was progressively getting worse. I will continue to do the DMPS chelation ’round’ per Andy Cutler’s protocol. 5mg is all I can tolerate at the moment, so I take 5mg every 8 hours for 3 days.

Chelation isn’t something you just try without knowing exactly what you are doing because you can really hurt yourself. Search online for ‘andy cutler living network chelation’ where there is a lot more info. They sell DMSA, DMPS and ALA and are located in South Africa. DMPS also pulls out good minerals so those have to be replaced with supplements.

I feel that the worst is over with my new Magnetico but we will see what tomorrow brings. I’m happy with progress but there is a fair way to go before I can say it’s been a success.

6th Dec – Day 20: I can only assume that healing is taking place because I have to be very careful about how much I do each day; even more so than I used to. If I do anything physical, I feel the effects the following day. It feels like the healing process is requiring a lot of energy, and if I do anything else, I pay for it. So for the time being, I have to be patient.

16th Dec – (1 month) – Similar symptoms all month. Waking up very sore and stiff but clearing quickly. I’m flushing my kidneys with good spring water and doing coffee enemas most days. This helps. The flu-like symptoms are manageable but I’m looking forward to them decreasing in severity. I seem to have 2 or 3 rough days and then 1 good day which makes me feel like I’m dong the right thing. Mentally, I’m good.

26th Dec – I’m taking a break from the mat. It’s been nearly 6 weeks and I’ve decided to take a few days off to see how I feel. It’s been a tough 6 weeks and the heaviness and fatigue has got to me. I need to clear my head as much as possible and rethink my strategy with this powerful mat. Perhaps I will bounce back well – only time will tell. I haven’t given up on it, I just want to experiment without it. Maybe then I will replace it on the floor so it’s not so demanding. I’m getting very little done and always seem liverish / grumpy. I just need a break.

12 January 2015 – I’m still not using the mat because I believe it will just make me feel worse. So for the moment, I have no plans to put in back on my bed. I am wondering how after 6 weeks it could have made made worse. What didn’t help was that I continued to do things I probably shouldn’t have.

When my body was saying ‘rest’, I had a part time job to go to and there were summer activities like going boating that I probably should have said ‘no’ to. This has been the hardest thing to manage. Do I go boating and enjoy myself, but suffer for it, or do I sit and home and just wait for the fatigue to go. There is only so much sitting at home I can do before I get frustrated, so I find managing it all very difficult.

Perhaps the mat detoxed some toxins but I wasn’t strong enough to excrete it. Or perhaps I overdid things when I should have been resting more. I really don’t know. Hopefully I will regain some energy and decide to use the mat again. Without knowing what exactly is happening when sleeping on the mat, making a decision about what to do next is hard.

I don’t regret trying it but I’m far from convinced that it can help me. I would suggest to anyone to really think about how it could help before buying. And be prepared to give it months before seeing results. It’s very tempting to commit to something that claims it can do certain things. I believe in this mat and what it can do but for me, I need a lot more time with it.

March 2017 Update

Yes, I’m pleased to say I’ve been using the mat without any side effects for many weeks now and I’m feeling confident about continuing to use it.

It’s hard to believe I first attempted using it 2 years ago and I was so weak it actually was too powerful for me. In hindsight I should have put it on the floor and persisted.

After some intense gut healing work, I now feel much stronger and over the hump that I just couldn’t get over for 10 years at least. I’ve been enjoying this improvement for nearly 2 months so see no reason why I should go backwards. The thought of going back to how i was last year after doing over 40 rounds of chelation with DMPS and DMSA is awful. These chemical agents work well in most cases but can be too tough on some sensitive / severe cases such as mine.

I will no doubt be able to handle them sooner than later but will not be touching them anytime soon. I’m happy with some EDTA and clay/charcoal mix to soak up the toxins while i sleep. I continue to improve and will report back her in another couple of months. The Magnetico mat still makes sense to me and I hope it’s doing it’s job for me.

Perhaps if I’d been taking a binder 2 years ago I may have been able to tolerate it. I think it stirred things up and my body just could not process it at the time. I can’t say yet whether i think it’s essential to a proper long term detox program but time will tell. Hard to prove but hopefully I get a gut feeling on how much of a role it played. Like a lot of these detox health products, it’s trial and error.

 

Mercury Poisoning

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The only clear thing about Mercury is that it’s a chronic problem most people don’t even know about. There is no way to accurately test your body burden of mercury. I only found out that mercury was a problem for me when I ate a lot of cilantro/coriander and eventually found out that cilantro is an excellent mobiliser of heavy metals. So it stirs things up but cannot excrete so well, therefore you feel bloody awful.

That little experiment was the start of many years trying to get rid of the mercury in me. The catch 22 is that mercury decreases your ability to properly excrete it, so once you reach this threshold, mercury just exponentially starts piling up inside. The other strange phenomenon is that it can affect one person and not touch another. And to add more confusion, the amount of different symptoms it can cause, is different for everyone.

Obviously, the first step is to remove the source, which for most people is dental amalgams. They need to be taken out by a dentist who is aware of mercury poisoning and uses all the correct gear.

The next step is getting rid of what is left inside you, and this is where you can make yourself a LOT worse. Our bodies store mercury in the safest locations possible, just waiting for an opportunity to start naturally detoxing, but it usually never gets the chance, especially if there is a constant stream coming in from amalgams.

So when you find out that a product like Cilantro ‘detox’s’ mercury, you decide that the more you take the more will come out. NO, the more you take the more mercury gets pulled out from safe places and deposited in not so safe place, potentially making you feel utterly horrendous and perhaps doing long term damage, delaying your recovery. Do not do anything until you understand the topic very well. It would be better to do nothing for weeks or months than dive into whatever supplements promises ‘heavy metal detox’

While natural products like Cilantro and Chlorella are used for detoxing, there just hasn;t been enough study and research to know exactly what each individual might need, and that’s why people take the ‘do it yourself’ approach.

Chelation therapy with DMSA and DMPS are becoming more common but still,  most people decide their own doses. Tiny doses are the key here. Slow going is the only way.

Examples might be:

DMSA: 10mg (even 5mg) Taken every 3 to 4 hours for 3 days, then rest for 3-7 days.

DMPS: 5mg, every 6-10 hours for 3 to 7 days, then rest for same time.

Supplements are also recommended. This protocol is based on Andy Cutler’s approach. The regular doses are designed to keep the drugs at certain levels so that they don’t spike down before spiking up again. These chemical don’t remove everything they mobilise so there will always be some mercury flowing around your system. These stops and starts have to be kept to a minimum to avoid redistribution.

First things first – Remove your amalgams safely and get a hair test to see what exactly is going on with your metabolism and see what your heavy metals levels are. Don’t even think about taking any ‘products’ yet. Some practitioners believe that if we follow the correct program, chelation therapy (natural or synthetic) is not required. Diet, correct sauna therapy, supplementation and a few other therapies will allow your body to excrete these metals naturally.

 

Parasite Cleanse with Herbs and Zapper

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Parasite overgrowth such as these Ropeworms (photo below) are something you can do without. I finally killed all these critters after balancing my mineral levels by the way of hair testing, supplements and diet. Most importantly I detoxed heavy metals like mercury and lead. This has to be done right and it took me years to clear. I’m unsure how these toxin levels got so high but they were the reason behind so many issues.

I spent years trying to kill parasites and and do all these minor fixes but they only returned because I had an underlying toxicity issue. These toxins disrupt so many bodily functions it can be a futile fight trying to deal with all the effects of chronic poisoning. Even if you haven’t had amalgams, please suspect chronic toxicity if you have ongoing health issues.

Ropeworms

These zappers can be good maintenance while you get well and stay well. I had come across Dr Hulda Clark’s Zapper many times over the years and decided it was worth a go. As a trial, I made my own simple zapper with instructions from www.positiveoffset.com The instructions cost $10, but they also sell a professional model below. I am in no way connected to this business, I only researched them.

Hulda Clark Zapper

CLICK HERE for the professionally made Hulda Clark Zapper.

As good as these gadgets and the tonic below are, I’ve learnt that to really get on top of why the unwanted parasites are there in the first place is because of lifestyle, diet and toxic burden. If the environment doesn’t change then they will just keep returning. Maintenance programs are great but this website and my book is about keeping yourself in balance so these bugs don’t get out of control. Parasite populations shouldn’t get out of hand if some basic principles are followed. Heavy metals like mercury must be removed from your body. This takes time but the rewards are huge.

As you can see, it’s fiddly work.

Build A Zapper

My two pronged attack on parasites includes Dr Malcolm Harker’s Intestinal Cleanser or otherwise known as Vermez. It contains Wormwood, Green Walnut and a few other natural bug killers. There are many similar products available around the world. So here is my kit below. I hold the copper handles which connect to the device, which is powered by a 9V battery.

Parasite Kit

The routine is 7 minutes on, 20 min break, another 7 mins on, 20 min break, and then a final 7 minute session. The small electrical pulsing is designed to kill bacteria, protozoa and other small parasites. You don’t feel any zapping. I think I would have more faith in the pro model, than mine, but it should be fine. Moral of the story – go the commercial model or buy the ready to make kit from PositiveOffset.

Dr Hulda Clark wrote a few books while she was alive and most of them can be found online for free in PDF format. The Cure for all Diseases is one of them and it’s a good read if you are into natural health therapies.

Excess copper and mercury can also be an issue for overgrowth of ‘bugs’. Hair tests are a good way to see what’s going on. They are more expensive than blood tests but way more informative. The blood will always do it’s best to stay ‘perfect’, it’s what happening in your tissues and cells that’s important.

Get the metals out and so many other issues resolve.

Best Health – John