Mercury Article with Comments by Dr. Gordon
By Linda on Nov 18, 2010 in Toxins
It will still take another decade or more before mainstream medicine will start to take detoxification of heavy metals seriously but I hope you are getting your daily detox with something. I, of course, use ZeoGold, Beyond Fiber, Organic Greens and BioEn’R-G’y C and also I never go without the Essential Daily Defense, the chelating portion of the nine pills called Beyond Chelation Improved. I know what I have spent attending medical conferences around the world and at age 75 I cannot afford to lose any of the information I have acquired at great expense.
Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com
Excerpt:
Life Extension
Research Shows Mercury is a Likely Cause for Alzheimer’s Disease
Business Wire
11-15-10In an article to be published in the November 15th issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, researchers have found that mercury is likely to be one of the multiple causes of Alzheimer’s disease. Mercury is one of the most toxic natural substances. It poses a danger to humans and may lead to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. After a systematic review of existing experimental and clinical research literature, researchers associated with the Viadrina European University, the Samueli Institute (Virginia, USA), Northeastern University (Boston, MA, USA) and the University Hospital Freiburg found that the symptoms and features of Alzheimer’s disease were reproduced or accelerated when mercury was introduced.
Mercury binds tightly to selenium, a naturally occurring metal found in our diet that is important for good health. Proteins associated with selenium form a class of molecules that help prevent damage due to oxidative stress, which is the stress that occurs when metabolism takes place. Oxidative stress leads to cell death and thus aging. When mercury binds to selenium, this process may be accelerated, as are other degenerative processes in the brain.
