Mercury & Alzheimer’s, with comments from Linda & Dr. Gordon
By Linda on Mar 10, 2011 in Toxins | comments(0)
Linda’s comment: I’m on the FIGHT protocol to reduce my total body burden of pathogens and toxins….I had 14 amalgams removed and it will take me years to get the mercury out of my bone, but I am into this protocol 2 years….IT ROCKS…
Dr. Gordon’s Comment:
New research is showing mercury as one of the contributors to Alzheimer’s even in low dose exposure as from dental amalgam fillings. The research was published Nov 15 in the Alzheimer’s Disease Journal.
This is a quote: “Studies of low-dose human exposure, such as to dentists and their staff, show that exposure to mercury is significantly correlated with neurological or psychological harm, or both”
It will still take another decade or more before mainstream medicine will start to take detoxification of heavy metals serious. 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:
In 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.
The experimental research literature indicates that animal and cell models reproduce all the features of Alzheimer’s disease when mercury is given. For instance, one of the more widely known uses of mercury is in amalgam dental fillings, the most common type of fillings used by dentists. Studies of low-dose human exposure, such as to dentists and their staff, show that exposure to mercury is significantly correlated with neurological or psychological harm, or both.
