Mercury! Fish

So ive had a hair test analysis and my mercury is absolutely through the roof, all other heavy metals are low or none.

Now ive been told all my fillings are composite so i im assuming all this mercury can only be from fish, and sea food, is there any other way mercury can get into the body?

and does seafood really have that much mercury init to poison you?

Should i just stop eating seafood all together? until i have another hair analysis in the future after i detox/chelate my body

Please read this link very carefully. I get the idea that more than eating seafood is involved in a heavy load result from a hair test. It's only the start. articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/01/06/dr-shade-on-mercury-exposure.aspx

So the article says the three most common ways to get it:

inorganic mercury from dental amalgams and vaccines
organic mercury from fish consumption.


Inorganic is worse (according to mercola)

Don't forget that while fish sourced mercury is the type to show up most in your hair, the fish get it as a by product of coal plant production.

Do you live near a coal plant, or downwind?

It's in forms of paint too, I read in there.

I would cut my sea food down to nothing while you're detoxing the mercury out, which the article says can take a full year. Also read in the article the hair test isn't accurate, and it suggests a blood test for it.

Another thing that's always said, older fish (which usually translate the larger ones) have absorbed more mercury than younger ones.

The article also says our body is supposed to take care of eliminating mercury toxins, but we know our detoxification system isn't working up to par with these tick diseases. The article said that if this wasn't the case we'd all be dead by now from toxic metal poisoning. He has very good suggestions for help, and again, a one time chelation might not be enough.

...and do you live in an old house with the older paints? (I'm thinking it must be at least 30 years since they've removed it)

Found this article - explaining the food chain - and how it ends up in the fish.

"But about halfof all mercury released into the atmosphere today comes from the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas, with contributions from waste incineration, mining and other industrial activities. This mercury pollution falls directly into the ocean and other water bodies or onto land, where it can be washed into waterways. In this form, mercury poses little danger because living things can get rid of it quickly. But bacteria convert mercury as it’s carried down from the ocean surface, turning it into a highly-toxic form called methylmercury.

The food chain takes it from there, as methylmercury is absorbed by phytoplankton, which are gobbled up by zooplankton, which are then feasted upon by small fish and onwards and upwards as the amount of the toxin grows in ever-accumulating quantities. The largest predatory fish in the sea, like sharks and swordfish, can have mercury concentrations in their muscles – the meat of the fish – that are 10 million times higher than those of their surrounding habitat."

www.gracelinks.org/blog/584/so-where-does-all-that-mercury-in-fish-come-from

No, ours didn't...Our house was built in 1991. No mercury in paints then...

I don't know if it works entirely to cover it with more pain.

But, as you said you've been eating a ton of fish...so I think stopping that will help reduce your levels (coupled with detox)

Psilociraptor said...

Girlie said...

And...isn't it the bottom feeding fish we shouldn't eat?

Just the opposite. Toxins tend to accumulate up the food chain. Think about all the little poisoned fish. Now think about the big fish that ate all those little poisoned fish.

I read somewhere that selenium content of fish combats mercury but i don't know the details

The little fish eat the poisoned plankton...and then I thought the bigger bottom feeders ate those little fish?
No?
I don't eat fish...so I don't really know my fish...lol.