Dr.
Chris Shade - Quantifying Your
Mercury Burden and Detoxification
The Quantified
Body Episode 13: https://thequantifiedbody.net/quantifying-your-mercury-burden-dr-chris-shade/
This episode includes discussion on:
- How mercury acts as a toxin by competing for sulfhydro groups, displacing elements such as zinc in enzymatic reactions (4:28).
- Mercury causes problems in the circulatory system, kidneys and brain (5:30).
- How mercury affects your sympathetic nervous system, stimulating your fight-or-flight response (5:59).
- Mercury’s toxic effects on future generations through heritable epigenetic changes to
DNA that act to diminish the glutathione system (7:52).
- An accumulation of metals in the
GI tract disrupts the movement of toxins from the liver into the small intestines (18:13).
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Intestinal binders such as clays and activated charcoal absorb toxins from your GI tract. Chlorella is an intestinal binder that is specific for metals (19:06).
- Bitters normalize detoxification (20:30).
- Discussion of sources of the mercury in our bodies- fish, amalgams and vaccines (30:10).
- Mercury in amalgams is not inert, but volatizes in your mouth every day (32:30).
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Master switch
Nrf2 induces chemoprotective activity, releasing numerous antioxidant and anti-inflammatory genes and enzymes (35:09).
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Phenomenal clinical response from intraoral liposomal delivery of glutathione-which is required for
TH1 response of immune system (37:36).
- Using molybdenum to enhance the effects of glutathione (40:58).
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Problems with using the challenge test in determining mercury levels in your body (47:27).
- Sources and relevance of different forms of mercury – inorganic and methylmercury (48:37).
- A look at the symptoms of mercury toxicity- effects on the GI tract, joints, neurological system (anxiety and depression), glandular system (thyroid), pituitary system. Also, mercury causes fatigue (59:22).
- How the brain and other organs accumulate mercury (1:
03:58).
- Large ocean-going fish and the risk of mercury toxicity(1:06:07) .
- The importance of proper dentistry and amalgam removal (1:08:53).
- Use of glutathione in binding mercury in the GI tract (1:12:02).
- The causes of chronic damage from mercury and reversing it with glutathione (1:15:42).
- Enhancing the production of the chemoprotective gene glutathione-s-transferase though R-Lipoic acid and polyphenolic antioxidants. Discussion of the natural sources of these substances (1:18:23).
- Reversing epigenetic hyper methylation of genes, removing block caused by mold (1:33:07).
- Hormetic effect of polyphenols (1:33:55).
- Variation in length of time for mercury detox (1:38:58).
- Dr. Shade’s personal regimen for mercury detox and data metrics he uses to track his own progress (1:49:20).
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Healing of cavitations and rot left by wisdom tooth extractions using nanoparticles of
DIM (1:53:04).
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- published: 13 Aug 2015
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