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Originally Posted by Chemar
Respectfully, It was my highly respected PHYSICIANS who cautioned me not to use ALA
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Respectfully, nothing I said was directed personally. First, I was responding in general -- not to your OP in particular. Second, you didn't mention that in your OP.
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I was told it is a potent mercury chelator and yes, therefore can remove mercury, but because I had high mercury levels (tested) he advised I use chlorella instead because the ALA can cross the BBB and so in doing it's job of chelating mercury, could actually aid in carrying more in.
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Were you told that was fact or theory, because I just had the same discussion with my dentist and doctor about 2 weeks ago because of the various supplements & meds I'm on, and they both said that was a theory, but that there were no studies supporting it.
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I decided to follow *their professional advice*.
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What can I say? I'm a child of the sixties; I was
taught by loving, educated, saavy parents, teachers, and mentors to question everything -- especially "authority". My doctors have never had a problem with that (the ones I've kept, anyway -- in fact, they've commended it, especially when it comes to things gleaned from the internet).
They and I know they've been mistaken before (I've learned from experience and reading others' posts here on NT that medical professionals can be in error and/or disagree on various things), and I wanted to get to the bottom of it myself. So in answering Stacy, I spent about 3-1/2 hours online trying to track down the science, and the links I provided were the best I could find. There may be more -- I don't know. They were the best
I could find. Most of what I saw was as I stated. Take a look.
alpha lipoic acid mercury fillings
Of the 10 hits on the first page, 9 link to other discussion forums and blogs, and the tenth links here. Obviously I went much farther than that, but for the most part, results reflected what is IMO, unsupported fear mongering, often going around in circles. That's one reason a lot of doctors don't like and/or won't except information garnered online. Every medical professional I've ever known has said as much, and I understand their point.
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health professionals....have been trained to value the concrete and precise and to dismiss the intangible.
The Chronic Pain Solution: Your Personal Path to Pain Relief By James N. Dillard M.D., Leigh Ann Hirschman
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Sorry if our sources conflict. That happens sometimes, and as you say....
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Last I checked, NeuroTalk was a place where everyone was free to express their opinion, and especially their personal experience.
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I agree, and that's what I did -- express my opinion based on my online search. I reported what I found, and acknowledged the sites that bothered to put things into perspective by specifying the amounts of ALA they were talking about (the concensus of what I found was less than 200 mg/day of
RLA is ok; more than that isn't.)
I stand by my statement to consider sources.
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Originally Posted by mrsD
Some lay sites are not reliable and paraphrase others
Sometimes incorrectly.
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Thank you, that's exactly what I meant. As always, it includes me, and I have said as much many times. IMO, respected sources & studies outweigh unsupported claims and heresay.
Respectfully,
Doc