Chris Shade, Ph.D., on “The Three Pillars of Heavy Metal Detoxification”
Chris Shade, Ph.D., discussed safe detoxification of mercury in an interview with Dr. Joseph Mercola.
Dr. Mercola wrote a summary article on the topic, based on the interview.
From the article:
Intestinal Metal Detox (IMD) is a powerful mercury and heavy metal chelator, hundreds of times more potent than chlorella. It helps take the pressure off your kidneys by restoring the natural dominant detox pathway — from your liver to your GI tract and out through fecal excretion. So the first part of the detox involves clearing the metal out of your GI tract with specific metal binders.
The primary endotoxin binder is charcoal, and clay binds to aflatoxin. Ideally, you’ll want to use a combination of IMD/chlorella, charcoal, and clay to cover all the bases. Quicksilver Scientific is the sole source for IMD. Chlorella, charcoal and clay can be found in most health food stores and grocery stores.
“I like a cocktail of GI binders, including a metal-specific one like IMD or chlorella, charcoal (which gets almost all the mycotoxins, except for aflatoxin), and clay (which gets aflatoxin but not the other mycotoxins). Then you’ve got the pesticides and herbicides. In that mix of different binders, you’re going to be able to get almost all of them. It’s really important in a detox to have a good cocktail of GI binders,” Shade said.
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