Metal-free

[Spring]

We had a visit to our DAN doctor yesterday. We're told that metal-free becomes part of DAN protocol for removing heavy metals. Has anyone had the experience with it? Per my DAN doctor, metal-free is a natural chelating agent. It can remove several metals at the same time and dump them into bowl. Therefore, during the treatment, bowl heavy metal level will be monitored.

 

Here is the link to the metal-free:

http://www.metalfree.com/

[quan_daniel]

I have not look at metal-free but just to throw another one around..for natural detox

 

http://www.mercola.com/chlorella/dosing.htm

 

The chlorella I highly recommended that is known worldwide for its high quality and absolute purity is Biotics, discussed in more detail at www.Mercola.com/forms/chlorella.htm.

 

How Much Should You Take Per Day?

 

Three grams per day is a good maintenance dosage of Chlorella for a person to take. With this amount, you will not notice significant changes, however, your body will get many of the nutrients it must have to function properly such amino acids (protein), vital minerals, vitamins, carbohydrates and enzymes.

 

However, a person taking 5-7 grams per day is quite common and at this level you will notice significant changes in digestion, energy and overall health.

 

If you choose to take about 3 grams per day, each capsule in the 180 capsule container of the brand I highly recommend contains 450 mg, so that means you should take between 6-7 capsules per day.

 

What Results Should You Expect When You Begin Taking Chlorella?

 

The first thing is better digestion, especially if you have bad breath or constipation. Both these are readily handled by taking small doses of Chlorella. However, many of the benefits of Chlorella are subtle and not easily determined by how a person feels.

 

For instance, Chlorella has been demonstrated to remove heavy metals and other synthetics from the body by actually binding with them so they may be pulled from the bloodstream. However, this result can only be measured if the level of heavy metals in the bloodstream are known before and after a person starts taking chlorella.

 

It takes approximately 3-6 months once starting chloreela for heavy metals to begin to be removed from the blood depending on the amount of chlorella taken. If it has been determined that a person does have heavy metals in their body, they should begin by taking 15-20 grams per day depending on the level of heavy metals that are present.

 

What Time Of Day Or Night Should You Take It?

 

Chlorella can be taken at any time of the day. It can be taken all at once or it can be taken in small dosages throughout the day, which is preferable. Morning is also a good time to take chlorella, but never just before or after drinking coffee or soft drinks since caffeine is extremely detrimental to the digestive process. (We generally advise people to avoid caffeine anyway).

 

Chlorella causes the bacteria in our stomachs, the Lactobacilli, to multiply at 4 times the rate of normal. This is why it is best to take with meals as chlorella helps provide very good digestion and more importantly, better assimilation of nutrients.

 

Can Everyone Tolerate Chlorella?

 

Because of the fiber content in chlorella's cell wall and other nutritional factors, when some people begin to take chlorella for the first time they may go through cleansing reactions, sometimes referred to as a "healing crisis". This cleansing reaction comes in the form of intestinal activity such as gas, cramping, constipation or diarrhea.

 

This same type of cleansing reaction frequently occurs when people switch from a low-fiber, "junk-food" diet to a high fiber, natural food diet.

 

For this reason, some individuals may wish to start out with less than the suggested amount and gradually increase up to the recommended dose in 1-2 weeks. Very sensitive individuals may want to start with as little as a single capsule per day.

 

If you have not been eating many fresh raw vegetables in your diet, it is probably a good idea to start out with a single capsule with each meal and increase by a capsule every 2-3 days.

 

Rarely cleansing reactions will go on for up to 3 months where one can not increase the dose beyond a capsule per day.

 

As long as you are not showing an allergic reaction (such as hives) or throwing up, you can safely continue the chlorella. In a couple of months, the reaction should decrease. And as it decreases, you can increase the dose.

 

Can You Take Too Much Chlorella?

 

It is best to think of chlorella as a food because that is exactly what it is: one of the purest, most potent foods on earth. A person can not take too much chlorella because it is naturally detoxifying. Therefore, the fear of chlorella accumulating and becoming toxic to the body is not present.

 

However, there is a "comfort level" with every person where he or she knows how much Chlorella to take per day. In general, that level will be about 5-8 grams per day.

 

A person taking 15-20 grams of chlorella per day is not at all unheard of if someone is trying to combat a disease with the amazing medicinal properties of chlorella. It is a whole food, not a concentrate or extract, therefore you can NOT take too much of it because of its detoxifying abilities.

 

Are There Conditions Where You Should Take Larger Doses of Chlorella?

 

Many people with chronic viral conditions, such as Epstein-Barr virus or Herpes virus have shown significant improvements in their condition with larger amounts of chlorella. Frequently, these individuals will need 10 to 15 grams per day (two to three teaspoons).

 

Should a person keep taking vitamins once they start taking Chlorella?

 

It would not hurt to keep taking multivitamins with chlorella, but, in my opinion multivitamins are not needed. Chlorella and a proper diet contain a wide array of vital vitamins, minerals and nutrients and are also much more economical than most vitamins.

 

Can Chlorella Be Used Topically?

 

Yes. Chlorella can be powdered and mixed with water into a paste and applied over a cut, scrap, rash or serious wound to help effectively heal it. It is the Chlorella Growth Factor in the chlorella that makes it such an effective healer of human tissue. After consuming chlorella for approximately one year (at levels of 5-7 grams per day), a person will notice significant healing improvement of cuts, scraps, and wounds without the need to apply it topically.

 

Can Chlorella Be Given To Children?

 

Absolutely. In fact, chlorella has been shown to promote rapid growth in children, as well as build in them superior immune systems. In studies with identical twins, the one given the chlorella grew much faster, much healthier and had much fewer instances of colds, flu, etc. than the twin who was not given chlorella. Children can take one-half to one-fourth the adult dose described above.

[Andy]

I have not look at metal-free but just to throw another one around..for natural detox

 

http://www.mercola.com/chlorella/dosing.htm

 

The chlorella I highly recommended that is known worldwide for its high quality and absolute purity is Biotics, discussed in more detail at www.Mercola.com/forms/chlorella.htm.

 

How Much Should You Take Per Day?

 

Three grams per day is a good maintenance dosage of Chlorella for a person to take. With this amount, you will not notice significant changes, however, your body will get many of the nutrients it must have to function properly such amino acids (protein), vital minerals, vitamins, carbohydrates and enzymes.

 

However, a person taking 5-7 grams per day is quite common and at this level you will notice significant changes in digestion, energy and overall health.

 

If you choose to take about 3 grams per day, each capsule in the 180 capsule container of the brand I highly recommend contains 450 mg, so that means you should take between 6-7 capsules per day.

 

What Results Should You Expect When You Begin Taking Chlorella?

 

The first thing is better digestion, especially if you have bad breath or constipation. Both these are readily handled by taking small doses of Chlorella. However, many of the benefits of Chlorella are subtle and not easily determined by how a person feels.

 

For instance, Chlorella has been demonstrated to remove heavy metals and other synthetics from the body by actually binding with them so they may be pulled from the bloodstream. However, this result can only be measured if the level of heavy metals in the bloodstream are known before and after a person starts taking chlorella.

 

It takes approximately 3-6 months once starting chloreela for heavy metals to begin to be removed from the blood depending on the amount of chlorella taken. If it has been determined that a person does have heavy metals in their body, they should begin by taking 15-20 grams per day depending on the level of heavy metals that are present.

 

What Time Of Day Or Night Should You Take It?

 

Chlorella can be taken at any time of the day. It can be taken all at once or it can be taken in small dosages throughout the day, which is preferable. Morning is also a good time to take chlorella, but never just before or after drinking coffee or soft drinks since caffeine is extremely detrimental to the digestive process. (We generally advise people to avoid caffeine anyway).

 

Chlorella causes the bacteria in our stomachs, the Lactobacilli, to multiply at 4 times the rate of normal. This is why it is best to take with meals as chlorella helps provide very good digestion and more importantly, better assimilation of nutrients.

 

Can Everyone Tolerate Chlorella?

 

Because of the fiber content in chlorella's cell wall and other nutritional factors, when some people begin to take chlorella for the first time they may go through cleansing reactions, sometimes referred to as a "healing crisis". This cleansing reaction comes in the form of intestinal activity such as gas, cramping, constipation or diarrhea.

 

This same type of cleansing reaction frequently occurs when people switch from a low-fiber, "junk-food" diet to a high fiber, natural food diet.

 

For this reason, some individuals may wish to start out with less than the suggested amount and gradually increase up to the recommended dose in 1-2 weeks. Very sensitive individuals may want to start with as little as a single capsule per day.

 

If you have not been eating many fresh raw vegetables in your diet, it is probably a good idea to start out with a single capsule with each meal and increase by a capsule every 2-3 days.

 

Rarely cleansing reactions will go on for up to 3 months where one can not increase the dose beyond a capsule per day.

 

As long as you are not showing an allergic reaction (such as hives) or throwing up, you can safely continue the chlorella. In a couple of months, the reaction should decrease. And as it decreases, you can increase the dose.

 

Can You Take Too Much Chlorella?

 

It is best to think of chlorella as a food because that is exactly what it is: one of the purest, most potent foods on earth. A person can not take too much chlorella because it is naturally detoxifying. Therefore, the fear of chlorella accumulating and becoming toxic to the body is not present.

 

However, there is a "comfort level" with every person where he or she knows how much Chlorella to take per day. In general, that level will be about 5-8 grams per day.

 

A person taking 15-20 grams of chlorella per day is not at all unheard of if someone is trying to combat a disease with the amazing medicinal properties of chlorella. It is a whole food, not a concentrate or extract, therefore you can NOT take too much of it because of its detoxifying abilities.

 

Are There Conditions Where You Should Take Larger Doses of Chlorella?

 

Many people with chronic viral conditions, such as Epstein-Barr virus or Herpes virus have shown significant improvements in their condition with larger amounts of chlorella. Frequently, these individuals will need 10 to 15 grams per day (two to three teaspoons).

 

Should a person keep taking vitamins once they start taking Chlorella?

 

It would not hurt to keep taking multivitamins with chlorella, but, in my opinion multivitamins are not needed. Chlorella and a proper diet contain a wide array of vital vitamins, minerals and nutrients and are also much more economical than most vitamins.

 

Can Chlorella Be Used Topically?

 

Yes. Chlorella can be powdered and mixed with water into a paste and applied over a cut, scrap, rash or serious wound to help effectively heal it. It is the Chlorella Growth Factor in the chlorella that makes it such an effective healer of human tissue. After consuming chlorella for approximately one year (at levels of 5-7 grams per day), a person will notice significant healing improvement of cuts, scraps, and wounds without the need to apply it topically.

 

Can Chlorella Be Given To Children?

 

Absolutely. In fact, chlorella has been shown to promote rapid growth in children, as well as build in them superior immune systems. In studies with identical twins, the one given the chlorella grew much faster, much healthier and had much fewer instances of colds, flu, etc. than the twin who was not given chlorella. Children can take one-half to one-fourth the adult dose described above.

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Be careful with the chlorella, alot of brands have been contaminated with mercury and other heavy metals as well as ferterlizers and pesticides. NDF claims on their website that they are constantly checking their source of chlorella and have found that most sources out their are polluted.

[Andy]

Spring, I will ask the DAN doctor that my son is seeing at our next conference at the begining of next month. He is a well known speaker at DAN conferences and is one of the people who helped write the Feb paper. The Feb paper did not mentioned the product but perhaps this came up at the Boston conference.

[Spring]

Andy,

 

Thanks! It'll be very helpful. When I checked the metal-free website, it sounds a good one to use. Especially it'll dump metals into bowl, so it won't overload kidney function.

 

Spring

[Andy]

Hey if my DAN doctor is on board with it, I'll be racing you to the e-web store to buy it!

 

and if he doesn't like it, I will still look into it more.

[Andy]

Hi Spring. Kim posted a converstation from Dr. Usman and a portion of the posting was listed as the following:

 

"Q: WElcome Dr. Usman and thank you for sharing your time with us. My questions is if there a natural chelator THat i can also use on my NT kids who have attention and hyperness problems my youngest who is ASD is under the care of Dr. Neubrander and We are in the process of doing the toxins test. Yet i was intrested in a natural chelator for my other two kids.

 

 

 

A: NAC, ALA, MB-12 etc are natural to the body and can boost the body to clear metals more effectively. There are also natural herbal agents that bind – cilantro, parsley, chlorella, spirulina. Some of the natural agents though are not produced under strict enough conditions, and could be contaminated themselves. She uses Metalfree, PCA-rx, NDF, and is happy with the standards on those."

 

 

I will be seeing our DAN doctor this Friday for a meeting and son's IV treatment and inquire about Metal Free and ask for an update in regards to NDF.

[Spring]

Hi Andy,

 

Thanks for the information!

I just realized that I had a typo in my earlier post, and I made the correction. It should be:

"metal-free will dump metals into bowl, so it WON'T overload kidney function" per our DAN.

[Andy]

Hi Andy,

 

Thanks for the information!

I just realized that I had a typo in my earlier post, and I made the correction. It should be:

"metal-free will dump metals into bowl, so it WON'T overload kidney function" per our DAN.

 

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Jean If I heard My DAN doctor correctly, he feels that Metal-Free is to expensive and has doubts about NDF. However, there is a buzz about NDF on all the websites that is hard to ignore. Please keep me up to date with which one you do use, if you do use any, and let me know the results. Andy.

[Spring]

Hi Andy,

 

Thanks. Based on my son's FIA 5000 test results, he has many nutrition deficiencies. The DAN doctor wanted to correct the deficiencies before starting the chelating. My son has been supplement for his deficiencies for 4 months. The whole process is very slow for he has reactions to supplements especially to amino acids and glutathione. Currently, his symptoms are very mild. I definitely will keep you updated if we decide to go for chelating.

 

Thanks!