Changes in environmental mercury levels have been dramatic in recent decades; industrial exposure to mercury is significant and mostly comes from coal burning and chlor-alkali plants. The more mercury we are exposed to, the more we are likely we are to be toxic. The main ways that humans are exposed to mercury are from contaminated fish and dental amalgams or silver fillings. And while some of us are very good at detoxifying mercury and other toxins, some people have genetic variations (called polymorphisms) that make them more prone to metal toxicity. Mercury can affect nearly all your organs, especially the brain, heart, kidneys, and gut, and many chronic diseases may be caused or worsened by mercury, including neurologic disease, ADHD, autism, heart disease, autoimmune diseases, and more.
In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss how they test for, diagnose, and treat mercury toxicity. Dr. Hyman also shares his own personal experience recovering from mercury poisoning.
Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices functional medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well.
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A fascinating conversation about mercury. Dr Human could you please do a podcast on mycotoxins from mould exposure? It would be great to hear how one would go about detoxing these, especially when they have Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS).
If you have somehow made it this far without having mercury fillings, I beg you to do your research and please DO NOT get mercury fillings. Watch the Gerson institute documentaries.
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OMG!!!!!! Sorry you went thru such a horrendous trip!!!!!!!! I know what your going thru for I am sooo toxic too!!!!!!!
Problem is the cost of compisite fillings…
The “cost” of amalgam is much higher
@michael elliott Not all of us have the money to replace amalgam fillings Mr Elliott. Do you not think we’d all do it otherwise?
I’d love to see a video like this on GADOLINIUM toxicity. Thanks!
I got major issues after a vaccine. There are definitely toxins in them but hey will never admit it.
Right! Instead they resort on propaganda to create social pressure to guilt people into getting vaccines. SMH. It’s no wonder people are anti-vaccines!
Research “frequent low dose chelation” Andrew Cutler
I have most symptoms that you had, doctor. I’ve had a couple of mercury fillings removed but with no precautions taken before or after and still have more teeth filled with mercury. I’m suffering from so much pain that doctors can’t seem to diagnose. What do you suggest next? I can’t take any more of these pains and unexplained problems.
Just had my ION test results and saw I’m high in Arsenic and Mercury. Hoping I will be chelated to rid my body and detox from them.
Which is a valid test for mercury poisoning?
I recently had a cavity fixed where the dentist put amalgam and left mercury that was on the good half of the tooth. Within a few days of having that tooth worked on I started having a funny taste in my mouth which I thought was metallic. Back and forth with various dentist to end up at a holistic dentist where I replaced all of the work and put in amalgam and had two other Mercury fillings removed. All done with the proper protocol for mercury removal in a holistic dentist office. I thought that would fix the problem but I find myself still having an odd taste in my mouth. I also suffer from a hiatal hernia so my doctor is saying that that is possibly the cause. I’m at a loss as I was convinced it was from my mouth that was where the issue started and I fixed what I thought was the problem and here I am still with the problem. Any thoughts on this?
would it just be safer to remove the entire tooth instead of trying to take out the filling? i have one left from the early 80s and i keep getting symptoms and nerve issues but nothing shows in my spine and i don’t have diabetes. been an athlete all my life and have been dealing with CF, Fibromyalgia on and off last 10 years now they’re saying possibly an autoimmune disease like AS but just over a year ago scans said my spine was fine except for some slight disc degeneration in my lumbar spine. which ive heard since the age of 26 and i’m 48 now
i also did that heavy metals /urine collection test last november but never got my results. can’t seem to get the results from the clinic that did it. dont know if they just took my money bcuz i was out of the country.
What a great podcast. I have a special situation. I have a little nine year old girl who has had metal in her mouth since she is 4 years old. She gets sick very often. She does not eat well unfortunately her mom does not feed her the proper Foods. My concern is the teeth will eventually be falling out. I am worried about this metal going through her body too quickly and causing issues. I do not know how to help her. What is it we can do to help this child?