Mercury Detox Using the Selenium Method
Mercury Detox Using the Selenium Method Mercury can be inhaled as mercury vapor, absorbed in the gut from ingested food and water, or injected in the body by vaccinations. Common sources of mercury include amalgam fillings, fish, and vaccines containing Thimerosal. Mercury’s toxicity primarily stems from its ability to tightly bind with the essential element selenium and thereby lower available selenium levels in the body creating a selenium deficiency 1 . Selenium is used in some enzymes to protect us from oxidative effects of toxic metals commonly found in the body such as aluminum, manganese, nickel, lead, cadmium, and mercury. Selenoenzymes are involved in reducing the oxidative effects of these metals by reducing the amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced by these metals in the body. ROS causes damage to our bodies by weakening and killing mitochondria and the cells powered by these mitochondria. Mercury is particularly toxic because it induces ROS that ki