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Reading The Book
Chapter_Title 6

I immediately called every bookstore from here (Port Richey, Florida) to south St. Petersburg (an hour-and-a-half away) looking for Hal Huggins' book. I finally found it in a Barnes & Noble bookstore in south Tampa... more than an hours' drive from here. I asked them to hold it because I would be down shortly to buy it.

First thing the next morning, I started reading the book. By the end of the following day I had finished it. It was excellent... very technical... very detailed... but very readable... just the way I like it!

The book had so much information, I could hardly contain it. It talked about how the mercury that is contained in amalgam fillings—sometimes called "silver fillings"—contains between 50% and 70% mercury... the most toxic non-radioactive metal in existence.

Three Stages of Mercury Poisoning

The book talks about how difficult it is to diagnose mercury poisoning. This is mainly because, in the very short-lived first stage, it shows up in high levels in urine and hair analysis, but, after a short time, your body attempts to cope with it by harboring it in several tissues. This causes urine- and hair-mercury levels to decrease dramatically and makes it very hard to detect using standard hospital "heavy metal" tests.

This harboring effect takes place in the second stage and is by far, the longest-lived. This is where the vast majority of people who suffer from mercury poisoning spend their time.

During this second stage, various generic symptoms begin to appear as the body attempts to cope. Interestingly, one of the most common side-effects of this process cripples the body's ability to deal with Candida. Another is elevated cholesterol levels.

During the third stage, symptoms rapidly increase in intensity and number as urine and hair mercury levels increase because the tissues become "saturated" causing excess mercury begins to "spill over" into the blood.

Unfortunately, the symptoms of mercury poisoning are many, and not very consistent from person to person. The actual symptoms that will manifest are dependent on one's genetic predisposition to certain ailments. Mercury mainly compromises the immune and nervous systems, and that can affect almost everything else in the body. Needless to say, it's hard to diagnose and much more often than not, isn't.

It Must Be Mercury

As I read this book and saw myself—symptom after symptom—appear, the answer (for me) became apparent. I had to have them removed.

As I write this story (it is currently July, 19, 2000 at 3:08 am), I am certain I did the right thing: I had all my (9) amalgam fillings removed 3 days ago (yes, on a Sunday). Laura, my business partner in Herb Allure, had all of her (20) fillings removed the same day. She spent seven hours in the chair... I only spent four.

Please read on...

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