In a message dated 5/15/00 11:49:04 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > which reports on Dr. > Omura's discovery that CILANTRO [ also known as CHINESE PARSLEY or in its > seed form CORIANDOR ] has a remarkable ability to chelate mercury, lead and > aluminum from the body. Dr. Omura believes that it is desirable to eat RAW > cilantro in salads for best effect; cooking is harmful to the chelating > ability of cilantro. We were talking about this on another list and were warned that caution is to be used when using cilantro to chelate mercury. This is a portion of that warning post: "I know from experience, and from the practitioners that I work with including my holistic doctor, that it can be quite dangerous to take cilantro in therapeutic doses unless you take a chelating agent along with it. This could be chlorella, for example, or Pro-Algen, an arctic ocean algae product. Chlorella or Pro-algen will bind the toxic metals being released and pass them harmlessly from the body. Otherwise you can have mercury freely circulating in the blood and, if you were toxic to begin with, you can get very, very ill. It can wreak havoc on the liver and/or kidneys. This happened to me so I know. It is necessary to take about 12 caps of chlorella per day if you are doing such a procedure, or 3 caps of Pro-algen which turns out to be much cheaper. I can get Pro-Algen if anyone is interested. In addition, what this article does not say is that, before doing any sort of a cilantro cleanse, it is imperative that the person in question has done quite a bit of other detoxifying first using other methods. The reason for this is as follows. Cilantro is able to pass the blood-brain barrier and is one of the few detoxifying substances able to do this. And it will pull mercury and aluminum from the brain, which is very difficult to do otherwise. However, cilantro will move these toxic metals from the area of *greater* concentration to the area of *lesser* concentration. So suppose you have more mercury in your body, overall, than in your brain. You take cilantro--the result is that the mercury is moved out of the main part of your body, and into your brain. Now you are worse off than before. Your body must be *relatively clear* of mercury before you start the cilantro. Then, the result will be that the mercury is moved from your brain into your body, and can be excreted, with the help of binding agents as described above. Detoxing heavy and toxic metals is no joke and must be done very carefully, unless you are a person with just a bit of toxicity and a healthy, strong constitution to begin with. I usually don't do a "reply to all" in an email, but I felt that the information in the original email was potentially dangerous enough that it merited a warning." A caution from another poster: "Re this topic, one should not chelate with Cilantro if one still has the mercury amalgam fillings in place in the mouth and one should be very careful about chelating period, much can be learned by subbing to one of the metals lists to learn more about the dangers. " Please use caution! Samantha <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om