| Rika Kageyama 2005-11-13, 5:44 pm |
| Hi Bobbie,
>
> My Cod Liver oil is from Norway and says it is from
> unpolluted waters and screened for mercury.
> My Cold Water Fish oil (concentrated Omega 3) is said
> to be molecularly distilled to remove such contamination.
> I noticed today thru a GNC health food chain window that
> there brand of fish oil is said to be free of contaiminants
> like mercury.
That is good to know :-)
So, key seems to be "Read the label carefully".....
Not only I, but also many people here are new to the
nutritional approach, so these sharing become very
big help for us, "newbies" :-)
>
> A scientist who is a friend of mine has taken a new
> job to do research on Tuna and similar fish. I have already
> mentioned ourt concern to him and perhaps he will have
> informtion for us in the next year or so.
I'm looking forward to hearing the newest study!
> There are expensive treatments to remove most metals from
> the body when they may be causing problems. This sort of
> treatment is called chelation and involves injection with
> the chelating agents which attach themselves to the unwanted
> metal which is then excreted by normal routes. The treatment
> is repeated several times to remove the toxic metal to the
> lowest possible levels.
I have never heard about that and the treatment certainly
sounds "expensive". Expensive way is useless for CFS.
- except some exception-
I assume that the above way you shared can be a very good
business, too. Well, your sharing and reading the article, I learned
that Van Konenburg have not had interest in the business at all.
That is good thing :-)
>
> We have had one gentleman from India (if I remember
> correctly) whose tooth fillings were very poorly done and
> were filling his body with toxic levels of mercury. He
> believed like so many who have found a cause for their
> condition that since he was sick from mercury poisoning
> that all CFS is related to mercury poisoning.
I don't think the mercury is the cause of the CFS!
(How to explain my onset?!?!?)
Japanese do experience severely mercury poisoned condition
(called "Minamata disease") so, I think it is all right to express
"We can relatively easy to say that the cause of the CFS is
not from the mercury poison".
But, looking at the "reality" (the body mechanism "after"we
got the CFS), we could have the depletion of glutathione
as Van Konenburg mentioned in his article (it is possible as
long as most of us have MCS), probably, we should better be
careful against not only mercury, but also many other chemical
substances.
The following is off topic again (sorry)
While I was writing the above, the particular idea in myself "Move
to the countryside!" is growing more.... Air pollution of Tokyo is
simply bad. I do NOT mean Air pollution is the cause of the CFS.
I mean air pollution could stimulate our immune system, or work
as hormone-like in our body and it can be a trigger for my relapse
with high percentage, at least....
Back to the topic (Mercury)
Simply, just like the allergy strategies, I thought it is good
to keep in our mind to environmental pollution, including
mercury, as long as we have tendency (pattern) to take
fish / seafood because we avoid taking meats.
So, this is simply "general alert".
My allergic reaction has been subsided by prednisolone
(for RP) beautifully, but, I do remember I was very sensitive
for many substances As I mentioned and alerted about
mercury toxic from MCS point of view
(MCS which appeared "after" CFS onset)
NOTE: MCS: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity(?? )
You can give me the correct name of MCS
>
> I agree and limit my intake of fish mostly due to price
> and to low quality of farm raised salmon which is what is
> available here most of the time.
Bobbie. Probably, we (Japanese) are one of the biggest
fish consumer so, we are sensitive much more than you.
I don't know "which salmon" was mentioned in our
broadcasting because we certainly have had the pacific
salmon (I should ask to the persons at fish shop. --Hey,
you gave me good purpose to go out for shopping, "filling
my curiosity"! My daily life becomes more exciting!)
When we heard the "items" (should be careful to take)
we jumped up for surprising because we believed we
should have simply avoided tuna and other listed fish
by our government by then.
Anyway, the point is "total amount". (because these
heavy metallic substances are accumulated)
-- I am really new to this field (nutritional approach, so,
is it ok to give you the analogy like following the
accumulation, "just like Vitamin A or D"?--
Japanese idea for fish consuming is following
(for Tuna) "Less than 160mg/week".
It might be useful if you calculate your fish
consuming as carefully as Vit A and D.
>The price is quite high for wild caught salmon up to
> $20/Lb. Here we were originally concerned for
> lead in canned fish because the cans were sealed
> with solder at one time and had 3 soldered seams.
Yes. That is another big problem.
(Probably, CFS or anyone who have "weak bodies"
should avoid canned fish due to the concerning of lead.)
>
> Rich Van Konenburg(sic) was posting here at one
> time.
I have not noticed that at all !!
> Seems a very well intentioned person.
LOL! Probably, I'm guessing, because he is a scientist
(usually, scientists are very "bad" at communication!)
and/or he really wanted to tell you something which he
has strong confidence.
I don't know about the reality but, anyway, his idea certainly
gave us good opportunity to think about what could be going
on in our body (mechanism) together and that was good for
the persons on the quest-road of alternative way.
This reality is good enough for me :-)
Let's keep moving on!
Big Hugs,
Rika
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