Hi Debi,

>>>Do Mexican/Spanish/other nationalities who eat lots of cilantro have lower
autism rates?
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I have no idea what the figures are for other nations and I do not believe you
could draw any conclusions from raw numbers alone. For example, Mexico has less
stringent environmental protection laws so exposure to toxic substances tend to
be higher. Also, you are talking different gene pools and my best understanding
is that autism results from an interaction between genetic factors and
environmental factors. Not everyone who has metal poisoning ends up with the
profile of issues which leads to a diagnosis of autism or ASD, presumably due in
part to genetic differences. So comparing different gene pools introduces a
confounding factor that you cannot readily account for. And that is just what I
can think of off the top of my head as to why comparing raw numbers like that
would not be very meaningful.

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>>>Is it possible a mom eating cilantro regularly might lower the maternal
mercury levels that could be passed on to baby?
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If you are asking about eating cilantro DURING the pregnancy, that could be an
extremely dangerous thing to do which could actually increase fetal exposure to
mercury. I am no expert but people on this list are very adamant that one
should NOT have fillings removed (as one example) while pregnant. So I would
think that doing anything to mobilize mercury while pregnant is an incredibly
dangerous experiment on your unborn child. Perhaps others on this list can
state more clearly that mobilizing mercury WHILE pregnant is known to be
harmful. I am not knowledgeable enough to state for sure one way or the other.

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>>>If she breastfeeds, could that further prevent mercury poisoning?
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My personal feeling is that cilantro by itself is insufficient (I think it
requires other supporting factors to promote excretion) and my personal opinion
is that this is part of why other people have reported such negative
experiences. Additionally, breast milk passes SOME things but not others from
mom to baby -- or so I understand it (someone please correct me if I am wrong).
So I have no idea if the active ingredient would even pass to the baby. Even if
it does get passed to the baby, I can't imagine how you would estimate a "dose"
for the mom to consume for it to be a safe amount for the baby. I think eating
cilantro thinking it might help your breast-fed baby would be a dangerous
experiment.

In addition to my daily hot baths, I also think glyconutrients and guafenisen
(and other things, which I am not sure enough about to name) helped make
cilantro a safe, effective chelator for me. So I think you are really
oversimplifying my experience quite a bit to talk about just "eating cilantro".
If you cannot understand and quantify the process, it can be extremely
hit-or-miss and, thus, dangerous. And your oversimplification of my comments
makes me feel the need to state more clearly that my comments were NOT intended
to suggest one can simply eat cilantro as "an easy answer":

Please note the title of the message I chose to respond to: NO cilantro. I did
not choose one of the other messages that were titled "Cilantro". I chose the
one titled "NO cilantro" because my intent was to tell a cautionary tale:
cilantro is a chelator, but no one on this list can give you adequate
instruction on how to use it safely. The negative reports outnumber the
positive ones. My experience was not planned. I stumbled upon something which
worked and have been trying ever since to figure out why it worked. The fact
that it worked so very well in spite of my total ignorance puts it in the
category of either freakishly good luck or "a miracle". I cannot tell you how
to achieve the same result. PLEASE do not take my story as encouragement to
experiment with cilantro unless all of the better known, safer methods have
already failed you.















































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