Dear Andy, Moria, Bernie, Ping and everybody,

I find this egroup so informative. Thank you for
teaching me so much about chelation.

I read about cilantro being a possible chelator of
mercury and started giving it to my 4 year old
autistic son, Noah on 24 Sept this year. I give him
about 2 to 3 tsps of dried organic cilantro together
with his meals (he has 4 meals a day 8.30 am, 12 noon,
3.00 pm and 6.30 pm). I divide the 2 to 3 tsps into
4 parts.

About 3 to 4 days ago I noticed he suddenly became
very lethargic, sleepy and weak. He would loll on the
sofa or bed the whole day and not take an interest in
anything. He lost his appetite and would take very
long naps (about 3 hours). He used to be so talkative
and bubbly. He was very brightand chirpy at the end of
the day even without any naps. Now he doesn’t want to
get out of the bed in the morning and keeps yawning
the whole day. He gets sleepy at ten in the morning
and sleeps through lunch.

Noah is PST deficient and has hypothyroidism. He had a
complete blood count done 2 days ago and the results
show low MCV and MCH, Hb 11.0g/dL. What does that mean
? Could this be caused by the cilantro ?

I have included his lab test results which were done
at the end of July as well as his supplement schedule
which commenced at the end of August this year. Would
appreciate your comments.

Presently he is taking the following daily : -

Time Supplement Dosage
˝ hr Acidophilus Plus (Kirkman’s) 2/3 tsp
before Bicarbonate of soda 1/6 tsp
bf Colostrum Gold unflavoured
(Kirkman’s) 2ml
Magnesium Glycinate capsules
(Kirkman’s) About 66 mg
Vitamin E capsules (Kirkman’s) About 33 IU
Selenium capsules (Kirkman’s) About 66 IU
Chromium picolinate capsules
(Nature’s Farm) About 33 mcg

Mid bf Digestive enzymes
(Prevail – Vitase) 2/3 capsule
supplying
- Amylase USP XXI ph 6.8 (11,000 USP)
- Amylase FCC IV ph 4.8 (4766 DU)
- Protease I, II , III, IV
USP XXIII ph 7.5 (9716 USP)
FCC IV ph 7.0 (15500 PC)
FCC IV ph 4.7 (12050 HUT)
- Lactase II FCC III ph 4.5 (280 LacU)
- Cellulase I FCC IV ph 4.5 (48 CU)
- Lipase II FCC III ph 6.5 (72 LU)
- Maltase FCC IV ph 4.6 (6550 DP)
- Sucrase FCC IV ph 4.6 (80 INVU)


After bf Super Nuthera liquid
(Kirkman’s) 2 ml
Vitamin C powder (Kirkman’s) About 300mg
TMG with Folic Acid and B12
(Kirkman’s) 2.5 ml
Kelp (Solaray) About 213 mg
Folic Acid and B12 liquid (Kirkman’s) 3 ml

˝ hr before
lunch Acidophilus Plus (Kirkman’s) 2/3 tsp
Bicarbonate of soda 1/6 tsp
Magnesium Glycinate capsules (Kirkman’s) About 66 mg
Vitamin E capsules (Kirkman’s) About 33 IU
Selenium capsules (Kirkman’s) About 66 IU
Chromium picolinate capsules (Nature’s Farm) About 33
mcg

mid lunch
Digestive enzymes (Prevail – Vitase)
2/3 capsule supplying
- Amylase USP XXI ph 6.8 (11,000 USP)
- Amylase FCC IV ph 4.8 (4766 DU)
- Protease I, II , III, IV
USP XXIII ph 7.5 (9716 USP)
FCC IV ph 7.0 (15500 PC)
FCC IV ph 4.7 (12050 HUT)
- Lactase II FCC III ph 4.5 (280 LacU)
- Cellulase I FCC IV ph 4.5 (48 CU)
- Lipase II FCC III ph 6.5 (72 LU)
- Maltase FCC IV ph 4.6 (6550 DP)
- Sucrase FCC IV ph 4.6 (80 INVU)


After lunch Super Nuthera liquid (Kirkman’s) 2 ml
Vitamin C powder (Kirkman’s) About 300 mg Kelp
(Solaray) About 213 mg
Folic Acid and B12 liquid (Kirkman’s) 3 ml

˝ hr before
dinner Acidophilus Plus (Kirkman’s) 2/3 tsp
Bicarbonate of soda 1/6 tsp
Colostrum Gold unflavoured
(Kirkman’s) 2ml
Magnesium Glycinate capsules (Kirkman’s) About 66 mg
Vitamin E capsules (Kirkman’s) About 33 IU
Selenium capsules (Kirkman’s) About 66 IU
Chromium picolinate capsules (Nature’s Farm) About 33
mcg

mid dinner Digestive enzymes (Prevail – Vitase) 2/3
capsule supplying
- Amylase USP XXI ph 6.8 (11,000 USP)
- Amylase FCC IV ph 4.8 (4766 DU)
- Protease I, II , III, IV
USP XXIII ph 7.5 (9716 USP)
FCC IV ph 7.0 (15500 PC)
FCC IV ph 4.7 (12050 HUT)
- Lactase II FCC III ph 4.5 (280 LacU)
- Cellulase I FCC IV ph 4.5 (48 CU)
- Lipase II FCC III ph 6.5 (72 LU)
- Maltase FCC IV ph 4.6 (6550 DP)
- Sucrase FCC IV ph 4.6 (80 INVU)


After dinner Super Nuthera liquid (Kirkman’s) 2 ml
Vitamin C powder (Kirkman’s) About 300 mg
Kelp (Solaray) About 213 mg
Folic Acid and B12 liquid (Kirkman’s) 3 ml

Before bedtime
Zinc liquid (Kirkman’s) 5 ml (20 mg)
Calcium powder (Kirkman’s) ˝ tsp about 670 mg
Evening Primrose Oil About 650 mg EPO supplying
- LA 455 mg
- GLA 50 mg
- Other fatty acids 145 mg


Noah also receives two topical applications of
magnesium sulfate cream (1g each) daily. I also smear
iodine over him to boost his thyroid. Supplements in
capsules are given as powder with capsules removed. I
have recently stopped his Cranberry extract after
giving him 400 mg per day for 1.5 weeks. He recently
finished 2 months of Nystatin at 4 ml (400,000 units)
daily. I intend to increase the EPO slowly to 2600 mg
within 6 weeks then add 1 tsp of liquid CLO from
Kirkman's.

Noah is very fair and sometimes looks rather pale.
He turns yellow easily even though he doesn’t consume
much carrots, sweet potatoes or papaya.
His ears were often hot and red. Now they are much
better since his started the Feingold diet from mid
September 2001.
Noah has chronic dark circles around the eyes. He also
has cold hands and feet at times and itchy eyes as
well.
He also urinates a lot at night.


Tests Results
In July 2001, he did some tests. They are
- GSDL red blood cell test
- GSDL elemental hair analysis
- Immuno anti gliadin IgG and IgA test
- Advanced Access stool test (microflora panel II)

The test results are as follow :


GSDL Elemental Analysis (Packed Erythrocytes)
Toxic Elements Test result (ppb) Ref range (ppb)
Antimony 0.19 <=1.3
Cadmium 0.89 <=1.8
Lead 24 <=100
Mercury 21.6 <=9.0
Silver <0.1 <=2.5
Thallium 0.11 <=0.9
Tin 0.9 <=4.5

Essential ele Test result (ppm) Ref range (ppm)
Copper 0.8 0.48 – 0.74
Magnesium 46.3 36 – 49.5
Manganese 0.017 0.012 – 0.04
Molybdenum 0.0022 0.0006 – 0.0018
Potassium 80 86.5 – 98
Selenium 0.435 0.195 – 0.475
Zinc 8.6 8.0 – 12.5


GSDL Elemental Analysis Hair
Toxic elements Test result (ppm) Ref range (ppm)
Aluminium 9.0 0 - 9.0
Antimony 0.07 0 – 0.03
Arsenic 0.131 0 – 0.1
Barium 0.92 0 – 1.45
Bismuth <0.025 0 – 0.2
Cadmium 0.099 0 – 0.15
Lead 2.92 0 – 0.5
Mercury 4.9 0 – 1.0
Nickel 0.249 0 – 0.4
Thallium 0.0017 0 – 0.0012
Tin 0.44 0 – 0.28
Uranium <0.025 0 – 0.06

Nutrient elements Test result (ppm) Ref range (ppm)
Calcium 408 220-780
Magnesium 43 15-90
Copper 18.6 9-23
Zinc 90 105-175
Manganese 0.21 0.14-0.4
Chromium 0.36 0.34-0.9
Cobalt 0.0227 0.0075-0.04
Molybdenum 0.367 0.025-0.096
Boron 2.6 0.15-3
Iodine 0.33 0.16-1.75
Lithium 0.0015 0.0027-0.032
Selenium 1.08 0.48-1.45
Strontium 0.37 0.35-3.25
Sulfur 49,849 44,200-53,000
Vanadium 0.108 0.014-0.15

Additional elements Test result (ppm) Ref range (ppm)
Sodium 61 8-60
Potassium 283.1 1.5-30
Rubidium 0.322 0.004-0.045
Iron 9.2 6-18
Phosphorous 269 125-240
Titanium 1.31 0.25-1.25

Ca/Mg 9.5 5-15
Ca/P 1.5 2.5-10
Na/K 0.2 1.5-10



Immuno IgG Standard Food Sensitivity Assay
(1+) (2+) ( 3+)
Alfafa Cheese Soybean
Avocado Egg
Kidney bean Grapefruit
Broccoli Lemon
Brussels sprouts Lime
Buckwheat Orange
Cabbage Snapper
Cauliflower Tangerine
Garlic
Haddock
Onion
Papaya
Pea
White potato
Radish
Sesame
Spinach
Tomato
Whitefish
Brewer’s yeast
Zucchini

Per the IgG and IgA tests, we have stopped all the
(+2) and (+3) foods and are rotating the (1+) foods.




Advanced Access Microflora Panel II
Bifidobacter - 0+
E. Coli - 4+
Lactobacillus - 2+

Gamma Strep - 3+

Klebsiella pneumoniae 4+

No yeast isolated

Sample 1 – no ova or parasites
Sample 2 – no ova or parasites, rare yeast

Giardia lamblia (EIA) neg
Cryptosporidium (EIA) neg

Am I correct to say that his current state of weakness
is due to excessive cilantro intake ?

Do you know of anyone with damaged liver and kidney
function or low blood count due to excessive cilantro
intake ?

Do I need to send him for liver and kidney function
tests ?

I have already stopped the cilantro. If his condition
is due to the cilantro, how long do you think it takes
for him to recover his energy ?

When I read Andy’s comments about cilantro as a
chelator, I regretted giving him so much cilantro for
a month without a break. I should have been more
careful.

Would really appreciate your help in answering my
questions. Thanks a million to you all.
God bless !


Warmest regards,

Florence



















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