Mercury Toxicity – Methylation For Dummies

Mercury Toxicity – Metylation for Dummies:

This article makes a potentially complicated process relatively straightforward.

What is methylation for?

Methylation of toxic heavy metals, such as mercury and lead, makes them water soluble. This means they can be excreted out of the body in urine.

Regarding optimising metabolism in the situation of symptoms of hypothyroidism, it is possible that Mercury toxicity has been contributing to your own ostensible thyroid/adrenal condition.

In the situation of Mercury toxicity, Mercury hits all three metabolic processes. The three metabolic pathways that are hit, are the key determinants of energy production and therefore of the way we feel.

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