Lyme and Metals

When looking at the precise reasons Lyme Disease causes negative effects on the body, one must look at the effects it has on the load of heavy metals into our body. When Lyme decreases our normal flora, the bacteria that rapidly fill that void have characteristics that can be troublesome. Many have metallothioneins which are like little fishing poles that project from the cells. These "fishing poles" have a high affinity for metals and when they come in contact with a metal, they grab it. The combination of a bacteria bound with a metal makes it more difficult for our immune system to not only kill the bacteria but also to function in general. Mercury is a common problem but metals like copper can even be an issue. Bound metals often aren't found on provoked metal tests so our levels can be much higher than the tests indicate. We all have heavy metals, the question should be if these metals are adversely affecting our biological functioning and at what level will they affect our biological functioning. This article on mercury gives a lot of information and touches on issues that Lyme patients face like low glutathione, low selenium, mitochondrial dysfunction, etc. If selenium or omega 3 fatty acids have helped you, perhaps you may have a mercury issue in addition to Lyme.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-7176.2011.00489.x/full

I eat enough tuna fish and tuna steak that my mercury levels would be so high to make me a thermometer.....
But I tried to eliminate heavy metals from everything else.

Japanese diet is full of heavy metals....so all Japanese should be extremely sick.....

Well what I was trying to say is that people all over the world who have a fish based diet would be swinging toward heavy metal like mercury.....i come from Italy where we eat tons of tuna and sword fish...... hmmm something then is not right. So magoo2 you say that seaweed absorbs mercury.....I eat seaweed seldom (like once or twice a month) not enough to detox me from mercury. But Italian, Portuguese, Greeks and Scandinavian all eat some type of fish in their diet which is high in mercury.

They do the bath thingy as part of their culture. In Japan homes have special bathtubs at floor level and there are public places for hot baths. So yes. But how about the other countries??
You will have to have a complete picture of how everyone else lives their lives like in the Blue Zone case on longevity....becasue the 20 years long and on going study turned out a little different than what was expected.
There were specific studies on Japan and mercury and how that could effect the IQ....again inconclusive result in that area. Consider that Japanese eat 10 times the ammount of fish Americans do.
Then again, not focusing only on Japan, which has a pretty exclusive diet...how about all the southern European mediterranean countries? How about Scandinavian countries?

Thanks Georgia for the share - another wish on my bucket list... I think I have 2 amalgam fillings left to be replaced. In the interim, perhaps it makes sense to integrate heavy metal detox more regularly into the diet. Interesting article about how chlorella and cilantro work together. http://naturalsociety.com/proper-heavy-metal-chelation-cilantro-chlorella/

Right metals contribute to your biological systems and pathways not functioning properly- which can be a cause of sickness.

I am confused. Is eating seaweed contributing to the mercury problem or is eating seaweed helping bind and detox mercury in the system? Thanks!

G, Hunter- what have you found - supplement wise?? that would help the mitochondrial dysfunction? Apparently I have that. I have heard of eating dirt/earth? I can't bring myself to doing that....
Regarding Japanese - they do drink copious amounts of green teas/detox type teas throughout day and night - maybe that helps lower the effects of metals in fish?
G.Hunter- I know this doesn't belong to this thread, but what are your views of U.V.Lighting one's blood for Protomyxzoa?

needhelp4 said...
G, Hunter- what have you found - supplement wise?? that would help the mitochondrial dysfunction? Apparently I have that. I have heard of eating dirt/earth? I can't bring myself to doing that....
Regarding Japanese - they do drink copious amounts of green teas/detox type teas throughout day and night - maybe that helps lower the effects of metals in fish?
G.Hunter- I know this doesn't belong to this thread, but what are your views of U.V.Lighting one's blood for Protomyxzoa?

What supplements to take depend entirely on the genetic profile of your methylation pathway. What pathogens you have directly effect these genes. For instance, mutations of BHMT8, C677T, and MTHFR03 show a predisposition for having H pylori and this decreases copper levels. A protozoan will decrease glycine levels and directly affect CGAT and SHMT2. A CBS699 mutation needs molybdenum supplementation and Vitamin B-6 supplementation. Unfortunately, both can be toxic and the dose may need to be lowered, esp. the B-6.

Mitochondrial dysfunction almost always involves the amino acid NMDA or an issue with the NMDA receptor. That's an issue that involves glycine, D-serine, and D-alanine. Perhaps you are deficient in one of these items? Perhaps you are B-6 deficient and can't convert glutamate to GABA? Perhaps you are selenium deficient and viruses are running rampant? Perhaps taurine levels are low and you can't increase GAD to increase GABA levels? There are quite a few scenarios to work through when determining exactly what is wrong and from what I've seen, things change. What is going wrong with your pathway this week may be caused by something else next week. It's a very fluid environment when dealing with these pathways. Most of the time, it's a nutrient issue. It may be a deficiency of magnesium or a deficiency of copper. It could be a BH4 issue or a Kreb Cycle issue.

UV lighting can work for yeasts in the blood, but not sure about proto. Most of it's life cycle is intracellular and the biofilms may protect it.

needhelp4 said...
Ooooo Georgia Hunter - you amaze me with your vast knowledge- I LOVE it! Thank You! From what you wrote and explained so well, I am so wondering why my lyme literate doc hasn't taken the time to do all these panel tests to check for everything you mentioned......I think you should open up your own clinic Georgia Hunter - I am first on list please

Heck, I can't even cure myself much less others. I am fortunate to have a medical back ground so I know how to find what I'm looking for and can understand it when I see it. Most people don't know what to look for and then don't understand it when they find it. I started writing a book about my recovery and only finished one chapter. It was easy because it was about my background and why I see things like I do. The second chapter had so much complexity that I lost my target audience, the people that are sick. Physicians would understand most of it, but they don't read books and don't really care what I have to say.

As for your LLMD, he probably hasn't studied biochemistry or epigenetics enough to know about what I posted. Finding a physician that even knows the methylation pathway is difficult enough.