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Bleeding gums and amalgams
Can you suggest anything to help relieve bleeding gums? I also get quite bad headaches, which a friend suggested may be caused by the mercury in my amalgam fillings. Can this be true and if it is, should I get them taken out?
According to Japanese researchers, the best remedy for bleeding gums or gingivitis is coenzyme Q10 or CoQ10. Take 100mg a day and persevere for at least two months for the best results. You may also be deficient in vitamin C, so increase your daily intake to 500mg.
Mercury, which the dentist must treat as toxic waste outside your mouth, is the second most toxic metal on the planet after plutonium and yet governments around the world - with the exception of Sweden and Austria - still deem it safe for fillings.
The British Dental Association, (BDA), does now accept that mercury vapour is indeed released into the body from these fillings but it argues that this happens in such minute amounts, there is no health risk unless you are among an estimated three percent of the population believed to be “hypersensitive” to mercury amalgams.
What your dentist may not tell you is that ironically, cleaning your teeth or chewing a “whitening” gum actually makes the problem worse because it accelerates the rate at which vapour is released by a factor of five.
Health problems which holistic practitioners believe may be linked with mercury toxicity include bleeding gums and headaches, chronic fatigue, allergies and sinusitis, poor concentration, memory lapses, irritability and depression - all conditions which could, of course, be linked with other causes.