We have mentioned that mercury is bad for the brain and causes all kinds of damage. But how exactly does it do this? Well mercury has a high affinity for SH meaning sulfhydryl groups in general. Are there areas that are SH group heavy in the brain? Yes, there are per a study I saw this from 1965.
“Brains of several species were sectioned and stained by the Barrnett andSeligman technique for localizing sulfhydryl groups. Most of the cells of the brain react weakly, but in the phylogenetically older parts, e. g., hypothalamus, amygdaloid nucleus, and cingulate gyrus, certain astrocytes and microglia were observed which were highly reactive. They were observed in all species studied; “
So here is what gets impacted
- Amygdyla: the emotional reaction center and feature that allows for short term memories to be transferred to long term and retrieved
- Astrocytes: feed and maintain neurons
- Hypothalmus: hormone control, emotional control
Let’s go back to the amygdyla. What does it do?
Memory consolidation: This is the ability to store and retrieve information
Emotional Learning; Fear conditioning, fight/flight response, anxiety, social interaction, ability to have and expand social networks
So what does this have to do with mercury? Simple. The mercury impairs the amygdyla and other related functions by binding to the high SH areas there. Mercury has very high affinity for SH groups as a function of chemistry. We see this in the mercury toxicity symptoms people exhibit. Think about this list.
Memory consolidaton: Loss of long term memory, inability to store information. This is akin to file not found, file corrupt or file not saved on a computer
Emotional learning: Anxiety, fear, poor socialization, poor social behavior, small social networks, anger, aggression, emotional outbursts, stress, sleeplessness
So you see the signs of amygdyla damage and mercury toxicity in the brain line up pretty darn well. You can read more in here wikipedia or elsewhere on the internet if you want.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala
And what about the the hypothalmus? Well it is also high in SH groups. What is it involved in?
- Fear processing: Stress, aggression
- Social defeat: Shyness
- Learning arbitrator: Deciding what information is important
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalamus
We see aggression and shyness in mercury toxicity quite often. Again when you mess with something important you get off responses.
So by knowing that mercury loves SH groups and these are the areas of the brain with the most SH groups we start to understand how this nasty poison causes the symptoms that it does in people. It is quite simple. Not sure why the scientific community doesn’t get this when it is all in their own papers. And doctors? They are too busy peddling medicines from pharma companies to understand. Medicine is not going to fix it. One needs to solve the underlying issue. The brain and body operate like an organic computer and one needs to think like a bio hacker.
What can you do?
Avoid mercury exposure. Remove any mercury amalgam fillings given they emit mercury vapor, don’t eat long lived fish or too much fish in general. The most important thing is to avoid exposure.
Detoxify yourself: Now if you are like me and had multiple mercury fillings for many years you are going to want to detox too. I tried various methods but find the liposomal glutathione method to be the best way to do so. I used Code Age Setria brand but others would work too as long as it is liposomal. You can buy online for like $40 USD or so. It lasts a long time. Go with one capsule before bed on a weekend and use whey protein and vitamin C like I said in the morning. Go slowly. Faster is not better. If you have it you will should see improvement in memory, stress, perception, smell and other functions. Read up on my PC type analogy and it will make sense.
Here are the articles I have mentioned
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