The Doctor's Farmacy with Mark Hyman, M.D.

My Experience With Mercury Toxicity

07.21.2023 - By Dr. Mark HymanPlay

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Mercury enters our bodies from many different sources, including mercury vapors in ambient air, ingestion via drinking water, fish, dental amalgams, occupational exposures, home exposures, over-the-counter products, and more. There’s no doubt about it: mercury is the most alarming, disease-causing source of environmental toxicity that I see daily in my practice. 

In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I share my own experience with mercury issues and give you a comprehensive plan for reducing your exposure and healing from mercury toxicity. 

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

How I developed mercury toxicity (3:43 / 1:42) 

The conventional medicine approach to treating mercury toxicity (5:34 / 3:33) 

What I learned years ago at an international conference on mercury (6:09 / 4:07) 

Testing mercury levels (10:06 / 8:04) 

Sources of mercury (11:21 / 9:51) 

Symptoms of mercury poisoning (14:30 / 12:30) 

Mercury toxicity and dental fillings (15:33 / 13:31) 

What does genetics have to do with mercury toxicity? (19:54 / 17:53) 

Summary (22:12 / 20:12) 

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