INTRODUCTION

This book explains frequent low dose chelation, a method that is often called “the Andy Cutler Protocol” or “Andy Cutler Chelation” (ACC). It is a users guide for how to get mercury out of your body. The Cutler protocol also works for other metals.

Few people understand how easy it is to get exposed to mercury. They think they can’t have mercury poisoning if they can’t remember being exposed. This is the same as the doctors who think you can’t have be toxic if you didn’t work with mercury in a factory or laboratory. It really doesn’t matter how the mercury got into your system. What matters is how to get it out.

If you have this book in your hand you probably already know that mercury poisoning is a real issue—we are not going to waste too much time “proving” that. If you want more detailed information about mercury poisoning, you can read Amalgam Illness or Hair Test Interpretation.

Although the principles of frequent low dose oral chelation are the same for adults and children, specific instructions on how to chelate children appropriately can be found in the book Fight Autism and Win (second edition) by Jan Martin and Tressie Taylor.³

Many people who have mercury poisoning have to start with expensive and unpleasant dental work before they can chelate. It is reasonable for them to want to be certain that mercury is really their problem before they proceed. To this end we have included a section on testing, another that will help you decide whether you have been exposed to mercury and a third that describes how it feels to be mercury toxic. We hope this material will help you decide that yes, you really do have mercury poisoning, and motivate you to chelate. Don’t procrastinate and keep getting sicker. (Ironically, procrastination and indecision are common symptoms of mercury poisoning!)

If mercury poisoning is making you sick, there are nutritional supplements that you can take right now which will make you feel better. This information is important and is discussed in more than one place. Below we list the basic four—two vitamins and two minerals. These supplements should be taken continuously, while you are chelating (on round) and also on the days you are not chelating (off round). Go out and buy them! Start taking them right now!

The basic supplements to take—the “core” or “essential four”and a few others

The supplements listed below will make you feel better in a few days. Most of the supplements should be taken three, or even better, four times per day, continuously.

We often refer to these supplements as “the core four” or “the essential four.” They particularly counteract the bad things mercury does to your body and are inexpensive and easily available. Chemically sensitive or very allergic people, however, may need to try various brands and varieties before finding one that suits them. Most vitamin C, for example, is made from corn syrup. If you can’t tolerate corn you can also find it made from beet sugars, sago palm, tapioca or potatoes. Vitamin E is usually made from soy. If you are reactive to soy you could try a vitamin E derived from sunflower or try tocotrienols instead.

We are also including a second list of supplements that many people will find helpful.

If any of these supplements disagree with you, don’t take them. The supplements are supposed to make you feel better, not worse.

A note on margin graphics

We’ve use a few graphics to help you read this book:

is used to identify sections describing what NOT to do.

A note on glossary words

Words that are defined in the glossary are in a separate font.

A note on gender

The authors will be using he/him to identify a singular person. Please note that this does not identify a man, but is used as shorthand to replace he or she/him or her. Otherwise the text becomes difficult to read.