From: Moria Merriweather <moriam@e...>
Date: Thu May 3, 2001 12:10 am
Subject: Re: [Autism-Mercury] Andy's book is wonderful!!!!
Hi marib005@h..., and all,
I've been meaning to write in about Andy's book (and a lot
of other things!) I am one of those who has said it is a
bit technical/difficult. Which it is, for me (at least some
parts, which I skip every time!) HOWEVER I
was rereading some of it recently and I am now so excited about
some of the stuff that I probably didn't even notice when I
first read it---- such as:
--there is a whole section on chelation consideration in the
appendix (p 199)
--this includes some description of the molecular structure of
chelation agents (with diagrams)--- Something to do with thiol
groups. (If I read this enough times, perhaps someday it will
be meaningful to me?) "A chelating agent is something with TWO
OR MORE thiol groups in the same molecule which holds onto the
mercury more tightly than a lone thiol group."
--cute drawing of the "spikes" of chelation agent in the bloodstream
on different chelation schedules (p 201)
I swear, this is actually really interesting to me now (even
though I don't understand it). I think this is probably a
sign that I've been reading the list too long! In any case,
I've been having fun rereading and "finding" new stuff that
I didn't notice (or care about) before.
Moria
At 11:49 PM 5/2/2001 -0000, you wrote:
>Listmates,
>I recently received Andy's book and I must say it is wonderful! It
>is full of so much information. A few post I have read regarding the
>book implied that it was difficult but it isn't, it is just chock
>full of information. Anyway, great job Andy!!!!!
>
>P.S. My mom who has parkinson's was very happy to read about the
>tryptophan. It help her a great deal years ago and did not realize
>she could get it w/ a prescription.
>
Moria