Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I wanted this to work. I was using Dr. Mercola, Fermented Chlorella as part of a detox. I had my amalgam fillings taken out years ago, but not with precautions. Within 2 hours of my first dose of the chlorella, I noticed a strong metallic taste in my mouth. I thought hey, this is really working. I continued to take it for about another two weeks. It was definitely doing something because I started getting worse - general anxiety, severe brain fog, and an increase in my already severe insomnia. I thought this was a detox (herxheimer) reaction. I thought I could tough it out. However, I just kept getting worse. I was waking up at 1:30 -2:30 am and wasn't able to fall back to sleep. This would go on for 2-3 nights at a time. Then I would be so exhausted I would sleep through the night for 1 or 2 nights then it would start all over again. No sleep supplement would help and I tried many. All were a waste of money. Thank goodness for free shipping from Amazon. After much research on the internet, I came across the Andrew Cutler protocol. The website cutlersuccessstories was very helpful. Right there under WHAT NOT TO DO I learned that "chlorella is not a chelator as it contains only one thiol group (sulfhydryl group). It can pick up mercury and move it around, but it does not strictly chelate it and hold onto it. This can cause a lot of oxidative damage as mercury ‘bounces around’. Chelators are dithiols (they contain two sulfhydryl groups) and hold on to mercury tightly and safely. Beware of protocols using chlorella for chelation." Within 2 days of starting the Cutler Protocol, I was able to sleep through the night again and my other symptoms started to fade. Not sure I want to risk taking the chlorella again. I'm sticking with the Cutler protocol to detox safely.