What does an amalgam filling do to your overall well being?
The mercury component itself is damaging to our brain and nervous system and may me a contributor to Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases. You have enough things to worry about your overall health. Let us take the burden off of you in regards to the safety of your mouth. We have your back!
- There is no known safe level of mercury for our body.
- Mercury has been used in fillings since the 19th century, but has faced controversy since the beginning.
- If you have a silver filling, every time you chew a small amount of mercury from your filling (about 2-20 micrograms per day) is released into your body. Chewing gum can increase this level.
- Increasing the temperature in your mouth with hot teas and coffees will also increase the vapors release from your mercury fillings.
- The effects of mercury-based fillings can be scary. These fillings are one of the top contributing causes to mercury poisoning. This can cause a wide range of problems including tremors, insomnia, headaches, nerve damage, kidney problems, and respiratory failure.
- Importantly pregnant women and those who plan to get pregnant are at exceptional risk. This is due to mercury exposure being proven to have a devastating impact on the health of an unborn fetus.
- Linked to cardiovascular disease, insomnia, skin rashes, neuromuscular, headaches, memory loss, muscular dysfunction and neurological disease inclusive of Alzheimer’s and more!