Natural arsenic bond breaking, chelating agents and replacement minerals. (Disclaimer below) Everything we take is found naturally in food or are compounds that our bodies make from what is available.
Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) has a disulfide bridge (2x sulphur) and is used to clean the cells of sulphur loving toxins including arsenic, cadmium and mercury. It can also help the body make other detoxifying compounds. It is made in the body but having too much arsenic means we just can't produce enough to remove it. It can be harsh on the gut lining, so reducing or stopping how much you take according to how you feel is advised.
Taurine breaks the disulfide bonds between the arsenic and other proteins it should not be attached to, so that the ALA can pick up the released toxin. Especially useful in arsenic misfolding of brain proteins and clogging up of synapses (neurological symptoms including migraine, involuntary movements etc). I have found it can stop a migraine in five minutes in combination with ALA.
Zinc is displaced by arsenic so needs to be replaced but should be administered separately to ALA (which would chelate the zinc instead of the arsenic!). In supplement form it can also help form metallothionein strands in the gut, which stores extra zinc but also helps remove arsenic.
Phosphate is a critical part of energy production and makes up all our cell walls! The more arsenate we have in our bodies (one of the many forms made inside us), the less phosphate we have, and the more unstable our cells become. Phosphate is found in lean meat and high quality eggs with good shell formation and some electrolytes). A critical part of mineral replacement when our exposure is high.
Magnesium Glycinate (or other NON gut irritating form) also helps with all of these processes and can be depleted significantly in the presence of arsenic. Overall the best means of avoiding heavy exposure is to pay attention to the alerts we put out and to not go outside all day when the air is bad or when cell busting lightning is around. We alert for the UK and Europe, and are looking for Sky watchers to help alert in the US/Canada and Australia. If you can help let me know. Follow dosage instructions, buy from a reputable supplier and test all supplements for how they make you feel.
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DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor and this is NOT medical advise. I am sharing what our team does. We adapt what we take to our own individual needs/tolerances and our own personal exposure. If you need medical advise please consult your doctor or health professional.