Decoding The Mysteries Of Neuroinflammation, Immune Dysregulation, Toxicity, Infection & Beyond.
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Ben Greenfield
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🗓️ 18 February 2017
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
https://bengreenfieldfitness.com/mercury
Recently, Dr. Joseph Mercola, who I interviewed in the episode "Killing Fat Cells, Fixing Mitochondria, Growing Superfoods & More", wrote to me and told me about some guy named Dr. Christopher Shade, who Dr. Mercola mentioned was one of the more brilliant minds out there when it comes to neuroinflammation, toxicity, metals such as mercury, and unique delivery mechanisms for getting nutrients into your body, including something called "liposomal delivery".
So I reached out to Dr. Shade and he graciously agreed to come onto the show. Who is this guy? Dr. Shade obtained B.S. and M.S. degrees from Lehigh University in environmental and aqueous chemistry. Dr. Shade earned a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois where he studied the environmental and analytical chemistries of mercury as well as advanced aquatic chemistry. During his Ph.D. work, Dr. Shade patented analytical technology for mercury speciation analysis and later founded a company called "Quicksilver Scientific" that now commercializes this technology. Shortly after starting Quicksilver Scientific, Dr. Shade turned his focus to the human aspects of mercury exposure, toxicity and the human detoxification system. He has since developed specific clinical analytical techniques for measuring mercury exposure and a system of products to remove metallic and organic toxins by upregulation of innate detoxification biochemistry. His current focus is at the intersection of neuroinflammatory issues, immune dysregulation, toxicity, and infection - specifically how to peel away the layers of overlapping dysfunction in the sick individual until you get to a point at which the system rights itself.
During our discussion, you'll discover:
-Why Chris decided not to be an organic farmer and instead began studying mercury and the human detox system...[6:40]
-Aside from liver, kidneys, skin, the other three detox mechanisms and organs in the body that get underplayed...[12:00]
-The unique clinical analytical techniques Chris developed, and why he uses something called "mercury speciation"...[23:00 & 29:30]
-Why most tests for mercury give a "false negative"...[30:00]
-The best ways to get rid of mercury in the body...[32:30] -How to make your own liposomal delivery mechanism at home...[44:35]
-How Chris gets a sick individual to "right themselves"...[50:00]
-A simple trick to make compounds like THC and CBD more absorbable...[63:45]
-And much more!
Resources from this episode: -My podcast with Dr. Mercola: Killing Fat Cells, Fixing Mitochondria, Growing Superfoods & More -Quicksilver Scientific -Sunflower lecithin powder -NatureCBD Capsules (hybrid-nanoengineered CBD oil extract from hemp) -Magical Butter Ben uses for THC
Do you have questions, thoughts or feedback for Dr. Shade or me? Leave your comments at BenGreenfieldFitness.com and one of us will reply!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, what's up? It's been Greenfield. It's about 5 a.m. |
| 0:04.9 | I haven't yet cleaned out my throat with my morning cup of coffee and so you might notice |
| 0:11.9 | sounds like a frog in my throat. Whatever that means. I always thought that was a weird |
| 0:16.4 | phrase. Anyways though, today's discussion is pretty interesting. With this dude I met |
| 0:21.8 | at a coffee shop in Boulder, Colorado and he's an expert in things like neuroinflammation |
| 0:25.7 | and toxicity so I think you're going to dig it. Now as soon as I finish recording for |
| 0:31.1 | you, I'm actually going to go upstairs and have me a cup of coffee. My coffee of choice |
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| 1:38.6 | This podcast is also brought to you by a revolutionary light therapy device that I am actually |
| 1:44.7 | going to go stick into the orifices in my head. Yes, my head holes on the right and left |
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