Poor Man's Chelation

Not long ago I discovered a couple great tasting recipes for "poor man's chelation" using cilantro. Studies have found that fresh cilantro is able to remove heavy metals, including mercury, from the central nervous system. Cilantro, also known as coriander or Chinese Parsley, is a common spice used in Middle Eastern and Mexican cooking. Both the leaves and stems can be used in the following recipes. You need to eat at least 2 two teaspoons of pesto everyday for three weeks. This is enough to remove toxic metals like lead, mercury and aluminum from your body. Instead of the pesto you could also toss fresh cilantro into a fresh salad or homemade salsa.

In addition to the cilantro you may wish to consider taking chlorella. 1 gram = 4 tablets, 3-4 times a day. Chlorella is an anti-viral containing various peptides. It is known to bind to all known toxic metals, even environmental ones like Dioxin. It is easily absorbed, restores bowel flora and strengthens the immune system. Cilantro will carry out the heavy metals, while the Chlorella works to take care of what's been released by carrying it into the urine and out of the body. Chlorella needs to be taken thirty minutes before ingesting the pesto.

As with any detox it is important to give your body lots of good support, be sure to keep up on your vitamins and minerals, especially Vitamin C for immune support. Please note, Vitamin C needs to be taken as far away from the Chlorella as possible, such as after meals. The addition of raw walnuts and brazil nuts to your diet will provide a natural replacement for the Magnesium, Zinc and Selenium that will be chelated. Be sure to stay hydrated by drinking plenty of filtered water. If at any time you experience a reaction, stop immediately, it’s a sign your body is chelating too quickly.

Cilantro Chelation Pesto
2 cups packed fresh cilantro [coriander, Chinese parsley] [vitamin A]
2/3 cup flaxseed oil
4 cloves of garlic
1/3 cup brazil nuts [selenium]
1/3 cup sunflower seeds [cysteine]
1/3 cup pumpkin seeds [magnesium]
4 tablespoon lemon juice [vitamin C]
2 teaspoons of dulse powder
sea salt to taste
 

Process the cilantro and flaxseed oil in a blender until the cilantro is chopped. Add rest of ingredients except of sea salt and mix until finely blended into a paste. Add a pinch of sea salt and blend again. Store in dark glass jars if possible. It freezes well, so purchase in season and fill enough jars to last thru the year. Cilantro has been proven to chelate toxic metals from our bodies in a relatively short period of time. Combined with the benefits of the other ingredients, this recipe is a powerful tissue cleanser. Two teaspoons of the pesto daily for three weeks is purportedly enough to increase the urinary excretion of mercury, lead, and aluminum, thus effectively removing these toxic metals from our bodies. Consider doing this for 3 weeks at least once a year. The pesto is DELICIOUS on toast, baked potatoes, and pasta.

*Note: one bunch of cilantro is equal to approximately 2 cups

Cilantro Pesto
1 cup fresh cilantro leaves
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 clove of garlic
1 cup almonds or other nuts
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Process cilantro and olive oil in a blender or food processor until the cilantro is chopped. Add remaining ingredients and process to a lumpy paste. [you may need to add a touch of hot water and scrape the sides of the blender.] You can change the consistency by altering the amounts of the olive oil and lemon juice, but keep the 3:1 ratio of oil to juice. [freezes well, so make up plenty]

Kathy Fitzpatrick