Mercury Fillings and The Detox Plan That Counts

You don’t have to search very hard on the internet to find literally hundreds of thousands of websites outlining the ill health effects of Amalgam fillings. After scouring a few, I was convinced that I need to get this source of toxicity out of my mouth. Subsequently, I had 2 mercury fillings replaced by a Holistic Dentist last week.

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The only problem was that I didn’t scour the internet long enough to learn that the removal of these babies can be even more toxic than having them sitting statically in your body! There is, apparently, a fairly long list of safety precautions that the dentist needs to ensure are met in order to prevent the patient’s and staff’s inhaling mercury vapour.

Anyway, to make a long story even longer, after my fillings had been removed, and a friend asked me whether proper precautions were taken, I was left in quite a state realizing that my supposedly ‘holistic’ dentist did not adhere to any of these, and I most probably now had a high mercury toxicity level in my little (5 foot) body! 🙂

With the internet to the rescue again, I have been investing in supplements and other goodies to now detoxify myself from this heavy metal which could potentially lead to long lasting health issues (see below for a $10 voucher for you from iherb.com – whether you’re a walking toxic human like me or not 🙁 !).

All that to say, I’ve been a bit of a mess with this whole thing, both emotionally and physically.

Mercury Fillings and The Detox Plan That Counts

Enter GOD! Yes, oh yes. The Rock of Ages is faithful to draw out of every situation in your life and mine out the beautiful gems and jewels. I thank Him so much for that!

You see, it’s one thing to have levels of toxicity in your physical body that can be measured by a blood test and dealt with medically, but how often do you evaluate the toxicity of your ‘heart’, and plan on a detoxification programme in this much more crucial area.

For example, do you please God wholly in:

Your attitudes towards His Word, His people, and His commands?
Your choice of who and what to watch and listen to?
Disciplines of Bible reading, study, and prayer?
The company you keep and the influences you allow?
The words that you use?

My dear friend, whereas we can be defiled physically by what goes into our bodies, it is what comes out of our hearts that defiles us spiritually. Tweet that

Jesus stated this clearly in Matthew 15:19 when he said, “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.”

The Step by Step Plan For Optimal Health

Just as in my own physical detoxification process there are several steps I need to follow, I thought it would be helpful for you to consider the following steps in your own spiritual detox process:

Ingest one 15 minute dose of Bible Reading every morning, with a voluntary 10 minute dose before bedtime.
Examine your current state around the clock and note areas of sin in your life (Romans 13:14).
Pour out any repentance that may arise, and bathe in prayer and worship (1 John 1:9).
If there is need, (make a plan to) eliminate any sources of toxins in your life to avoid toxicity from recurring (Colossians 3:2). This could be certain people, music, bad habits, etc.
Swallow all pilules in Phillipians 4:8 and add a sufficient quantity of gratitude topically as you administer the dose.

Mercury fillings can be detrimental to your health, and removing them unsafely just as dangerous. But the sin that so easily entangles your life and the unrighteousness that seeps undetected into and out of your heart slowly but surely is far more lethal, and the detox far more urgent (Hebrews 12:1).

Do you see the need for some heart-cleansing in your life? With which area are you going to begin?