As part of my detox regimen from the heavy-metal toxicity I believe was caused by mercury amalgam fillings, I consume liquid chlorophyll every day.
Why I Started Taking Chlorophyll
I did not start using chlorophyll because it was fashionable. I started because I was sick and trying to recover, and I was willing to pay attention to natural things that might help my body do its job.
My struggle with mercury has gone on for 15 years. I had 16 mercury amalgam fillings put into my teeth when I was young. Later, those fillings were drilled out and replaced with more mercury fillings. Eventually, by 2016, they had all been replaced with composite fillings. I believe that exposure left its mark on my health and changed the direction of my life.
Recovering from that experience has not come down to one product or one magic answer. It has involved changing the way I eat, fasting, exercising, reducing toxic exposures and using natural products that I believe support my body’s ability to cleanse and repair itself. Chlorophyll became one part of that daily effort.
You can read the complete story of what happened to me in The Story I Had to Tell.
The Remarkable Comparison With Blood
One of the first things that interested me about chlorophyll was the structural similarity between chlorophyll and heme, the iron-containing part of hemoglobin in our blood. The two share a remarkably similar ring-shaped structure.
One striking difference is at the centre. Heme contains iron, while chlorophyll contains magnesium. Because of that similarity, chlorophyll has often been called the green blood of plants.
I find that fascinating. I am not presenting it as some grand medical proof. It is simply an interesting comparison and one of the reasons chlorophyll first caught my attention. Nature has a way of repeating successful patterns, and this is one of those patterns that has always made sense to me.
It May Help You Smell Better Too
One of the more practical things I have noticed is that chlorophyll seems to help control the way the human body smells. I am talking about ordinary body odour as well as some of the unpleasant smells connected with digestion and elimination.
To put it plainly, I believe chlorophyll helps you stink less. That may not sound glamorous, but it is a real benefit.
This idea is not something I invented. Chlorophyll has been used for years as an internal deodorant. Some human research on chlorophyllin, a compound derived from chlorophyll, has reported improvements in body and bowel odours, although not every study has produced the same result.
The research is interesting, but my own experience is the reason I keep using it. Chlorophyll seems to help the body smell cleaner from the inside out.
My 104-Year-Old Mother Loves It Too
My mother, Orpha, is 104 years old, and she loves chlorophyll too. She tells me that it makes her feel better.
I have lived with Mom since 2013 and help care for her every day, so I see how closely she pays attention to her body and her daily routine. When someone reaches 104 years of age, I think she has earned the right to say what agrees with her.
Mom’s experience is her own, just as mine is mine. But chlorophyll has become part of her routine as well as mine, and it is something we both value in our home.
Why It Remains Part of My Routine
Taking liquid chlorophyll is now one of the simplest parts of my health routine. It is easy to use, it agrees with me and I believe it supports the work I am already doing to help my body recover.
I do not expect chlorophyll to do all the work by itself. That is not how I look at health. If you continue eating poorly, never exercise and keep exposing yourself to things that are harming you, no green liquid is going to come along and save the day.
For me, chlorophyll works alongside everything else I do. I eat plenty of green foods, remain physically active, fast when I feel the need and continue working to remove the toxic burden that accumulated in my body over many years.
I pay attention to how my body responds. That has taught me more than blindly following someone else’s opinion ever could. Chlorophyll has remained in my routine because my own experience tells me that it belongs there.
What I Have Learned
When I became ill, I had to take responsibility for my own health. I could not sit around waiting for someone else to solve everything for me. I had to read, experiment, observe and decide for myself what was helping and what was not.
Chlorophyll is one of the natural health products that survived that test. I started using it during my long struggle with mercury toxicity, and I continue using it today.
I am not trying to sell anyone a miracle. I am simply telling you what I do and why I do it. Chlorophyll has helped me as part of a much larger personal effort to recover my health. My 104-year-old mother says it makes her feel better too, and that is good enough for us.
To your health—and Insure Your Health Yourself!
