Other's Experiences and Testimonials on Amalgams & MS

We've already mentioned in an earlier post that the Counsellor here at Living Valley Springs, Joanne Roche, herself suffered from MS and has regained her mobility and all of her MS symptoms, while they may occasionally flare up a bit, are under control.  Besides Joanne, several other people have experienced amazing recoveries from this supposedly incurable disease and have made their stories public for others to learn from.

Carmel Egan wrote a book about her experience with MS and then her recovery, which really began with her stay at Living Valley in 2004.  Tammy and I have each read her book while we've been here and of course to both of us it's quite a compelling read.  Though her experience is not exactly the same as Tammy's, it's true of MS that the progression of the disease and the specific symptoms experienced vary from person to person.  Linked here is a review of Carmel's book, or you can read her testimonial on the LVS website.

Johan Jacobs is a South African man who began experiencing the symptoms of MS at the age of 30.  After largely controlling his initial symptoms through diet and lifestyle, he entered a period of 'primary progression' that left him significantly debilitated after 2 years and by 2004 he was no longer able to work as an engineer.  In April of that same year Johan attended Living Valley and the treatment he received here was the first step in his recovery.  Johan's testimonial is written here, and you can watch a video testimonial here:

Smoking Teeth = Poison Gas is a video produced by the International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology showing how even 20+ year old mercury fillings continue to release mercury vapour; you can also read a summary of the video in this PDF.

The University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada has performed some research demonstrating the neurotoxic effects of mercury, as reported in this short video clip on Youtube.

Dr. Dawn Ewing has prepared three 10-minute video lectures on the topics of mercury amalgams, root canals and cavitation with some good illustrations and lay level explanations.  Part 1 is embedded below - you can readily search Youtube for parts 2 and 3.

Dr. Hal Huggins originally raised the issue of the dangers of dental amalgam over 40 year ago after becoming a qualified dentist himself!  In this short video clip, he discusses the link between ALS, MS and mercury amalgam.

Various reports suggest that dental professionals have an elevated rate of MS and of suicide (i.e. potentially mentally affected by mercury toxicity)

We're told that MS becomes more prevalent the further you go from the equator.  In general, this may appear to be the case however there are several exceptions to this 'rule'.  For example, Russia has a relatively low incidence of MS when compared with Canada but is just as 'far' North.  Also, there are very few, if any, recorded cases of MS among the Inuit.  Another well-known exception existed in Norway where two of 19 counties studied there had lower rates of MS than other counties that were decidedly further South!  Looking at the map below, it's clear that the trend isn't as easy as simply considering distance from the equator...

Map of the global prevalence of MS

Interestingly, when a map of relative global affluence is compared to a map of MS prevalence, there is at least as good correlation between affluent countries and incidence of MS as there is between distance from the equator and MS!  Could this be due to eating of richer foods by people living in more affluent countries, along with the means to have dental work performed?  If there were readily available data on the prevalence of dental amalgam fillings used in various countries, and possible even various regions within a country, that would be interesting to see.  I don't believe such data exists, nor is likely to be made available!

Map of global affluence by income levels

These few references only scratch the surface of the available information, but regardless of the searches performed online, it quickly becomes clear that the issue of dental amalgam is highly controversial.  Even with any number of indicators pointing towards mercury as somehow playing a part in onset of MS, the picture is not that simple.  Plenty of people with amalgam fillings - several of them in place for several years - show no illness whatsoever.

All of that said, there are enough practitioners now treating patients by "dental revision" with dramatic improvement resulting that I am becoming convinced that some harm is being done by dentistry, and not only with MS.