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from less sensitive to more sensitive locations cross the blood-brain barrier. ALA is available In the
in the body. To put it simply, mercury in the over-the-counter and is found in many products,
brain, liver, thyroid, adrenal glands and immune and for most people, it will be the only chelator process of
system cells will cause more serious damage they will need to use. However, it is essential to moving
because these organs and systems are sensitive. use ALA carefully because it can wreak tremen- mercury out,
Mercury in muscles, bones, ligaments, lungs, dous havoc with improper chelation.
skin or fat will be less harmful because these are The Cutler protocol is designed to keep we do not
not sensitive tissues. In the process of moving the levels of chelator in the blood stable. To want to
mercury out, we do not want to inadvertently this end, ALA gets dosed every three hours or inadvertently
move any of it into the sensitive tissues, which less, DMSA every four hours or less and DMPS
will make us sicker, not better—even if the total every eight hours or less. In practical terms, this move any
body burden of mercury falls. We do not want requires setting alarm clock reminders to take of it into the

to let the mercury take any detours on the way the chelator on schedule, night and day. sensitive
out. This is why it is so important to identify The Cutler protocol also measures chela-
the right protocol, follow the rules and chelate tion in “rounds.” A minimum round is three tissues, which
on a proper schedule. days plus the intervening two nights, or about will make
sixty-four hours. After a round, the person takes us sicker,
THE CUTLER PROTOCOL a break and starts all over again the following
Andrew Hall Cutler, PhD, PE (who passed week, keeping this cycle up until they are well not better.
away suddenly in July 2017) developed a che- again. This process can take several months to
lation protocol that keeps most of the harmful several years.
redistribution from happening. It does this by
dosing the chelators on their half-life. What this SUPPORTING THE BODY
means is that every time a chelator molecule DURING CHELATION
drops its mercury burden, there is another dose Mobilizing and excreting mercury and/
right behind it, ready to pick up the mercury and or other heavy metals exposes the body to a
carry it a little farther on its road to eventual great deal of stress. While following the Cutler
excretion. protocol, it can be helpful to supplement with
The Cutler protocol may use any of three vitamins C and E as well as zinc and magne-
different chelators: ALA (alpha lipoic acid), sium. People who are chelating also need to be
DMPS (2,3-dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid) on a Weston A. Price-style diet, at a minimum,
and DMSA (dimercaptosuccinic acid). ALA to feel decent. This is because mercury impairs
removes mercury, arsenic and antimony; DMPS metabolism; consequently, many components
removes mercury and arsenic; and DMSA re- of the Standard American Diet (SAD) become
moves mercury, cadmium, antimony, arsenic indigestible to mercury sufferers, even if other
and lead. ALA is the most important chelator people who are not suffering mercury toxicity
because it is fat-soluble and can enter cells and may be able to tolerate a SAD fairly well.

CUTLER PROTOCOL TESTIMONIAL: TRESSIE

My son started with an Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) score of over one hundred and thirty, and now
he scores a big fat zero. (Total ATEC scores range from zero to one hundred and eighty, with the high end being the most
severe.) By any definition, my son is fully recovered. No more special diets, no more yeast, no more diagnosis, no more
IEP (individualized education program), no sensory issues, no tantrums. He is now in a regular classroom. He listens. In
our community, when I tell people I have a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), they guess it is my youngest and
not my middle boy, because the youngest is spoiled and my ASD kiddo is so smart and witty they don’t guess it is him.
We did over two hundred rounds of Andy Cutler’s protocol, which is a chelation protocol, but there is more to it. There
are other compatible things that Andy talks about and recommends to help with function while waiting for the metals to
clear. We did those things—diet, supplements, yeast treatments, parasite cleanses. After a year of horrible experiences
with high-dose oral chelation in the beginning, we did not do any traditional therapies or any biomedical interventions
that were not compatible or recommended by Andy. With my ASD son, we saw a positive effect from the first round of
Cutler protocol chelation.

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