Andy-what is harmful in the TTFD?

[Guest guest]

My friend stopped it at your advice but just wanted to understand what

was bad about it.

thanks,

Patti

[Guest guest]

My guess is the tetrahydrofurfuryl mercaptan part kills your liver.

Not entirely clear, but it is really really bad for people and since it

doesn't detox anything there is no reason to use it and lots of reasons

not to.

Andy . . . . . . .. .

> My friend stopped it at your advice but just wanted to understand what

> was bad about it.

> thanks,

> Patti

[Guest guest]

Andy,

is tetrahydrofurfuryl mercaptan a part of TTFD or TTFD (sorry, I know

nothing about what TTFD is chemically). If yes, then why does not it

work for mercury (I thought that " mercaptan " means that it is a thing

which captures mercury).

Thank you,

Margaret

> My guess is the tetrahydrofurfuryl mercaptan part kills your

liver.

> Not entirely clear, but it is really really bad for people and

since it

> doesn't detox anything there is no reason to use it and lots of

reasons

> not to.

>

> Andy . . . . . . .. .

>

> > My friend stopped it at your advice but just wanted to understand

what

> > was bad about it.

> > thanks,

> > Patti

[Guest guest]

> Andy,

> is tetrahydrofurfuryl mercaptan a part of TTFD

Yes. TTFD is short for thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide.

> or TTFD (sorry, I know

> nothing about what TTFD is chemically). If yes, then why does not it

> work for mercury (I thought that " mercaptan " means that it is a thing

> which captures mercury).

mercaptans are single thiol groups. They do not capture and hold

mercury any better than the kilograms worth of such your body already

has.

Disulfide bonds don't capture inorganic or organic mercury at all.

Chelators capture mercury and successfully take it out of the body -

these have 2 binding groups - mercaptans - in the molecule. With the

TTFD disulfide, if the disulfide is reduced to a dimercaptan it becomes

2 molecules that float away from each other. In TTFD the disulfide

bond is what holds the TF and the T together. . . .. . .

> Thank you,

> Margaret

>

> > My guess is the tetrahydrofurfuryl mercaptan part kills your

> liver.

> > Not entirely clear, but it is really really bad for people and

> since it

> > doesn't detox anything there is no reason to use it and lots of

> reasons

> > not to.

> >

> > Andy . . . . . . .. .

> >

> > > My friend stopped it at your advice but just wanted to understand

> what

> > > was bad about it.

> > > thanks,

> > > Patti