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Question #1:
I just read your Mercury info link I see how you say most women may have toxic levels of mercury does this apply to men to reason I am asking is I am a huge fish eater should men be concerned?
Steve
Hi Steve,
Yes, men have it too, from eating too much of certain kinds of fish; mainly Tuna, Swordfish, and Mackerel. I've heard one should not eat these fish more than one 4 oz serving every 7-9 days. It may sound extreme, considering that Tuna is sold and consumed so much. Tuna is a big fish that lives a long time so it has a long time to be loaded up with mercury that falls into waterways from coal plants all around the world. If you can stick to smaller fish than live a shorter time, that would be best.
The emphasis has been on women because it can effect a fetus, but men just the same are over taxed with pollutants and dangerous elements from our toxic environment. You can get an easy test, either from your doctor, ask for a heavy metal blood or urine test. Or you can get a kit for $25, from NRDC or Waterkeeper Alliance or Greenpeace. They'll send you a kit for a hair sample, another good way to find out how much mercury you have in your system!
I do not eat tuna anymore, which also means the sushi bar: Yellowtail, Toro, and other kinds of Tunafish. Now I eat Salmon, Tilapia, snapper, cod, the smaller white fish etc.. Let us know what your test results are!
Take care,
Daphne
Question #2:
I was a Melrose fan and unfortunately the "new" version hardly measures up. I am writing as I watch you in "The Sure Thing". My question is a bit different... If you had to do it all over again..sort of a second time around, what would you do different?
Larry
Hi Larry,
What would I do differently...good question, for anybody I think!! Sometimes I think, if I only took that movie, or dressed sexier in another one, or did a better audition, or "worked the biz" more, maybe I'd have more, be more famous etc. But the truth of the matter is, I couldn't be not me. I started young and took off fast, and learned on the fly. And when you start so young you don't second guess yourself; I just did what felt right. I was "playing" and having fun!! But, later, the business can tamper one's original creative freedom and joy. People behind the scenes judge you, tell you to be more this or less that. So, I guess I'd say the one thing I'd do differently is encourage myself to really be creatively free, and not worry if I fit to an image I thought I should.
And since life goes on and we get new chances everyday,....drumroll please....I AM doing that now! I am about to shoot a comedy and will have a blast! And then I am going to do a play in New York, with an awesome director, and have more creative fun!
Thanks for the question!
Daphne
Question #3:
The movie "The sure thing" has always been one of my favorites because the one and only poem I ever wrote won the heart of a wonderful gal I'm still friends with today. That was 42 years ago. Your reaction to the poem in that movie was almost identical to the real thing. How did you prepare yourself for that scene? It really was a fine piece of acting and you did it without words.
Franklin S. Smith
Franklin, (may I call you Frank?)
You romantic you! That scene was over 25 years ago and I gotta tell you, i simply do not remember how I prepared for it! I know that I had a great director, and if he was laughing or smiling, that was good enough for me. That role felt very real to me, so a lot of Alison's reactions and lines just came out naturally to me. Thank you for the complement, I'm glad the film did you right, cause you lived the real thing.
Cheers to you both,
Daphne
Question #4:
I got mercury poisoning from a amalgam filling that went into my gum last year. I had it removed this year. Are you doing anything to try to get amalgam fillings banned in the US, like they have done in Norway? How can people help?
Rebecca
Rebecca,
I am sorry to hear that. I had my amalgams removed a while back. And it is nice not to taste that metal in my mouth. For those who don't know, the silver colored fillings in our teeth are made with mercury, the neurotoxin, often 50%. It is an inexpensive substance. It is recommended to get them all removed, safely. Rebecca, I do not work with a group to ban them, I just talk about the danger that I know of them. Someone once put it like this to me: If you think about it, those fillings are putting a neurotoxin mere centimeters from the brain. The mercury vaporizes every time you drink something warm and they wear over time, which means we swallow and or inhale it.
Take care!
Daphne