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ORAL CHELATION
Chelation therapy has been used for many years with good results and great safety.. In the traditional form of this therapy EDTA (calcium disodium versenate ) is intravenously infused into the body over 3 to 4 hours.. The EDTA attaches to minerals (lead, iron, calcium, and cadmium) and causes them to be excreted by the kidney. Benefits were believed to result from the removal of calcium deposits from artery plaques. Studies have shown that this form of therapy appears to also act as a powerful anti-oxidant. More than 500,000 patients have received this treatment worldwide. Among the conditions that have benefited from this therapy are heart pain (angina pectoris) , impaired circulation to the legs (claudication) , high cholesterol, and mental confusion from arteriosclerosis of the arteries to the brain . Certainly the anti-oxidant effect of this therapy could permit slow improvement in the arterial circulation. Additionally removal of excess iron could decrease the risk of subsequent heart attacks (1). An important new concept about chelation relates to the inner lining of blood vessels (endothelium ). This lining tissue generates the powerful arterial vessel dilator nitric oxide. The endothelium also produces prostacyclin which slows the clotting of blood and also causes beneficial dilating of arteries. The third important endothelial product is heparin which prevents clots from forming without causing bleeding. Excessive deposition of heavy metals in the endothelium diminishes the endothelium's ability to produce nitric oxide, prostacyclin, and heparin (2). Chelation appears to restore the body's ability to create these important substances by removing these metals from the endothelial lining. One of these problem metals, mercury, is known to cause damage to enzymes so mercury removal should be beneficial..Removal of these metals appears to result in improved delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the tissues of the body. This affords a possible explanation for the beneficial effects of chelation. Typically this therapy involves 20 to 30 intravenous infusions of EDTA with minerals over a period of three to five months. Each infusion should last three to four hours. Kidney function and urine tests need to be followed. Obviously, better results will be found in those who change their lifestyles (stop smoking , control blood pressure, change diet, control homocysteine , exercise etc.) These infusions cost $50 to $100 each, which often is not covered by insurance. When you consider that coronary bypass surgery, stent placement and balloon angioplasty are also expensive , have risks and may need to be repeated, the expense is very reasonable. No deaths have been reported from this therapy. By improving blood circulation, chelation benefits patients with claudication, impotence , macular degeneration , glaucoma, pancreatitis , gout , rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, dementia , multiple sclerosis , and cancer. The latest improvement in chelation permits this therapy to be administered orally. Oral chelation obviously will not be as fast as intravenous chelation but this is not an important issue for most patients.. The bones of modern man contain 1000 times (3) more lead than the bones of men living 400 years ago. It takes 7 to 20 years for the body to completely replace the tissue in bone. Since bone is the primary storage area for lead there is clearly no necessity for rapid chelation by intravenous therapy.for most patients. Doing chelation therapy orally is simpler and less expensive than the intravenous approach. All persons taking long term oral chelation need to be certain that their daily supplement program contains trace minerals as these minerals will be removed from the body along with lead, mercury, and cadmium during oral chelation. Lead causes hypertension, learning disability, attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity and violent behavior in children. No amount of lead in the body is currently regarded as safe. Oral and intravenous chelation are complex so this therapy ideally should be guided by a practitioner experienced in chelation. At times the metals simply move from one site in the body to another instead of leaving the body in the urine and stools.. There is no doubt that removing metals from the endothelial membranes improves oxygenation and nutrient entry into cells resulting in improved health. .Because of the toxic metals, chemical , herbicide and pesticide exposure we all are exposed to on a daily basis I think everyone consider oral chelation and remain on it permanently. Many leaders in the natural health field are already doing so.
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Dr. Gary Gordon has been a leader in the field of natural health for many years. He has been the Medical Director of Mineralab, a firm that performs trace mineral analysis, for many years. Dr. Gordon has created many fine products that have produced major advances in health. He was one of the early developers of chelation therapy and spends considerable time fine tuning valuable health care products including Essential Daily Defense EDD. EDD contains Niacin, Garlic powder, Calcium EDTA 400 mg., MSM (Methyl Sulfane Methane), Malic Acid, Betaine HCL, Carrageenan, Papain, Silica, dl Methionine, Beta-Sitosterol, Crataegus 6x (Hawthorne Berry), Modified Cellulose Gum, Cholesterol Free Stearic Acid and Gelatin. Essential Daily Defense EDD has proven so effective in removing heavy metals that many practitioners are switching from intravenous chelation with EDTA to the oral use of EDTA. This is simpler and less expensive for patients. The aminoacid ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic acid EDTA was initially used in the 1940s to correct heavy metal poisoning (mercury, lead etc.). EDTA also proved valuable in the emergency treatment of high blood calcium values (hypercalcemia) and dangerous heart rhythms due to digitalis toxicity. The binding of metals and their removal from the body decreases excessive production of injurious free radicals. EDTA is the most powerful anti-oxidant in existence. Subsequently some practitioners began to use EDTA to improve the circulation of blood through the arteries of patients with advanced arteriosclerosis. Two reputable physicians, Dr. H.R. Casdorph and Charles H. Farr, treated 4 patients with gangrene who had been urged to have amputation of their legs with EDTA. All four patients were able to avoid amputation because their artery blood flow (4) improved following EDTA therapy. Studies have shown that EDTA appears to help about 80 % of those with severe artery narrowing. One reason for this must be the anti-clotting activity of EDTA which prevents a person with badly narrowed arteries from proceeding to have heart attacks, strokes and gangrene. Chelation therapy has been shown to prolong life in research studies. Rotifers live 50 % longer when exposed to EDTA. Nearly all health problems (learning disorders, cancer, heart disease, infections etc.) are made worse by the high lead levels now present in our bodies. Iron is now being recognized as a health hazard. The malic acid in EDD derived from apples binds iron and decreases iron stores in the body. This does not proceed to a state where iron deficiency anemia appears but it does lead to decreased production of free radicals which is, of course, desirable. One of the most important components in EDD is the sulfated polysaccharide derived from red algae. This polysaccharide interacts with EDTA to produce a definite decrease in the clotting tendency of blood (lower viscosity). The garlic, which EDD contains, binds mercury facilitating its removal from the body. Anyone taking EDD needs to be taking a good vitamin mineral supplement because EDD over time can deplete the body of minerals. Half of all Americans are taking a daily Multiple Vitamin Mineral Supplement. The results of this supplementation is less than optimal because our bodies are being steadily poisoned by toxic substances found in our water, food, and air.
We need to understand that the metal toxicity problem must involve removal of all metals because persistence of lead or cadmium after efforts to remove mercury makes the residual mercury 100 times more toxic i.e. all metals need to go. The continued presence of toxic metals in our body injures our immune system so infections and inflammatory reactions in arteries may progress instead of staying stable. The body reacts to infections in the arteries by using increased viscosity of blood (sluggish blood flow) to wall off the infected region. This inflammation and infection in arteries releases CRP and fibrinogen into the blood which gives the clinician a clue that there is an inflammatory reaction somewhere in the body. When lead is slowly being removed from the body by oral chelation the levels of lead found in the plasma, blood and fluid spaces are kept at low levels. This permits lead to steadily flow from important regions like the brain, where lead levels are high, to areas of the body where lead is less dangerous to health. Over time the declining levels of lead found in critical body areas will be associated with a decrease in symptoms (learning disorders, impaired immune function, chronic fatigue, arteriosclerosis etc. will improve). We think that all persons over the age of 40 should seriously consider taking EDD permanently. There is no was to escape being steadily poisoned by toxic metals, pesticides, herbicides, petrochemical residues in the air, smoke, and dioxins. |
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