You have probably heard about EDTA Chelation Therapy by now, if are following alternative medicine for a long enough time. This therapy is known since 1893 and was actually used since then, while being ignored by our western mainstream medicine.
The mainstream medical establishment is easy to cut people open for bypass and other surgeries, even though dozens of studies over the last 20 years, published in very respectable journals like the New England Journal of Medicine, show clear evidence that Chelation helps clean arteries, heal heart diseases including atherosclerosis, control hypertension, detox from mercury, lead and other heavy metals.
According to many doctors including Dr. Elmer Cranton, there are no studies showing any negative effects from Chelation Therapy. He says the medical research that exists shows only positive results.
Likewise, there is a sufficient evidence that Chelation Therapy can help prevent cancer. It rids our body of the toxic metals that increase free radical damage, possibly leading to this disease. But unfortunately once cancer sets in and one has a malignant tumor, Chelation therapy is not useful.
The idea of the EDTA Chelation Therapy is based on the concept of organic molecules binding with inorganic molecules. It creates a way to purge our bodies of toxic metals (which are inorganic molecules) by sending chelating agents (organic molecules) into the body to round them up.
It was first developed in the 1930s by German scientists. They created the synthetic amino acid now known as EDTA - ethylenediamine tetraacetate (or tetraacetic acid).
As of this time EDTA is the most common Chelating agent. It was first developed in the 1930s when German engineers wanted a way to prevent stains from cropping up when the calcium in their hard water supply reacted with certain dyes.
Later researchers refined EDTA synthesis and created more ways to use it to remove toxic heavy metals from biological and chemical systems. Then, World War II and its poison gases use triggered a search for antidotes, and Chelation was first used as a therapy on humans.
In 1950s Chelation became the treatment of choice for mercury, lead and other metal poisoning in children and adults — and remains the most effective choice today.
Also in 1950s, along with treating heavy metals poisoning, medical researchers further developed the EDTA Chelation therapy for treating atherosclerosis. The EDTA binds with calcium, which is found in arterial plaque, so its use for arterial blockage reversal has been accepted as the key way.
Many holistic doctors offer EDTA Chelation therapy in their offices - a process that removes -
* Mercury * Lead * Mercury * Aluminum * Arsenic * Cadmium * Iron * Nickel and other toxic metals from the body.
Many doctors recommend it also because they have noted that cholesterol levels often drop after Chelation.
You can visit our Thyroid Gland, Thyroid Testing, rT3 Test and Chelation Test pages to see why all of us should pay very serious attention to this related to our Endocrine System health information and how this therapy can help.
Why EDTA Chelation Therapy should be the first choice for body detox
As early as age 10, we start accumulating fat in our arteries and over the years it continues to build up. Some studies were showing that by 25 years of age we can have our arteries clogged by 35%.
We need to be serious about detoxifying ourselves. Some form of the EDTA Chelation therapy should be our first choice. This is especially true if we have Endocrine System's disorders symptoms and have tests showing the heavy metals intoxication exists.
Atherosclerosis patients who were treated intravenously with EDTA saw all kinds of other physical improvements. Along with increased blood flow through blocked arteries, they experienced
* less chest pain * less leg pain * skin color improved * cold arms and legs returned to normal temperatures * hypertension normalized * better muscular function * varicose veins almost vanished * improved brain function * fatigue and exhaustion disappeared * sexual dysfunction completely vanished even from memories * better sleeping pattern * poor vision improved * hearing improved * high cholesterol normalized * high homocysteine levels lowered, and much more!
The majority of patients who underwent EDTA Chelation therapy feel a significant improvement in specific symptoms and in their overall health.
It was also noted that in addition to flushing out heavy metals toxins, dangerous substance known as calcium plaque was also removed from the body. This is the same plaque that can easily clog our veins, arteries and capillaries! This calcium plug is the primary reason for our blood vessels hardening and raising blood pressure.
“Published research and extensive clinical experience showed that EDTA helps reduce and prevent arteriosclerotic plaques, thus improving blood flow to the heart and other organs. The scientific evidence indicates that a course of EDTA chelation therapy might eliminate the need for bypass surgery.” — Dr. Linus Pauling, Two-time Nobel Prize winning scientist.
With more experience in using EDTA Chelation therapy researchers discovered that not only it could remove uninvited heavy metals from the body, but cells and mitochondria could resume their normal functions. It was also stimulating intracellular processes.
At the same period of time researchers found very effective preventive benefits of the EDTA Chelation Therapy. It was especially powerful in fixing metabolic function.
When EDTA - the Chelating agent gets released to the body, its molecules spread all over by way of the bloodstream and bind with toxic metals like mercury, lead, aluminum, cadmium or other heavy metals to form new compounds.
These new compounds dissolve in water, so they can enter our bloodstream and our kidneys and liver are able to filter them out and we rid of these poisonous metals when going to the bathroom.
EDTA does a wonderful job of removing toxic metal ions from the areas where they interfere with our normal metabolic function. It is a completely natural process. All living organisms use chelation to absorb and make use of inorganic metallic elements.
For example, hemoglobin is a chelate of iron. Chlorophyll is a chelate of magnesium. Chelation unites inorganic and organic substances into a compatible and working together partnership.
After deciding that the EDTA Chelation Therapy is applicable to our specific health situation we should also consider that it doesn’t distinguish between bad and good metals in our bodies. It will remove small amounts of the good ones together with the bad. Such good nutrients are zinc, copper and others are required for our bodies to perform at its best.
We need to supplement ourselves with these lost minerals during and after a cource of the therapy.
Methods of applying EDTA Chelation Therapy
EDTA Chelation therapy is usuaally given intravenously. Some doctors or producers are also suggesting to take it orally.
Intravenous Chelation is usually done in a doctor’s office. A tiny gauge needle or flexible Teflon catheter is inserted into the arm or hand, and then EDTA gets delivered by slow drip to the body over a period of three to four hours per session.
A complete course of intravenous EDTA Chelation Therapy usually involves thirty or more visits, depending on our symptoms. The amount of time between these visits depends on how well we are able to eliminate EDTA through our urine.
Most of us wouldn’t be too easy committing ourselves to 30 or more such visits, but all depends on our symptoms. If we didn’t wait for too long while compounding our problems, the Oral Chelation is possibly a more convenient option for us.
While researching for a good Oral Chelation option for our visitors, we found possibly an even better solution for our heavy metals and even calcium deposits detoxification. You can visit our alternative Chelation Treatments page for more information.
We should always look for a skilled and experienced alternative doctor, who is knowledgeable to advise us on a choice between Intravenous or alternative options. Such a doctor can also suggest a well directed supplementation to replenish removed by Chelation nutrients. This supplementation needs to include a sufficient quantity and quality of these beneficial for our health minerals.
To find such qualified for justifying and performing the Chelation Therapy in our area we can contact the American College for Advancement in Medicine online at or by phone - (888)439-6891.