Guest guest Posted May 15, 2005 Report Share Posted May 15, 2005 EDTA Chelation Therapy JoAnn Guest May 14, 2005 16:39 PDT Chelation therapy helps remove heavy metals such as lead, calcium, and aluminum from the body. If started early, chelation therapy has shown very encouraging results. The benefit of chelation is that it provides an alternative means of treating " blocked arteries " in a preventive way, prior to emergency situations for which bypass surgery may be the only solution. Chelation has restored victims of severe angina to health, with complete freedom from pain and vastly improved tolerance for exercise. Many reported an improvement in intellectual function as chelation therapy improved the circulation to their brains. Chelation therapy is aimed at stripping lead, aluminum, mercury, cadmium, and unwanted calcium deposits from the arteries and other parts of the body in a way that allows these materials to be excreted through the kidneys. To accomplish this, physicians administer an amino acid solution called EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid), through an intravenous drip into the bloodstream for about three hours, 2 to 3 days a week. The number of treatments would be suggested by the physician, but usually 20 to 30 treatments are administered. The word " chelate " comes from the Greek " chele " which refers to the claw or lobster, implying a firm, pincer-like hold. EDTA floats past a hardened area in a blood vessel, and its strong attraction for calcium and lead causes it literally " to pick up " the offending mineral and pull it out of the area! The treatment is given by member physicians of the American Academy of Medical Preventics (AAMP) in medical centers across the nation. Approximately six million infusions have been administered in the U.S. solely for the purpose of " reversing " degenerative diseases associated with " hardening of the arteries " . In the past twelve years of record keeping, not one death has occurred due specifically to chelation therapy when it has been administered by physicians who followed the standard protocol established by the " American College of Advancement in Medicine " . To find a physician who is trained and competent in chelation therapy, contact the `American College of Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), 23121 Verdugo Drive, Suite 204, Laguna Hills, CA. Or phone (714) 583-7666 or (800) 532-3688. ACAM lists more than 2,000 doctors across the nation who administer chelating therapy. " Chelation Therapy " : One of Medicine's Best Kept Secrets! In this article by Gary Null, it was reported that chelating has also been shown to help multiple sclerosis, arthritis, macular degeneration (a disease that causes blindness) hypertension, diabetes, and adverse reactions to environmental pollutants! Chelating has restored victims of angina to health, with complete freedom from pain and vastly improved tolerance for exercise. The American Medical Association and pharmaceutical and health insurance industries stand in opposition to the therapy. Yet, the Food and Drug administration has approved EDTA! Chelation therapy is a procedure that costs about one-tenth what bypass surgery does, has minimal risk factors associated with it, and causes very little, if any pain. It has a growing reputation as a " treatment of preference " for blocked arteries. The benefit of chelation is that it provides an alternative means of treating blocked arteries, prior to an emergency situation for which bypass surgery may be the only solution. The medical literature contains some 10,000 articles about chelation, of which 1,800 were clinical studies. All describe favorable results. H. Richard Casdorph, M.D. Ph. D. Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, has been at the forefront of chelating therapy and uses it daily in his practice in Long Beach, CA. I discussed chelation with him and he told me that clinical studies on chelation have documented directly the " effectiveness " of this therapy in treating *sclerotic heart valves*, stroke, senility, and even Alzheimer's disease. Studies have shown that the basis of most of these problems is poor circulation caused by hardening of the arteries. Originated for Lead Poisoning The therapy originated in Detroit, Michigan, in 1948 as a means of treating victims of lead poisoning. Physicians found that after the treatments, their patients showed marked improvement in their arteriosclerosis. Further experimentation resulted in the treatment we know today. More information is available in several good books: " The Chelation Way " by Dr. Morton Walker, Toxic Metal Syndrome, by Dr. Morton Walker and Richard Casdorph, M.D., " Bypassing Bypass, New Techniques of Chelation Therapy " by Elmer M.Cranton, M.D. Please note: If there is no doctor that provides this service in your area, oral chelation kits are readily purchased in health food stores for a nominal price! These usually consist of a variety of supplements taken with Aloe Vera Juice. Oral chelation usually is as effective as the EDTA drip. -- Benefits of Chelation Therapy - Reduces Free Radical Activity in The Blood -- We can think of our cells in the body as miniature factories. Inside the cell, the digestive process is going on. That means converting the raw materials into energy and protein compounds. Like in a factory, there are mechanisms to transport material within the cell as well as mechanisms to transport material to and from the cell. In our body, these mechanisms are performed by complex enzyme activity. The skin that surrounds a cell controls what goes in and what goes out of it. (It is like the shipping and receiving department in a factory.) The active cell membrane is made up of lipids (Cholesterol), protein and water. As explained in " The Story of Free Radicals " below, free radicals can cause lipid peroxidation (fat becomes rancid). Like in the factory example, if the shipping and receiving department is not functioning properly, it can cause chaos; the whole factory will go out of synch. It does not get raw materials in time or cannot ship out waste products and finished products out. In the body, this is the beginning of the cell degeneration. (In the case of the factory, it will go out of business.) This is what happens when " atherosclerosis " begins in an artery wall. The majority of " lipid peroxidation " activity involves the presence of metal ions such as iron, copper or calcium. EDTA effectively locks onto these ions, preventing their destructive action. Proponents of Chelation Therapy claim that EDTA can reduce the production of free radicals by up to a million-fold! Research over the past 30 years has confirmed the benefits of EDTA. This protective influence of EDTA would be enhanced by an appreciable presence of antioxidant nutrients such as vitamins A, C and E, selenium, and amino acid complexes such as glutathione peroxidase. They not only " mop up " free radicals but also assist in reinforcing the " stability " of cell membranes. The Story of Free Radicals - Free radicals are the highly " unstable chemicals " that attack, infiltrate, and injure vital cell structures. Most stable chemical compounds in the body possess a pair of electrons. Sometimes, one member of the electron pair gets stripped away. The resulting compound (that is short of one electron) is called a " free radical " . In chemistry, the term free radical means that it is now free to combine with another element to form a new stable compound. One way to think of free radical is the way our social system work. In a family there is husband and wife. They are joined together. Both are " tied up " or not available for other partners. Let us assume that they get 'separated'. Now we have two " free " persons who are looking for other partners to partner with. The way free radicals work, one of the free spouses go and break up a stable marriage of another couple, by joining with one of the spouses. This results in the ouster of a person from that family creating a brand new " free radical " who goes around prowling to find another " compound " to attack. You can see that free radicals can do lot of harm by forming a chain reaction. A similar thing happens with free radicals in the body. When a free radical is born, it goes around the body looking for another compound to " steal " an electron from. This breaks up the " contented " couple, that results in releasing another free radical, and so on. While on the prowl, these free radicals (which are really the oxidation products from the body) can do tremendous " damage " to the delicate machinery of your cells. The most studied free radical " chain reaction " in living things is lipid peroxidation. (The term lipid refers to any fat-soluble substance, animal or vegetable. Peroxidation means the *formation* of a " peroxide " molecule. These are the molecules with the greatest proportion of " oxygen molecules " . For example, a water molecule has two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. Hydrogen peroxide has two Hydrogen atoms and two oxygen atoms. In other words, there is an excess oxygen atom in a hydrogen peroxide molecule.) Ninety eight percent of the oxygen we breathe is used by tiny powerhouses within our cells called mitochondria, that convert sugar, fats and inorganic phosphate by combining with oxygen into adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the universal form of energy we need to live. This energy producing activity of the mitochondria involves a series of intricate, complex and vital biochemical processes that depends on vast numbers of enzymes (estimates vary from 500 to 10,000 sets of oxidative enzymes). These, in turn, depends on dozens of nutrient factors and co-factors. In this metabolism process, a very small amount of left over oxygen loses " electrons " , creating free radicals. These free radicals *burn* holes in our cellular membranes. Calcium " penetrates " our cells through these holes. This " excess " calcium results in cell death. This, in turn, weakens tissues and organs. As this damage continues, our body become " rusty " , less able to fight other invaders such as cancer, hardening of the arteries, premature aging, and other bodily disorders. Because of the amount of oxygen we breathe every day (our bodies take 630 quadrillion damaging oxygen hits per day, each of our cells takes about 10,000 hits per day and each DNA strand in the cell gets hit 5,000 times per day. This free radical bombardment causes a typical human cell to undergo thousands of changes or " mutations " daily. If a DNA strand gets hit and is not repaired before its twin gets hit, we will have the onset of a potentially lethal cancer. In addition to the oxygen we breathe, the free radicals can also come from such things as environmental pollution, radiation, cigarette smoke, chemicals, and herbicides. The key to having a healthy body is to repair the damages caused by the free radicals before it is too late, and to protect the body's tissue cells from the free radicals before they cause " mutations " . Antioxidants are substances that have free-radical " chain-reaction-breaking " properties. Like a bouncer, the antioxidants " deactivate " potentially dangerous free radicals before they can damage a cells' machinery. Most of these antioxidants come from plants and are called *phytochemicals*. More than 60,000 of such plant chemicals are identified. Among the most effective and dedicated antioxidants are Vitamin A, C, and E (known as the ACE trio.). Out of these, Vitamin C is the most powerful. Each cell produces its own antioxidants. But the ability to produce them decreases as we age. That is why our diet should supply anti-oxidants, phytochemicals ( organic fruits and vegetables are a good source for this.) and additional vitamins and minerals. http://holisticonline.com/Chelation/chel_ben_free_rad.htm JoAnn Guest mrsjo- AIM Barleygreen " Wisdom of the Past, Food of the Future " http://www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/Diets.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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