EDTA Chelation

ORAL CHELATION:

Chelation which is pronounced "key-layshun" comes from the Greek word "chele" meaning to claw. Chelating agents are substances that can chemically bond with toxic minerals metals and chemicals within the body. The chelating agent encircles a mineral or metal ion and carries it from the body via the urine and feces.

1) WHAT IS ORAL CHELATION?

Oral chelation involves the ingestion of natural chelating substances. Various vitamins minerals amino acids antioxidants phytonutrients and herbs can be used to supplement the benefits of the numerous chelating agents. The addition of these substances helps to replenish any loss of nutrients that may occur during the chelation process. In so far as possible all ingredients are derived from natural sources. Oral EDTA chelation has all the benefits of intravenous (IV) chelation but is much slower acting because only 4% to 18% of an oral EDTA dose is absorbed (compared with 100% of an IV dose)

2) Taken on a daily basis oral chelation will gradually accomplish what its IV counterpart does in a shorter duration of time.

Oral chelation is useful in reducing heavy metal toxicity calcification blood cholesterol and lipid peroxidation (the free-radical oxidation of metabolized fats) as well as thinning the blood and preventing the formation of blood clots (a cause of heart attacks).

3) WHAT IS EDTA?

EDTA is a synthetic amino acid. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. EDTA is approximately one-third as toxic to the body as aspirin.

4) EDTA chelation therapy in an intravenous solution was first introduced into medicine in the United States in 1948 as a treatment for lead poisoning.

Shortly thereafter the U.S. Navy advocated the use of chelation therapy for sailors who had absorbed lead while painting ships and military facilities using lead-based paint. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved IV EDTA chelation as a treatment for lead poisoning. Physicians administering IV EDTA chelation for lead toxicity observed that patients who also had atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries primarily caused by fatty-plaque) or arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries caused by calcium) experienced reductions in both conditions after chelation

5) Since 1952 IV EDTA chelation has been used by some medical practitioners to treat cardiovascular disease.

6) More recently oral chelation has come into use as an alternative to the IV form of therapy.

Although much safer and less expensive than coronary bypass surgery or angioplasty IV chelation is still relatively expensive. It is not widely available and there are comparatively few experienced medical doctors that are trained to administer it. Fortunately there is a safer less expensive non-invasive and more readily obtainable alternative-Oral Chelation.