Chele is a Greek word which means "claw," and from that we get the word chelation (pronounced key-LAY-shun), a method of removing toxic chemicals and heavy metals from the body, using chemical agents that act like claws, latching onto the unwanted particles and chemically binding with them. The chemicals are called chelation agents. During World War II chelation was discovered and used to clear the body of poisonous metals. Researchers found they could make a ring of molecules that would sequester the unwanted mineral molecules and removed them from the body by the usual elimination. Chelation also happens normally in a body, such as hemoglobin combining with iron to deliver oxygen to cells.
Chemicals such as dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA), dimercaptopropane sulfonate (DMPS), or ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) are called chelates. They are specific compounds that can locate and form an attachment to toxins and metals in the body. Chelation is usually administered intravenously. It is a well-known way to rid the body of heavy metals and poisons. Unfortunately, when the chelate removes the toxin from the cell and carries it off, it does not neutralize the toxin and there is the possibility that the toxin is able to bind onto other cells on it's way out.
A synthetic amino acid, which has been useful as a heavy metal chelating material, is EDTA (Ethylene Diamine Tetra-Acetic Acid). It is an FDA-approved treatment for lead, mercury, aluminum and cadmium removal, and has been used for lead chelating for over 50 years. EDTA also assists in restoring blood vessels jammed with calcium and arterial plaque. Basically EDTA is non-toxic and has few noticeable side effects. Unfortunately, it can also chelate necessary minerals and other elements from the body, so the treatment should be supplemented with vitamins and minerals.
This process of chelation actually removes unwanted metals from the bloodstream. In fact, chelation therapy is the only way to treat lead poisoning. But lead is not the only metal cleansed from the body through chelation. A chelation agent will also bind with most metals, mineral deposits, calcium-based plaques and other chemical toxins. Because of its positive impact on the bloodstream, chelation therapy has proven to benefit a number of medical conditions, including atherosclerosis (narrowing of the arteries by plaque deposits) and arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and diabetes.
EDTA Chelation Therapy, by Cranton, is a textbook of clinical studies of chelation. Obviously the difficulties of doing double-blind studies to prove or disprove the clinical results of bypass surgery and balloon angioplasty are insurmountable, but the studies in this book show that EDTA chelation treatment obtains better results than either of those drastic measures.
A complete program of chelation therapy involves dietary changes, away from highly refined and processed foods. The use of nonprescription nutritional supplements is emphasized, more than expensive and highly profitable drugs patented and marketed by the pharmaceutical industry. Chelation therapy is performed in doctors' offices, without the need for hospitals, surgeons, cardiologists and the large team of health professionals who profit greatly in dollars and reputation from the $6 billion per year bypass surgery and balloon angioplasty. It is a well-proven therapy and has been performed on more people than have received bypass surgery.
The most frequent criticism leveled by critics of non-traditional and alternative medical therapies is that new treatments are "unproven" because randomized, double-blind, controlled studies have not yet been done to prove effectiveness. Those criticisms ignore the fact that most medical procedures routinely performed in the practice of medicine are also unproven using those same criteria.
If patients were given the choice of receiving EDTA chelation treatment, as opposed to surgery or angioplasty, the cost of treatment would be minimal in comparison. It's ridiculous to deny this modern therapy. Medical insurance companies could save a bundle with less need for costly hospitalization, resulting in reduced insurance premiums. At present, 800,000 people die every year in the US from arteriosclerosis and complications thereof. Yet, we have the most technologically advanced hospitals and health care in history.
Chelation Improves Quality of Life
Although some doctors don't advertise it, chelation can greatly increase life expectancy. The essential sources of all illness are the small particles of metal, which build up over a lifetime. These metals increase the production of free radicals. As the body is rid of the metals, free radicals also disappear, by a staggering amount, and this slows down aging and makes the patient feel young. Intravenous chelation also lessens the risk of heart disease and cancer.
When the toxic metals are removed from the body by intravenous chelation therapy, billions and billions of free radicals are prevented from being created because the metals are now gone. When they exist in the body, they encourage a huge production of free radicals.
It puts a stop to all toxins being created in the body, straight away.
The two major killing diseases in this day and age - heart disease and cancer - can be reversed and prevented.
Benefits of the actions of chelation in reducing free radicals and the damage done by free radicals is truly astounding.
This informative article is not intended to provide medical counsel for individuals, but is for education of the reader. Qualified health practitioners dispense medical advice.
Chemicals such as dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA), dimercaptopropane sulfonate (DMPS), or ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) are called chelates. They are specific compounds that can locate and form an attachment to toxins and metals in the body. Chelation is usually administered intravenously. It is a well-known way to rid the body of heavy metals and poisons. Unfortunately, when the chelate removes the toxin from the cell and carries it off, it does not neutralize the toxin and there is the possibility that the toxin is able to bind onto other cells on it's way out.
A synthetic amino acid, which has been useful as a heavy metal chelating material, is EDTA (Ethylene Diamine Tetra-Acetic Acid). It is an FDA-approved treatment for lead, mercury, aluminum and cadmium removal, and has been used for lead chelating for over 50 years. EDTA also assists in restoring blood vessels jammed with calcium and arterial plaque. Basically EDTA is non-toxic and has few noticeable side effects. Unfortunately, it can also chelate necessary minerals and other elements from the body, so the treatment should be supplemented with vitamins and minerals.
This process of chelation actually removes unwanted metals from the bloodstream. In fact, chelation therapy is the only way to treat lead poisoning. But lead is not the only metal cleansed from the body through chelation. A chelation agent will also bind with most metals, mineral deposits, calcium-based plaques and other chemical toxins. Because of its positive impact on the bloodstream, chelation therapy has proven to benefit a number of medical conditions, including atherosclerosis (narrowing of the arteries by plaque deposits) and arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and diabetes.
EDTA Chelation Therapy, by Cranton, is a textbook of clinical studies of chelation. Obviously the difficulties of doing double-blind studies to prove or disprove the clinical results of bypass surgery and balloon angioplasty are insurmountable, but the studies in this book show that EDTA chelation treatment obtains better results than either of those drastic measures.
A complete program of chelation therapy involves dietary changes, away from highly refined and processed foods. The use of nonprescription nutritional supplements is emphasized, more than expensive and highly profitable drugs patented and marketed by the pharmaceutical industry. Chelation therapy is performed in doctors' offices, without the need for hospitals, surgeons, cardiologists and the large team of health professionals who profit greatly in dollars and reputation from the $6 billion per year bypass surgery and balloon angioplasty. It is a well-proven therapy and has been performed on more people than have received bypass surgery.
The most frequent criticism leveled by critics of non-traditional and alternative medical therapies is that new treatments are "unproven" because randomized, double-blind, controlled studies have not yet been done to prove effectiveness. Those criticisms ignore the fact that most medical procedures routinely performed in the practice of medicine are also unproven using those same criteria.
If patients were given the choice of receiving EDTA chelation treatment, as opposed to surgery or angioplasty, the cost of treatment would be minimal in comparison. It's ridiculous to deny this modern therapy. Medical insurance companies could save a bundle with less need for costly hospitalization, resulting in reduced insurance premiums. At present, 800,000 people die every year in the US from arteriosclerosis and complications thereof. Yet, we have the most technologically advanced hospitals and health care in history.
Chelation Improves Quality of Life
Although some doctors don't advertise it, chelation can greatly increase life expectancy. The essential sources of all illness are the small particles of metal, which build up over a lifetime. These metals increase the production of free radicals. As the body is rid of the metals, free radicals also disappear, by a staggering amount, and this slows down aging and makes the patient feel young. Intravenous chelation also lessens the risk of heart disease and cancer.
When the toxic metals are removed from the body by intravenous chelation therapy, billions and billions of free radicals are prevented from being created because the metals are now gone. When they exist in the body, they encourage a huge production of free radicals.
It puts a stop to all toxins being created in the body, straight away.
The two major killing diseases in this day and age - heart disease and cancer - can be reversed and prevented.
Benefits of the actions of chelation in reducing free radicals and the damage done by free radicals is truly astounding.
This informative article is not intended to provide medical counsel for individuals, but is for education of the reader. Qualified health practitioners dispense medical advice.
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