Iron and Your Heart Health by Jakki Francis

effects.

Evidence links excess lead with cardiovascular

disease, cancer and other disorders.

Researchers have found that cancer rates are higher amongst

people living near heavily-traveled roads and it was

suggested that this increased risk is due to the higher

levels of lead in the air.

This led the researchers to test the effect of a

lead-removing substance - EDTA (ethylene diamine

tetra acetic acid),a man-made amino acid and chelating

agent - on cancer rates in people living near high-traffic roads.

After 18 years those treated with EDTA had one-tenth

of the cancer rate of those not treated with EDTA.(1)

What is Chelation Therapy?

This is the use of chelating agents, orally or by injection,

in order to bind and remove harmful metals

from the body.

The man-made chelating agent EDTA can remove

most toxic metals.

Intravenous Chelation

This therapy has been used by doctors as an

effective alternative to bypass surgery for atherosclerosis

since the 1950s, giving hope that having hardening of the

arteries need not lead to coronary bypass surgery, heart attack,

stroke and numerous other related diseases.

Doctors noted reduced pain and blood cholesterol levels as

well as other favorable changes.

EDTA chelation therapy has been reported to help in many conditions

now thought to be related to free radical pathology: Rheumatoid

Arthritis, Diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease

and others.

EDTA and the Calcium:Magnesium Ratio

Another effect of EDTA is that it changes the calcium/

magnesium ratio in the body.

EDTA removes calcium more efficiently than magnesium which

reduces the ratio.

Lowering the ratio improves the flexibility of blood cells, reduces

the tendency of blood to clot and reduces blood cholesterol

and blood pressure.

So the benefits of EDTA are not entirely due to the removal

of toxic metals but also the calcium/magnesium balance.

In the case of intravenous chelation, EDTA is used as the

chelating agent. It is carried in a glucose formulation

together with synthetic B Vitamins. It takes several hours

and requires 80-100 treatments.

Oral Chelation

Oral EDTA therapy can also be used. One or two oral doses

of EDTA per day, over a period of months can have a long-term

preventative effect.

The original Oral Chelation product was formulated by Harry W Hersey and has been available in the US since 1983.

For an oral chelation supplement that has been tested and certified to lower bad cholesterol by The University of Illinois, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition Click Here

But beware! - there are many so-called oral chelation supplements on the market containing few or no chelating substances!

References:

1. Blumer,W, et al Environmental International 3: 1980, pages

465-471

Bibliography:

New Answers to Old Questions, The Free Radical Story by

Harry W Hersey

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