Make
your arteries "younger"
Another
tremendous source of information about chelation is
a gentleman known as the "father" of the
modern chelation movement, as well a world-renowned
expert on nutrition, mineral metabolism, and
alternative and preventative therapies, Garry
Gordon, MD, DO. Dr. Gordon wrote the original
protocol for the safe and effective use of EDTA. In
an interview conducted by John Morgenthaler, Dr.
Gordon explained some of the extraordinary results
he has accumulated in his use and study of EDTA
Chelation, including the following.
[Karl
Note: Dr.Gary Gordon has specifically
disassociated himself from the claims made by
Morgenthaler in this so-called interview!]
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Common
anti-clotting therapies like aspirin and
coumadin are effective against only about
one-third of excessive platelet aggregation and
coagulation ("sticky" blood and plaque
formation.) What’s worse, aspirin has a
well-known corrosive effect on the membrane of
the stomach, causing a micro-hemorrhage right
where the pill hits the stomach. EDTA, on the
other hand, appears to reduce all harmful
clotting mechanisms. "In a proper
combination with other natural anti-clotting
substances, oral EDTA is a safe and effective
alternative. According to Dr. Gordon.
"I’ve known people who had such poor
peripheral circulation that their feet were
black bordering on gangrene. After oral EDTA,
their black feet became pink again."
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EDTA
actually stimulates bone growth, through a
complex action of the parathyroid gland. Even
though it is removing calcium from plaque in
blood vessels, it has the ability to make bones
stronger. Dr. Gordon believes that chelation can
significantly reduce the incidence of
osteoporosis. "The more chelation we give
people, the less osteoporosis they have and the
less age-related calcium accumulation there is
in their blood vessels. The average
80-year-old man...shows 140 times more calcium
than he had at age 10. This means you’re
gradually turning to stone in all your arteries.
We can document that calcium accumulation in the
artery is totally reversible by enough
chelation."
"I
use IV treatment to get people’s arteries
younger," says Dr. Gordon, "and to
increase blood flow in their arteries."
Remarkably, while conventionally trained
cardiologists consider the diagnosis of congestive
heart failure to be virtually a death sentence —
over 60 percent of their patients are dead within
the first year — Dr. Gordon hasn’t lost one
patient with congestive failure in 10 years.
But
chelation therapy is far more than just a powerful
heart and circulation treatment. As a result of its
complex of health-enhancing, detoxifying
benefits...chelation therapy helps to correct,
reverse, or eliminate a vast array of serious and
prevalent health conditions, ranging from senility
to cancer. [See the chart below.]
Are
there any significant risks with chelation? When
administered by a properly trained physician,
according to Dr. Gordon, IV EDTA has an extremely
low risk of side effects — less than 1 in 10,000
patients. And mortality rates for chelation, when
carried out according to accepted protocols,
approaches 0 percent.19
How to use Oral EDTA to protect your
arteries, heart, and more
Somewhat
less well known, among consumers and health care
professionals, are the benefits of the oral form
EDTA Chelation therapy — in which the same EDTA
compound used intravenously is taken orally, in
doses high enough to be effective, yet safe enough
to be taken without a doctor’s intervention.
"It
is my firm belief," says Dr. Gordon, "that
anyone considering using aspirin for the prevention
of heart attack should learn everything they can
about oral EDTA. It is my belief that EDTA is as
much as 300 times safer than aspirin."
Oral chelation supplements keep your
arteries plaque-free
As with
the early IV chelation studies, the early clinical
studies with oral EDTA were also promising,
including loss of fat in rats, reduction of
cholesterol in rabbits, and reduced blood pressure
in humans. Consequently, a study of the effects of
oral EDTA on patients with atherosclerosis and/or
hypertension was conducted on 10 patients. Four of
these patients had hypertension, four had angina
pectoris, one had peripheral vascular disease
(intermittent claudication), and one was recovering
from a heart attack. All were treated with 1 gram of
oral EDTA daily for 3 months.
The oral supplements caused a
significant drop in the patients’ blood
pressure... cholesterol...leg pain...and chest pain
Seven
of the ten patients experienced significant
reductions in their cholesterol levels, and blood
pressure was reduced in all ten. The most marked
change occurred in the patient with intermittent
claudication, whose cholesterol dropped from 278 mg
per 100 ml to 128! This patient also reported
improved exercise tolerance, and the researchers
found improved pulsations in the extremities. The
four patients with angina pectoris also all reported
improvement.20
In
another series of 20 patients who suffered from high
cholesterol, hypertension, angina or peripheral
vascular disease, one gram of EDTA was administered
orally every day for 3 months. During that short
time, elevated cholesterol levels in nine of the
patients dropped to within the normal range. No
adverse results were experienced by any of the
patients. Angina attacks were reduced in frequency
and severity in five individuals. One person, who
previously had suffered a heart attack and
experienced several angina attacks daily thereafter,
obtained complete relief.21
In
another study, two patients with extremely elevated
cholesterol were treated with oral EDTA. One patient
took EDTA in progressively increasing doses ranging
from 500 mg to 4 gm daily for one year, and the
other took 1,000 mg daily for three years. Although
the first patient suffered a heart attack after
three years of therapy, she recovered uneventfully,
and had reduced angina pains and improved sense of
well being with continued use of EDTA. The second
patient — in addition to high cholesterol — had
a condition known as xanthomatosis (yellowish
papules in the skin, related to elevated blood
lipids). She not only experienced dramatic
reductions in her cholesterol levels with oral EDTA
treatment, but her skin lesions completely resolved.22
In
short, you can use oral chelation supplements to...
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Cleanse
your system of heavy metal toxicity and harmful
calcium deposits in the arteries
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Help
thin the blood and prevent the formation of
blood clots — and reduce your risk of heart
attack or stroke
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Lower
your blood pressure and cholesterol levels (One
of Dr. Gordon’s patients at Stanford
University could not get her cholesterol below
500. Using ETDA-based chelation-based formula,
her cholesterol came down to 200 — a
remarkable result.)
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Neutralize
free-radicals...a major cause of
atherosclerosis, as well as accelerated aging,
cancer, and arthritis
Who
should use oral chelation?
Oral
EDTA is not meant to replace IV therapy for those
people who have serious vascular disease. It is very
useful, though, for people who have completed an IV
course and want to stay on a maintenance
program...for people who "for whatever
reason" wish to avoid IV chelation...and for
those who’s IV treatments may have been
interrupted.
Oral
chelation is a safe, powerful disease fighter. It
works. And considering that vascular diseases and
blockages occur throughout the entire body,
chelation is an ideal preventative and treatment.
How
much to take...how to know it’s working... and how
to further enhance the benefits
The
dose of oral EDTA used in the studies cited above
ranges from a low of 500 milligrams per day to a
high of 4,000 milligrams per day, with the most
common dose being around 1,000 to 2,000 milligrams.
Unfortunately, the majority of oral chelation
supplements available today make it nearly
impossible for you to consume the recommended
amount, without inordinate hassle...and stomachache.
With some chelation supplements, you need to take up
to 40 capsules per day to get the high-level dose of
4,000 milligrams of EDTA per day!
In
addition, recent research has shown that, aside from
EDTA, there are two natural compounds that also
function as excellent chelation agents: garlic and
malic acid.
Some
oral chelation supplements do include garlic...but
again, you have to take so much of the supplement
that, needless to say, your daily dose of the garlic
can become a bit on the high side, and a bit
unpleasant. Of all the chelation formulations
available today, only one provides enough EDTA per
capsule — 250 milligrams, or 0.25 grams — to
maintain the recommended daily dose conveniently,
and at minimum cost and hassle. This high-quality
product, called CardioClear, is quite simply
the most effective and convenient oral
chelation supplement you can find. In addition to
providing the optimum dose of EDTA, malic acid, and
garlic, CardioClear also includes parsley
extract, to absorb the garlic odor.
If you
have a known CVD condition...you should see a
qualified doctor and ask about IV chelation and
oral chelation. If you have a condition but it is
not serious enough to require medical attention now,
then oral chelation alone is a good choice for
maintenance and prevention. Finally, if you do not
have a known condition, then CardioClear —
the most powerful and reliable way to heal your
arteries and support your entire circulatory system
— can help keep you protected for life. SP
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Other
Benefits of EDTA Chelation*
Prevents
cholesterol deposits
Heals calcified necrotic ulcers
Reduces blood cholesterol levels
Reduces intermittent claudication
Lowers high blood pressure
Improves vision in diabetic retinopathy
Avoids by-pass surgery
Decreases macular degeneration
Avoids angioplasty
Dissolves small cataracts
Reserves digitalis toxicity
Eliminates heavy metal toxicity
Removes calcium from atherosclerotic
plaques
Makes arterial walls more flexible
Dissolves intra-arterial blood clots
Prevents osteoarthritis
Normalizes cardiac arrhythmias
Reduces rheumatoid arthritis symptoms
Has an anti-aging effect
Lowers diabetics’ insulin needs
Reduces excessive heart contractions
Reduces Alzheimer-like symptoms
Increases intracellular potassium
Reverses senility
Reduces heart irritability
Reduce stroke/heart attack after-effects
Improves heart function
Prevents cancer
Removes mineral and drug deposits
Improves memory
Dissolves kidney stones
Reverses diabetic gangrene
Reduces serum iron levels
Restores impaired vision
Reduces heart valve calcification
Reduces varicose veins
*Adapted
from Walker M., Gordon G., Douglass W.C.:
The Chelation Answer
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To
find a doctor qualified ...
to provide
you with IV chelation treatments, contact
the ACAM (American College for Advancement
in Medicine) at:
ACAM
23121 Verdugo Dr., Ste. 204
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
800 532 3688
www.acam.org
EDTA
Chelation therapy appears to be extremely
safe, but as with almost any drug or
supplement, there are potential adverse
effects of EDTA chelation. One danger is
nephrotoxicity (kidney damage). This is
dependent on the dose, the rate of
infusion, the patient’s kidney function,
and the patient’s body burden of toxic
heavy metals. Kidney damage was not
uncommon in the early days of chelation
therapy, when doses of EDTA in the range
of 5-10 grams per day were used, and
treatments were administered as often as 5
days per week.
Kidney
damage can be easily prevented, however,
by carefully adjusting the frequency, dose
and rate in which the EDTA is
administered. In addition, judicious
administration of EDTA over prolonged
periods (three to six months and longer)
actually improves kidney function.
Other
potential adverse effects include
hypocalcemia (excessively low blood levels
of calcium) due to EDTA’s binding
excessively with calcium in the blood,
hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), believed
to be due to accompanying hypocalcemia,
and phlebitis (inflammation of the vein),
usually due to improperly prepared
solutions. Rarely reported side effects
include chills and fever following
infusion, acerbation of congestive heart
failure due to fluid overload, fatigue
(usually due to hypoglycemia or
hypocalcemia), seizures, arrhythmias, or
rash. The risk of incurring any of the
above adverse effects has further been
greatly reduced by the recent finding of
Drs. Grant Born and Tammy Geurkink23 that
even greater benefit can be obtained by
most patients who are treated with only
1.5 grams of EDTA per treatment, rather
than with the standard dose of three
grams. (But this refers to the IV infusion
of EDTA, not to be confused with dosages
for oral use, which are in the range of
500mg to 4000mg per day.)
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