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Health & Medicine
2004-03-01 15:44:00
The benefits of ‘oral chelation’
: Can you tell me the benefits of 'Oral Chelation?'
ANSWER: Chelation therapy is used to rid the body of unnecessary and toxic metals and to reverse the process of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). This is accomplished (in part) through the removal of the calcium content of plaque from the artery walls. By restoring good circulation to all tissues of the body, chelation therapy can help to avoid by-pass surgery, reverse gangrene, alleviate intermittent claudation (cramps) of the legs, and restore memory.Chelation (pronounced key-LAY-shun) comes from the Greek word chele meaning "to claw" or "bind." The U.S. Navy began using ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) in the mid-1940's to safely and successfully treat heavy metal poisoning. The doctors soon discovered that chelation did more than just remove heavy metals. The cardiovascular benefits of EDTA intravenous chelation were discovered! It was met with enthusiasm, and even conventional physicians embraced it.... for a time. However, as the treatment of heart disease gained popularity so did the promotion of new drugs and surgical procedures. Chelation therapy fell out of favor, even though (and possibly because); it offered a viable alternative to surgery. In 1988 a study of 2,870 cases, performed by the Department of Applied Science, School of Public Health and Tropical medicine at Tulane University, documented that EDTA chelation therapy brought about significant improvement in 93.9% of patients suffering from coronary artery blockage. Elmer Cranton, M.D., points out that during all the time that chelation therapy has been administered according to established protocol, not one serious side effect has been reported. He concludes, "Chelation therapy can help avoid by-pass surgery in 85% of cases." The use of oral chelation (tablets) is a firmly established alternative practice. EDTA itself, when taken orally, provides most of the chelation effects in the body, only less dramatic and slower than when received by intravenous chelation. However, oral chelation has several major advantages, including convenience, potential long-term continuous health maintenance, and lower cost. The continuous nutritional protection found in oral chelation can do more for overall longevity than even the most prudent lifestyle. Chelation offers protection against a stressful and polluted world by reducing serum cholesterol, which may decrease the likelihood of atherosclerosis. Oral chelation can be an effective, noninvasive, inexpensive choice.Robert Haskell, M.D. wrote, "Of all the regimens you can use to help combat degenerative disease and restore health, chelation therapy is the most powerful. It produces the greatest number of benefits to the body - far beyond those of improved blood flow. If you want to get prescribed nutrition to those parts of the body in which they must work…chelation therapy is the way to do it".
