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Chelation Therapy
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| Chelation
(pronounced key-lay-shun) is a chemical reaction that results in a bond being
formed between a metal ion and an organic (i.e., carbon-based — made mostly of
carbon) molecule. The resulting complex, metal bound to molecule, is called a
"chelate" and contains one or more rings of atoms in which the metal
ion is so firmly bound it cannot escape. This allows the metal ion to be
transported in the same manner as a prisoner, first handcuffed, then moved from
one location to another.
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distinction to the oral agents that serve to prevent atherosclerosis,
intravenous chelation has been shown to actually reverse the effects of the
disease. The agent used is ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic acid, also known as
"EDTA," sold commercially as Sodium Edetate. EDTA
is a synthetic amino acid. The usual dose is 2000-3000 mg (adjusted to body
weight, age, and kidney function) added to 500 ml of "carrier
solution" — sterile water, salt solution or 5% dextrose solution with a mixture of vitamins and minerals. Most
chelation doctors add vitamin C along with B vitamins, bicarbonate The solution
is infused slowly, one drop per second, and one treatment requires about three
hours. The prisoner (calcium) is moved out of the body using handcuffs (EDTA).
The half life of EDTA in the body is one hour; i.e., one-half is removed
(filtered into the urine) after one hour, another half of what is left is
removed after one more hour, etc. Within 24 hours 99% of the EDTA is gone from
the body, and you are left with only the therapeutic benefit.
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