EDTA
chelation is a therapy by which repeated
administrations of a weak synthetic amino
acid (EDTA, ethylenediamine tetra-acetic
acid) gradually reduce atherosclerotic plaque
and other mineral deposits throughout the
cardiovascular system by
literally
dissolving them away.
EDTA,
ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid, chelation
has frequently been compared to a
"Roto-Rooter®;
in the cardiovascular system, because it
removes plaque and returns the arterial
system to a smooth, healthy,
pre-atherosclerotic state. A better metaphor
might be "Liquid-Plumr®,"
because, where Roto-Rooter violently scrapes
deposits off the interior surfaces of your
plumbing with a rapidly rotating blade,
Liquid-Plumr simply dissolves them away.
source
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Dr. Garry Gordon's Garlic-EDTA ChelatorTM
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Karl Note:
Notice that this is a web page promoting an
oral chelation formula and suggesting that
Dr. Garry F. Gordon is recommending the
product. I know Dr. Gordon quite well.
I know that he does NOT believe the nonsense
above, that the oral chelation formula
"dissolves the plaque." That is utter
nonsense, but it is the usual nonsense I find
on many pages talking about chelation therapy
-- whether oral or IV. The company
putting out these lies is "Life Enhancement"
and it appears that the famous Duke Pearson
and Sandy Shaw are the promoters behind these
scenes. They, too, are far too well
educated to believe that chelation can
"dissolve plaque."]
THE THINKING PERSON'S
GUIDE TO PERFECT HEALTH
Ron Kennedy, M.D.
Here is an
actual intravenous chelation doctor. At
least he does not claim that chelation
therapy "dissolves" plaque, but he makes many
false and misleading claims about his own
medical understanding of heart disease and
chelation therapy.
He say, for
instance:
As the
years pass, calcium deposits build up, and
in association with cholesterol, calcified
plaques and atherosclerotic plaques form,
lining the arterial vessels. When calcium
predominates, this process is called
"hardening of the arteries" or
arteriosclerosis, and when cholesterol
predominates it is called
"atherosclerosis." The exact content of the
plaques is determined by the individual's
diet, antioxidant intake and duration of
the process. Regardless of where on the
arterio-/athero- sclerotic continuum any
particular individual falls, the result is
the same: less and less fresh oxygen
delivered to the tissues of the body. (source)
The truth is
that the plaque does not "line the arterial
vessels." Dr. Kennedy then goes on to
give some terrible advice on diet:
The
cholesterol content of these plaques can be
handled by shifting to a no-fat, high-fiber
diet. Plaques actually decrease in size,
and the cholesterol content can eventually
disappear. Lipid peroxidation itself can be
halted by the liberal intake of
antioxidants such as Beta-carotene (the
precursor of vitamin A), mixed tocopherols
(vitamin E) and vitamin C, so no further
damage is caused to the arterial tree.
(source)
Dr. Kennedy
gets himself into further trouble when he
makes the following deceptive claim:
An ounce
of prevention certainly is worth a pound of
cure. The oral chelating agents serve
admirably to prevent or halt the
progression of arteriosclerosis, but do
little to reverse the disease once it is
present. You probably already are taking
one of the oral chelating agents, vitamin
C. This is an excellent oral chelating
agent and also easily available. Also,
fresh vegetables are loaded with other
natural and effective chelating agents.
(source)
Dr. Kennedy,
like many desperate doctors, thinks he can
warn you away from "oral chelation" by
defining it with a false explanation.
Vitamin C is an anti-free radical fighter.
Compared to EDTA, or Cysteine, or N Acetyl
Cysteine, Vitamin C is a trivial chelating
substance. He even then suggests that
"exercise" can serve as a chelation process!
Foolish!
Here he
makes a totally false claim -- reverting to
the original claim which has been long
de-bunked. In his next paragraph
(second paragraph below) Dr. Kennedy
alludes to the false original theory, but he
does NOT disassociate himself from it
entirely.
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 the sheriff's
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.
In
addition, to the transitory transport of
calcium, many other metal ions are
transported and rearranged, which brings up
the subject of how EDTA works. In the early
days of EDTA therapy, physicians had no
idea how it worked. As physicians do, they
reached for the nearest reasonable
explanation. They said it decalcified the
walls of arteries clogged with arterio-/athero-sclerotic
plaque, a kind of chemical ROTO-ROOTER ®.
This is now known not to be the only
benefit of EDTA, even though
decalcification of plaques does occur. The
action of EDTA is more complex than the
simple-minded comparison with a ROTO-ROOTER
can reflect. (source)
At least,
above, he says chelation is not a
"Roto-Rooter" action, but his actual
description of chelation therapy is terribly
flawed -- see below.
Dr. Kennedy
finally gets down to the main subject for
this page -- the false claim that plaque is
some sort of build-up on the inner lining of
the arterial wall. It is hard to see
how he can keep a straight face -- he
presents so many confusing claims that you
can't really tell what he believes:
Here is
what he claims that his EDTA Intravenous
Chelation Therapy does:
EDTA
lowers blood calcium and thus stimulates
the production of parathormone from the
parathyroid glands. This mild pulse of
parathormone is responsible for the removal
of calcium from abnormal locations (such as
arteries) and the deposition of calcium in
locations (such as bones) where it should
be. This accounts for the mild
recalcification of osteoporotic bones seen
with EDTA. (source)
Dr. Kennedy
just skips over the facts. Without
explaining the mechanism he says that EDTA,
working through increased Parathormone,
removes calcium from "abnormal locations."
He has decided that he doesn't want to get
into the real role of EDTA -- to remove heavy
metals -- not calcium. He decides NOT
to explain the primary danger of having toxic
metals in the body -- an increase in the
number and activity of free radicals in the
body. He decides to mention free
radicals, but omit the real danger they pose
-- the damage to the individual cells in the
arteries.
The OFFICIAL Voice Of
Intravenous Chelation Doctors -- ACAM
Here
is the official statement that came,
originally from the web site of the medical
organization to which almost 1,000
intravenous chelation doctors belong. These
are the GOOD GUYS, who are delivery the good
service of IV chelation. There is no
doubt that this process "works." It is
just very unfortunate that here, in April
2002, they are STILL making the very false
comparison
between IV chelation and the "Roto-Rooter"
concept.
The picture on
the left is the owner of the "Prostate Health
Resources." He is not a medical doctor,
but offers information on prostate health and
recommends IV chelation.
- American College
for Advancement in Medicine
ACAM
- 23121 Verdugo
Drive, #204
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
(949) 583-7666 (source)
The actual
ACAM web site no longer has ANY description
of IV chelation therapy. When I first
saw the official ACAM statement I knew that
ACAM had to be a dieing organization, and
wrote my article in April 2000,
click here.
Dr. Elmer Cranton,
Intravenous Chelation Doctor
One
of my heroes in this chelation business has
been Dr. Elmer Cranton. It was his
Book, Bypassing Bypass that got me started in
the oral chelation business. The first
edition of this Book explained how IV
chelation worked, but removing the calcium
from the plaque, etc.
He then wrote
the second edition of his Book, and that
changed me and my position on "plaque" about
180 degrees! That Book is now out of
print.
Here is where
he denies that IV chelation dissolves plaque
from his web site in April 2002:
IS IT TRUE THAT CHELATION THERAPY COMBATS
ATHEROSCLEROSIS BY ACTING LIKE A LIQUID PLUMBER—BY
LEECHING CALCIUM OUT OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE?
No! Before recent medical
breakthroughs in the area of free radical
pathology, it was hypothesized that EDTA
chelation therapy had its major beneficial
effect on calcium metabolism—that it
stripped away the excess calcium from the
plaque, restoring arteries to their pliable
precalcified state. This frequently offered
explanation—the so-called "roto-rooter"
concept—is not the real reason, as
previously postulated, that chelation
therapy produces its major health benefits.
The fact that EDTA does remove some
circulating calcium is now felt to be one
of the less prominent aspects of its
benefits. Calcium deposits are a late-stage
phenomenon and have little to do with the
formation of arterial plaque.
(source)
So far so
good!
A very
thorough search of Dr. Cranton's web site
produces dozens of places where the word
"plaque" appears, but in all but one of these
places there is no specific definition of
what the plaque is or where it is. You
would have to conclude that Dr. Cranton is
another of those who believes that "plaque"
is a layer of calcium (and other substances)
on the inner lining of the artery.
There is
one page where he publishes a Chapter from a
very technical book he wrote on chelation
therapy:
Elmer M. Cranton, M.D.
James P. Frackelton, M.D.
This chapter is adapted
from
A Textbook on EDTA Chelation
Therapy, Second Edition,
2001 edited by Elmer M. Cranton, M.D.,
Hampton Roads Publishing Company,
Charlottesville, Virginia.
One Chapter Excerpted From
This Book HERE
Senescent endothelial cells
divide at a progressively slower rate and
are progressively less effective at closing
breaches in arterial walls. The resulting
exposure of denuded subendothelial tissues
triggers a cascade of events that
encompasses all other theories of
causation: monocytes and platelets are
attracted and adhere to damaged areas;
monocytes transform into macrophages; a
variety of trophic factors and mitogenic
factors, including cytokines and
platelet-derived growth factor, are
released locally; smooth muscle cells
proliferate; oxidized lipids accumulate in
macrophages; and, eventually this enlarging
plaque calcifies or ulcerates.
An underlying cause of this
chain of events is now postulated to be the
progressive telomere shortening in
endothelial cells at points where they are
most often called upon to divide. This
occurs at arterial sites most subject to
damage and therefore to plaque formation.
(source)
Those
paragraphs are a bit technical for me.
Perhaps you will understand them? It is
possible that Dr. Cranton has a better
understanding of "plaque" than I do.
Here is another quote from Dr. Cranton that
may well explain "plaque" just as I have
claimed it is caused, but he describes it
with much more technical language:
Free
radicals also cause tissue calcification by
damaging the integrity of cell membranes,
causing leaks in cell walls, and by damaging
enzymatic cell-wall transport pumps. If the
calcium pump is weakened, or if cell wall
integrity is damaged, the calcium pump
becomes unable to remove calcium as it leaks
in. Intracellular calcium accumulates,
causing malfunction and eventually cell
death. X-rays of older people commonly show
dense calcium deposits in soft tissues that
do not normally have that bony appearance. A
similar weakening of the sodium pump in cell
walls allows an increase of intracellular
sodium, leading to swelling of the cell,
edema, and eventual cell lysis.
(source)
and
Free radical damage to
the calcium-magnesium pump allows excessive
calcium to diffuse into the cell. Calcium
is 10,000 times more concentrated outside
the cell than inside. The calcium pump must
constantly work against this gradient. The
reverse is true of magnesium. If the pump
cannot prevent calcium from leaking into
cells, and keep magnesium from leaking out,
the cell becomes poisoned and soon dies.
(source)
A
Standard Intravenous Chelation Clinic
-- Making The Ordinary FALSE Claims About
Plaque
Most of the
doctors doing intravenous chelation therapy
have NOT studied the theory of plaque
formation, or even of chelation therapy
itself -- they know enough when they know
that "it works." When you ask
them technical questions they generally refer
back to their "god" -- ACAM -- the American
College of Advancement In Medicine.
ACAM has not been well-guided in these
matters.
Chelating agents like EDTA (Ethylene
diamine tetraacetic acid.) administered
intravenously has been shown to increase
blood flow and remove arterial plaque
(cholesterol deposits within arteries).
Plaque reduction is accomplished in part by
the removal of calcium ions from artery
walls. A growing number of physicians
recognize that Chelation Therapy can
reverse the progression of atherosclerosis.
(source)
Vital Health
Center -- Intravenous Chelation Therapy
Here is
another standard medical facility, offering
intravenous chelation therapy, and repeating
the well-worn, but false, description of HOW
their process works.
How does chelation
therapy affect health?
Chelation
therapy promotes health by correcting the
major underlying cause of arterial
blockage. Damaging oxygen free radicals are
increased by presence of metallic elements
and act as a chronic irritant to blood
vessel walls and cell membranes. EDTA
removes these metallic irritants, allowing
leaky and damaged cell walls to heal.
Plaques become more smooth and reduce in
size, allowing more blood to pass. Arterial
walls become softer and more pliable
allowing easier expansion. Scientific
studies have proven that blood flow
increases after chelation therapy. A
complete program of chelation therapy
involves a broad based healthcare program
of regular exercise, proper nutrition,
vitamin and mineral supplementation and
avoidance of tobacco and other damaging
habits (Source)
There are
about 1000 intravenous doctors practicing in
the United States. Many of them have
web pages. If you search, as I have,
you'll find that the one below is typical,
again, in making the false claim that EDTA
removes the plaque from the inside of the
arteries. This is so foolish of these
doctors. I am convinced that it is
because they have lacked leadership.
Dr. Garry F. Gordon, one of the founders of
ACAM,
quit that organization in disgust when
the leadership would not allow him to present
evidence of the effectiveness of oral EDTA.
Most of these doctors still cling to the old
explanation, now long-disproven, that EDTA
removes the plaque. It does not!
EDTA
chelation therapy is an intravenous drug
therapy that had been proven to be
effective in the treatment of toxicity
conditions from various heavy metals such
as lead and mercury, as well as
constrictions to blood flow due to
cholesterol plaques. Chelation Therapy is a
form of medical therapy designed to restore
cellular homeostasis by the use of metal
binding and/or inorganic agents. The proper
application of this modality also requires
knowledge of nutrition and exercise, as
well as expertise in helping to implement
other lifestyle changes. In the case of
heart disease and angina, EDTA removes
calcium from the interior of damaged cells
lining the blood vessels. These cells fill
up with cholesterol when they are damaged
by the influx of calcium. EDTA has the
effect of removing and redirecting calcium
back to the bone. This results in the
improvement of each cells metabolism, thus
allowing it to remove the cholesterol
deposits. This has the effect of dilating
the blood vessel allowing more blood and
oxygen to flow into areas previously
starved of oxygen. The result is a
reduction of chest pain, leg pain, or
symptoms of oxygen deprivation.
(Source)
What QuackWatch Has To
Say On Chelation Therapy
Here is the photo of
the man behind the web site
http://www.quackwatch.com/index.html.
He often attacks various health products and
practices by making false claims about them,
as if those claims came FROM them, and then
knocks down these straw men of his own
device.
One of the
most evil people on the web is a former
psychiatrist who lashes out against just
about every possible alternative health
product or practice. It is, in fact, a
hall of fame. If you are mentioned in
his pages you can assume you are doing a good
job!
He attacks
chelation therapy, of course, but he selects
a "straw man" to attack. In other
words, the early explanation of how chelation
therapy works is well proven to be false,
even though many people are still repeating
those lies. But, the more thoughtful
intravenous doctors have discarded this early
theory and gone on to the second theory,
mentioned on another page (Click
Here).
After
EDTA was found effective in chelating and
removing toxic metals from the blood, some
scientists postulated that hardened
arteries could be softened if the calcium
in their walls was removed. The first
indication that EDTA treatment might
benefit patients with atherosclerosis came
from Clarke, Clarke, and Mosher, who, in
1956, reported that patients with occlusive
peripheral vascular disease said they felt
better after treatment with EDTA [American
Journal of Medical Science 230:654-666,
1956]. (Source)
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