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One of
the first uses of Chelation was in Russia in 1922, to remove the heavy
metals from the blood stream of people who had blood poisoning from high
amounts various metals. Chelation was also used in Germany before World
War II for the same reason and was brought into the United States in 1948.
It was used to remove the heavy metals from the poisoned blood streams
of men working on US ships who got too much lead from painting and chipping
paint. As they were given Chelation to clear up the blood poisons, they
began to realize that it was also removing the plaque from the arterial
walls, improving overall circulation.
This
was the beginning of Chelation therapy as we know it today. There are approximately
10,000 Doctor's in the United States practicing Intravenous Chelation therapy,
EDTA, meaning Ethylene Diamine Tetra Acetic. Dr. Albert J. Scarchill, an
Osteopath from Farmington Hills, ID, has reported on a Chelation study
of 19,000 people with Vascular disease, 82.5% showed substantial improvement.
Chelation,
(pronounced KEY-LAY-SHUN), comes from the greek word "chele", which means
"claw". The claw in Chelation Therapy is a synthetic amino acid, EDTA,
which clamps onto certain minerals, calcium, tin, lead, mercury, and others
that are impairing membrane function and contributing to free radical damage.
Calcium in particular, is the substance that holds the plaque like a glue
to our arterial walls of our circulatory system. Plaque is made up
of fat, collagen, cholesterol, proteins and metals, all bonded together
by calcium. When plaque build up to dangerous levels, it begins to
cut off the circulation of the blood, forcing the heart to work harder.
The fact is, many people do not know that they have clogged arteries or
hardening of the arteries until it is too late.
Although
EDTA intravenous chelation has been known to reverse hardening of the arteries,
it is called non-consensus medicine, meaning that it is not FDA approved
and is not covered by most insurance companies. Costs for this medical
procedure can range from $1,000-1,500 per treatment, which can be 1-2 times
annually.
EDTA
is not for everyone, because it is a one day out-patient procedure at a
Doctors office, the release of these toxins in such a short time period
can put a burden on the kidneys, which disposes of the heavy waste materials.
A person must be in good overall health to handle the stress that the EDTA
Chelation therapy procedure puts on the other systems of the body.
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