IV chelation therapy (EDTA)
EDTA is so effective at removing unwanted minerals and metals from the blood that it has been the standard FDA-approved treatment for lead, mercury, aluminum and cadmium poisoning for more than 50 years. EDTA normalizes the distribution of most metallic elements in the body.
It is commonplace for physicians who regularly prescribe EDTA chelation to encounter heart disease patients who have failed all the standard treatments but who make remarkable recoveries once given EDTA. Other patients, on waiting lists for bypass surgery, found they did not need the surgery following a series of EDTA chelation treatments.
How it works
EDTA exerts its beneficial effects because the molecule is extremely proficient at chemically bonding with mineral and metal ions. This bonding process - known as chelation - is a natural and essential physiologic process that goes on constantly in the body.
EDTA improves calcium and cholesterol metabolism by eliminating metallic catalysts that can damage cell membranes by producing oxygen free radicals. Its safety is well established: minute amounts of EDTA are even used as a stabilizer in packaged food, and it is routinely added to blood samples drawn for testing.