Arizona Natural EDTA is designed to be an alternative to intravenous chelation therapy, or to
assist in the removal of toxic and undesirable minerals. Because EDTA
can also remove some minerals that are essential to good nutrition, it
is recommended that you include a multi-vitamin. 500 mg. per capsule
100 capsules
*EDTA can bind to minerals and nutrients in the food you eat, so it is a good idea to take 2-3 capsules a day, about 2 hours before or after a meal.
Heart Disease is the #1 killer of men and women in the U.S.
Read below to learn more about chelation therapy with EDTA and how oral chelation is a safe alternative to intravenous therapy.
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart diseaseIn CAD, the coronary arteries (vessels that deliver oxygen-rich blood to the heart tissues) become clogged by plaque build up. As the arteries become more and more narrow, less oxygen and nutrients are able to be sent to the heart. If not treated, this condition can cause angina and heart attack.
High blood pressure, smoking, obesity, high cholesterol levels, diabetes, physical inactivity, age and genetics are all factors that can increase the risk of developing CAD.
Doctors have used Chelation Therapy for several years because of it's believed ability to break away plaque in arterial walls.
Several theories have been suggested by doctors who recommend this treatment. One theory suggests that EDTA chelation might work by directly removing calcium found in fatty plaques that block the arteries, causing them to break up. Another theory is that the process of chelation may stimulate the release of a hormone that in turn causes calcium to be removed from the plaques or causes a lowering of cholesterol levels. A third theory is that EDTA chelation therapy may work by reducing the damaging effects of oxygen ions (oxidative stress) on the walls of the blood vessels, which could reduce inflammation in the arteries and improve blood vessel function. Whatever the cause, they're all trying to describe the same observed results.
What is EDTA?
EDTA (ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic acid) is a synthetic amino acid originally created in the 1935. Since 1953, the FDA has approved EDTA as a safe and effective treatment for heavy metal poisoning. Since the 1940s, doctors administering chelation therapy to treat lead toxicity have documented an unexpected improvement in their patients’ health, namely, improvement in their angina symptoms. Since that time, doctors’ observations, patient testimonials and other types of evidence have led many to conclude that EDTA chelation is useful
in the treatment of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).
What is EDTA chelation therapy?
Chelation is a chemical process that binds to metals and minerals within the body, and holds onto them until they are extracted through the urinary tract. Chelation Therapy with EDTA has been used and approved by the FDA for heavy metal poisonings such as lead and mercury for many years. In the case of EDTA chelation therapy, the substance that is thought to bind and remove arterial plaque are the salts of EDTA. Although not yet approved by the FDA (a study is currently underway that could very well change this, see the TACT section below), doctors and alternative medicine practitioners have treated patients with EDTA chelation therapy for coronary artery disease and other ailments associated with blocked arteries.
FDA's Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT)
In 2002, a fully funded clinical study to assess the effectiveness of EDTA chelation therapy for coronary artery disease was initiated. The study is expected to be completed in the summer of 2012. This study is very significant for proponents of EDTA, since a large scale study like this must be done before the FDA will officially endorse EDTA as a treatment for CAD and other related issues.
Click here to learn more about the FDA's Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT).
Is There Evidence that Chelation Therapy Works for CAD?
"The scientific evidence supporting the benefits of EDTA chelation therapy is quite substantial. Early research conducted at the Providence Hospital in Detroit, Michigan in 1955 found that EDTA dissolves "metastatic calcium"--i.e., unwanted calcium deposits. In the first systematic study of EDTA--which was published a year later--twenty patients with confirmed heart disease were given a series of thirty intravenous EDTA treatments. Nineteen of the patients experienced improvement, as measured by an increase in physical activity. Then, in 1960, another study found that three months of EDTA treatments caused a decrease in the severity and frequency of anginal episodes, increased work capacity, improved EKG results, and significantly reduced the use of the anti-angina drug nitroglycerin.
Since these early studies were done, there are now hundreds of published papers demonstrating the beneficial health effects of EDTA chelation therapy. In 1993 and 1994 two large meta-analyses--where the results from many scientific studies are statistically analyzed together--evaluated the results of over 24,000 chelation treatments and eighty-eight percent of the patients demonstrated clinical improvements." --Detox with Oral Chelation by David J. Brown and Gary Gordon, M.D.
How Often is EDTA Chelation Therapy Used?
The 2007 National Health Interview Survey, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that 111,000 adults used chelation therapy as a form of CAD treatment in the previous 12 months.
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