EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid)

 

Chelation therapy is a treatment that involves the oral use of EDTA. It is used to treat acute and chronic lead poisoning by pulling toxins (including heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, and mercury) from the bloodstream. The word "chelate" comes from the Greek root chele, which means "to claw." EDTA has a claw-like molecular structure that binds to heavy metals and other toxins.

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Background on EDTA

It was 1948 and factory workers at the local battery plant worked round the clock to manufacture lead acid batteries for military and civilian contracts.

Earning a little over 40 cents an hour, the plant workers were grateful to help our country recover from the war — and put food on the table for their growing families. But what these 240 men and women didn’t realize was they were about to make heart history.

After years of heavy metal exposure, many of the workers developed life-threatening cases of lead poisoning. Some received the bad news. They had just months — maybe a year to live. Others were more fortunate. They would lose their vision, hearing and the ability to control their bodily functions. Their organs — including their hearts and kidneys — would become damaged and eventually stop working…

But fortunately, a few forward-thinking doctors heard about their plight. Armed with research from Europe these doctors offered the workers hope for a full recovery.

It was a relatively new therapy known as “Intravenous (I.V.) chelation.” And it contained a “superstar” nutrient — a powerful, yet ultra-safe amino acid — called ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid — or “E‑D‑T‑A” for short.

German scientists had first synthesized EDTA less than a decade earlier. The elements that made up this amino acid were similar to common household vinegar, yet EDTA had the amazing ability to chelate — or grab hold of — metals, minerals and chemical toxins in the bloodstream.

Once those metals were in its grasp, EDTA would dissolve the heavy metals, allowing them to be flushed out of the body through the urine and stool. What was once a death sentence for the factory workers proved to be a new lease on life.

EDTA chelation worked so well for these folks, the news quickly spread. Soon EDTA chelation was approved as a treatment of choice for heavy metal poisoning.

That’s why years later, when sailors working on military ships and government facilities were contaminated with lethal levels of lead, the U.S. Navy advocated the regular use of EDTA chelation therapy for all sailors exposed to lead.

Chelation therapy saved these factory workers and sailors from the clutches of death by lead poisoning…

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