Frequently
Asked Questions
What is EDTA Oral Chelating Formula and how does it work?
What are the benefits of EDTA Oral Chelating Formula?
What is the difference between Oral and Intravenous
Chelating Therapy?
Is there medical evidence that EDTA Oral Chelating Formula
is effective?
Can Calcium-EDTA Treatment Dramatically reduce Cancer
Deaths?
What is the latest research on Oral Chelation Therapy?
Why is Good Life Labs’ EDTA Oral Chelating Formula so
effective?
What is EDTA
Oral Chelating Formula and how does it work?
Chelating therapy was originally developed by the U.S.
Navy in the 1940’s to treat deep-sea divers suffering from lead poisoning.
Chelation therapy involves the use of EDTA (ethylene diamine tetra-acetic
acid), a synthetic amino acid. EDTA, which effectively speeds removal of
heavy metals and minerals such as lead, iron, copper, and calcium from the
blood, is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in
treating lead poisoning and toxicity from other heavy metals.
Chelating therapy takes its name from Khele; the Greek word for claw. As the
name implies, EDTA has the ability to grab onto, or bind to, heavy metals in
the body in such a way as to allow the body to excrete these toxins.
There is increasing evidence EDTA Chelation as an effective way to treat
coronary artery disease (CAD). CAD is a type of heart disease in which the
coronary arteries (vessels that supply oxygen-carrying blood to the heart)
become blocked by deposits of a fatty substance called plaque. As plaque
builds, the arteries become narrower, and less oxygen and fewer nutrients
are transported to the heart for proper function. CAD can lead to serious
health problems such as angina (pain caused by insufficient oxygen-carrying
blood reaching the heart) and heart attack.
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What are the
benefits of EDTA Oral Chelating Formula?
In addition to removing toxic, heavy metals such as lead,
“doctors noted that their patients experienced unexpected improvements
beyond those that could be explained by lead removal,” according to a recent
article posted on www.vitasentials.com.
The article further explains that “Patients reported improved memory,
diminished leg and chest pain on exertion, better vision, better hearing and
improved sense of smell... improvements related to improved circulation and
relief of blocked or narrowed arteries. Poor circulation and lack of blood
flow to the reproductive organs is a primary cause of male impotence. Many
men find that, as their circulation is improved, sexual performance also
improves. Chelating agents can also remove age-related cross-linkages in
collagen and elastin that are responsible for loss of skin tone and
wrinkling. After Chelation therapy, patients often look younger. Their skin
becomes smoother, more flexible and wrinkles actually disappear to some
degree.” This article points out that intravenous Chelating therapy also has
the ability to “remove calcified plaque from artery walls.”
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What is the difference between Oral and Intravenous Chelating Therapy?
In his book Pass or Bypass? Chelation Extends Life (Cancer
Book House) James J. Julian makes the case for the use of Oral Chelating
therapy. “While intravenous Chelation may provide dramatic results more
quickly,” ingesting daily Chelating supplements containing EDTA can also be
“very effective, not to mention more convenient and less expensive.”
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Is there medical evidence that EDTA Oral Chelating Formula is effective?
In a recent clinical trial of heavy-metal urine analysis
that was conducted on 14 patients, ages 29 to 73 years, Philip Hoekstra III,
Ph.D. measured the effect of Oral Chelating therapy over a six-month period.
In addition to noting reductions in levels of aluminum, arsenic, lead and
mercury, Hoekstra's study revealed “marked improvement in blood circulation
in all but one of the patients, as documented by the thermologic images.”
Another improvement noted in the study was that “Vascularization (improved
blood flow) of the feet increased by as much as 33% — significant
improvements after only a six-month trial.”
In a separate study, conducted at Unilab in San Jose, California,
researchers analyzed the blood samples of four patients taking Oral
Chelating formula. The results showed “significant reductions in total blood
cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
The following are the average differences in blood composition from the
initiation (baseline) of the protocol until its end at 8 months. Negative
values indicate a decrease in the respective constituent after the
eight-month time period. All values reported are in mg/dl:
Total Cholesterol: -32.5; Triglycerides: -71; HDL:
-0.5;
LDL: -24; VLDL: -8.05; HDL/Total Cholesterol: -0.82
The following are the average changes in blood composition
as percentages for the above values:
Total Cholesterol: -16%; Triglycerides: -29%; HDL:
-1%; LDL: -18%; VLDL: -16%; HDL/Total Cholesterol: -15%
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Can
Calcium-EDTA Treatment Dramatically reduce Cancer Deaths?
According to an article in the Journal of Advancement in
Medicine, mortality from cancer was reduced 90 percent during an 18-year
follow-up study of 59 patients treated with Calcium-EDTA.
Only one of the 59 treated patients died of cancer, while 30 of 172
non-treated control subjects died of cancer. Death from arthrosclerosis was
also reduced.
EDTA is well recognized as a therapy for lead toxicity. It also removes
other toxic heavy metals and nutritional elements, such as iron, which
promote cancer by catalyzing free-radical pathology.
Beginning in 1961, a group of 59 patients with such symptoms was treated
with Calcium EDTA. Symptoms improved and urinary delta-amino levulinic acid
diminished. Subsequent to the EDTA Chelation therapy, a decrease in cancer
mortality was observed. When compared with a control group of untreated
patients who did not receive EDTA, many fewer cancer deaths were recorded.
Since the data from this study were last reported, new research has linked
cancer to free-radical pathology. EDTA removes transition elements, such as
iron, which accelerate free-radical pathology, including cancer. Iron is an
essential nutritional element, but it is also known to accumulate with age.
EDTA increases the urinary excretion of unbound and freely catalytic iron 10
times more then it does lead.
There are many reasons why EDTA chelation therapy could act to prevent
cancer. A recent publication confirms improvement in a wide variety of
symptoms, as first reported in this study population. Symptoms improve
significantly following EDTA Chelation therapy, resulting in a marked
improvement in the overall quality of life.
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What is the
latest research on Oral Chelation Therapy?
Researchers have launched the first large-scale clinical
trial to determine the safety and efficacy of EDTA Chelation therapy in
people with coronary artery disease, the leading cause of death for both men
and women in the U.S.
The research is being conducted by the National Center for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute (NHLBI). Both are a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The five-year study will involve more than 2,300 patients at more than 100
research sites across the country. "The public health imperative to
undertake a definitive study of Chelation therapy is clear,” says NCCAM
director Stephen E. Straus, M.D.
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Why
is Good Life Labs’ EDTA Oral Chelating Formula so effective?
Our proprietary formula, containing 50 ingredients, is
designed so that the maximum amount of EDTA can be absorbed into the system.
Additionally, Good Life Labs EDTA Oral Chelating Formula also functions as a
multi-vitamin. We have done this because minerals, especially magnesium,
zinc and copper, are leached out in the Chelating process. Health-care
professionals agree that a multi-mineral formulation, like the one designed
by Good Life Labs Oral Chelating Formula is key to safe, effective use.
Finally, to ensure that Oral Chelating therapy is safe for those with
coronary artery disease, consult your physician or other health-care
professional.
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For further information on Oral Chelation Therapy,
please refer to our special page:
501 Reasons
to Use Good Life Labs Oral Chelating Formula
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