Chelation Therapy
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What
Conditions are Helped by Nutrition and Chelation Therapy?
Nutrition
and Chelation Therapy have been utilized in the following conditions*:
- Heart disease
- Vascular disease
- Chronic fatigue
- Heavy metal
poisoning
- Toxicity
- Poor immune
function
- Diabetes
- Emphysema
- Blockage of
arteries
- Poor circulation
- Cancer
- Poisoning
- Impotence
- Mid-Life Medicine
regimens
- Chronic pain
…as well
as a host of other chronic disabling conditions.
*Journal
of Clinical Pharmacology 1998:38:101-105
*The American College for Advancement in Medicine Top
HOW
DOES CHELATION WORK TO IMPROVE HEALTH?
Chelation Therapy, along with nutrition, promotes health by correcting
the major underlying cause of arterial blockage and heart disease. Damaging
oxygen free radicals are increased in the presence of such metals as iron,
lead, and aluminum, and are believed to act as a chronic irritant to blood
vessel walls and cell membranes. (EDTA) Chelation Therapy and other agents
remove the heavy metals, thus decreasing the oxidant burden on the body
and increasing its antioxidant reserves. Other risk factors for heart disease
including high homocysteine and insulin levels are also addressed. This
combined approach utilizing nutrition and Chelation Therapy has helped
many people rid themselves of angina pains and prevent further arterial
blockages. Top CAN
CHELATION BE USED WITH OTHER DRUG TREATMENTS FOR ARTERY DISEASE?
Chelation Therapy, as well as nutrition, can be utilized with most other
therapies for cardiovascular disease. Medications for blood thinning, high
blood pressure, or those for the heart should be continued while undergoing
Chelation and Nutritional Therapies. The continued need for these medications
while undergoing the therapies will be assessed by the physicians involved
in your care. Top
HOW
WILL MY CONDITION BE MONITORED WHILE RECEIVING CHELATION THERAPY?
The most
important measure of health is how you are feeling. About every
six Chelations you will fill out a questionnaire to help document
progress. At this time a blood test will be done to monitor kidney
and liver function as well as cholesterol. A meeting with the physician
will then be done to assess whether further testing is needed or
a change in the Chelation Therapy program is needed.
You
will also be monitored utilizing standard blood tests that show
risk factors for heart disease. These could include cholesterol/HDL
ratio, triglyceride/HDL ratio, homo-cysteine level, and platelet
aggregation study (blood thickness level). Top
WHAT
IS CHELATION?
The term chelate means to bind and remove. Chelation Therapy is an in-office
treatment where EDTA (ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid), a synthetic amino
acid, is administered to a patient intravenously under the prescription
of a fully-licensed physician (an M.D. or a D.O.), in an effort to bind
with those harmful substances in the blood (metals such as aluminum, lead,
mercury, and others) which may cause chronic health disorders and remove
them. The infusion typically lasts 3-4 hours and is done weekly for a period
of weeks or months. Monthly or BI-monthly treatments are often done for
maintenance therapy. Top
IS
CHELATION SAFE?
Chelation therapy is among one of the safest medical procedures.
More than 400,000 patients have received over four million treatments
during the past 30 years. Because physicians have had such vast experiences
with EDTA, the dosage of EDTA and the speed of infusions are now
standardized and taught by the American College for the Advancement
in Medicine (ACAM).
EDTA is metabolized
in the kidneys. For this reason, kidney function must be monitored
before and during Chelation Therapy with a periodic blood test.
Stress to the kidneys has been reported in some cased. Possible
side effects from Chelation Therapy include allergy, fatigue, headache,
and flu-like symptoms after receiving the infusion... Top
WHAT
ROLE DOES NUTRITION PLAY IN CHELATION THERAPY?
By utilizing regular nutritional testing and such innovative methods as
Diet Typing and Biological Terrain Assessment, Caring Medical can
clearly define your nutritional needs.
If you follow
these guidelines which will include lifestyle modification, dietary
recommendations, nd an herbal supplement program the likelihood
of improvement in overall health is excellent!*
*These methods
have not been approved by the AMA, ADA, or FDA.
Disclaimer: Certain
persons considered experts may disagree with one or more statements
made. Nevertheless, what is stated is based on sound authority,
medical experience, and actual treatments of patients. Top
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