Article by John
Morgenthaler:
Atherosclerosis is the
chief cause of death and disability in the United States today. It affects
close to 60 million Americans and every year more than a million people
suffer from new or recurrent heart attacks. In fact, every 20 seconds a
person in the United States has a heart attack, and one third of these
attacks leads to death. In addition, 50 percent of Americans have levels
of cholesterol that place them at high risk of coronary artery disease.
But cholesterol is only one factor that leads to atherosclerosis.
What if there were a
way to reverse atherosclerosis, not just hope to prevent it by living a
life of eating dull food and other drudgery? Well, there may be, and it’s
even better than you might think … safe, effective, well researched and
supported by many forward-thinking doctors (as you will see) and, to top
it off, inexpensive.
It is called "Oral
chelation" and it can help you reverse atherosclerosis, lower cholesterol
levels, and prevent heart attacks and strokes. And the amazing thing
is it’s used as an alternative to bypass surgery and angioplasty. Its main
ingredient, EDTA, can be delivered either intravenously or orally. Both
methods of delivery show very impressive results, but oral chelation is
done without a doctor’s intervention and is much less costly.
One study, in which ten
patients took one gram of EDTA for three months, indicated that seven
patients had reduced cholesterol levels and all ten had lowered blood
pressure. One of the patients who had been experiencing painful leg cramps
reported greater ease in exercising. The same patient’s total cholesterol
dropped from 278 mg to 128 mg per 100 ml! Also, four of the patients
reported relief from chest pain.
In another three-month
study, 20 patients who took one gram of EDTA per day experienced lowered
cholesterol and relief from chest pain. None of the patients experienced
any adverse effects.
What exactly is atherosclerosis?
Atherosclerosis
develops when the inner arterial walls harden and thicken due to deposits
of calcium, heavy metals and other nonsoluble substances. These substances
form a plaque, which in turn causes a narrowing of the arteries.
Eventually, plaque build-up can block the arteries and restrict blood flow
to the organs, including the brain and heart.
This concise definition
of atherosclerosis comes from Bruce W. Halstead, M.D., author of The
Scientific Basis of EDTA Chelation Therapy, (Golden Quill Publishers,
Inc.). In his definitive book, Dr. Halstead explains how chelation therapy
pulls calcium and heavy metals out of plaque deposits, causing them to
literally dissolve. The end result? Your entire circulatory system is
rejuvenated and able to perform all the vital functions of delivering
blood, oxygen and nutrients to every tissue of your body more efficiently.
Where does atherosclerosis occur in the body?
Contrary to popular
belief, however, atherosclerosis isn’t restricted to the coronary and
cerebral arteries. It is a systemic disease found throughout the entire
body, including the lungs, kidneys and legs, which is why some people with
atherosclerosis experience aneurysms, pain and cramping in the legs,
macular degeneration, numbness, etc.
Atherosclerosis in the
coronary arteries is called coronary heart disease. Chest pain (angina) is
one of the first symptoms people experience. When the plaque build-up is
so severe that the heart is deprived of oxygen-rich blood, a heart attack
occurs. Even though a heart attack comes on suddenly, coronary heart
disease is the result of many years of eating poorly, not getting enough
exercise and sometimes just from genetic predisposition. When
atherosclerosis affects the cerebral arteries—the arteries that supply
blood to the brain—memory may be affected, or blood flow to the brain may
be restricted, resulting in stroke, the third leading cause of death in
the United States.
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