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• Iron and Your Heart Health

  Date: 2007.12.24 | Category: Heart Tips | Response: 1

  A ranch house, a zip lock bag and some ordinary flour

  Two experiments:

  1)Some ordinary wheat flour such as can be found in most homes placed with some water in a zip-lock plastic bag. A magnet is passed over the bag and an extraordinary thing happens – Iron particles start popping out and attaching themselves to the side of the bag, forming clusters of what looked like iron filings.

  2) The next experiment involves placing a well-known brand of cereal into a bowl of water. The magnet is again passed over the bowl this time and the flakes literally line up and follow the magnet round the bowl.

  This is the first time I realized that there is so much added iron in the food that we eat and the effect it can have on our health.

  We’ve all been told that heart attacks and heart bypass surgery are as a direct result of clogging or furring of our arteries by bad cholesterol. The arteries become so narrowed as to make the blood flow through the arteries very difficult thus placing enormous strains on the cardio-vascular system.

  Why do we need chelators and what are they?

  A few trace metals that we absorb are toxic, these include iron and lead

  To make use of them our bodies must form chelates (key-lates) out of them, and to do this requires chelating substances

  Chelating substances attach to desirable trace metals and allow the body to properly utilize those metals they also attach to undesirable trace metals and allow the body to remove them.

  Types of Chelator

  Many chemicals can serve as chelators. Their effects will depend on the precise nature and concentration of that chelator.

  There are some weak chelators present in common foods.

  Stronger chelators are substances used medicinally to rid the body of excess toxic metals

  Why is there potential for Iron Overload? Iron overload is possible because there is no normal mechanism for removing it from the body.

  The body is iron-efficient, it retains its iron and recycles it over and over again.

  The body’s iron level is controlled almost entirely by absorption and iron can build up progressively as dietary intake increases, especially in men because they do not have a monthly blood loss.

  Over a period of months and years this will result in the accumulation of several grams of iron.

  Iron and Heart Disease Risk

  Iron can generate free radical pathology.

  There is now good evidence that free radical pathology leads to changes in the blood vessels which sets the stage for atheroscelerosis.

  Accumulation of excess iron in the body may increase the risk for heart disease and the connection doesn’t end there….

  Health statistics have revealed that women have a lower risk of heart disease than men, until menopause, after which the risk is the same.

  Why?

  Pre-menopausal women have a monthly blood loss that rids the body of excess, potentially toxic iron, which may protect against heart disease.

  Even pre-menopausal women with high blood cholesterol levels and high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol, which are considered to be strong risk factors for heart disease, have less heart disease than men.

  The Lead connection

  Lead is a toxic element that has many undesirable health effects.

  Evidence links excess lead with cardiovascular disease, cancer and other disorders.

  Researchers have found that cancer rates are higher amongst people living near heavily-traveled roads and it was suggested that this increased risk is due to the higher levels of lead in the air.

  This led the researchers to test the effect of a lead-removing substance – EDTA (ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid),a man-made amino acid and chelating agent – on cancer rates in people living near high-traffic roads.

  After 18 years those treated with EDTA had one-tenth of the cancer rate of those not treated with EDTA.(1)

  Chelation Therapy

  This is the use of chelating agents, orally or by injection, in order to bind and remove harmful metals from the body.

  The man-made chelating agent EDTA can remove most toxic metals.

  Intravenous Chelation

  This therapy has been used by doctors as an effective alternative to bypass surgery for atherosclerosis since the 1950s, giving hope that having hardening of the arteries need not lead to coronary bypass surgery, heart attack, stroke and numerous other related diseases.

  Doctors noted reduced pain and blood cholesterol levels as well as other favorable changes. EDTA chelation therapy has been reported to help in many conditions now thought to be related to free radical pathology: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and others.

  Another effect of EDTA is that it changes the calcium/ magnesium ratio in the body.

  EDTA removes calcium more efficiently than magnesium which reduces the ratio.

  Lowering the ratio improves the flexibility of blood cells, reduces the tendency of blood to clot and reduces blood cholesterol and blood pressure.

  So the benefits of EDTA are not entirely due to the removal of toxic metals but also the calcium/magnesium balance.

  In the case of intravenous chelation, EDTA is used as the chelating agent. It is carried in a glucose formulation together with synthetic B Vitamins. It takes several hours and requires 80-100 treatments.

  Oral Chelation

  Oral EDTA therapy can also be used. One or two oral doses of EDTA per day, over a period of months can have a long-term preventative effect.

  But beware! – there are many so-called oral chelation supplements on the market containing few or no chelating substances!

  For an oral chelation supplement that has been tested and certified to lower bad cholesterol by The University of Illinois, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition: Go to http://GetaHealthyHeart.com

  References:

  1. Blumer,W, et al Environmental International 3: 1980, pages 465-471

  Bibliography:

  New Answers to Old Questions, The Free Radical Story by Harry W Hersey

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  Written By: Jakki Francis

• Heart Problems? Are You at Risk?

  Date: 2007.07.27 | Category: Heart Tips | Response: 0

  Whether we like it or not, our bodies are under constant attack from toxins, in our food, the water we drink and from the very air we breath. Many of these, harmful heavy metals, such as Mercury, Cadmium and Lead can build up as plaque in the bloodstream, leading to the narrowing of the arteries ( known as Atherosclerosis). This in turn can lead to all sorts of problems and in many cases, drastic surgery to bypass blocked arteries. Chelation Therapy is a method of drawing toxins from the circulatory system. The word Chelation is derived from the Greek word “chele” meaning “to claw”.

  Chelation ( Pronounced Key-lay-shon) therapy has been used by doctors since the 1930’s, utilising a synthetic amino acid known as EDTA ( Ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid) to great effect in binding the offending heavy metals and releasing them out of the body through the urine.

  Chelation Therapy is considered to be an effective first step alternative to surgery for Atheroslerotic Vascular disease. In some cases deeming bypass surgery unnecessary. This therapy ( like bypass surgery and angioplasty) is based upon a scientific rationale and is of measurable benefit to patients. Positive results have been seen in hundreds of thousands of cases where this treatment has been used.

  However, Intravenous Chelation Therapy is a long, tedious and expensive process and not suitable for all.

  There is an alternative. The Original Oral Chelation Formula #1, developed by a leading nutritionist in the USA is now available in the UK.

  The Original Oral Chelation has been used safely and effectively for 20 years. It consists of Royal Jelly, unprocessed honey, natural Vitamin C, B12 and Honeybee Pollen. The Original Oral Chelation contains one very important synthetic ingredient in oral chelation, EDTA. The most effective forms of chelation, ( oral or intravenous) utilise a synthetic amino acid, called EDTA to remove toxins, specifically heavy metals, from the circulatory system. (Think about the Mercury leaking into your systems from Amalgam filling). Amalgam fillings contain more than 50 per cent Mercury – a highly toxic heavy metal. Mercury is more poisonous than Lead. When it is released in the body it can settle in the central nervous system , kidneys, brain and other organs.

  The Original Oral Chelation ( Formula #1) has the benefit of the EDTA, is in Royal Jelly and Natural Honey. Your body sees this formula as food so you absorb it quickly, almost as quick as IV.

  How does The Original Oral Chelation compare to IV chelation therapy? A session of IV chelation therapy can last 3 hours, 30 to 40 treatments are generally required costing $3000 – $6000, and must be supervised by an M.D. It is high cost, there is a risk of infection, it takes a long time.

  The Original Oral Chelation uses raw unpasturised honey to carry and deliver EDTA. Uses the richest natural source of B Vitamins from fresh Royal Jelly. Take 1 – 2 tablespoons daily. Also available in softgels. Use in the privacy of your own home. It tastes great and costs as little as $0.50 – $1.00 per day.

  Regain and maintain heart health with Original Oral Chelation Formula #1. Effectively binding to harmful heavy metals and helping to remove them from the bloodstream. Tens of thousands have benefitted from this life-changing dietary supplement.

  You owe it to your heart. Why not try a bottle Today and start feeling the benefit. Available in liquid or softgel capsules.

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  Written By: John Dawson