healingways
Chelation Therapy
Offers Whole-Body Detox
by Lee Walker
D
r. Jeffrey Morrison, founder of The Morrison Center in New
York, serves on the board of directors of the American
Academy for the Advancement of Medicine, or ACAM (formerly
American Academy of Medical Preventics). This leading author-
ity and educator of physicians and health care providers on the
proper use of chelation therapy first advises, “The accumulation
of toxic metals in the body’s tissues can lead to elevated blood
pressure, the risk of heart disease and neuro-degenerative con-
ditions.” Then Morrison points to accumulating case studies that
prove the relationship.
A family history of heart disease led Gary Gallo, a medical
doctor with the Chelation Center of Naples, to use chelation
therapy to reduce his own high mercury levels. “Mercury attacks
the nervous system, kidneys and heart,” notes Gallo. He ex-
plains that the presence of heavy metals in the body helps free
radicals to form. This can lead to the buildup of plaque in the
arteries, as well as irregularities in heart rhythm, arthritis-like
joint pain, chronic fatigue, motor dysfunction and the decline
of mental acuity.
A recommended series of 30 treatments, which can only
be administered by a physician, is accompanied by comprehen-
sive testing before, during and after chelation. “Many people
For the past 50 years, more than show improvement with 20 treatments,” comments Diana
a million patients have undergone
Smith, a registered nurse with the Chelation Center of Naples.
“When they feel the difference, patients go on for another 10 or
chelation therapy for a wide range of
more treatments.”
It’s uplifting for health care practitioners to see patients
circulatory problems. Yet, at present,
who formerly had to pop nitro pills to walk from the parking lot
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
to the doctor’s office, undergo treatment and reduce their nitro
intake to once a week. Smith has also witnessed the improve-
only approves the therapy for treatment
ment of patients, who prior to chelation, could barely walk
of heavy metal poisoning.
because of poor circulation. After treatments, some took up
walking one to two miles daily.
Chelation therapy’s long and varied history began in 1893,
44 Broward County
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