[Chelation Therapy] employs an intravenous infusion that may, according
to an individual’s needs, include vitamins, magnesium and a saline solution.
Fortunately, the only side effects that these early patients experienced were
relief from arteriosclerosis, chest pains, arthritis, memory loss and the inability
to concentrate. The news eventually made its way into medical journals.
By 1973, ACAM was formed to educate physicians in the uses of EDTA
chelation therapy in the treatment of cardiovascular disease.
when French-Swiss chemist Alfred Werner developed the of EDTA chelation therapy in the treatment of cardiovascular
theory of coordination compounds, known today as chelates. disease.
Chelation (key-layshun) derives from the Greek chele, meaning Today, the National Center for Complementary and
to claw. Chelating agents are substances that can chemically Alternative Medicine and the National Heart, Lung and Blood
bond with toxic minerals, metals and chemicals within the Institute, both components of the National Institutes of Health,
body. They encircle and carry away the unwanted matter from have launched the Chelation Therapy Study. It’s the first large-
the body via excretion. Werner received the scale, multi-center study to determine the efficacy of EDTA
Nobel Prize for his work in 1913 and went on to establish the chelation therapy and/or high-dose vitamin/mineral supple-
science of chelation chemistry. ments in the treatment of individuals with coronary artery
Germany put Werner’s discovery to use in the manufacture disease.
of industrial paints, which required the elimination of heavy Michael Loquasto, a doctor of naturopathy, practices
metal contamination. Rather than be dependent upon im- chelation therapy at the Burton Medical Center in Allentown,
ported citric acid for their manufacturing process, the German Pennsylvania. “I prefer to call the therapy a vitamin cocktail,”
chemists invented a safe amino acid known as ethylenediamine says Loquasto, “because we add vitamins C and B6, along with
tetra-acedic acid (EDTA), now also used in chelation therapy. magnesium and calcium.”
Further experimentation and research into this science Loquasto, who invented oral chelation, believes that physi-
from the 1940s to the 1980s led to the application of EDTA and cians should not limit chelation to detoxification. Rather, “It can
chelation therapy in the treatment of individuals who had an help any health condition,” he says, “since it increases circula-
accumulation of toxic metals, such as mercury and lead, in their tion, which naturally offers more healthful oxygen to all parts of
body. It employs an intravenous infusion that may, according to the body.”
an individual’s needs, include vitamins, magnesium and a saline
solution. Fortunately, the only side effects that these early pa- To connect with Dr. Michael Loquasto at the Burton Medi-
tients experienced were relief from arteriosclerosis, chest pains, cal Center in Allentown, PA, call 610.791.2453. To connect with Dr.
arthritis, memory loss and the inability to concentrate. Gary Gallo at the Chelation Center of Naples, FL, call 239.594.9355.
The news eventually made its way into medical journals. To connect with Dr. Jeffrey Morrison at The Morrison Center in New
By 1973, ACAM was formed to educate physicians in the uses York City, call 212.989.9828.
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