Chelation therapy is a medical treatment that improves metabolic and circulatory function by removing toxic metals (such as lead and cadmium) and abnormally located nutritional metallic ions (such as iron) from the body. This is accomplished by administering an amino acid, ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic acid (EDTA), by an intravenous infusion using a small 25 gauge needle.
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Origin and history
First used in Nazi Germany in 1935 as a replacement for citric acid, it was used in the fabric industry to prevent stains from the calcium present in the hard water. Dr. Schacter notes that during World War 2, chelating agents (not EDTA) were being used when arsenical gases were being used. We also found that in the 1940\s, radiation poisoning was well treated with chelating agents, which removed the heavy metals that emitted radioactivity from the body. At the same time, EDTA was being used to remove calcium from pipes and boilers. It wasn\t until 1948 that EDTA was first used in the treatment of lead poisoning. Since then, it has become the premier method of treating lead poisoning as well as other heavy metal toxicities. Interestingly, these patients also showed marked improvement in their health; it seemed to eliminate symptoms of atherosclerosis.

Dr. Norman Clarke, Director of research at Providence Hospital in Detroit, began research with EDTA while treating lead poisoned auto workers, and noted that after treating several hundred patients with it, reported that "in occlusive vascular disease of the brain, there has been uniform relief of vertigo, and the signs of senility, even when advanced have been significantly relieved.

In summary, the treatment of atherosclerotic vascular complications with the chelating agent, EDTA is supported by a large volume of information. Since that article, two medical researchers, Drs. Lawrence and Kitchell, received a grant to study chelation therapy. Their research showed that while patients with vascular disease secondary to diabetes improved, that their improvement was only temporary. Since then, a growing number of highly competent, board certified physicians have continued research on chelation therapy, in spite of the unfavorable responses and lack of support by the traditional medical industry. They continued to find that chelation is a safe, effective, inexpensive, easily administered alternative to surgeries and medication. In fact, it appears to deal with the biochemical causes of diseases such as heart disease due to plaque buildup, heavy metal toxicity, peripheral vascular disease and diabetes, versus dealing with the symptoms alone, as traditional medicine so ineffectively does.
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Benefits
-Improved circulation
-Reduction of liver produced cholesterool
-Lowered insulin requirements in diabettics
-Reduced high blood pressure
-Normalization of cardiac arrhythmias -Relief from leg muscle cramps
-Reduction in allergic symptoms
-Normalized weight
-Improved psychological and emotional sstatus
-Enhanced sensory performance
-Fewer excessive heart contractions
> -Lessened varicose vein pigmentation -Lightened age spots
-Fewer aches and pains - arthritic and otherwise
-Less reliance on pain medication
-Hair loss stopped and reversed
-Reversal of impotence
-Alzheimer symptoms reversed
-Reduced need for diuretics
-Cold extremities warmed
-Chronic fatigue syndrome overcome
-Memory and concentration improved
-Post-cataract vision loss restored
> -Skin, hair, nail improvement