Many of the problems with chelation can be reduced when a person is given sufficient magnesium. The beginning of safe chelation and detoxification starts with magnesium. Magnesium is one of the most important minerals for the human body. Before 2009, it was believed that it was a required co-factor for over 325 enzyme systems, but since then, according to works documented by Dr. Andrea Rosenoff, that number has more than doubled to almost 800 enzymes.
Chelation therapy should not be separated from mineral therapy
Everyone who is magnesium deficient has a compromised system of detoxification and is more vulnerable to neurotoxins that are increasingly present in our foods and environment. Its deficiency has wide ranging effects and may be responsible for more diseases than any other nutrient. It is more important than calcium because without sufficient magnesium calcium becomes toxic.
In mineral therapy we understand that certain minerals are both the cause (when deficient) and cure of many diseases. Minerals help with everyday body processes, reduce risk of certain cancers, strengthen muscles and tissues, and help develop organs as well as keeping them from deteriorating. Minerals are essential for life, health, and happiness. Minerals are needed to maintain the delicate cellular fluid balance, to form bone and blood cells, to provide for electro-chemical nerve activity, and to regulate muscle tone and activity (including organ muscles like the heart, stomach, liver, etc.)
Magnesium (Mg) is the perfect place to start because not only does Mg help with chelation of heavy metals but at the same time it is nurturing and helping with hundreds of functions in the body meaning it will help people avoid exaggerated healing crises.
Magnesium protects cells from aluminum, mercury, lead, cadmium, beryllium and nickel, which explains, in part, why re-mineralization is so essential for heavy metal detoxification and chelation. Magnesium is needed not only for the production of specific detoxification enzymes but is also important for energy production related to cell detoxification. A magnesium deficiency can affect virtually every system of the body.
Heavy metals like cadmium, lead, and mercury compete with nutritional magnesium, keeping it from availability to protect our cells. The healthy cell wall favors intake of nutrients and elimination of waste products and this is a principle reason magnesium is so important in detoxification and chelation.
Bicarbonates
Sodium bicarbonates or potassium and magnesium bicarbonates should never be left out of the detox chelation equation. If, according to the US Army, bicarbonate is strong enough to help detox uranium from the kidneys, its going to be a help in all detox and chelation protocols.
Zeolites and Edible Clayare the Right WaystoBegin and Continue toDetox
It is hard to imagine anyone not needing chelation and detoxification today, especially urban dwellers because of all the air pollution. Everyone should continue with high levels of magnesium intake as well as with either clay, a zeolite, or a product like HMD (Chlorella and Cilantro Extracts). This should be combined with some kind of fasting; and depending on life time exposure, a serious chelator like Boyd Haley's NBMI should be employed, which I am taking now.
It is now accurate to state that we are poisoning every man, woman, and child on earth. We have reached a milestone in human history. Awaiting each and every child born on the planet is a life doomed to being poisoned. There is "overwhelming evidence that every child, no matter where in the world he or she is born, will be exposed, not only from birth, but from conception, to man-made chemicals and heavy metals that can undermine the child's ability to reach his or her fullest potential — chemicals that interfere with the natural chemicals that tell tissues how to develop and construct healthy, whole individuals according to the genes they inherited from their mothers and fathers," wrote Dr. Theo Colborn, Senior Program Scientist, at the World Wildlife Fund. It is no joke what we have done to our planet and our race so we should redouble our detoxification protocols.
Clay
The use of clay for both internal and external use puts in our hands the healing power of mother earth and there is little that can compare or compete in the world of medicine. There is no healing system more powerful than that which employs Nature's primordial substances, materials so pure and close to nature that they yield benefits without the typical side effects of most medicines. Clay is so pure it tastes clean when used orally and will such all manner of poisons to it like a sponge sucks up water. Living Clay is the best I have ever come across and have been using it for years.
Zeolites
Zeolite goes perfectly with the use of clay and will dig in even deeper to remove the toxin in total and not leave it behind in another area. The zeolite Clinoptilolite is a natural mineral with a unique ability to trap toxins within its crystal structure as it passes through the body. My preferred choice is a nano zeolite liquid called Pure Body. It undergoes an exclusive cleansing process so that the zeolite is pure and effective. (I offered my readers a special offer on this zeolite two months ago and people should give the zeolite three or four months before switching to something stronger.)
Another Way to Start Chelation Safely and Gently
In a large metal foundry in Russia, Dr. George Georgiou tested extensively many natural substances for their efficacy in removing heavy metals from the workers there and found Chlorella and cilantro so effective — when used "together" — that he introduced "Heavy Metal Detox" (HMD) in 2005.[1] When we begin to talk about Chlorella a mention must be made of Spirulina, a miracle super-food that has all kinds of positive ramifications and can be used for long-term fasting and detoxification.
Conclusion
There are no shortages of reasons to increase one's magnesium intake and assist the process of chelation and detoxification with the right substances. We live on a poisoned planet and have to act accordingly.
Calcium Disodium EDTA has been used for many years intravenously to chelate and purge lead from the blood of shipyard workers for example, who have been exposed to toxic amounts of lead during their work. Recently a spate of articles has appeared on the internet about just how 'dangerous' Calcium Disodium EDTA is, stating that gloves must be worn at all times handling this stuff, and safety goggles, the horror of it all, they really are putting out a lot of total bullcrap to totally petrify people, as this stuff is many times weaker than even weakly diluted lemon juice. I have used super saturated solutions of Calcium Disodium EDTA in both my eyes under the eyelids for several minutes in each eye, repeating that each day several times a day for a couple of weeks or so to dissolve highly irritating calcitic deposits under the eyelids that I also palpated between my finger tips to assist the breakdown of the deposits, and my eyes did not even sting, and Calcium Disodium EDTA has been used by a Japanese eye surgeon during surgery to successfully dissolve calcitic deposits within the eyeball itself. Though Calcium Disodium EDTA is classed a mildly acidic compound, you would hardly notice any acidic quality of it at all when it is in solution in your mouth or in your eyes.
The safety recommendation is that any amount more than 3 grams a day Disodium Calcium EDTA over 5 to 7 days maximum will permanently damage your kidneys (why the ridiculous official statement that one needs to wear safety goggles and gloves when handling this powder, when they also say it can be introduced inside the body?). One may question why, if that is really the case, that they have been putting Calcium Disodium EDTA in so many foods for so many years, quite obviously, always concerned for our welfare and trying to 'help' us, like by withdrawing and preventing the further use of the proven 1930's Raymond Royal Rife radiowave beam technology that was established in thorough medical studies as being 100% effective in curing all forms of cancer at any stage of the disease, even in the most advanced and otherwise considered 'incurable' cases, with no side-effects, no pain, no drugs, no X-Rays, no surgery, all non-intrusively and in remarkably short periods of time. And then of course the major private medical companies and national healthcare services obliged everyone to take the highly toxic and misnomered 'chemotherapy' instead, with some hospitals showing more than 50% death rate of cancer patients from the effects of the chemotherapy alone within just the first 30 days of use, and not from the cancer itself. I think in this case, they are simply trying to use a massive scare-mongering campaign to unnecessarily frighten us away from an excellent self-help method, that is quite safe when used sensibly.
See; 'Is Calcium Disodium EDTA a Safe Additive?' [Link]
Also see; Web MD 'EDTA: Uses, Side-Effects, Interactions, Dosage and Warning'. [Link] This study is fairly comprehensive but overly cautious, not being informed about the medical studies proving the actual benefits of EDTA to the kidney function of many kidney disease sufferers, especially those with lead poisoning.
Calcium Disodium EDTA alone is the specific molecular compound that I am referring to here, though this compound itself does also go by several different names, and variations to this molecule may also be found, but the studies here refer only to this specific molecular compound and not any variation of it.
Calcium Disodium EDTA is much better absorbed by intravenous methods of course, as only a tiny fraction of Calcium Disodium EDTA that is orally administered gets absorbed into the bloodstream, making an intravenously administered amount of Calcium disodium EDTA the equivalent of several times any amount of EDTA that has been swallowed in capsules or in solution. Calcium Disodium EDTA dissolves readily in warm or hot water but not in cold water.
A proper scientific study has been done which has established that people suffering with kidney disease saw their kidney function actually benefitting over a period of 4 years, involving repeated periods of intravenous administration with 1 gram of Calcium Disodium EDTA every 72 hours. That 333mg a day intravenously that actually improved kidney function of diseased kidneys when administered during several periods of time within that 4 years is equivalent in terms of absorption into the bloodstream, if we consider that only one fourth or fifth of the amount of Calcium Disodium EDTA being absorbed into the bloodstream when ingested orally, to needing to swallow 1.333 grams to 1.665 grams a day Calcium Disodium EDTA for limited periods throughout 4 years in capsules or in solution in water in order to get the same amount of Calcium Disodium EDTA into the bloodstream to do the same job.
We can also compare the above figures to the official state-approved constant everyday allowance for Calcium Disodium EDTA that is generally considered as a safe accepted amount of Calcium Disodium EDTA that can be safely ingested by oral means every day on a CONSTANT basis as a food additive, which has been established at 200mg per day for an 80kg person, or 2.5 mg per kilo body weight.
Especially if one does not already regularly consume foods that already contain Calcium Disodium EDTA, one can safely use larger amounts than the safe daily recommended amount of Calcium Disodium EDTA for brief periods of chelation by oral means, especially as only a tiny fraction of the Calcium Disodium EDTA swallowed ends up in the bloodstream compared to the amounts intravenously introduced directly into the bloodstream.
I recommend to anyone who may wish to consider using EDTA, that they do so at a very gentle pace and with all due caution, using it only for very brief periods of time, and stopping use immediately if any discomfort or illness occurs. It does have a strong laxative effect though, so that is to be expected and is not a problem. On the brighter side, I obtained almost immediate relief using Calcium Disodium EDTA from a very painful 1cm kidney stone blocking the entrance to my urinary tract that could have ended up causing serious kidney damage if left there, as the passage of Calcium Disodium EDTA solution in the urine passing over the stone dissolved it very rapidly inside, and enabled the remnants of the kidney stone to be completely passed quite painlessly into a sieve within four days, after just 3 administrations of Disodium Calcium EDTA, using one administration of 10 grams of powdered Calcium Disodium EDTA dissolved into solution and swallowed on any empty stomach on each of the first two days, followed by plenty of water, and on the third day 12 grams dissolved Calcium Disodium EDTA swallowed and followed by plenty of water, and on the morning of the fourth day, the tiny remnants of the kidney stone passed painlessly into a sieve.
One study on Calcium Disodium EDTA used intravenously says that intravenous doses of Calcium Disodium EDTA are to be no more than follows; "It is UNSAFE to use more than 3 grams of EDTA per day, or to take it longer than 5 to 7 days. Too much can cause kidney damage, dangerously low calcium levels, and death.
Well, I am still here, and still have perfect kidney function, actually thanks to Calcium Disodium EDTA, which is used in various medical situations requiring chelation. Though of course, I have used the equivalent of less than the above amounts of Calcium Disodium EDTA in equivalent terms when using it orally, accepting the difference in blood levels obtained by direct intravenous administration and by oral administration.
See: NDT - Long-term outcome of repeated lead chelation therapy in progressive non-diabetic chronic kidney diseases [Link]
See: EDTA Chelation Therapy May Prevent Progression of Renal Disease - Laurie Barclay, MD January 22, 2003 [Link]
See: EDTA [Link] (listing many uses of EDTA in medicine)
See: The Effect of Alkalinizing Agents and Chelating Agents on the Dissolution of Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stones [Link]
Personally, I don't consume processed food containing EDTA at all, but with the knowledge that EDTA not only chelates lead but also dissolves calcium phosphate, a compound comprising many kidney stones, that also acts as a binding agent in other types of kidney stones that are comprised mainly of other substances, I have successfully and safely used EDTA by means of oral administration for very brief periods of time to get rid of very agonizing and incapacitating kidney stones around 1 centimetre in diameter, the presence and ensuing absence of which of which were medically verified by ultrasound scans both before and after removal, that themselves would certainly have produced major kidney damage if they had been left in situ, with no chance of an immediate resolution being available by the health services in those situations at the time things got really bad, necessitating that I rely upon my own means and very fast.
My kidney function is still perfectly normal, and I have used Calcium Disodium EDTA to dissolve kidney stones on different occasions, for instance dissolving one kidney stone around 1 cm in 10 days many years ago using 8 x 800 mg capsules powdered Calcium Disodium EDTA a day taken first thing in the morning on an empty stomach with plenty of distilled or RO water.
You can take smaller amounts of Calcium Disodium EDTA if you wish at a more relaxed pace over several brief periods over a longer time in total to get the same result as I got. My personal circumstances dictated quite radical action, but I suffered no ill-effect in any case, but quite the reverse, even feeling much brighter and clearer mentally and more alert, as the chelation also helps clean out many microcapillaries in the brain.
After using EDTA each day, several hours after having taken it, I used strong mineral supplementation of magnesium and selenium and plenty of raw goats' milk or cheese to ensure good bone levels and blood levels of these minerals, calcium in the blood being very important as an electrolyte in the brain, with magnesium ensuring its absorption. I also use boron chelates to aid calcium absorption and Vitamin D3. Calcium carbonate calcium supplements are not worth taking at all, as they are only 4% absorbable by the body, so calcium from food sources is always vastly more suitable. Other substances to aid the cleaning of the body like Vitamin C and digestive enzymes like Bromelain in certain fruits like the pineapple can also be used if wished.