Preventing Cardiovascular Disease with EDTA Chelation

The corrosion of your cardiovascular system is a slow process that may generally go unnoticed for years. A CVD prevention program should include improvements to your diet, some daily exercise and nutritional supplements that will not only improve your overall health but also "clean out" your veins and arteries through chelation.

Oral chelation "grabs" a number of unwanted substances that can cause LDL Cholesterol plaque build up and free radical damage from the cardiovascular system, renders them harmless, and prepares them for excretion through the urine. Oral Chelation is a natural process of "roto-rootering" the cardiovascular system, helping the body cleanse the arteries and veins, as well as detoxify the liver and kidneys.


Oral Assimilation of EDTA

Assimilation of EDTA is effective when taken either intravenously or orally. When taken orally, EDTA, like other amino acids of similar molecular weight, passes through the stomach unaffected where it is then absorbed directly through the epithelium cells of the duodenum. EDTA has been incorrectly written about in the past by authors who apparently have not understood that the biochemistry and assimilation of proteins (made from chains of amino acids) and unattached Free Form Amino Acids all occurs in the duodenum, being unaffected by the stomach and the gastric juices.

Often misunderstood is the fact that stomach acidity has nothing whatsoever to do with the digestion of proteins, which all takes place via enzymatic reaction later in the duodenum, and that orally consumed Free Form Amino Acids are likewise not affected. In fact, the pH of the stomach when secreting HCL is generally around 3.0, which has absolutely no affect on the molecular bonds of Free Form Amino Acids (including EDTA) and thus, cannot and will not destroy them. (Please note: EDTA in solution may exhibit a pH of 4.0 all on its own.)

All Free Form Amino Acids, including EDTA, need no digestive process to enter the bloodstream. They are already small enough molecules to enter the bloodstream immediately; and that's why they are used so effectively in I.V. parenteral solutions. Thus all Free Form Amino Acids, including EDTA, will pass unharmed and unchanged into the duodenum where they then are directly assimilated into the bloodstream. Again, they are not, as mistakenly alleged by some, broken down or destroyed by the gastric processes.