What is chelation therapy? How does it work? How is it performed?
Chelation Therapy, Also called: Chelating Agents, EDTA Chelation. Chelation therapy is the administration of chelating agents to remove heavy metals from the body. Chelation therapy is not approved by the FDA to treat coronary artery disease, but some physicians and alternative medicine practitioners use it for this purpose.
The Benefits of Chelation Therapy are blocks calcium absorption, removes calcium from the palque, repairs damaged muscles, normalizes abnormal cholesterol and HDL levels, improves the cell energy production, reduces blood stickiness or clotting, reduces free radical activity in the blood, cancer treatment, mental health, and the other benefits. Doctors who use chelating therapy know that it is designed to remove metal impurities from blocked arteries.
There is strong evidence that autistic children have impairments in their body detoxification systems, causing increased vulnerability to toxic injury. Chelation therapy is extremely helpful for autistic spectrum children, with very few side effects. The only side effects that can happen are headache or nausea. The headaches after treatment are generally attributed to low blood sugar.
Chelation therapy is an expensive and time-consuming treatment that involves a series of up to 30 infusions of a chelating agent.