Chelation
- A Natural, Constant Process
 You are a
living thing and could not survive without the constant benefits
of chelation taking place, all the time, throughout your body.
Digestion
and assimilation of foods involves, for example, the ongoing
process of chelation in which your body uses protein substances
(amino acids) to chelate with minerals for transportation to
their destinations, or in which blood cells latch on to, and
need iron.
- Hemoglobin
is a chelate of iron (as is the enzyme catalane, which your
body uses to "switch off" the free radical activity
of hydrogen peroxide).
- When you
eat meat or green vegetables which contain iron, after the
digestive process has released the iron from the food in which
it is bound it has to be combined (chelated) with amino acids
(protein fractions) so that it can be carried through the intestinal
mucous membranes into the bloodstream.
However,
if you drink tea at the same meal, the tannin in the tea will
chelate with the iron (forming insoluble iron tan ate) before
it gets a chance to be absorbed, thus depriving your body of
the iron. Should you, though, take some ascorbic acid (vitamin
C) or eat vitamin C-rich food at the same meal as an iron-rich
food, this will chelate with the iron and actually enhance
and speed its absorption. The iron, once in the bloodstream,
is released from the proteins with which it was chelated for
transportation, so that it can recombine, in another chelating
process, with blood chemicals to form transferring which is
then stored for later use.
Literally
tens of thousands of body processes, involving the formation
and function of enzymes, hormones and vitamins constantly utilize
similar chelation mechanisms. Similarly, countless examples of
natural chelation are found in relation to plant life; for example,
chlorophyll is a chelate of magnesium which has been processed
during photosynthesis.
The word itself
is derived from the Greek word (chela) which describes the prehensile
claw of a scorpion or crab. This graphically evokes a picture
of one substance grabbing or clutching and embracing another,
as the chelation process takes place. Chelation therapy is the
extension of this natural process to enable the removal from
the body of undesirable ionic material by the infusion, or taking
orally, of an organic compound which has suitable chelating properties.
One of the
major substances being influenced during chelation therapy is
calcium, as this process causes it to be removed from metastasis
deposits while at the same time encouraging decalcification of
bone.
- If calcium
happens to be inappropriately present in certain body tissues
(in a layer of plaque in the lining of an artery, or in excessive
amounts on the surface of a joint in arthritis), it is of benefit,
in health terms, to remove this, and chelation therapy safely
allows exactly this to be done.
- The number
of electrons in a calcium atom is 20. This has an inner 'shell',
of 2 electrons, two complete shells of 8 electrons each, and
an outer shell of 2 'spare', electrons, which are therefore
free to attach to a suitable molecule or atom which may be
in need of 2 electrons often called a 'completing agent').
The symbol for the calcium action, because of its two free
electrons, is Ca++.
- In chelation
therapy the 'suitable molecule', or 'completing agent', with
which this can link is a compound called EDTA (ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic
acid). Together EDTA and a metallic action form a stable complex
which can then be excreted from the system. The stability of
this bond is vital to success in chelation therapy, for if
there is a weak linkage other reactions breaking the bond could
take place should the compound come into contact with suitable
chemicals.
- A chelating
reaction which produces equilibrium, a strong and stable ring
structure between the metal ion (calcium is a weakened link,
iron, lead and copper are far stronger) and the chelating agent
(such as EDTA), is effective in achieving the safe removal
of the ion from the body.
- When you
use a water softener you are chelating calcium (and other minerals)
out of the water. When you use a detergent in washing clothes
or dishes, this chelated with minerals in the 'dirt' allowing
the now soluble compounds to be washed away by water.
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Dr. Ahner.
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