Iron and Your Heart Health A ranch house, a zip lock bag and some ordinary
flourTwo experiments:1)Some ordinary wheat flour such as can be found in most
homes placed with some water in a zip-lock plastic bag. A magnet is passed over
the bag and an extraordinary thing happens - Iron particles start popping out
and attaching themselves to the side of the bag, forming clusters of what looked
like iron filings.2) The next experiment involves placing a well-known brand of
cereal into a bowl of water
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marant handbags. The magnet is again passed over the bowl this time and the
flakes literally line up and follow the magnet round the bowl. This is the first
time I realized that there is so much added iron in the food that we eat and the
effect it can have on our health.We�ve all been told that heart attacks and
heart bypass surgery are as a direct result of clogging or furring of our
arteries by �bad cholesterol�. The arteries become so narrowed as to make the
blood flow through the arteries very difficult thus placing enormous strains on
the cardio-vascular system.Why do we need chelators and what are they?A few
trace metals that we absorb are toxic, these include iron and leadTo make use of
them our bodies must form chelates (key-lates) out of them, and to do this
requires chelating substancesChelating substances attach to desirable trace
metals and allow the body to properly utilize those metals they also attach to
undesirable trace metals and allow the body to remove them.Types of ChelatorMany
chemicals can serve as chelators. Their effects will depend on the precise
nature and concentration of that chelator.There are some weak chelators present
in common foods.Stronger chelators are substances used medicinally to rid the
body of excess toxic metalsWhy is there potential for Iron Overload? Iron
overload is possible because there is no normal mechanism for removing it from
the body.The body is iron-efficient, it retains its iron and recycles it over
and over again.The body's iron level is controlled almost entirely by absorption
and iron can build up progressively as dietary intake increases, especially in
men because they do not have a monthly blood loss.Over a period of months and
years this will result in the accumulation of several grams of iron.Iron and
Heart Disease RiskIron can generate free radical pathology.There is now good
evidence that free radical pathology leads to changes in the blood vessels which
sets the stage for atheroscelerosis. Accumulation of excess iron in the body may
increase the risk for heart disease and the connection doesn't end
there....Health statistics have revealed that women have a lower risk of heart
disease than men, until menopause, after which the risk is the same.
Why?Pre-menopausal women have a monthly blood loss that rids the body of excess,
potentially toxic iron, which may protect against heart disease.Even
pre-menopausal women with high blood cholesterol levels and high levels of LDL
(bad) cholesterol, which are considered to be strong risk factors for heart
disease, have less heart disease than men.The Lead connectionLead is a toxic
element that has many undesirable health effects. Evidence links excess lead
with cardiovascular disease, cancer and other disorders.Researchers have found
that cancer rates are higher amongst people living near heavily-traveled roads
and it was suggested that this increased risk is due to the higher levels of
lead in the air.This led the researchers to test the effect of a lead-removing
substance - EDTA (ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid),a man-made amino acid and
chelating agent - on cancer rates in people living near high-traffic roads.After
18 years those treated with EDTA had one-tenth of the cancer rate of those not
treated with EDTA.(1)Chelation TherapyThis is the use of chelating agents,
orally or by injection, in order to bind and remove harmful metals from the
body. The man-made chelating agent EDTA can remove most toxic metals.
Intravenous Chelation This therapy has been used by doctors as an effective
alternative to bypass surgery for atherosclerosis since the 1950s, giving hope
that having hardening of the arteries need not lead to coronary bypass surgery,
heart attack, stroke and numerous other related diseases. Doctors noted reduced
pain and blood cholesterol levels as well as other favorable changes fashion
designer cxm117. EDTA chelation therapy has been reported to help in many
conditions now thought to be related to free radical pathology: Rheumatoid
Arthritis, Diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and others.
Another effect of EDTA is that it changes the calcium/ magnesium ratio in the
body. EDTA removes calcium more efficiently than magnesium which reduces the
ratio. Lowering the ratio improves the flexibility of blood cells, reduces the
tendency of blood to clot and reduces blood cholesterol and blood pressure. So
the benefits of EDTA are not entirely due to the removal of toxic metals but
also the calcium/magnesium balance. In the case of intravenous chelation, EDTA
is used as the chelating agent. It is carried in a glucose formulation together
with synthetic B Vitamins. It takes several hours and requires 80-100
treatments. Oral Chelation Oral EDTA therapy can also be used
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oral doses of EDTA per day, over a period of months can have a long-term
preventative effect
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supplements on the market containing few or no chelating substances! For an oral
chelation supplement that has been tested and certified to lower bad cholesterol
by The University of Illinois, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition:
Go to
GetaHealthyHeart.com------------------------------------------------References:1.
Blumer,W, et al Environmental International 3: 1980, pages
465-471Bibliography:New Answers to Old Questions, The Free Radical Story by
Harry W Hersey
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