Authors: Morton Walker
ISBN-13: 9780895294159, ISBN-10: 089529415X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: November 1989
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Chelation (pronounced key-lay-shun) therapy is a safe, effective non-surgical treatment that has successfully been used to prevent and treat hardening of the arteries for over forty years in the United States. New evidence indicates that it may also help to control and, in some cases, reverse the effects of arthritis, cancer, stroke, osteoporosis, glaucoma, metal toxicity, irregular heart beat, senility, and gangrene, as well as a host of other degenerative illnesses. As more studies show the many benefits of chelation therapy, the number of physicians utilizing it continues to grow. In this important new book, Dr. Morton Walker explains how chelation works, documents the evidence of its effects, and discusses its oral and intravenous use. Since intravenous treatment is not always necessary, Dr. Walker also tells the reader about over-the-counter oral chelating agents -- what they are, where to find them, and what dosage to take.
Walker's book provides a complete explanation of chelation therapy. The only use for this therapy which is generally accepted is to remove lead from the bloodstream in cases of lead toxicity, although new evidence suggests it may help to control and in some cases reverse the effects of arthritis, cancer, stroke, and more. Using lay language, Walker explains the various chelating agents and how they work, and presents case studies of patients who have been helped by the therapy. An appendix lists chelating physicians worldwide. This is an interesting treatment of the subject, much more comprehensive than any other book. Recommended for public libraries only where books on alternative medical therapies are popular.--Barbara Kormelink, Bay Medical Ctr . Lib., Bay City, Mich.
Foreword | ix | |
Preface | xiii | |
Part 1 | The Intravenous Infusion Form of Chelation Therapy | |
1. | What If You or Your Loved One Has Clogged Arteries? | 3 |
Saved From Alzheimer's-Like Senility | ||
Legs Need Not Be Amputated | ||
Self-Rescued From Having Open Heart Surgery | ||
2. | What Is Chelation Therapy? | 17 |
How Chelation Occurs | ||
The Role of Calcium in Atherosclerosis | ||
The Four Types of Hardening of the Arteries | ||
3. | How Chelating Agents Work in Your Body | 33 |
How Chelation Removes Calcium and Other Metals | ||
Where the Metastatic Calcium Comes From | ||
Various Types of Chelating Agents | ||
Lack of Promotion of Chelation Therapy | ||
Chelation Treatment for Lead Poisoning | ||
4. | Corrective Uses of Chelation Therapy | 49 |
Other Conditions Corrected by Chelation Therapy | ||
Degenerative Diseases Lacking Free Blood Flow | ||
Physiological Changes From Chelation Therapy | ||
5. | The Clinical Studies of Chelation Therapy | 65 |
The Demand for Double-Blind Studies | ||
Chelated Patients Are Their Own Controls | ||
Another Controlled Method Is Proposed | ||
The First Clinical Study by an ACAM Physician | ||
Additional Clinical Studies Are Presented | ||
Chelating Physicians Can't Get Their Studies Published | ||
The Newest Medical Studies on Chelation Treatment | ||
The McDonagh, Rudolph, Cheraskin Studies | ||
The Van der Schaar Studies | ||
The Sehnert, Clague Studies | ||
A Texan Who Knows Chelation Has Value | ||
6. | The Safety and Possible Side Effects of Chelation Therapy | 91 |
Sources of Doubt About the Safety of Chelation Therapy | ||
Answering Concerns About Safety | ||
The American Board of Chelation Therapy (ABCT) | ||
The American College of Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) | ||
Possible Side Effects of Chelation Therapy | ||
Possible Nephrotoxicity in Chelation Therapy | ||
Chelation Therapy Eliminates Heart Pacemakers | ||
7. | Medical Politics and Media Abuse of Chelation Therapy | 113 |
Use of the Media by Chelation Therapy Competition | ||
The Association for Cardiovascular Therapies (ACT) | ||
The Health History of John Sorenson | ||
8. | The Current Status of Chelation Therapy | 135 |
Medicare Gives Harold Pryor His "Fair Hearing" | ||
Why Establishment Medicine Opposes Chelation Therapy | ||
Assessing the Safety of Chelation Therapy | ||
Assessing the Efficacy of Medical Technologies | ||
In the Best Interest of Jackee Davidson | ||
Part 2 | Oral Chelating Agents for Cardiovascular Self-Help at Home | |
9. | The Concept of Oral Chelation Therapy | 151 |
What Is Oral Chelation Therapy? | ||
Cellular Homeostasis From Oral Chelation Therapy | ||
Offsetting Free Radical Pathology | ||
The Need to Replace Toxic Minerals With Nutrient Minerals | ||
The Classic Case of Gangrene Reversal | ||
10. | The Chelation Diet and Its Foods | 167 |
The Chelation Diet | ||
Nutrients That Act as Chelators | ||
IV and Oral Chelation Therapy Restore a Policeman | ||
11. | Nutritional Chelation Formulas and Their Sources | 187 |
Oral Chelating Nutrient Formulas | ||
12. | Pharmaceuticals, Foods, and Herbs Used for Oral Chelation Therapy | 217 |
Oral Chelating Drugs Unapproved by the FDA | ||
Food Substances That Chelate the Body | ||
Appendix | Chelating Physicians Worldwide | 247 |
About the Author | 291 |