School of Advanced Nutritional and Medical Research

Calcium Levels During Chelation

I am just getting started with chelation and would like to know why during chelation the calcium is not lowered? Has anyone obtained parathyroid levels post chelation?

Dear Doctor:
If you take the older method of chelation using SODIUM EDTA, the calcium levels ARE lowered during the 1-3 hours you are receiving the IV.

The new method, which is far more comfortable, allows you to get the same dose in 3-10 minutes. It works more efficiently if you believe that the major long-term benefit chelation therapy provides to anyone is lowering their total body burden of toxic metals.

We find that this method is equally effective, in most cases, at lowering the measurable levels of calcium in vascular tissues since healthy cells can PUMP out the excess INTRACELLULAR calcium that we believe is contributing to disease and aging in all of us.

Sincerely,
Garry F. Gordon, MD,DO,MD(H)

Vis a vis the calcium pump discussion by Gary, the calcium deposits in breast cancer patients also indicate the inefficient calcium pump concept. The pH of the cancer cell is alkaline or near neutral whereas around the cell, because it is anaerobic, is acid, because it is dumping lactic acid. Therefore, what we must do is increase the oxygen capacity of the cancer cells. Thus the need for oxidative therapies. However, achlorhydria in the stomach promotes cancer of the esophogus thus the paradox of alkalinity and acidity.

And to answer to your patients' questions on Oral Chelation and Calcium:

Dr. Gordon:

I recently was watching Dr. Robert Barefoot on the subject of calcium intake. Now I am confused. We all need calcium in our diet these days; but your chelation can pull calcium buildup out of the arteries thereby helping to clean them out. So, my question is, do we indeed need calcium supplements or will they cause build up in the arteries? I am going to use your fibromyalgia program in the near future. Does your product have calcium or should I supplement the calcium in my diet?

I never give anyone any calcium without giving the same amount of MAGNESIUM. That, along with a life time of continuous DETOXIFICATION with the ingredients found in Essential Daily Defense, is the best way I have found to receive the benefits from the calcium that we all need while minimizing the risk that it winds up contributing to the pathologic calcification of our tissues and blood vessels as we age. The multiple (BAM) that we find in Beyond Chelation-Improved has the correct ratio of calcium and magnesium in adequate amounts to meet the needs of 98% of all patients.

Sincerely,
Garry F. Gordon, MD,DO,MD(H)