Gordon Research Institute

School of Advanced Nutritional and Medical Research

Calcium EDTA is safe and effective for removing mercury from the brain!

Yes, Calcium EDTA is helping get mercury out and, yes, it has a higher stability constant for mercury than DMSA or DMPS. Yet, it alone is NOT the answer. I always insist that anyone trying to get rid of toxic metals use several different chelators that are synergistic. This is why Malic acid and organic garlic are such a critical part of the oral Essential Daily Defense program. This is also why Longevity Plus now carries oral DMSA (Heavy Detox). Those aware of the advantages of combining more than one chelator for their detoxification efforts can offer 500 to 1000 mg of oral DMSA on the day their patients come in for an IV push of Calcium EDTA. This is the cost effective and SAFE way to augment the total fecal and urine excretion of all toxic metals on EACH occasion that the patient is coming in for an IV push.

I would also add at least 1-2 teaspoons of Beyond C (since this is so well tolerated, 98% can easily handle that 4 gm per tsp dose) and get further detoxification benefits. I would feel that giving ALSO 200- 400 mg of Thio-Gel (oral Lipoic Acid) at the same time would be of further benefit as well as, perhaps, 10 capsules of Essential Daily Defense orally. All of these are to be taken the day the patient receives their IV push of Ca EDTA.

I am confident that EDTA does NOT cross the blood brain barrier, nor does it go intracellularly. This is ONE reason it is so safe and one reason that I will NOT use liposomal EDTA, which is now being heavily promoted. I think the data is not substantial regarding either efficacy or SAFETY as the way to detoxify all heavy metals.

The most important consideration is first DO NO HARM! It is critical to start to learn more about CLINICAL METAL TOXICOLOGY and the Kinetics of detoxification. For example, if it takes 7 years MINIMUM to form all new bone, and bone is the MAJOR storehouse of LEAD in the body, then obviously long term morbidity and mortality, as is related to lead toxicity, requires prolonged metal detoxification. This means ORAL must be a part of the program! Further, it is reported that LEAD makes MERCURY far more toxic, so we are NOT only interested in MERCURY detoxification.

Next, we know that passive diffusion works, without question, to download high levels of mercury to areas of low levels. IF the blood and plasma are continuously kept mercury free with ANY chelator such as GARLIC, then over time, the BRAIN mercury will be reaching a new level of homeostasis in the body with the low blood levels. So, you NEVER need to penetrate the blood brain barrier to detox the mercury!

Today, speaking with Dr. M who has been using the Calcium EDTA push, he could not stop talking about the remarkable decreases in MERCURY levels, over time, seen in his patients doing just Beyond Chelation with Essential Daily Defense augmenting the IV push of Calcium EDTA. This is NOT, however, true in every case, which is why I personally am taking one Heavy Detox (my DMSA with glucuronolactone and Selenocysteine, 100 mg caps) each night for one month on and one month off. This is in addition to the HEEL Detox kit, which makes the detoxification work even better. I eat a lot of fish so I always chew an EZ DETOX (Gum-like lozenge) after meals to avoid adding to my body the stores of toxic metals from the mercury etc found in my food.

I believe that the research last year on lower morbidity and mortality in those with the lowest levels of blood lead (Archives of Internal Medicine) more than justifies MY personal efforts to remain as heavy metal free as possible, and this MAY be a suitable goal for YOUR health and some of your patients. There is, however, no rush in how fast these toxic metals are removed EXCEPT in the case of ACUTE heavy metal toxicity, which we do not often encounter.

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