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April 5, 2000

The World Of Intravenous Chelation Therapy Is Crumbling!

The World Of Intravenous Chelation Therapy Is Crumbling!

In all this world there is hardly anything more unethical than the "medical profession" generally, and the heart care part of it specifically.

Let's compare!  A bypass surgery action will cost about $50,000 for a simple procedure -- more for a complicated quadruple bypass.  It takes about six hours to complete.  A team of professionals, including a lead surgeon does the work.

Now, let's look at a series of two intravenous chelation therapy sessions.  These are normally about 3 hours each, so these two sessions would take about as much time as one bypass surgery.  These two IV chelation treatments will cost about $200.

Contrast $50,000 for six hours work with $200 for six hours.

In both cases an experienced team of professionals is required.

Now, let's look at the benefit of these two treatments.

Obviously we now come to some enormous differences of opinion.  There is no question in my mind that the bypass surgery is like putting a Band-Aid on a gushing wound.  

Even the President of the American Heart Association says that more than 50% of all bypass surgeries are failures!

There may be some benefit from bypass, but the much greater harm is that the patient thinks he has been helped a great deal.  The doctor putting on that Band-Aid may be so ignorant that he thinks he is helping, but more and more the heart surgeons are secretly coming to the realization that the procedure on which they have based their entire career -- and their mortgage payments -- is not working.  I have an entire chapter in my book on the fraud of bypass surgery.

Next month I'll cover that fraud in detail!

I, personally, don't think the heart surgeons can recover.  They are destined for the dust-heaps of history -- a fraud to start, got worse with government support, and asserted far beyond any reasonable time.  

Some of them are still doing bypass with full awareness that they are not helping the patient.  They are more to be pitied than attacked!

Now, take the doctor who is doing intravenous chelation therapy.  He knows, with an honest certainty, that he is truly helping his patient.   Generally his patients become true believers also. The fact that the heart surgeons are attacking the intravenous chelation doctors puts the IV doctors on the high moral ground.  But that "high ground" is still in the ditch!

Contrast THOSE patients with the usual bypass patient -- who, after five years, begins to see the truth when he is told that he needs ANOTHER bypass.  By the time of those five years the usual IV chelation patient is playing golf and bragging like mad to his friends that he didn't fall for that bypass baloney and that is now better than ever.

As interesting as this story is, so far, let's look even deeper.

The chelation doctor knows he is helping his patient, while the bypass doctor is ever increasingly beginning to doubt that.  When you begin to doubt the honesty or effectiveness of your entire career, unfortunately, there is a very human and natural tendency -- to assert even more strongly the rightness of your position.

So, the 800 pound gorilla, the AMA, the traditional doctors, are still powerful and still put IV doctors on trial for their careers.  I know, personally, some fine IV doctors who have had to go to court to defend their right to deliver honest and good service while heart surgeons get publicly drunk and perform deadly mistakes with impunity!  Dr. Streeter, for instance, was driven from his practice in South Carolina, and moved to Canada.

So, I don't think the heart surgeons, and their ilk, can ever admit the errors of their ways -- and eventually will be regarded about the same way Bill Clinton is regarded.  Some think of Bill as a perverted child molester while others, who cannot see the truth, still think of him as a great President.

Some will continue to think that the heart surgeon is a vital force in the health of society, while others, with more clear vision, will see them for what they are -- anachronisms of a dead age!

But, still, I want to take you further.

IV Chelation "works," and there is no question about that.

But, WHY does it work?

The reason it works is NOT the reason your IV doctor will give you.

Years ago they were fond of referring to a "Rooter Rooter" of the arteries -- how the EDTA would go in there and just drill out the calcium caked on the inside of your arteries.

This is the beginning of the end for ACAM, the group of professional doctors who deliver intravenous chelation therapy.  They can still recover their position of honor in the growing field of "alternative health" but they cannot do that while continuing to tell lies about their own procedure.

Ask a dozen IV doctors "HOW" their procedure works.  You will hear phrases like:

• It is like a "Rooter Rooter" and cleans out the calcium that is caked in your arteries
• It removes the plaque in your arteries
• It removes harmful calcium from your arteries

They have more modern ideas now, compared to the above which are about five years old!

It does NOT do any of these things!

The fact that it does not do these things is very well known to thousands of scientists who are familiar in any way with the action of EDTA -- the substance used by the IV doctors.  EDTA is a fabulous substance, and is one of the keys to anti-aging therapy.

But, it DOES NOT remove calcium from the body.  It does remove lead and other toxic metals, but not calcium.

So, why do the IV doctors tell a lie about their own very successful procedure?

Because they work for six hours and earn $200 while the heart surgeon works for six hours and earns $50,000!

The heart surgeon has the entire apparatus of the medical establishment on its side, doing its marketing for it.   The lies about heart disease are continuously spread by margarine makers, the Government, doctors and drug companies.  They spend billions to promote their false view of reality.  The cholesterol-lowering drug, Lipitor, steals billions from your pocket-book.

On the other side?

The poor IV doctor probably realizes that cholesterol in your eggs is NOT the cause of cholesterol in your blood.  He also realizes that cholesterol in your blood is NOT the cause of heart disease.  He may even know exactly how EDTA works to improve your blood flow!

But, look at the uphill battle he has to fight!  He sees the truth in all this (perhaps).  He knows the fullness of the lies you have come to believe.

I tell you the truth about eggs and margarine -- does the IV doctor?

The IV Doctor looks at that $200 stream of income and wonders how he can afford to take the time to convince you that much of the data you have swallowed as true -- is false.  Then, he has to explain the harm done to your body by toxic metals.  Along the way he has to admit that HE eats eggs at home, but tells his patients, "The government says eggs are bad for you!"  

He can't do that without explaining what a "free radical" is and how is, in fact, the cause of all cancer and heart disease!

That's what he has to do for his $200, while the heart surgeon doesn't often even talk to you, or carefully explains to you why 60 mg of Vitamin C, per day, is all you need.  You are wheeled into the operating room, put under anesthesia before he even arrives.  He does his work, gets his pay, and may or may not play a courtesy call on you.  He certainly doesn't have to give you an education about the science behind bypass (which doesn't exist!).

So, the IV doctor is caught in a terrible trap.  Most of them know the truth, but they cannot afford the time, and perhaps don't have the skill, to convince you that you have swallowed a lot of lies about heart disease, and to explain to you how EDTA really works.

So, he falls back on the easy "un-truth" that "Intravenous Chelation Therapy improves your blood flow by removing the blockages in your arteries."

Now, all of that might not much threaten ACAM and its 1,000 doctors, but there is another specter looming on THEIR horizon!  That is some honest scientists are looking at the tremendous benefit of EDTA therapy, and realizing that there might be even better "chelators" than EDTA -- there might even be some "chelator" which they can get a patent on -- as a drug -- and deliver a treatment obviously far better than bypass, but even better than EDTA therapy.

These people would have to overcome the decades of attack on the IV doctors, but you actually see that happening already.  It is happening when the President of the American Heart Association starts criticizing bypass surgery!

Yes, the days of the bypass surgeon are numbered. They will be forced out of business -- the new chelators will be called by different names, so as to NOT inherit the poor image of IV Chelation.

Click Here to read another doctor's scientific findings about the lies put out by the traditional doctors -- on cholesterol and heart disease.

There are IV doctors who are starting to tell their patients to get both IV and oral chelation.  Here is an example:

Dear Karl,

Please send me any information you have in writing to the address above. My father-in-law is undergoing intravenous chelation and his doctor, a man by the name of Dr. Simpson at the Chattanooga Wellness Center, recommended the oral chelation for him. Please, any information you could send us would be helpful.

[Next message, after I asked for details.]

Yes, Dr. Simpson at the Chattanooga Wellness center in Chattanooga Tennessee has been treating my father-in-law with I/v chelation he has had 7 treatments and is about to complete his 10 round coarse. 

Dr. Simpson suggested that he follow up with the oral chelation. 

It has had a miraculous effect on my father-in-law. his blood pressure has come down with each treatment today after his treatment it was 110 over 72!! It has not been that low in years even with all the blood pressure meds. and everything else he is on! 

He had a quadruple bypass 51/2 years ago and still suffers from heart problems. He was just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes which is what actually started the thoughts about chelation! 

The doctor he saw for his diabetes suggested chelation with the hope that it would help his diabetes! It was not until we got further involved with Dr. Simpson that we realized it would also help his heart. 

What a special surprise! Let me tell you what this family has been through. 

15 years ago Jerry had an aneurysm in his brain they operated, then he stroked then he proceeded to have 2 more aneurysm in his head. With him he has had one thing after another and the chelation has changed him in more ways than one!! He is much nicer because he is not in constant pain, his circulation is improving and he has even been able to baby-sit my 3 young children including a 9 month old baby that he was having trouble picking up.

It really has changed a lot for him he has started walking 1-2 miles a day of course he does follow a low sugar diet for diabetes but other than that he has not changed anything he does all the improvement has been a direct result of the chelation. 

I know you probably were not looking for a testimonial but if you could see the before and after of Jerry it is a real improvement. His color is getting better. It has changed so much and there are a lot if people here in Chattanooga that have had this done! 

Doctor Simpson told Jerry about another man here in town that decided to have chelation instead of bypass and is in better health now. There are also other doctors in town that have discussed chelation with us. 

My father-in-law sees several doctors for all his ailments and they all support his decision to go on with the chelation therapy. 

I hope this encourages you to continue getting the word out -- you have a lot of support here in Tennessee. I would be happy to get you their names and numbers if it would help. I am sure the more names with MD behind them you can use, the better. And people take you more seriously! 

Thank you,

Rebecca Moore

Send her a message!

Mark T. Simpson, MD
4510 Hixson Pike, #2
Hixson, TENNESSEE  37343-5037, USA
Phone: (423) 877-7999 Fax: (423) 877-7901
Specialty: FP, CT, PM

On the other hand, I also get angry messages from IV doctors, such as this one:

March 28, 2000
Dear Karl Loren,

Please stop confusing i.v. E.D.T.A. with oral nutrients and the worthless use of oral E.D.T.A.  

I am an M.D. and have over 30 years experience in nutrition and 18 years in chelation.

Sell your products, but please don't give the impression that oral can replace i.v.

Nothing can replace the calcium/magnesium intracellular shift like magE.D.T.A

Dr. Neil A.  Ahner

Neil Ahner, MD, DIPL
1270 N. Wickham Road
Melbourne, FLORIDA  32935, USA
Phone: (407) 253-2009 Fax: (407) 253-5561
Email: DocAhner@AOL.com
Specialty: CT, NT, PM

You tell ME which of these two IV doctors has a future in is chosen career!  Click on Dr. Ahner's mail address and tell him what YOU think.  Or, click on Rebecca's mail address and tell her what YOU think.  Or, call Dr. Simpson and tell him what YOU think.
 

There is another apologist for the ACAM doctors, Arline Brecher, whose article about the so-called "fraudulent oral EDTA" has been copied and repeated many times.  Click here to read her claims about oral EDTA.

Then, read a message she sent me just a few days ago, and my response!

Dear Karl,

It has come to my attention that you are illegally publishing on this website copyrighted material owned by me and are making false statements about me. 

This is your FIRST and LAST warning.

All material bearing my name or referring to me in a derolgatory [sic] fashion is to be removed no later than Wednesday April 5th, or appropriate legal action will follow.

Arline Brecher

Write to her and tell her what you think -- click on the name.

To which I responded:

Fair Public Comment is a term used within the US Copyright Law -- the term involves the right of the public to "comment" on public utterances, including copywriten material.

Now, there is another powerful voice on this campaign -- one from whom I learned a great deal -- Dr. Garry F. Gordon.  He is not known, particularly, for being subtle -- and I am certainly not famous for that either.  Garry exposed the fact that the Board of Directors of ACAM refused to allow its membership to heard data about oral EDTA.

Let's see what Garry is now saying:

In the absence of definitive, incontrovertible proof for either Dr. Cranton’s or my opinion, the issue is fundamentally one of informed consent. 

Can we withhold or deny evidence of potential benefit to patients who rely on our objectivity to counsel them on matters of life and death?

There are over 60 boxes of scientific literature, including previously largely unseen correspondence from the files of Abbot Laboratories, recently delivered to Dr. Rozema, which may contain detailed answers to the questions raised about oral EDTA. It is vital that this information be made available in totality to the ACAM membership at the earliest possible time. 

GLCCM [another group of chelation doctors] recently sponsored a debate on oral chelation, and I encourage ACAM (or A4M) to convene a special one-day conference to put to rest any perception that the integrity of this organization, which I helped to found, and to which I devoted over 15 years of my primary efforts, is for sale or determined by anyone’s economic self-interest.

Dr. Gordon has also written about oral chelation earlier.

Dr. Gordon has also completely exposed the lies spread by many chelation doctors that oral EDTA is somehow harmful, or not effective.  Click here for a list of scientific studies compiled by Garry on this subject.

Dr. Gordon is very skilled in his area of medicine -- I am very skilled in my area of communicating and web design.  I have many pages of information about Dr. Gordon on my web sites.  In fact, if you enter "Garry F. Gordon" in Google search engine, you find that his name comes up on MY web sites five times out of the top ten!

The chelation doctors should be watching over their shoulders -- if you enter "intravenous chelation" in any of many search engines more than half of the top ten hits will be one of my pages.   When you combine my pages with those of Dr. Gordon, and the truth we are putting out there about oral EDTA -- the intravenous doctors are fast being forced to face the truth.   This is an illustration of the power of the web -- thousands of people, all over the world, hear about "intravenous chelation therapy" and enter that phrase in some search engine -- they find me.  See my increasing web site statistics below.

Arginine -- Amino Acid That Reduces The Risk Of Heart Disease

The Vibrant Life oral chelation formulas (Life Glow Plus and Super Life Glow) have always included substantial amounts of the amino acid Arginine.  When the Super Life Glow formula was changed the last time one of the improvements was to greatly increase the quantity of Arginine.

Life Glow Plus contains 300 mg of Arginine in the daily dose.  Originally Super Life Glow had the same quantity of Arginine as Life Glow Plus, but I read so much convincing research about Arginine that I increased the quantity from 300 mg per day to 1,000 mg in the Super Life Glow Formula.

Shrink Assault

A friend of mine has just written a Book, entitled "Shrink Assault."  It is a book of dark humor about the most evil group on the planet -- the psychiatrists.  Please click here to send an eMail to Lorenzo Samuel and get details on how you can purchase this book.

What Is IV Chelation Like?

People often ask me for more information about intravenous chelation therapy.  It's fascinating that my web sites get more visitors asking about IV chelation than, probably, any of the actual chelation doctors.  And, when I visit the small number of their web sites, I don't find this simple information which many people want to know.