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Magnesium based or
Calcium based EDTA?
There are two forms of
EDTA currently available for chelation, those with calcium already
attached to the EDTA molecule, and those without. Calcium free
chelation has been the standard for the past 50 years. It is the
preferred method of chelation for several reasons. Our magnesium
Di-potassium EDTA is one such calcium free EDTA.
Calcified plaque
and, soft tissue
As we age, calcium
accumulates in the arteries and soft tissues of the body. When it
deposits in dead tissue, it is called dystrophic calcium (like
atherosclerotic plaques). When it deposits in living tissue, it is
called metastatic calcium (like arteriosclerosis). Only calcium
free EDTA can remove this calcium from the tissue and arteries.
Calcium and
muscle tension
When calcium gets into a
cell, the cell turns on, whatever “on” is for that cell. If it is
a muscle cell that the calcium enters, then the muscle contracts.
If the calcium stays there, the muscle stays contracted. The
familiar knots in client's upper backs and necks are just such
calcified muscles that are forever in the “on” or contracted
position. The pathological version of this is fibromyalgia where
there are many such knotted muscles in the client's body. The
extreme example of this is, rigor mortis, in which all the muscles
of the body flood with calcium and contract. As we age, we
accumulate more and more dystrophic and metastatic calcium, and
become stiffer and stiffer. Again, only a calcium free EDTA can be
of benefit here.
Calcium and
blood viscosity
Calcium free chelation
improves blood viscosity by removing ionized calcium and normalizing
the blood clotting processes.
Calcium and
sodium versus magnesium and potassium
The autonomic nervous
system (ANS) is divided into two parts, the sympathetic (SNS) and
the parasympathetic systems (PNS). The SNS creates what is
commonly known as the “fight or flight response”. In the event of
a perceived emergency, the body will suppress all non-critical
physiological systems and push the blood into the muscles for quick
action. Non-critical systems include digestion, reproduction,
gestation, milk production, immune function, higher brain functions,
growth and repair processes, and sleep. That's not to say that any
SNS response is bad. For instance, it's the SNS that keeps a
person from passing out due to the effects of gravity upon their
blood when they stand up quickly. The point is that continual
activation of the SNS is very detrimental to our health.
The PNS is the
counterpoint to the SNS. It generates what might be termed the
“relaxation response”, and when activated, helps suppress the SNS.
When the PNS is activated, the body digests well, reproduction,
gestation, and milk production are supported, the immune system is
active, our brains are happy and functional, injured tissue is
repaired, new tissue is formed, and we get a good night's sleep.
Thus it makes sense to
keep the body in a slightly PNS dominant state whenever possible.
This can be accomplished very easily with Magnesium Di-Potassium
EDTA.
To understand the effect
that Magnesium Di-Potassium EDTA can have on the nervous system, we
need to review the effect of minerals on the autonomic nervous
system (ANS). There are four minerals that play key roles in the
balance of the autonomic nervous system namely, magnesium,
potassium, sodium and calcium. They work as follows:
|
Sympathetic
system |
Parasympathetic system |
Magnesium
|
Blocking
action |
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Potassium
|
|
Stimulating
action |
Sodium
|
Stimulating
action |
|
Calcium
|
|
Blocking
action |
Thus, Magnesium
Di-Potassium EDTA can have a very powerful calming effect on the
nervous system by both blocking the stress response as well as
stimulating the relaxation response. On the other hand Di-Sodium
EDTA and Calcium Di Sodium EDTA do the exact opposite. They turn
off the relaxation response and stimulate the fight or flight
response.
Magnesium EDTA and toxic
metals
Magnesium Di-Potassium
EDTA will, after releasing its valuable magnesium and potassium into
the bloodstream, attach to calcium in the tissue and arteries thus
temporarily becoming calcium EDTA. At this point, it will release
the calcium in exchange for toxic metals such as lead and mercury.
Several infections known
to contribute to arterial plaquing and other diseases hide from the
immune system and antibiotics by surrounding themselves with a
calcium shell. Only a calcium free EDTA such as magnesium EDTA can
dissolve this calcium shell thus allowing the immune system and
antibiotics to attack the root of the infection.
Magnesium EDTA and life extension
Calcium free EDTA has
shown ~50% increases in lifespan due to it's calcium removing
ability. You can read about this in the article “Life extension in
the Rotifer Mytilina brevispina Var Redunca by the Application of
Chelating Agents” Journal of Gerentology May 1975 Volume 30 #3
pages 289 – 293, also available on the Medicardium.com website on
the research page under the listing Can Chelation Increase
Lifespan .
To conclude, calcium
free EDTA such as Magnesium Di-Potassium EDTA offers all the toxic
metal detoxifying abilities of a calcium based EDTA as well as the
benefits to the circulation, the removal of toxic calcium, the
unmasking of calcium based infections, the supplementation of
magnesium and potassium, the calming of the nervous system and the
increase in potential lifespan not shared by the calcium based
version.
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