People often wonder why we use the nutrients we put in the particular nutrients we do. This article is to help in explaining the ingredients and some of our reasoning in choosing them.
*EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) This is the superstar (along with glutathione below)! This amino acid can safely and effectively remove most heavy metals from your body! EDTA is so effective at removing unwanted metals and other minerals from the blood that it has been the standard, FDA-approved, treatment for lead, mercury, aluminum, and cadmium poisoning for more than 50 years. Many clinical studies indicate it may also reduce cholesterol and artery plaque. That is a pretty impressive double whammy! EDTA has a low absorption rate but our formula increases EDTA absorption! Over a month, EDTA chelation can orally duplicate an intravenous treatment – but for much less money!
Chlorella What makes chlorella interesting is it’s fibrous outer shell. It has been proven to bind with pesticides such as DDT and PCBs that accumulate in our bodies. Because of this, millions overseas, particuarily in Japan, love chlorella’s ability to remove or neutralize these toxic substances from the body. In addition, there are studies in the U.S. and Europe that indicate that chlorella can also aid the body in breaking down persistent metallic toxins such as mercury, cadmium and lead. As a bonus, chlorella also helps many other processes in your body, especially the bowels, the blood and the liver.
Cilantro Cilantro, also known as coriander or Chinese parsley, works with chlorella and MSM. It helps move mercury out of cells so the chlorella can bind to it and allow it to be excreted from the body. Cilantro has been shown in clinical trials and research to activate mercury, and other toxic metals stored in the brain and spinal cord and move them rapidly out of those tissues. This is important because cilantro is one of the very few substances known to remove mercury from the central nervous system.
*Glutathione (GSH) This is the second super-star! It is the most potent heavy-metal detoxicant manufactured by the body! The power of glutathione in the elimination of toxins is amazing (up to 60 percent of all liver metabolites in the bile). It is one of the few known mechanisms by which the body can flush mercury back across the blood-brain barrier and out of brain tissue. It is also a major antioxidant within cells and is the major repair enzyme. This provides “mega” protection against DNA damage from heavy metals.
Taking glutathione directly, as well as natural precursors, is the best way of increasing glutathione in the body. Fortunately, several common nutrients are known to replenish GHS stores as well as reducing mercury levels in the body. Vitamin C has been found to help replenish GSH levels. NAC has also been found to significantly boost GSH levels in deficient subjects. NAC converts easily to cysteine in the cell, providing a very effective precursor for the manufacture GSH. These nutrients have already been added to our formula.
There are other precursors that also help. Alpha-lipoic acid also enhances cellular and extra-cellular levels of GSH. Selenium, vitamin C and vitamin E, combined with those above, have been shown to raise glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity five-fold. These nutrients are already provided in our Ultimate Foundation formula.
L-Arginine The body makes arginine to make nitric oxide (NO). NO helps the blood vessels to relax and allow more blood to flow through. This also allows all the other chelation ingredients to gain better access to the individual cells around the body.
Malic Acid This is the other half of the EDTA dynamic duo! Malic Acid, an organic fruit acid, has been found to help remove the toxic metals lead, strontium, and others. However, it is especially effective for aluminum, known to damage delicate brain cells. This makes malic acid an important part of a full chelation protection.
MSM (methyl-sulfonyl-methane) MSM makes individual cell walls more permeable so that the cell can easily get rid of toxins and absorb nutrients. This makes the transfer of materials (and heavy elements) easier. Because of this, MSM is important in oral chelation by helping the chelation detoxification process remove toxins from the cells of the body.
Cysteines: (NAC & HCL) These are common proteins that might rival EDTA – if they are taken before bed hours (and not after eating any other proteins)! Taken by them-selves, these excess cysteines have a powerful reaction in removing toxic metals.
Cysteines are almost a special category. They are not specialized like some of the other chelators we include. They tend to just attach to the heaviest particles first, then the next heaviest particles. It just so happens that most of those particles are toxic in your body (and the Ultimate Foundation adds the good minerals back). Cysteines also protect DNA by neutralizing free radicals. These heavy metals initiate free-radical reactions - without being used up during the reaction. So these heavy metals continue to cause free radical damage as long as they are present in the body.
NAC is also powerful for anti-oxidation and cell detoxification. NAC helps the body neutralize toxins and heavy metals, such as mercury from dental amalgam fillings, and cadmium and lead from paint and cigarette smoke. This is a slow process, but good absorption makes NAC is one of the most effective oral chelating agents. (The anhydrous form is a far more bio-available and effective – thus our choice of it.)
Caution: Taken with nitroglycerin, NAC can cause severe headaches. It is also recommended that you should take 3 times as much vitamin C as NAC to protect against it being oxidized. Diabetics should consult their physician before using NAC since it may have an insulin-blocking effect.
Vitamins B6, B12 & Folic Acid These vitamins help prevent high homocysteine levels that irritate the walls of arteries. This can cause cholesterol to stick to the artery walls, increasing blood vessel blockages in the heart, brain, and other organs. These nutrients are also in the Ultimate Foundation formula but are added here to help the artery cleansing activity of EDTA.
Vitamin C People often ask why we use vitamin C here. Vitamin C can actually chelate heavy metals by itself! It is commonly used in detoxifying the body before, during and after mercury amalgam removal. It is more important in helping the body make glutathione and balancing the activity of NAC. A person should take about 3 times vitamin C of the amount of NAC to help prevent oxidation and protect against kidney stones.
(These are additional ingredients we recommended for detoxification, but are already in our Ultimate Foundation formula, so we don’t add them to the Body Detox.)
Alpha Lipoic Acid The structure of ALA is very small which allows it to easily slip through cell membranes. Many other antioxidants are too large to pass through the cell membrane. It is another nutrient important in flushing mercury from the body. ALA is capable of compounding with heavy metals previously bound to proteins and can readily penetrate the blood-brain barrier to reach the mercury trapped within the CNS. ALA’s ability to cross the blood-brain barrier and its high affinity for fatty tissues makes it one of the most important natural chelators of mercury and other heavy metals.
As a bonus, ALA also increases Glutathione levels. Glutathione, a major antioxidant within cells, is the major repair enzyme. This provides protection against DNA damage from heavy metals. Moreover, supplementation with ALA also enhances cellular and extra-cellular levels of GSH.
Garlic (deodorized) Garlic is one of the best veggies in working well with MSM, chlorella and cilantro in removing mercury. It also helps keep blood thin and detoxifies the liver during the chelation process.
Selenium There are some clinical results indicating selenium is helpful in working with the nutrients above in removing mercury.
Zinc The jury is out on this yet, but there some people are concerned that EDTA may remove a bit of selenium and zinc. So far, it is unlikely since EDTA and the other chelators prefer other heavy elements. The Ultimate Foundation provides zinc and other minerals but, if you don’t take a good multi-mineral, you may want to add selenium and zinc.
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