Two-time Nobel Prize Laureate, Linus Pauling believed, that people can simply extend their life and years of well-being by taking vitamins every day in optimum amounts, to supplement the vitamins they  receive in their food.

  Chelation therapy is a safe and effective method for pulling toxins and metabolic wastes out of the bloodstream. Chelating agents administered intravenously have been proven to increase blood flow and remove arterial plaque. Chelation therapy can help reverse atherosclerosis, can prevent heart attacks and strokes, and is used as an alternative to bypass surgery and angioplasty.

  Chelation (key-LAY-shun) comes from the Greek word chele meaning "to claw" or "to bind." Chelation therapy is used to rid the body of unnecessary and toxic metals, and is employed to reverse the process of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). The reversal is accomplished in part through the removal of the calcium content of plaque from the artery walls through the injection of chelating agents. By restoring good circulation to all the tissues of the body, chelation therapy can help to avoid bypass surgery, reverse gangrene, alleviate intermittent claudication (cramps) of the legs, and restore memory. Thanks to the fact that it can remove toxic metal ions, chelation therapy reduces internal inflammation caused by free radicals (highly reactive destructive molecules), and as a result can ease the discomfort and disability from degenerative diseases such as arthritis, scleroderma (a hardening that occurs in skin and certain organs), and lupus.

  Chelation therapy has been used safely on more than five hundred thousand patients in the United States for the past forty years, but EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid), the drug used during the infusions, has yet to receive FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approval for anything other than lead and heavy metal toxicity. Still, there are over one thousand physicians who recommend and use chelation therapy for cardiovascular disease and related health problems. Following the treatment protocol set by the American College of Advancement in Medicine and the American Board of Chelation Therapy, FDA-approved studies are currently underway to establish the safety of EDTA.