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We hear a lot about “Alternative Health” and “Alternative Medicine” from many sources. These “Alternative” disciplines are becoming more and more sought after, by more people then ever before. Usually it is because current mainstream medicine and practices have failed to help them, written them off as terminal or are just plain out of reach because of the astronomical costs involved. But, for many who may not have been exposed to some of these additional avenues available, the question is asked, “What are these “alternative” disciplines and why are they called “alternative”?

Here in the West, we have a medical system that is based in a culture of created, designer drugs being used to override the body’s natural processes and then using surgery when that doesn’t work. It is a system that is completely controlled by the American Medical Association (the AMA) and Pharmaceutical companies. It is a system that treats symptoms with these created drugs to ease pain or cover apparent symptoms, rather than going for the cause of the illness, and working to cure the patient.

(Because the physical symptoms are usually just a reflection of the real problem, which is frequently emotional or energy based, and not part of the actual physical body at all, the purely physical approach can’t reach it.) This approach has done a lot of good for many, killed many others and created many hardships, through dangerous and sometimes lethal side effects, for many, many others.

“Alternative” health is anything else that does not fit into the main steam system. This includes many different disciplines, some with their origins in oriental medicine, others based in herbalogy, energy practices and others, but they all are based on the idea of using systems that have developed ways to assist the body’s natural functions in order to allow it to heal itself. When using these systems, there aren’t any side effects that require you to go back to the doctor to obtain more drugs to deal with the problems that the last drugs caused.

The majority of these “alternative” practices are not accepted by main steam medicine here in the West because they are not controlled by the AMA or they don’t use the designer drugs that the Pharmaceutical companies create and depend on for their profits. From the point of view of the powers that be, there isn’t enough money directed into their bottom lines from these systems for them to be allowed to compete with their carefully constructed and media supported cash flow. After all, if everyone were able to go to places to find simple, inexpensive cures, where would a great many of the medical community and the Pharmaceutical companies go to make their profits? They need a continually sick public to market their products to. There isn’t any profit for them in a healthy, vigorous public!

Some of the areas of discipline that are considered “Alternative” are;

Ayurvedic Medicine, Aromatherapy, Acupuncture, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Herbal Medicine, Homeopathy, Magnetic Therapy, Frequency Treatments, Naturopathy, Osteopathy, Qigong, Reflexology, Reiki, Shiatsu, Yoga, Chiropractic Treatments, Vibrational Healing, Hypnotherapy, Iridology, Kinesiology, and Massage to name just a few.

Some of these areas of treatment have been used successfully by people in other countries and cultures for thousands of years, some for hundreds and some are fairly new within the last 40 to 50 years. Suffice it to say that there are many ways for people to get relief and and to get help that allows their body to do the work it was designed to do, without the side effects and the astronomical cost of the drugs being fostered on a media blitzed public.

If you are interested in finding out more about any of these areas, all you have to do is turn to the internet. There is a great deal of information about them if you are willing to do some searching. It could be well worth the time and effort to broaden your knowledge about them. It could save your life, as well as your bank account.

Chelation therapy is largely unknown, ignored, and condemned by conventional medicine, with organizations like the American Heart Association and the American Medical Association have openly denounced chelation therapy as being ineffective and unproven as a result of several reasons, most of which are influenced by politics. The main reason why chelation therapy is not endorsed by the majority of those in conventional medicine is because it represents a threat to the conventional medicine establishment. This threat is not one of corruption or a threat to patient’s health, but a threat of losing millions of dollars each year.
The many different organizations and people who are part of the treatment of cardiovascular ailments are paid billions of dollars each year, with each bypass surgery that is performed brining in between $25,000 and $50,000, and each angioplasty up to $15,000. The variety of drugs that lower cholesterol, normalize heart rhythm, relieve pain, and reduce high blood pressure, along with the numerous consultations, tests, retests, and exams add up to hundreds of millions of dollars. Chelation therapy poses and economic threat, bringing on itself the condemnation of the conventional medical world.
Pharmaceutical companies go along with this condemnation toward chelation therapy in order to keep EDTA chelation therapy from becoming main stream. They do this because EDTA chelation has recently lost its patent, with no pharmaceutical company wanting to undertake the huge amounts of money that it would take to document the therapeutic effects of chelation adequately enough so that it may be recognized by the FDA.
Also, because there are hundreds of products that have been developed for treating the many symptoms of heart disease, which include hypertension, angina, and arteriosclerosis, just to name a few, developing a product that could prevent or at least improve a condition of heart disease would mean that the need for these other medications would disappear, which results in a huge financial loss for pharmaceutical companies.
The point of this is that despite the apparent safety and effectiveness of chelation therapy in preventing and reversing the effects of heart disease, it is being held back because of money and politics. This is extremely unfortunate for those people who suffer from heart disease, when considering that doctors, pharmaceutical groups, and other that make up the medical establishment should make their patients’ health their first priority, rather than how much money they could potentially lose by suggesting treatment options like chelation therapy.
EDTA has been shown to help with scleroderma, rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, along with vascular disease and heavy metal poisoning. It has been shown to be after than other chelating agents that have been used for rheumatoid diseases, with studies proving that it chelates unwanted calcium that has been deposited in joint areas, tendons, and muscles.
All in all, EDTA chelation therapy has been shown to be extremely safe, with virtually no side effects being discovered and its long term use has not resulted in any documented severe side effects. Like any other kind of therapy, there are some individuals who should consult their health practitioner before considering EDTA chelation therapy. These include pregnant women and those with impaired kidney function.