Detox Max A Form Of EDTA

Polly: Plain EDTA doesn’ t remove mercury very well. [16] However, there is a form of EDTA that does a good job of removing mercury. This product is Detox Max. It is phospholipid microsphere disodium EDTA. (The disodium EDTA is encased in phospholipids.) I’m really quite excited about this new product. I suspect that it is the most gentle and effective of the chelators. Here are some of its advantages:

1. Unlike regular EDTA, this Detox Max will enter the cell and pull out significant amounts of mercury. (With the initial treatments, Detox Max will mainly be pulling out tin, aluminum, etc. The mercury shows up later.)

2. The phospholipid coating slows down the release of EDTA, making the chelation process much gentler on the body. (The EDTA is released slowly over 48 hours or more.)

3. This form of EDTA is better absorbed from the intestinal tract. The coating improves the absorption. Therefore, some people may be able to avoid the IV drips.

4. Theoretically, this phospholipid coating allows the product to do a better job of cleaning out the lymph system.

5. Detox Max minimizes the excretion of beneficial minerals. (The phospholipid delivery system allows a true plasma-soluble - ion - exchange.) Therefore, Detox Max should be less harsh on a person’ s mineral stores and on a person’ s mineral containing enzymes.

6. This product essentially doesn’ t show up in the saliva. Compared to other chelators, it is relatively safe to use this product even if you still have mercury fillings. Some doctors will put their patients on the product for a month before starting the amalgam removal.

7. In general, this type of EDTA will carry toxic metals out of the brain, but it won’ t carry them into the brain. Explanation: Plain EDTA doesn’ t cross an intact blood-brain barrier. However, the coating allows this form of EDTA to enter the brain. The EDTA enters the brain cells and the phospholipid coating slowly dissolves. Once the EDTA has lost its phospholipid coating, the EDTA attaches to a heavy metal. The EDTA and metal mixture then leaves the cells and exits the brain. Once the mixture of metal and EDTA leaves the brain, it cannot enter back into the brain because the phospholipid coating is gone. (The blood-brain barrier is a one-way barrier. It blocks certain substances from getting into the brain, but not out.)

8. Perhaps, for some people who are very ill, this form of EDTA may be the best choice. There have been some miraculous remissions using this form of EDTA on a few terminal cancer patients. [17] If these patients can tolerate it, then maybe it is fairly gentle. Time will tell.

BioImmune, Inc. sells the phospholipid form of EDTA, phone (888) 663-8844 and website www.bioimmune.com They also carry other fine supplements to help with the detox process. Their phospholipid-coated beet vitamin C logically seems to be the best choice for concomitant use with this product. (They are finding better clinical results with non-corn derived vitamin C.) A chelator is more likely to break down if there are a lot of free radicals present. That is one reason why it is so important to take antioxidants like vitamin C.

Like all the chelators, you must be careful with how much is used. Even if this form of EDTA turns out to be the most gentle of the chelators, it can still be dangerous if you get too impatient and take too much too quickly. People with kidney impairment need to be closely monitored when using any chelator. Plenty of water should be drunk to help protect the kidney. Since this (or any chelator) will remove metals in a particular order, I would suspect that your reaction to a chelation dose will not be the same each time. Please don’ t get over-confident with the dose just because the first few doses were easy to tolerate. Some of the EDTA (or any chelator) is going to break down in the body and release that which it is carrying. One time it may be carrying a relatively benign metal, and at another time, it might be a more dangerous metal. So don’ t increase the dose beyond that which your doctor tells you.

There is another precaution when using this chelator. EDTA is also an anticoagulant. Therefore, if you are using other anticoagulant agents like coumadin, make sure your doctor monitors your protime. Since EDTA is used to remove plaque from blood vessels, here is yet another precaution. A cardiologist told me that if my mom had had an angioplasty without a stent put in, that removing too much of the plaque may result in artery walls that were too weak.

The mixture of EDTA and mercury is toxic to the brain. [18.] Also, if the blood-brain barrier is not intact, then any chelator could redistribute some metals into the brain. So this EDTA product is not perfect. However, we don’ t really know what is the most or least toxic way of removing mercury from the brain.

The BioImmune company is selling the Detox Max through professionals. If you call the company, they can give you the name of a professional who has taken their training course. Or simply ask your own doctor to call them. If your doctor okays it, you can purchase the product directly through the company. It is not prescription.

I tried some of this Detox Max from BioImmune. A typical dose for a large adult that isn’ t too poisoned is half a bottle taken twice a week. It is to be thoroughly mixed in an acidic fruit, like lemon, grapefruit or cranberry. (I found the taste horrible with most juices. Only pomegranate juice masked the taste enough for me.) For the first dose, I took a half bottle all at once. That night I had the same leg cramps as I had experienced with the DMSA. A few days later, I tried another dose. That night, there were no leg cramps, although it seemed like I was on the verge of them. The third dose, there were no leg cramps whatsoever. It was almost as if this bottle got rid of all propensity for leg cramps. My legs felt very relaxed.

Some of the changes that I’ ve noticed are that my sinuses seemed to clear a bit more. I can now tolerate as much garlic and onions as I’ d like to eat. I’m producing more bile on a consistent basis. The white part of my eyes is whiter. With the DetoxMax, I didn’ t get the shaky handwriting like with the lipoic acid, nor the gum sore as with the DMSA. I seem to be reacting favorably fairly quickly. However, I’ ve heard that some people must use as many as 50 bottles before getting well. In the near future, they will be doing a trial of the Detox Max with autistic children.

I just learned of a similar product made by Lipoflow. It contains twice as much EDTA per ounce as the Detox Max. Wholesale prices are similar. If your doctor prefers this brand, he can call (800) 288-7546 to order it.

2. The phospholipid coating slows down the release of EDTA, making the chelation process much gentler on the body. (The EDTA is released slowly over 48 hours or more.)

3. This form of EDTA is better absorbed from the intestinal tract. The coating improves the absorption. Therefore, some people may be able to avoid the IV drips.

4. Theoretically, this phospholipid coating allows the product to do a better job of cleaning out the lymph system.