Chelation Therapy Getting Big Test In T.O.
Posted May 18, 2007 12:00 pm.
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Gus Zalagenas walks up to his golf ball and takes a mighty swing. It’s incredible enough that he’s this spry at age 84. But that’s nothing when you consider that two years ago, this senior was so debilitated by coronary artery disease, he couldn’t even walk across the room without collapsing in complete exhaustion. Now he’s able to play 18 holes without blinking an eye. What happened to transform this elderly man from playing his final round to becoming a new swinger?
His life changed when a neighbour suggested he try chelation therapy, a process that’s normally used to clean the blood of dangerous heavy metals that poison the body. But many are convinced it has other applications – including clearing clogged arteries. The practice has both its supporters and detractors, but after years of controversy, some formerly skeptical physicians are taking a second look at the treatment.
And now one of them, a well known Toronto naturopath, has been chosen to take part in a U.S. National Institutes of Health study on the treatment to see if it’s really the miracle cure some believe it to be.
“It improves the flexibility of the artery and opens up the circulation,” Dr. Fred Hui insists. “We need a trial to confirm and show to the scientific community there is something to it.”
To qualify for the trial, you must be over 50 years old, a non-smoker and have suffered a heart attack.
Here’s where you can find more information about this potentially beneficial process and take part in the study.
How to sign up for the study in Toronto
