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Integrative medicine and the role of modified citrus pectin/alginates in heavy metal chelation and detoxification–five case reports.

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Forsch Komplementmed. 2007 Dec;14(6):358-64. Epub 2007 Dec 12. Links

Integrative medicine and the role of modified citrus pectin/alginates in heavy metal chelation and detoxification–five case reports.
Eliaz I, Weil E, Wilk B.

Amitabha Medical Clinic and Healing Center Sebastopol, CA 95472, USA. ieliaz@prodigy.net

Heavy metal body burden can contribute to chronic disease, as well as interfere with the body’s capacity to recover from illness. The five case studies presented here show that reduction in toxic heavy metals (74% average decrease) was achieved without side effects, with the use of PectaSol modified citrus pectin (MCP) (EcoNugenics; Santa Rosa, CA, USA) alone or with an MCP/alginates combination. The gradual decrease of total body heavy metal burden is believed to have played an important role in each patient’s recovery and health maintenance. This is the first known documentation of evidence of such results in a clinical report of case studies with possible correlation between clinical outcome and a reduction in toxic heavy metal load in patients using MCP and/or an MCP/alginate complex.

PMID: 18219211 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18219211?dopt=AbstractPlus

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The role of modified citrus pectin as an effective chelator of lead in children hospitalized with toxic lead levels.

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Altern Ther Health Med. 2008 Jul-Aug;14(4):34-8. Links

The role of modified citrus pectin as an effective chelator of lead in children hospitalized with toxic lead levels.
Zhao ZY, Liang L, Fan X, Yu Z, Hotchkiss AT, Wilk BJ, Eliaz I.

Department of Medicine, Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Republic of China.

CONTEXT: Lead toxicity is an ongoing concern worldwide, and children, the most vulnerable to the long-lasting effects of lead exposure, are in urgent need of a safe and effective heavy metal chelating agent to overcome the heavy metals and lead exposure challenges they face day to day. OBJECTIVE: This clinical study was performed to determine if the oral administration of modified citrus pectin (MCP) is effective at lowering lead toxicity in the blood of children between the ages of 5 and 12 years. METHOD: Hospitalized children with a blood serum level greater than 20 microg/dL, as measured by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS), who had not received any form of chelating and/or detoxification medication for 3 months prior were given 15 g of MCP (PectaSol) in 3 divided dosages a day. Blood serum and 24-hour urine excretion collection GFAAS analysis were performed on day 0, day 14, day 21, and day 28. RESULT: This study showed a dramatic decrease in blood serum levels of lead (P = .0016; 161% average change) and a dramatic increase in 24-hour urine collection (P = .0007; 132% average change). CONCLUSION: The need for a gentle, safe heavy metal-chelating agent, especially for children with high environmental chronic exposure, is great. The dramatic results and no observed adverse effects in this pilot study along with previous reports of the safe and effective use of MCP in adults indicate that MCP could be such an agent. Further studies to confirm its benefits are justified.

PMID: 18616067 [PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18616067?dopt=AbstractPlus

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