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(2002) Hello Garry,

I was recently told about a product that is new to me. Are you familiar with the following product and what are your thoughts, feelings, comments.

DeTox Max concentrate, containing one gram of di-sodium EDTA microencapsulated in essential phospholipids.

The Anti-Aging Effects of Heavy Metal Detoxification and Immune Enhancement in Cancer: A Clinical Study in Detoxification of Heavy Metals, Jan 2002, Dugi, Daniel and Takemoto, Sir Arnold

ABSTRACT: Heavy metal accumulation has been linked to increased free-radical activity, cardiovascular disease, acceleration of aging and immune system suppression in advanced immune diseases such as cancer, hepatitis-C and autoimmune diseases. Also it is suspected that heavy metal accumulation may contribute to learning disorders, autism and neurodegenerative diseases such as Dementia, Alzheimers and Parkinson"s. Until this study, truly effective heavy metal detoxification necessitated multiple intravenous treatments utilizing chelating agents such as di-sodium EDTA or DMPS. The purpose of this study is to prove the safety and effectiveness of using di-sodium EDTA orally in an essential phospholipid (EPL) microsphere delivery system, effectively bridging the intestinal barrier, for systemic heavy metal detoxification. This novel new oral form of di-sodium EDTA was tested clinically with sixteen patients. A baseline 24 hour urine was initially collected followed by provocation of two fluid ounces of DeTox Max concentrate in fruit juice, containing one gram of di-sodium EDTA microencapsulated in essential phospholipids. Two successive twenty-four hour urine collections followed the initial provocation of DeTox Max.Excellent maximum increases in urine excretion over baseline control results were obtained: Aluminum >>100%, 960 ug/24 hr, Antimony 50%, Arsenic 1,558%, Bismuth 6,801%, Cadmium 233%, Lead 4,333%, Mercury 312%, Nickel 1,988%, Platinum >100%: 0.05 ug/24 hours, Thallium 300%, Thorium >100%: 0.05 ug/24 hours, Tin 1,980 %, Tungsten 150% and Uranium >100%: 0.09 ug/24 hours.

Dear Doctor:
Thanks for asking. I have several reservations and concerns about Bio-Immune’s product and these are some of the reasons.

The actual urine results are not given nor which lab was used nor the details regarding the protocol that was followed.

Percent increases published here are interesting but I do not accept their validity in terms of where I use chelation. ONLY Essential Daily Defense provides consistently over a lifetime for patients proven LONG TERM benefits of NO heart attacks through the heparin like effect. With EDD there is REAL RESEARCH and proven long term benefits behind the MORRISON formula on which it is based.

Furthermore, if we conclude that this product is not for preventing heart attacks but only to help detoxify heavy metals then I also have concerns about how long can most patients afford to take this product. It also requires swallowing a large amount of expensive and not always safe material in order to get that 1 Gram of oral EDTA that should cost about 5 cents if that is ALL we are providing to the patient. I have heard prices to patients of $20 per GRAM for this therapy. I think that is rather pricey considering the fact that the new IV push of EDTA has a proven track record in Switzerland to really do something for patients’ LONG TERM BENEFITS with just a few of these injections.
Secondly, what is the long term SAFETY of consuming large quantities of the particular form of phospholipids being used for supposedly producing a liposome effect? This issue covers both the potential that the LIPOSOME actually winds up crossing the blood brain barrier and carrying heavy metals into the brain as we know happens with aggressive CYSTEINE supplementation as well as how well does everyone’s liver handle these "phospholipids" as early forms of liposome all had some potential for liver toxicity.

If you agree with me that we live on a polluted planet and all have far too many heavy metals in us, then dealing with this effectively requires a successful lifetime heavy metal detoxification program.

Let’s go to my training then that since bones turn over slowly; therefore, meaningful lowering of lead levels with chelation is at MINIMUM a 7-year process. Then let’s compare the affordability of plain oral EDTA taken JUST as EDTA powder alone, which information is described with over 500 references and ABSTRACTS on my website. Everyone could and should read it IF we want to do our due diligence and be able to provide a true informed consent to our patients where we discuss intelligently the benefits and risks of each type of program.

If you use the EDD (Essential Daily Defense) for lifetime, which automatically provides things like Niacinamide and MALIC ACID and ORGANIC GARLIC and the vital sulfated polysaccharides to the oral heparin-like effect that I believe has eliminated heart attacks so successfully, then this is currently priced to doctors at say 12 cents apiece. Each capsule provides just 133 mg of EDTA so it takes nearly 8 capsules to get the 1 GM of EDTA, BUT here you are also getting the GARLIC and the other ingredients including the $10 million of Dr. Lester Morrison’s research on oral heparin like effects. We know that there are documented studies at UCLA that show that appropriate Garlic supplementation REVERSES arteriosclerosis. We know that Garlic also helps to decrease clotting tendencies as well as lowering cholesterol and has been documented to seriously help protect against ORGANIC toxins such as red food dyes etc. So now we are doing far more than just giving expensive EDTA that purportedly is better absorbed but this "research" would tend to indicate that I GM orally is doing more than you ever see with 1 Gram INTRAVENOUSLY so I am skeptical about the data and what I consider to be the hype surrounding its promotion. It was offered to me before it went to the current company and I turned it down for all of the above reasons and more, which we will not get into now.

Sincerely,
Garry F. Gordon, MD,DO,MD(H)

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