Why Remove Heavy Metals?
The heavy metal load of the human body is being chronically increased in today's world to the extent that, although not acutely toxic, will contribute to a decrease of the overall state of health and wellness of every patient!

Chemical poisoning with heavy metals rarely show typical symptoms, even when they exceed upper limits in the blood. However, they will contribute to the overall load and are reasons for medical complaints that are not easily apparent. This can often make a diagnosis much more difficult.

A method to reduce the chronically increased concentration of heavy metals such as mercury, lead, or cadmium to allowable limits without affecting the metabolism, essential mineral levels, serum levels, liver panel or impair intestinal function is of medical interest.

Why Bio-Chelat™ Is Better Than High Dosage Chelation?
The well-known treatment for acute heavy metal toxicity using penicillamine, ethylenediamintetraacetate (EDTA), as well as other chelaters such as DMPS, DMSA, is associated with such high doses, that side effects are unavoidable. These potent pharmaceuticals cannot be taken for an extended period of time (Goodman & Gilman: "The Pharmacological Base of Therapeutics," 8th ed. New York, page 1607-08).

In chronic heavy metal toxicity, the body typically contains only traces of heavy metal. It is not possible to eliminate these traces with a few, highly concentrated dosages of complex chelators. The reason behind this is that the proteins present in sulfhydryl-groups (-SH-group) form highly complex bonds with heavy metal ions such as mercury, cadmium, or lead, for which pharmaceutically enhanced chelators such as EDTA must compete with. The removal of the heavy metal ions from the organic proteins will be easier when the complex forming bonds of the SH groups are lowered.

Bio-Chelat™ is a patented chelator used for the excretion and removal of heavy metal ions based on polyaminopoly-carbonic-acid and its’ physiologically digestable salts, including small amounts of an oxidative catalyzer.

Ethylendiamintetra-acetate (EDTA) and diethylenetriaminopenta-acetate are well suited as polyaminopoly-carbonic-acids. In an acid environment these chelators show a high affinity to form complex bonds with mercury, cadmium and lead, while the physiologically important ions such as magnesium and calcium do not.

Since the pH in the stomach and intestines is acid, with exception of some parts of the lower intestines, food containing magnesium and calcium are not bound, so the orally taken complex former (Bio-Chelat™) is completely available to bind with the heavy metal ions.

Metal ions bound to EDTA are not absorbed in the stomach-intestinal tract, but are completely excreted. Food and other sources containing heavy metal ions (air, water and mercury fumes from amalgam fillings) will be simultaneously eliminated, as well.

Because of the presence of an oxidative catalyst, the complex forming effects of EDTA are highly increased. The -SH group in the intestine is changed through the oxidation effect to SO3 2-groups. The newly formed protein will not form any complex bonds with mercury, lead or cadmium ions, therefore making the EDTA exclusively available for the above named heavy metal ions. There is an additional benefit associated with EDTA being administered in a very low homeopathic dosage.

Bio-Chelat™ is a liquid chelator, with physiological salts such as sodium chloride, calcium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium hydrogen carbonate, citrate and other buffered substances. It is possible to use this chelator in chronic heavy metal detoxification over a long period of time without any side effects. Despite the low concentration of its active ingredients, the heavy metal content in the body will be significantly reduced without affecting or having an impact on the patients’ normal physiology.

The mineral concentrations in the serum of calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium and selenium ions are not influenced. In clinical trials, an insignificant decrease in the concentration of serum zinc and leucocytes was seen, as well as a minimal increase of serum levels of thrombocytes and gamma-glutamyl-transferase (GGT). The resulting values of lactate-dehydrogenase (LDH) and glutamate-oxalo-acetate-transaminse (GOT) demonstrate that the liver and intestinal functions are not influenced when taking Bio-Chelat™.

Based on the chemical laws of isotonicity, (equal osmotic pressure in a liquid solution), free heavy metal ions are pulled from the body into the stomach/ intestinal tract and excreted. Therefore Bio-Chelat™ enhances the electro-

magnetic phenomenon by achieving a high concentration gradient that overcomes the blood-brain barrier and the mercury ions are excreted from the brain.