In today’s world, we have a lot of plant derived substances, minerals and vitamins that can be used to safeguard our bodies from heavy metals and various other toxic substances present in environment. These heavy metals include arsenic, zinc, copper, lead etc. Body is not able to get rid of these metals so it follows an alternate path of sequestration of such metals in fats and bones. Chelation therapy is the way to treat metal poisoning. Nowadays, natural chelation has gained grounds in the market for detoxifying the effect of heavy metals. This therapy implies a chelating agent which is responsible for binding the toxin. It functions by converting it into a safer form or assists body in excreting it easily.
ALA, DMSA, EDTA, DMPS are the commonly used chelating agents which are used as detoxifying agents. However, there are also some naturally occurring substances which already posses the properties of a chelating agent. For example, coriander is known to bind lead, copper and iron can be caught by turmeric and it has been scientifically proved that vitamins B1, E and C and zinc metal help in prevention of absorption of lead. For treating metals, chelation therapy has been recognized as the best approach.