FDA Attacking Chelation Therapy for Autism

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently sent warning letters to a handful of companies selling chelation therapy products that help to treat serious conditions like autism, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's disease. Chelation agents remove toxic heavy metals from the body, which ultimately improves blood flow and restores good health. But according to the FDA, such substances are "unapproved drugs and devices" that cannot legally be sold for such purposes.

Even though thousands of people have used, and continue to use, chelation therapy to safely and successfully improve or reverse serious conditions, the FDA has decided that the products may be dangerous, despite a total lack of evidence to back this belief.'

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