What is CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA?

What is CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA?

Calcium Disodium may sound like a salt, but it is not, the proper name is the EDTA which is short for  Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (we will not even try to tell you how to pronounce that). It is made from a concoction of poisons and chelation chemicals.


Where does CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA come from?

It is made from formaldehyde, sodium cayanide, and Ethylenediamine. 


Is CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA healty for me?

Calcium Disodium is often used as a drug to stop lead poisoning or to treat someone exposed to radioactivity. It causes your body to expell heavy metals.

Calcium Disodium EDTA is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in chelation therapy, a process which removes heavy metals from the body, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. The side effects of chelation with calcium disodium EDTA include malabsorption or low levels of various vitamins, including vitamin C and the various B vitamins. To help combat low vitamin levels, calcium disodium EDTA is usually given with a vitamin booster. Other side effects include allergic reactions; dangerously low blood sugar, blood pressure, or blood calcium levels; kidney failure and seizures. According to the FDA, 11 patients died from calcium disodium EDTA use between 1971 and 2007.


More information about CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA.

Calcium disodium EDTA should not be given with ceftriaxone, also known as Rocephin, according to Drugs.com. Ceftriaxone is a cephalosporin antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections. When combined, ceftriaxone reacts with calcium disodium EDTA to produce calcium crystals in the lungs and kidneys, which can be life threatening. The calcium disodium EDTA may also result in the body absorbing more ceftriaxone than it should, which reduces the efficacy of the antibiotic in destroying bacteria.
   

Comments:

  1. Leann
    Giorgio Whole Sliced Mushrooms also have calcium disodium EDTA in it. I was looking at the ingredients on the can and saw this one and didn\'t know what it was so I googled it. I found your site with the answer. THANK YOU!

  2. justme
    Wow!!! That is CRAZY!!! I can\'t believe they actually put this in our food...

  3. ALF
    DUKE\'S MAYONAISE CLAIMS IN ITS TV ADS THAT THEY\'VE USED THE \"SAME FAMILY RECIPE\" SINCE 1917. MY QUESTION IS: WHEN WAS EDTA INVENTED? ARE THE COMPANY\'S ADS FALSE ADVERTISING? AFL

  4. ALF
    DUKES MAYONAISE CLAIMS IN ITS TV ADS THAT THEY HAVE USED THE SAME FAMILY RECIPE SINCE 1917. MY QUESTION IS: WHEN WAS EDTA INVENTED? ARE THE COMPANY ADS FALSE ADVERTISING? ALF

  5. Donna
    Hellmann\'s uses it too

  6. Linda,
    icare make up remover wipes for sensitive skin uses it too.

  7. liz
    Freemans facial clay mask too

  8. Niki
    Gatorade and powerade also have it... That makes me sad

  9. tonzofun
    You really do have to read the fine print these days, its so disheartening to feel lied and cheated over something so simple as 100% naturally flavored 7-up but sure enough its in there. Product packaging and marketing these days are ridiculous with the thin line they ride just to push their product to the masses.

  10. emma
    So does safeways italian dressing:o and i thought i was eating healthy today!

  11. Knowledge2013
    It\'s in a lot of things there\'s also a lot of of other thing\'s in your food

  12. Knowledge2013
    It\'s in a lot of things there\'s also a lot of of other thing\'s in your food

  13. Knowledge2013
    It\'s in a lot of things there\'s also a lot of of other thing\'s in your food

  14. Knowledge2013
    It\'s in a lot of things there\'s also a lot of of other thing\'s in your food

  15. Knowledge2013
    It\'s in a lot of things there\'s also a lot of of other thing\'s in your food

  16. Knowledge2013
    It\'s in a lot of things there\'s also a lot of of other thing\'s in your food

  17. Knowledge2013
    It\'s in a lot of things there\'s also a lot of of other thing\'s in your food

  18. Knowledge2013
    It\'s in a lot of things there\'s also a lot of of other thing\'s in your food

  19. Gerald
    EDTA

  20. Nikki
    I just read reviews of a mascara primer by Tarte and someone said it had EDTA and they were not going to use the product any more. I had to look it up. Crazy....Hope it\'s not harmful to the eye.

  21. Nikki
    I just read reviews of a mascara primer by Tarte and someone said it had EDTA and they were not going to use the product any more. I had to look it up. Crazy....Hope it\'s not harmful to the eye.

  22. Nikki
    I just read reviews of a mascara primer by Tarte and someone said it had EDTA and they were not going to use the product any more. I had to look it up. Crazy....Hope it\'s not harmful to the eye.

  23. justme
    Industry benefits from shortened lifespan because old people are not very good consumers of products. Ask food execs if their children are allowed to eat the food products they manufacture containing EDTA.

  24. Bite me
    Smart Balance has it too, alongside some other nasty stuff. There is nothing out there that is safe for human consumption.

  25. Bite me
    Smart Balance has it too, alongside some other nasty stuff. There is nothing out there that is safe for human consumption.

  26. martre66
    Man,I quit buying miracle whip because of the high fructose corn syrup and bought Hellmann\'s real mayonnaise instead just to find out it has calcium disodium EDTA in it.I guess I\'m just going to have to start making my own.

  27. Kayne
    There\'s a lot left out of this article. First off, EDTA is considered a safe ingredient, because it\'s side effects go unnoticed, and are rare. Second, foods with Ascorbic acid or any chemical that contains benzene rings run the risk of detaching Benzene, which is a Carcinogen. EDTA is used to prevent that. Realistically, EDTA isn\'t a bad ingredient, the things with Benzene rings are.

  28. Kanye West
    It\'s in Jones Soda too

  29. rosie
    Is in Sun Vista pinto beans also

  30. steve c
    Holy bejesus I\'ve just seen this in HELL-MANS guess I won\'t be buying that again

  31. mike
    it\'s also in inglehoffer Sweet Hot mustard with honey - \"(retains product freshness)\": Gold Medal Winner-Napa Valley World Mustard Championships. I thought those wine snobs were more discerning...

  32. Tink Thank
    After a series of heart attacks and a triple bypass, the M.D.s put me on statins and a number of other drugs. Heart disease runs in my family so my future wasn\'t looking good. I did a lot of research and started a daily oral chelation regimen using calcium disodium EDTA and quit all other treatments, ALL of them. I avoid egg yolks but otherwise eat as I please. I don\'t exercise. It has been 9 years and my cardiovascular system is in better shape than it had been in the years prior to my surgery, I have suffered no ill effects at all and I feel quite healthy for my age. If EDTA \"sat\" in my digestive system as has been claimed, I would be as big as a boxcar. If vitamins and minerals were depleted to an extent that daily multivitamin

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  35. Mqualls4
    Dude!!! This stuff is in chickfila sauce!!! T.T

  36. laurie
    If your looking for the perfect mayo that tastes like Kraft or Hellmann\'s... You\'ll love Vegenaise, it contains no EDTA of any kind or GMO ingredients... It is found in the fridge at your local market... Whole Foods, Co-ops, local healthy markets...

  37. Bread Boy
    I Found out Franz White bread has this stuff...

  38. reaction to this
    I made egg salad and my head hurts a bit and doesn\'t feel right. I\'m sensitive to some food additives, so I checked the labels. EDTA is in Kraft Mayonnaise. Now I have to throw out the leftovers and stay away from this stuff, too. Sheesh. I\'ll check the Veganaise label and see if I can have that.

  39. rs
    I\'m doing a strict ellimination diet to see what has been making me sick. I made a salad with chick peas and was sick within 20 minutes. At first I thought it was the chick peas but I had had hummus with no problems. I checked and met EDTA. I will definately avoid this!! I was sick for 2 days with stomach ills and a headache! Why do they put this stuff in my food!?

  40. Brian
    There is nothing wrong with EDTA. It is not only very safe, but very effective at removing plaque from your arteries, much better than bypass surgery. Don\'t believe everything the FDA tells you. They are corrupt and heavily influenced by doctors and drug companies who make all there money by peddling bypass surgery and toxic drugs. That is because EDTA can not be patented and marketed as a drug. I take 625mg everyday as a supplement, and have cured my high cholesterol and high blood pressure. I no longer need drugs for these conditions, and my doctor is amazed. It is important when taking as a supplement, to take extra magnesium and zinc, (at a different time) because EDTA will flush these necessary minerals from your system, (along with all the bad stuff and toxic heavy metals). And don\'t worry about it being added to your food, it stops food from going bad, retains color and freshness, and is actually GOOD for you !!

  41. Gloria S.
    So, once again, what is one to believe? I am So disgusted and frustrated by conflicting nutritional information. My inclination is to stay with as natural, unadulterated food as I can find and not get myself too \'crazy\' and obsessed. Thanks for your website. I will still consider its content. Gloria

  42. bob
    LOL at all the people freaking out! EDTA is not harmful in very low quantities, in fact up to 3 grams a day for 7 days is harmless. I highly doubt anyone who eats relatively healthy would be affected by the small amount that is in food, unless they take it medical purposes.

  43. Annie
    EDTA causes me to break out in horrible welts and itch all over, sort of super hives. Anything that is made from formaldehyde (embalming fluid) is NOT something you want in your body. Don\'t be fooled!

  44. Annie
    EDTA causes me to break out in horrible welts and itch all over, sort of super hives. Anything that is made from formaldehyde (embalming fluid) is NOT something you want in your body. Don\'t be fooled!

  45. ashley
    They have EDTA in the tubes to draw blood.

  46. ELAINE
    The best mayonaise you make yourself with olive oil and/or canola oil. If you are vegen, leave out the eggs. Vegenaise gives me an unpleasant reaction and I do not care for the taste, it is very bland.

  47. MAR
    I used EDTA in wet chemistry tests to bind certain metals before titration. Pure EDTA is a white powder with a slight chemical smell. My brain Instinctively treats this powder as a poison, and i would not put it in my mouth even in small amount. Some naturopaths make big money using EDTA intravenously (so called chelation therapy). Again, not sure it is beneficial for the body unless you are dying from acute heavy metal poisoning (EDTA binds metals). Material Safety Data Sheet tells chemical toxicity, I think for EDTA it should be moderate. Other preservatives in food, such as benzoates and sorbates are more toxic, and in pure form smell worse than EDTA. Possibly, allergic reactions to food were caused by these 2 preservatives

  48. marc
    Just found it in both Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing and also Propel zero....flipping crappppp.

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