How to use chelation therapy to safely detoxify your body and improve your health and well-being When our bodies start accumulating toxins faster than they can be eliminated, our tissues begin to store them. These stored toxins initiate degenerative processes that can lead to diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and arthritis. Chelating agents-substances that latch on to and carry toxins out of the body-can help free us of this destructive load. In THE CHELATION CONTROVERSY, the authors discuss the proper use of oral and intravenous chelating agents.