From owner-metabolic-reg@net.bio.net Tue Jul 04 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!ns1.faseb.org!darwin.sura.net!martha.utk.edu!martha!mzemel From: mzemel Newsgroups: bionet.metabolic-reg Subject: Re: Chelation theropy Date: Wed, 5 Jul 1995 13:09:25 -0400 Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <3t3b68$b56@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.169.78.209 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <3t3b68$b56@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Chelation therapy is an unproven approach based on the notion that EDTA will chelate and solubilize the calcium component of atherosclerotic plaques and promote their removal. I has not proven effective in the few clinical trials that have been conducted (most recent was conducted in New Zealand and published in the September 1994 issue of Circulation; I don't have the exact citation handy). -Michael Zemel On 1 Jul 1995, Laundryman wrote: > Has anyone heard of chelation therapy for the removal of cholesterol > deposits in the arteries? (Carl R. Canter) > > .