New EDTA Chelator Complex is Better:
Garlic and Malic Acid

United as Chelators Atherosclerosis, a journal focusing on the major disease of arteries, recently published a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study showing that garlic appears to prevent plaque buildup in arteries.1 In a 4-year study of 280 adults, German researchers found that subjects taking nearly one gram of garlic per day (900 mg) had up to an 82% reduction in the plaque volume in their arteries, compared to controls who took placebo, a "dummy" powder, instead.

Garlic Slows Arterial Aging for Woman as well as Men

Over the 4-year course of the study, the men who took garlic had only a 1.1% increase in plaque volume; by contrast, those who took placebo had a 5.5% increase. Clearly, the garlic men's plaque buildup was occurring at a much slower rate. And since atherosclerotic plaque buildup is age-related, it can be postulated that the garlic men were "aging" more slowly, in cardiovascular terms than the placebo men.

Women in the study benefitted more than men over the course of the study actually experiencing about a 5% decrease in their original plaque volume compared to the women who took placebo who experienced a 53% increase. It could be postulated that the garlic women had a reversal in the "aging" of their cardiovascular system.2 Garlic is believed to work by making blood less "sticky," preventing the clinging of plaque to arterial walls. The results of the study substantiate that garlic may have more than a preventive effect and even possibly, in the researchers' words, "a curative role in arteriosclerosis therapy (plaque regression)."

Better Chelation with Malic Acid

Life Enhancement's EDTA Chelator Complex is formulated to take advantage of the latest research, which has led to the recent inclusion of malic acid, an organic fruit acid found to operate as a chelating agent in tissues throughout the body including the brain. In addition to 100 mg of EDTA in each capsule, EDTA Chelator Complex contains 115 mg of garlic and 500 mg of malic acid per capsule.

References

1. Koscielny J, Klussendorf D, Latza R, Schmitt R, Radtke H, SiegelG, Kiesewetter H. The antiatherosclerotic effect of Allium sativum. Atherosclerosis 1999;144:237-49.
2. Celermajer DS, Sorensen KE, Spiegelhalter DJ, Georgakopoulos D, Robinson J, Deanfield JE. Aging is associated with endothelial dysfunction in healthy men years before the age-related decline in women. J Am Coll Cardiol 1994 Aug;24(2):471-6.