Drugs V Diet Impressive Results

[Markl60]

Impressive results

nusci.org/heart-disease-tre...

[Londinium]

Hi Concerned,

Which is the right blood test to correctly identify Kraft's harmful insulin levels? I raised this question with a medic ages ago and... er... he wasn't too sure... 🤔

[shemomo]

I have been a pescatarian for many years, but still have high (very high) bad cholesterol - finally went on a very small dose of statins last year but hate it... my good cholesterol and triglycerides are fine - so I guess it is the familial kind so don't know that much can be done diet wise

[Markl60 in reply to shemomo]

The following will reduce LDL

Switch from coffee to Green tea (-7%)

Take 50mg of full flush Niacin (-10%)

[sos007 Ambassador in reply to shemomo]

I was originally diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia after a triple bypass in 2015.

I was initially given a high dose of Crestor along with the other typical heart medications.

The statin destroyed my left rotator cuff and the pain kept me up at night. I then began to educate myself about statins. They are horribly toxic drugs that should be avoided at all costs.

I decided to change my diet and lifestyle. I dropped 40 lbs and achieved my optimal weight. Along the way I learned about vitamins.

I now take 600 mg daily of full flush Niacin as well as 5,000 mg of vitamin c and lysine.

Although my cholesterol levels declined steadily with my reduced weight, and improved diet and lifestyle, it wasn't until I took the vitamin C and lysine mega-doses that I was able to achieve the optimal cholesterol levels recommended by my cardiologist.

Good luck and feel free to message me privately if you want any more info.

[sos007 Ambassador]

That's an interesting chart. It seems to imply that given our genetic make-up, animal proteins, dairy products and oils appear to be damaging to our endothelium. The human body has developed a mechanism to repair the damage caused to the endothelium, a sub-fraction of LDL called Lp(a). This protects the lining of our arteries from leaking and causing a fatal internal bleed.

The Lp(a) accumulates in the form of plaques and depending on people's diet and lifestyle (exercise or lack thereof) will eventually result in heart disease somewhere in the 5th to 9th decade of life.

If however we were able to naturally synthesize collagen - it, instead of the Lp(a) would repair the damage to the endothelium without plaque accumulation. Collagen is what allows our body to repair cuts to our skin and within weeks leaves no scarring behind.

In order to have collagen repair the damage we need to ingest high doses of Vitamin C, along with equal doses of the amino acid Lysine, on a daily basis. We are one of the few animal species on the planet that do not synthesize their own Vitamin C. A genetic mutation eliminated our ability to synthesize vitamin C, millions of years ago.

Levels of Lp(a) and LDL-C are inversely correlated with levels of vitamin C in the body. That means the more vitamin C you ingest, the less you will have of LDL-C and Lp(a) and vice versa.

Dietary compliance to strict regimens have very low adherence - very few people have the discipline and intestinal fortitude to radically change their diets on a permanent basis. The diet described in the link is essentially the Dr. Esselstyn diet.

Based on responses to some of my posts in the past, many participants on this forum are unlikely to make such a radical dietary change.

Increasing your consumption of vitamin C and lysine supplements, by contrast, is much easier to do, although it too requires discipline and commitment.

It only took 3 weeks of ingesting 2,000 to 3,000 mg per day of vitamin C and lysine to have a significant impact on my LDL-C and Lp(a) levels. The impact was a decline in the range of 17% - which is huge!

I have increased my dosage to 5,000 mg/day now of each with no side-effects. I have read extensively on vitamin C. It is not toxic, even in very large quantities. The worst that will happen is a loose stool once you get up to 10,000 mg or more per day.

Aside from being available in a pill format, you can also order ascorbic acid in a powdered form, mix it with water and baking soda and drink it. This may make large dosing more easily achievable.

The late great, double-Nobel Laureate, Linus Pauling ingested 18,000 mg of vitamin C daily. In his 1986 book 'How to Live Longer and Feel Better' he gave the following advice - I paraphrase -

'Eat whatever you want, but don't be overweight. The average person needs only 3 oz. of animal protein per day for good health. Do not eat sucrose (sugar) in any form - it causes heart disease. Do not smoke. If already in good health, take 2,000 to 3,000 mg of vitamin C per day to keep your immune system strong. If diagnosed with heart disease, take 6,000 mg of vitamin C and lysine per day.'

As noted above - he emphasized 'do not be overweight', not even slightly. A diet based primarily on whole foods and plants, supplemented with a small amount of animal protein daily should keep your weight normal.

Good luck to all.

P.S. Linus Pauling died of prostate cancer in 1994, at the age of 93. He only started taking large doses of vitamin C at the age of 69. He said the sooner you start, the more it will extend your life.

[sos007 Ambassador]

By any form, I meant honey, agave and any other sweetener. Most fruits are fine because the pectin provides fiber and slows the digestion process down. Fruits have essential nutrients and should not be avoided.

Everything in moderation.

[sos007 Ambassador]

@concerned

'Any diet that necessitates supplementation is a fad'.

Pauling's recommendation for a healthy diet is common sense. I think what you're saying is that 'supplementation' is a fad.

Well, you're entitled to your opinion.

Before the 20th century, without supplementation, vitamin deficiencies led to several terrible medical conditions, some of which led to an early death:

- scurvy, rickets, beriberi and pellagra among others.

Medical knowledge is an evolutionary process. We have yet to reach the point in time where we fully understand the human body and its processes.

RDA levels of vitamins allow people to avoid the condition caused by a deficiency, but they don't necessarily provide 'optimal' health. This was the point of Linus Pauling and Abram Hoffer among others.

Linus Pauling was a Nobel Prize winning chemist.

Being dismissive of supplementation is reminiscent of the case of the Hungarian born doctor Ignaz Semmelweis. In the mid 19th century, he was the first doctor to recommend that doctors wash their hands between each patient to avoid the spread of germs.

The medical establishment of the day heaped scorn upon him. He was widely ridiculed as his finding meant that the doctors themselves were responsible for the many deaths associated with handling natal delivery.

Today we consider hand-washing common sense.

I would not be so quick to dismiss 'supplementation' as a fad.

[sandybrown]

When the time is up we all are going to go!, what ever the cost, a book, supplement or food or drinks or medication.

Does it matter 80% or 90 % or 99% of knowledge?

Just enjoy one life.

[Markl60]

I think Krafts work on what I might call Pre1, Pre2, Pre3 and pre4 diabetes is brilliant and simple and if correct could be the best explanation of what causes heart disease. We know that Diabetics get HD is spades but connecting the dots back to non diabetic people and why some of them get HD has been a problem. Kraft seemingly proved that Diabetes comes in degrees and not you have it or you dont. If this is correct then heart disease will also arrive in degrees depending on what scale you are down the Pre diabetic pathway. I think this is the most compelling piece of evidence I have come across. Anyone know a UK provider of Kraft 5 hour insuling tests ?