How To Reverse Heart Disease

Author: MichaelSellar Total views: 2 Word Count: 377

Scientist and Doctor Matthis Rath had a study published in 1996 which involved scanning fifty-five patients over a 12 month period to look at the growth in their arterial calcium deposits. This was done using an Ultrafast CT. Then the patients were asked to take a broad spectrum nutritional supplement for the next year with scans taken at six months and twelve months.

After the first 6 months, growth was slowed a little. But after 12 months there was a considerable drop in the growth of atherosclerotic plaques. Before nutritional intervention the average growth was 44% a year. One year after intervention, growth had essentially stopped. In some patients, deposits reversed and disappeared. This demonstrates that heart disease is reversible.

The nutritional supplement Rath designed for this study had 4 objectives. Stabilise the artery wall. Decrease muscle tumours. Neutralise stickiness of fat molecules. Provide antioxidant protection.

Stabilise Artery Walls

Stability of the artery walls are provided by connective tissues such as collagen and elastin. To be produced optimally requires vitamin C and the amino acids lysine and proline. Supplementation of 600mg of the former and 100mg of each of the latter are suggested per day.

Decrease muscle cell tumours

Muscle cells in the arteries form faulty collagen molecules in nutritional deficiency states. Optimal supplies of nutrients especially vitamin C and vitamin E inhibits this process. (minimum vitamin E requirement 130IU).

Neutralize stickiness

The most dangerous fat transport molecules are not LDL cholesterol but a variant called lipoprotein (a). Sticky protein molecules attach to LDLs and accumulate inside artery walls. One aim of nutritional therapy is to neutralise this stickiness and prevent the attachment. The 2 primary nutrients for achieving this are again lysine and proline. By forming a protective layer around lipoprotein (a), further deposition of fatty molecules in the arteries is prevented. Those already deposited can be released, reversing the disease process. Blood levels of lipoprotein (a) can be decreased with high doses of B3 (nicotinic acid) and vitamin C.

Antioxidant protection

Free radicals damage lipoproteins in the bloodstream, as well as tissue in the artery walls. A large number of nutrients and food factors have antioxidant activity and are an important part of any supplement programme.

If these four objectives can be realised then there is a good chance of stablizing or even reversing heart disease.

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