ofonorow wrote:You are a very intelligent individual. Checking your Lp(a) at any age is a wonderful idea, although I will say that if you are taking our RDA (at least 6000 mg of vitamin C daily) and have done so for years, I suspect you don't have elevated Lp(a).
I remember the finding in autopsies of our young soldiers during the Korean war. Many had massive "heart disease" (atheroclerotic plaques) while I don't believe the Koreans did. American diet? But it shows that young people can be "timebombs" for a heart attack too.
The idea that exercise might contribute to the stress on the arteries is interesting.. Does anyone remember Jim Fix?
Again, simply taking GULO-replacement dosages of vitamin C, plus other antioxidants for insurance (vitamins A, E, etc.) should help avoid any unwelcome consequence of exercise.
I'm getting your book, it should be here by the 19th, but the best way to lower LpA is to take 6+grams of vit C?
I don't really understand Lpa, heart disease, and vit C all work? is there a page/post that talks about it, or I bet it's in your book?
Practicing Medicine Without A License? The Story of the Linus Pauling Therapy for Heart Disease
Well, golly, gee, whiz, It seems I can also google it up:
and find out the when you have no/low Vitamin C, LpA fills in for Vit C and then tries to fill in and repair lesions in the arterial wall caused by mechanical stress, free radicals, and/or sub-optimum collagen synthesis.
The problem is, LpA is not vitC and using LpA results in chronic atherosclerosis
Pauling, et al,learned Vitamin C deficiency promoted the development of atherosclerotic plaque and that supplemental vitamin C prevented its development and the accumulation of Lp(a) in the arterial wall. They also suggested that depletion of vitamin C increases the permeability of the vascular wall, thereby contributing to the infiltration of Lp(a) and leading to plaque formation and mural thrombosis. In chronic vitamin C insufficiency, the prolonged action and accumulation of Lp(a) may result in the development of plaque (mural thrombosis) and adverse events like heart attacks and strokes related to occlusive thrombosis.
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/fw12/lipoprotein.htmlI've spent my life not getting enough VitAmin C, I might be fulll of plaques,
so the question is,
how do I reduce atherosclerotic plaques?I need to take 6+grams vitamin C
6grams lysine
just to prevent more plaques?
or
to get ride of plaques and help my arteries get "unhard" I need vit K/k2 and more vit C?
I think that about sums it up...
what I don't understand is why do so many other sites/people/MDs, tell you that you have to do so much other stuff to lower your chance of heart disease?
It gets rather confusing!