Vitamin C Fights Heart Attack
19 Dec 2009
Several years ago I interviewed Linus Pauling, two-time Noble Prize winner. He told me there was one major difference between humans and animals. Humans, in the process of evolution, had developed a genetic defect and lost the enzyme 1-gulonolactone oxidase required to manufacture vitamin C. This is why in earlier centuries the cat lived while sailors died of scurvy during long sea voyages. But it’s ironic that doctors accept the fact that other genetic defects such as pernicious anemia can be controlled by diet and supplements, yet refuse to agree that Vitamin C is needed for this genetic loss. For years Pauling stressed that it was this lack of vitamin C that caused coronary attack.
But why is vitamin C so vital to health. Buildng bricks are held together by mortar and human cells by collagen. To manufacture healthy collagen, vitamin C is required. But because of a lack of vitamin C collagen, like mortar, develops microscopic cracks due to the constant pressure of each heart beat. The end result is that atherosclerosis, like a scab, develops at these sites and eventually blocks the artery. This causes heart attack. And in 50 percent of heart attack patients, death occurs before they reach the hospital.Several year ago I also interviewed Dr. William Stebhens, Professor of Pathology at the University of Wellington, New Zealand. His research confirmed Pauling’s theory that atherosclerosis develops in areas of greatest stress. And since coronary vessels are subjected to the greatest mechanical stress, this is where fractures occur and where atherosclerosis develops.
Two years ago I became aware of Dr. Sydney Bush, an optometrist in Hull, England. He had decided to treat patients suffering eye infections due to contact lens with large doses of vitamin C vitamin. Fortunately, he took photos of their retinal arteries prior to treatment and following therapy with vitamin C. To his surprise he discovered that atherosclerotic lesions regressed after patients had been taking 3,000 to 6,000 milligrams of vitamin C daily.
Further research has shown that Lysine ,one of the essential amino acids, inactivates bad cholesterol making it less sticky and preventing it from forming atherosclerotic lesions on the walls of coronary arteries. It is the combination of high doses of vitamin C (6,000 to 10,000 milligrams daily) that help to prevent and reverse atherosclerotic lesions.
If you participate in this study a retinal photograph will first be taken and sent to Dr. Sydney Bush for analysis. His report will be sent to me. If vitamin C and lysine are needed, a follow-up retinal photo will be done in one year and again sent to Dr. Bush. Further retinal photos will be taken at the end of the second and third year.
It is quite likely that your family doctor and cardiologist may say that this therapy of vitamin C and lysine is hog-wash. But I, along with several researchers, believe this explanation of coronary attack makes mores sense than the current cholesterol-lowering theory that generates billions from the sale of these drugs. Many studies that show that lowering cholesterol increases the risk of certain cancers and other problems, but these negative reports are all too often buried.
I believe history will prove that the current cholesterolphobia in our society and the widespread use of cholesterol-lowering drugs has been a monumental medical error.
We all know that getting older is inevitably fatal. But it is a major tragedy to succumb to a premature heart attack that could be prevented. We believe this approach can prevent it.
