Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) - The Real Cause
Ischaemic CVD - Its Real Cause
Contrary to popular
opinion, ischaemic CVD is NOT caused by high blood cholesterol or triglycerides
CVD involving restricted blood flow is a consequence of damage to arterial wall weakened by a long-term, low-level deficiency of vitamin C.
This is meant to be a temporary measure. Just to buy you time
to fix what is actually causing the damage and restrengthen the wall by
adding dietary vitamin C for your body to be able to produce tissue-connective
collagen.
Several culprits can damage the arterial wall
(a) Mechanical / Hemodynamic stress
(b) Oxidant
/ Antioxidant
Imbalance allowing excess damaging
reactive oxygen species
(ROS) and/or
reactive nitrogen species
(RNS) .
Such Oxidants can be
introduced into the body in fried, cured or aged foods, or as trans fats in
polyunsaturated oils (created during
typical
oil processing methods ). Also, white
blood cells create ROS
and RNS
in the body when reacting to an adverse factor, such as emotional stress,
trauma, infection or toxins.
ROS
are also produced with high blood sugar levels
(c)
Hyperglycemia (high blood sugar).
A result of excessive intake of
sugar/fructose/carbohydrate ;
(d)
Elevated homocysteine levels.
A consequence of too much meat and/or dairy
products;
(e) Overly acid-forming diet
For more detail on these damaging factors:
The details of what injures arterial lining
Insufficient vitamin C weakens your arteries
(and other connective tissues)
The body's connective tissues, including the arteries, are constantly undergoing repair and
maintenance utilizing the binding protein, collagen, whose production requires
large amounts of
vitamin C (ascorbate) .
Without
ascorbate, artery
walls will fall into disrepair and form lesions (abnormal tissue), which usually
results from disease or trauma.
Facing an
ascorbate
deficiency, your "clever" body has a "Plan B" to prevent you from dying from
internal bleeding if a lesion were to rupture.
A special, "sticky" cholesterol carrier,
called Lipoprotein(a), is attracted to a lesion, where together with some other
substances, it forms a temporary repair patch, called "plaque ".
In the short-term, this stopgap "plaque making" mechanism is literally a life-saver.
However, if an
ascorbate deficiency continues, then the
plaque continues to grow, eventually narrowing the arterial throughway and
causing high BP and a reduced blood supply (ischemia) to the target organs, with
their consequential damage. Worse, if a piece of plaque breaks off and blocks
one of the small arteries supplying blood to the heart or brain, we are facing
the all-too-familiar heart attack or stroke.
"Beef up" your arteries with
vitamin C. The Rath-Pauling therapy is a simple,
inexpensive, nutrient-based therapy to normalize your cholesterol and/or high
blood pressure. It also gently heals your arteries and removes plaque
by supplying ingredients to restore arterial wall integrity.
CVD (related to atherosclerosis) - A Simple Cure
To understand how and why plaque develops in the arteries:
Atherosclerosis
For the truth about why cholesterol and saturated fat are NOTt to
blame for CVD:
Cholesterol and saturated fat do NOT cause CVD
