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THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK OF YOUR
LIFE
ERADICATING HEART DISEASE MATTHIAS RATH, M.D.
Heart attacks and strokes are not diseases they are caused by vitamin deficiencies.
America's number one killers can be prevented by an optimum intake of essential nutrients. This book
shows you how.
ERADICATING HEART DISEASE MATTHIAS RATH, M.D.
Published by Health
Now
387 Ivy Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
You can purchase
this
book
at
USA
your bookstore.
from Health Now. your health food store or directly 1-800-624-2442 calling by
"An ounce of prevention
is
worth a pound of cure." President
Bill
Care address
Copyright
©1993
Clinton
in
to the U.S.
his Health
Congress.
by Matthias Rath, M.D.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechnical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission of the publisher.
ISBN 0-9638768-0-5
THE NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY THAT DOES NOT MAKE US HUNGRY
Vitamin deficiencies that cause heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases do not give us warning signs. Unlike regular hunger, we don't feel stomach pain or any other alarm sign. The first signs that our body cells starve from vitamin deficiency are the outbreak of diseases. These diseases develop primarily in those organs which suffer most from nutritional deficiencies: the heart and the blood vessels.
"New thoughts and new
truths
go through three stages. First they are opposed. Then, finally they are
ridiculed. Next they are violently accepted as being self-evident."
Arthur
May this book help to make self-evident to optimum cardiovascular health.
to
all
that
Schopenhauer
vitamins are keys
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HEART DISEASE THE EPIDEMIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY CAN BE ERADICATED -
Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the United States and many other countries. Every year, millions of people die from heart attacks and strokes, and millions more are left disabled. Heart disease has become an epidemic disease. Like all epidemics, heart disease is caused by one or only a few factors which have now been identified.
A hundred years ago, Louis
Pasteur, Robert Koch, and other brilliant discovered bacteria as the cause of infectious diseases. This led to the eradication of many infectious diseases and saved millions of lives. Now a medical discovery has been made that can lead to the eradication of heart attacks, strokes, and other forms of cardiovascular diseases. scientists,
recent years an
During
increasing
number
of
studies
indicated
the
Now.
vitamins in relation to cardiovascular breakthrough was made documenting that vitamin deficiency is in fact the primary cause of heart attacks, strokes. Most importantly, on the basis and other cardiovascular diseases. of these discoveries, we can now prevent cardiovascular diseases My discoveries by an optimum intake of nutritional supplements. benefits
disease.
of
finally,
a scientific
which
led
to
this
scientific
book. These discoveries
will
breakthrough are summarized in this have a direct impact on your personal
health and on the health of millions of people.
I
hope
that
personally to
recommendations of this book will help you achieve and maintain optimum cardiovascular health. the
I
TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION Heart disease
is
a worldwide epidemic
8
The
heart disease epidemic
The
health care costs for cardiovascular diseases are skyrocketing
in
the United States
10 11
Most cardiovascular diseases are vitamin deficiencies
A
regimen
daily nutritional
for
12
optimum cardiovascular health
Testimonials: striking evidence
SECTION
animals don't get heart attacks
How
vitamin
C
-
the clinical evidence
22
your heart ten times greater than cholesterol
23
you have heard about cholesterol
The
reversal of existing cardiovascular diseases without surgery
How
-
24
but not about lipoprotein(a)
25
to start protecting your blood vessels and your heart
How you can
improve the performance
of
26
27
your heart
you can protect your blood vessels from free radical damage
SECTION
4
20
Why
When
1
19
prevents heart attacks and strokes
Vitamins prevent heart disease risk for
3
THE KEYS TO CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH
A:
Why
A new
1
28
THE NATURE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
B:
How
the blood circulation works
31
How
the heart
32
How
the heart works
How
the heart
Why
the coronary arteries are the most stressed arteries of the
How
a heart attack occurs
Mow
a stroke occurs
37
How
atherosclerotic deposits develop
38
How
lipoprotein(a)
is built
is
33
34
nourished
forms deposits
human body
35
36
in
40
the blood vessel wall
Impaired waste collection from the blood vessel wall increases deposits
41
What
42
is
lipoprotein(a)
Lipoprotein(a)
is
the greatest risk factor for cardiovascular disease today
You should know your Lipoprotein(a),
lipoprotein(a) blood levels
and LDL-cholesterol
-
how
to interpret
44
45 your personal
risk
46
Risk for lipoprotein(a) deposits increases with high lipoprotem(a) blood levels
48
Extent of atherosclerotic lesions increase with lipoprotem(a) deposited
49
The
lipoprotein(a)
Blood vessels Vitamin
C
vitamin
-
connection
50
the key
stability is
deficiency
C
51
the primary cause of cardiovascular disease
is
-
Early clinical evidence
-
Further evidence
-
The
53
-
54
-
-
proof
55
Heart attacks, strokes, and peripheral vascular diseases
The
pipeline
60
Essential nutrients can prevent
SECTION
59
phenomenon
C:
and reverse cardiovascular diseases
HOW TO PREVENT CARDIOVASCULAR
61
DISEASE
WITH NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS Vitamin
C
Vitamin
C adds
cuts heart disease rate
USA: more
years to your
vitamin
C
-
65
in half
66
life
67
less heart disease
Largest study ever conducted on vitamin
C and
heart disease prevention
Protecting your blood vessel wall against free radical
damage
68 70
Antioxidant vitamins reduce the risk for cardiovascular diseases
71
Europe: more vitamins
72
SECTION
D:
-
less heart disease
HOW TO REVERSE
EXISTING CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE WITH NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS Dietary vitamin
Deposits
in
C supplementation
reverses atherosclerotic deposits
77
coronary arteries lead to angina pectoris
Reversing heart disease and decreasing angina pectoris Nutritional
recommendations
to reverse heart
76
78
79
disease
Reversing heart disease within weeks: the proof
80
How
83
nutritional
supplements reverse existing atherosclerotic deposits
Vitamins reverse atherosclerotic deposits by increasing
A
teflon-like layer for
A
medical breakthrough from the laboratory bench
Lysine, proline
and vitamin C can
nutritional
excellence
in
health care"
84
85 87
halt the "atherosclerotic
Heart attacks and strokes can be eradicated call for
levels
your blood vessel walls
Reversing cardiovascular diseases with
"A
HDL
tumor"
supplements
89 90 91
92
1
SECTION
HOW TO NEUTRALIZE
E:
RISK FACTORS FOR
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE WITH NUTRITIONAL
SUPPLEMENTS Risk factors for heart disease are repair factors for blood vessel walls
Vitamin
C
95
lowers lipoprotein(a) blood levels
97
Vitamin B3 (nicotinic acid) lowers lipoprotein(a) blood levels
98
Vitamin
C decreases
Vitamin
C
lowers high cholesterol blood levels
100
Vitamin
C
lowers triglyceride levels
101
Vitamin
C
increases low blood levels of
high blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides
HDL
(good cholesterol)
Other vitamins and essential nutrients normalizing blood Cardiovascular disease
How
diabetes can occur anywhere
in
cardiovascular disease develops
Vitamin
C
fat levels
in
diabetic patients
lowers blood sugar levels, insulin requirement
The higher
the vitamin
C
in
the diet
-
the lower the requirement for insulin
Testimonial from a diabetic patient following
my recommendations
Diabetic diseases can be eradicated
ways
Different
How
vitamin
Vitamin
C
in
which vitamin
SECTION
C reduces
the cardiovascular risk
02
103
104 105 107
108 109
1 1
112
the cardiovascular risk from external risk factors
HOW TO
F:
1
110
lowers high blood pressure
C decreases
99
114
EFFECTIVELY TREAT OTHER HEART
CONDITIONS WITH NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS What are
How
to
the
consequences
improve the quality
of
of
120
a heart attack
life
after a heart attack
122
What
is
What
are the main problems after coronary bypass surgery
How
to
What
How
is
to
a coronary artery bypass
improve quality
of
life
after
coronary bypass surgery
What causes
after angioplasty
How
127
1
29
heart failure epidemic
Heart failure patients have a short
The
124
128
heart failure
Heart failure causes impaired blood pumping
The
123
125
coronary angioplasty
improve the success rate
121
fatal
consequences
of
life
expectancy
incomplete treatment
of heart failure
vitamins can interrupt the vicious cycle of heart failure
Cardiomyopathies are primarily caused by vitamin deficiency
Coenzyme Q10
benefits patients with heart failure
132
135
136
IV
-
Coenzyme Q10 prolongs Less carnitine
the
life
of patients with heart
the heart muscle cells
in
-
-
muscle disease
more severe heart
138
139
failure
Carnitine benefits patients with heart failure
140
Testimonials from patients with heart failure
141
Heart failure can be eradicated
143
What causes
144
irregular heartbeat
The basic treatment
of irregular heartbeat
145
Magnesium reduces
irregular heartbeat
146
Carnitine reduces irregular heartbeat
147
Testimonials from arrhythmia patients
148
Arrhythmias can be eradicated
150
How
151
you can
live
longer and stay healthy
Other cardiovascular health recommendations
SECTION How
G:
152
ERADICATING HEART DISEASE
our ancestors
lost
the ability to manufacture vitamin
During the Ice Ages scurvy
was
Scorbutic blood loss
Repair molecules
became
C
155
the greatest threat to survival
1
the main cause of death during the Ice
became
matters of
life
and death during the
Ages
Ice
Ages
Today's cardiovascular diseases originated during the Ice Ages Defusing inherited time
Many
other diseases
bombs
may now
in
Why
164 in
your body
stop this unnecessary death
169
170
toll
persona! recommendations for you
171
172
"Call for excellence in health care"
Open
letter to
A
response from the White House
first
President
Open response to the Advocacy Scientific
for
a
new
Bill
letter
era
in
Clinton, Vice-President Al
from
Gore and
Hillary Clinton
medicine
-
a personal chronology
and medical discoveries made by the author
References
166 168
sight
people continue to die from preventable diseases
How we can My
is in
158
161
also be cured
eradication of heart disease
157
160
our bodies
Your cardiovascular health depends on an optimum vitamin pool
The
56
Hillary Clinton
1
73
1
75
1
76
177
179 180
INTRODUCTION
How You Can
Benefit Immediately
From
Reading This Book
The Scope
of the Heart
Disease Epidemic
HOW YOU CAN FROM READING •
This book
It
is
It
contains
It
It
It
is
handbook
a
for
BENEFIT
BOOK
THIS
optimum cardiovascular
an educational book about the number one
many illustrations and pictures how your body functions during
killer in
for better
health.
America.
understanding.
health and during disease. summarizes the most important heart disease studies and the benefits of gives my personal recommendations for optimum cardiovascular health.
explains
vitamins.
Most importantly, it shares with you the astonishing health improvements from who have already been following the health recommendations of this book.
patients
You can improve your They are
deficiency diseases.
Heart attacks and strokes are vitamin
health. essentially
unknown
those species that manufacture optimum amounts of
which vitamins
to take
and
in
in
the animal world, especially
their
own
vitamin C.
If
in
you know
what amounts, you can prevent heart attacks, strokes,
and many other diseases. This book gives
first
hand answers
to
your most important
questions about heart diseases.
•
You will obtain the latest scientific information on How to prevent heart attacks How to prevent strokes How to fight angina pectoris, the chest pain from heart disease How to reduce the clogging of blood vessels after bypass surgery How to reduce high cholesterol levels How to alleviate the risk from lipoprotein-a, a newly identified risk factor for heart
disease
-
ten times greater than cholesterol
How to prevent blindness and kidney failure in diabetic patients How to lower high blood pressure How to fight heart diseases caused by stress, smoking and other The answers
to
these and other important questions
source of information
for the rest of
your
will
make
this
factors
book an invaluable
life.
You can optimize your health with safe
nutritional
supplements.
Vitamins, minerals, and other essential nutritional supplements are products of nature.
These compounds have
Nutritional for
effectively maintained health over millions of years.
supplements can help your body function better without increasing the
undesirable side effects.
risk
•
You could Increase your
as the walls
of
its
life
expectancy.
blood vessels. You
system, the largest organ
of the
human
an important goal
learn
will
body.
of the
blood vessels
This
book describes how you can prevent
healthier
is
in
The human body
how
to protect
Maintaining the
is
as young
your blood vessel
stability
and
flexibility
preventing premature aging of your body. early aging
and achieve a longer and
life.
• You can save money. Nutritional supplements are not only a very effective way to maintain your health, but also a very economical way. The daily amount of
nutritional
supplements necessary
to
prevent heart attacks and strokes costs only a
few dimes.
You can take
own health. This book does not optimum cardiovascular health, also shares with you the proof: the amazing health improvements of people who have been following the recommendations of this book. This book has been written to encourage you to take better charge of your
only give you advice for
better charge of your
•
own
it
health.
You can help your loved ones. This book contains information important to human being. Share this information with your family, your friends, your
every
The medical discoveries reported in this book are also important for their and their lives. Your loved ones will be grateful to you for passing on this
neighbors. health
information.
•
You can make
all
the difference. The
primary cause of heart attacks and strokes
first
report that vitamin deficiency
was published more than 50 years
Ignoring this report cost the lives of over half a billion people,
more than
mankind together. This unnecessary dying can be stopped, with your
in all
is
a
ago.
wars
of
help.
Food and Drug Administration is trying to limit the free access of amino acids and other nutritional supplements by making them prescription drugs. By doing so. this federal agency does not serve the interests of millions of Americans who would be deprived of an effective, safe, and Presently, the U.S.
the American people to vitamins,
affordable
way
to
improve
their health.
You can become an advocate for an effective, safe, and affordable health care for yourself and also for the benefit of your loved ones. This book gives you important arguments based on the latest scientific discoveries and clinical studies. Talk about this book within your community, to your local newspaper. Ask them to report about these important discoveries. Contact your political representatives. You can make the difference.
THE PROBLEM:
HEART DISEASE
IS
A WORLDWIDE EPIDEMIC
According to the World Health Organization More
Than 12
Million
People Die Every Year From
Cardiovascular Diseases.
•
In
Most Countries Every Second
by Cardiovascular Diseases
-
Both
Death in
is
Caused
Men and
Women
The
table on the next
page shows you the world-wide scope
of the heart
epidemic. The data were provided by the World Health Organization
Note that some European countries have changed names
In this
in
table the death rates from cardiovascular diseases
(WHO)
disease in
1987.
the meantime.
in
men
industrialized nations. For each country the closed rectangles
are
show
shown
for
32
the death rates
from cardiovascular diseases per 100,000 inhabitants. The open rectangles show the
death rates from
all
other causes,
in
a given country, taken together.
In
most
countries listed cardiovascular diseases are responsible for about every second
death.
Death Rates Per 100.000 Population
1000
1500
2000
Hungary Soviet
Union(
Czechoslov.(*) Poland Bulgaria
Rumania Scotland. No. Ireland Finland
Yugoslavian Ireland
Germany DR(*
New Zealand England/Wales
Norway Austria
Denmark
USA Germany FR(* Sweden
Death Rate From Cardiovascular
Israel
Diseases
Australia
Belgium Netherlands
Canada
Other Causes
All
of
Death Together
Portugal Italy
Data
All
WHO.
1987
Greece Spain
Switzerland France
Japan
*)
Name
of
Country
Changed Since
10
THE PROBLEM: THE HEART DISEASE EPIDEMIC IN THE UNITED STATES
•
•
More Than 7 Millions Americans Have Been Diagnosed With Coronary Heart Disease Presently,
Every Year 1.5 Million Americans
Will Suffer
a Heart Attack.
•
300,000 of These Patients Will Die Suddenly
-
Before They Can Reach a Hospital or Can Receive
Medical
•
Attention.
Millions of
Forms
Americans Suffer Presently From Other
of Cardiovascular
Diseases and Related
Diseases:
•
29 Million Americans Suffer From High Blood Pressure.
•
8 Million Americans Suffer
From
Irregular Heartbeat
•
2.5 Million
Americans Suffer From
Cerebrovascular Diseases (Atherosclerotic Deposits
in
the Brain Arteries).
11
THE PROBLEM:
THE HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES ARE SKYROCKETING
100 Billion Dollars Are Spent
on the Treatment Every Year
-
in
the
of Cardiovascular
United States
Diseases
$ 200,000 Every Minute.
The Costs
for Coronary Bypass Operations the Most Frequent Surgical Treatment of Heart Disease
Amount
the United States
in
to
$10 Billion
Every Year. Survivors of Heart Attacks and Strokes Frequently
Become Disabled and
Live
Costs for Nursing Homes
Amount
to
Over $60
Health care costs are skyrocketing
Exploding health care cost have
The
direct
and
greatest burden
growth
-
in
Nursing Homes. The
in
in
the United States
Every Year.
Billion
the United States and
become
in
many
indirect costs for the treatment of cardiovascular
among
other countries.
the greatest threat to economic recovery.
the health care expenses.
diseases
Everyone interested
in
is
the
economic
the government, large and small businesses as well as health maintenance
organizations and health insurance companies
promising
new ways
to control health
-
must have an immediate
interest in
care costs.
This book presents a fascinating solution to the heart disease epidemic. Many epidemics have occurred throughout history. All these epidemics were caused by one or only a
few
factors. Infectious diseases, for
example, are caused by a bacterium or
a virus. Cardiovascular diseases are no exception: they are caused by vitamin deficiencies. That's what this book is all about. Let us now take a closer look at this breathtaking solution to the
number one
health challenge.
12
THE SOLUTION
MOST CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES ARE VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES
Vitamin Deficiency
in
Coronary Arteries -> Clogging
-> Heart Attack
Vitamin Deficiency
in
'Electrical' Cells
-> Irregular Heartbeat
(Arrhythmia)
Vitamin Deficiency
in
Heart Muscle Cells ->
Weak
Blood Pumping
-> Shortness of Breath ->
How can organ
Edema
vitamin deficiencies cause cardiovascular disease?
cardiovascular system.
of the
throughout the
human
Thus, the heart
is
Its
main function
The
heart
human body and
which make up the heart. These
is
•
vitamin deficient they
Vitamin deficiencies
the central
cells
the organ undergoing the
a particular challenge to the
need an optimum supply
vitamins and other essential cofactors for their proper functioning.
become
is
the pumping of blood
body, 70 times per minute, more than 100,000 times per day.
the busiest organ of the
greatest mechanical stress. This mechanical stress millions of cells
is
in
fail
and
different
forms
of heart
If
of
the heart cells
diseases develop.
the blood vessels of the heart (coronary arteries) lead to the
clogging of these arteries and to heart attack. •
Vitamin deficiencies
in
the electrical cells of the heart lead to irregular heartbeat
(arrhythmia). •
Vitamin deficiencies
in
the heart muscle cells lead to impaired blood pumping, to
shortness of breath and to edema.
Optimum
intake of vitamins
helps prevent cardiovascular diseases.
13
THE SOLUTION: A DAILY NUTRITIONAL REGIMEN FOR OPTIMUM CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH Below are my key recommendations supplement plan based on the latest nutritional •
•
•
•
scientific discoveries in
cardiovascular and
medicine.
These recommendations contain all the ingredients you will read about in These recommendations are being followed by several thousand people. Health improvements of people following these recommendations are
documented •
cardiovascular health: a daily nutritional
for
in this
this
book.
book.
These recommendations are made for everybody who wants to maintain optimum health of the heart and blood vessels. These recommendations are made particularly for those among my readers with existing heart disease.
My
daily cardiovascular health
recommendations
are based on the following nutrients:
Vitamin C
(Blood Vessel
Stability,
Deposit
Removal
Cell Fuel. Antioxidant)
(Deposit Removal. Antioxidant)
Vitamin E
(Antioxidant)
Beta Carotene
(Blood Vessel Teflon. Atherosclerotic Deposit Removal)
L-Proline
(Blood Vessel Teflon. Atherosclerotic Deposit Removal. Cell Fuel)
L-Lysine L-Carnitine
(Cell Fuel)
Coenzyme Q10
(Cell Fuel)
Vitamin B-1
(Cell Fuel) (Cell Fuel)
Vitamin B-2
(Cholesterol-Lowering. Cell Fuel)
Vitamin B-3 (Niacin) Vitamin B-3 (Niacinamide)
(Cell Fuel) (Cell Fuel)
Vitamin B-5 (Pantothenate) Vitamin B-6 Vitamin B-12 Folic Acid Vitamin D
(Cell Fuel)
(Blood Cell Factor. Cell Fuel)
(Blood Cell Factor. Cell Fuel)
(Bones) (Cell
Biotin
Fuel)
Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Selenium, Chromium, Molybdenum (Minerals And Trace Elements Are Required For Many Cell Functions).
At the end of this book you
will find
detailed information
about these recommendations.
14
EVIDENCE
STRIKING The for
following testimonials are from patients
who have
followed
my recommendations
cardiovascular health. Their health improvements are striking evidence for the
value of vitamins and essential nutrients
the treatment of heart disease.
in
severe heart muscle weakness. G.P. is an his life was changed by a sudden occurrence of cardiac failure, a weakness of the heart muscle leading to a decreased pumping function and to an enlargement of the heart chambers. The patient could no longer fully meet his professional requirements and had to give up his sport activities. G.P.
patient
a
is
entrepreneur
in
with
a
Three years ago
his fifties.
On some days he
felt
so weak that he couldn't climb
drinking glass with both hands.
Because
of the
and he had
to hold his
weak pumping
function of
stairs
continued
and the unfavorable prognosis of this disease, his cardiologist recommended a heart transplant operation: "I recommend you get a new heart."
the
heart
At this point the patient started to follow
my
His physical strength improved gradually. obligations on a regular basis
months
his cardiologist
and was able
noted a decrease
cardiovascular health recommendations.
Soon he could again to
in
fulfill
undertake daily bicycle
his professional rides. After
the echocardiography examination, another sign of a recovering heart muscle.
month
later,
the patient
was
two
size of the previously enlarged heart
able to undertake a business
trip
in
One
abroad by plane, and he
could attend to his business affairs without any physical limitations.
is a 76 year old patient with coronary heart disease. For several months he had been suffering from shortness of breath and chest pain (angina pectoris) which occurred during regular walking. He was hospitalized in January 1993,
H.K.
after suffering
was taken
a life-threatening angina pectoris attack.
to the intensive
irregular heart beat.
When
During the hospital stay, he
care unit because of cardiac failure and a severely
The symptoms continued throughout the ten-week
he was dismissed from the hospital, the symptoms had only
hospital stay.
slightly
improved
despite a combination of multiple cardiac drugs. Chest pain, shortness of breath and irregular heartbeat continued to
physician
who
first
stairs.
The
had treated H.K. during his hospital stay gave him a very unfavorable
prognosis with respect to
The
occur after only a few steps when climbing
week
after
life
expectancy.
leaving the
hospital
the
patient
started
to
follow
my
cardiovascular health recommendations. His general as well as his physical strength
improved. uphill,
Two and
a half weeks
later,
without shortness of breath.
activities without
The
mobile,
his further
Control examinations are
life.
patient
was again
for
up
to
one
hour,
even
able to undertake his daily
any help from outside. His physician wrote: "Overall the patient more secure, less dependent and thereby more confident about
became more improvements
he could walk again
of the patient."
now planned
to
document the obvious
clinical
15
B.M. is a 64 year old patient with irregular heartbeat She has experienced tachycardia (rapid heartbeats as well as irregular heartbeat for two months. The drugs prescribed by her doctor did not bring relief. Then she started to )
my
follow
cardiovascular health recommendations.
"What a smart decision
her letter to me she wrote days the tachycardia stopped and I've
that was! Within a few
In
not experienced any loud or irregular heartbeats.
It's like a miracle. Because of your research I'm able to continue working." Interestingly, the patient had already been
some
taking
of the
recommended
nutrients.
"It
must be the combination
of nutrients in
your recommendation," she wrote.
H.W.
heart
H.W.
lives in
pause
after
weeks
who has been suffering for many years muscle weakness, arrhythmia, and shortness of breath.
a 64 year old patient
is
from
a senior citizens home. He had difficulties climbing stairs and had to about 200 yards when walking because of shortness of breath. Only two
after starting to follow
wrote: "During the past two
my recommendations
weeks
cardiovascular health, he
for
changes have occurred. no longer have difficulties climbing stairs. can walk without pausing for one mile and more, even uphill. Overall, feel more energy and courage to live." Moreover, because of the significant improvements in the patients' health, his physician showed interest in significant
I
I
I
these cardiovascular health recommendations. J.S. wrote: for just
"Dear
Dr. Rath:
How
delightful, after following
2 months one notices the absence
breathe freely. Confidence
is
your recommendations
and the freedom
to
restored as one has increased vigor and endurance.
In
of irregular heartbeats,
a word, one spends less time thinking about their heart and more time enjoying
Your cardiovascular health recommendations have become the answer coronary problems.
I
am happy
to
have
your advanced medical research and
this opportunity of
for
expressing
my
for resolving
gratitude for
your cardiovascular recommendations."
Remarkable Facts About These Patients •
All
patients had
been taking regular drugs. Not these conventional drugs
but nutritional supplements brought ultimate
means
•
If
this nutritional for
these patients.
This
that vitamin deficiencies are not only frequently related to heart
diseases but are
do
relief to
their
primary cause.
formula can help severely
your cardiovascular health.
ill
patients
-
life.
imagine what
it
can
16
SECTION
A
THE KEYS TO
CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH
17
THE KEYS TO CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH The key mechanisms which keep our cardiovascular system healthy have striking parallels to the technical world we live in. The symbols used in the following figure connect these two worlds
-
the technical world outside and the biological world within
our body. This figure can help you memorize the keys to optimum cardiovascular health and
will
help you to better understand your
own body. The keys
to
cardiovascular health are:
Stability Stability of the
we
human body and
its
organs
is
the most important key. Without stability
could not walk upright and our body would
guaranteed by an optimum daily intake
fall
apart.
The
stability of
of vitamin C. Vitamin
C
our body
production of collagen molecules which strengthen the blood vessels and act
reinforcement rods
in
a skyscraper building.
A
is
increases the like iron
reinforced blood vessel wall
is
the
basic protection against atherosclerotic deposits and cardiovascular disease.
Deposit Removal The atherosclerotic deposits in the wall of our blood vessels are like a plaster cast. They are only necessary because the vessel wall has become weakened by vitamin deficiency and threatens to break apart. With continued low vitamin intake over
years these atherosclerotic deposits
mechanism. Optimum
become
many
the body's blood vessel repair
daily intake of vitamin C, vitamin E,
as well as the natural amino
acids proline and lysine can help reduce these deposits and thereby reverse existing
cardiovascular disease. Deposit removal from our arteries daily
waste removal
in
our
Fuel
Cell
The
is like
life.
heart and the blood vessels are
composed
of millions of cells
function determines cardiovascular health. Every single
one
of
whose proper
these cells works
like
a factory. Vitamin C, the B-vitamins, carnitine, coenzyme Q-10, and certain minerals
and trace elements are key
to
critical fuel for
optimum cardiovascular
the body's cell factories and
are therefore a
health.
Antioxidant Protection Cigarette smoke, and the smog polluted
air in
particles called free radicals. Free radicals
our cities contain dangerous small
damage
our body and particularly our
blood vessel system. Vitamin C, vitamin E, and beta carotene are powerful natural antioxidants which can neutralize free radicals before they can cause
cardiovascular disease. Antioxidant protection of our body biological anti-rust protection.
is
damage and
nothing else than a
18
Examples From
Cardiovascular
Technical World
Most Important Supplements
Health
Steel Reinforcement
Rods
Artery
Stability
•
iiiiii Waste Removal
Vitamin
C
Collagen Fibers
Artery
Vitamin
•
Vitamin E
•
L-Proline
•
L-Lysine
Deposit
Removal Removal
C
•
of
Atherosclerot
Deposits Cells of Heart
Fuel
And
Blood Vessels
Cell Fuel
C
•
Vitamin
•
B-Vitamins
•
Carnitine
•
Coenzyme Q10
•
Minerals
Cell Fuel
Vitamin
C
Antioxidant
Vitamin E
Protection
Beta Carotene
Rust Protection
19
WHY ANIMALS DON'T GET HEART ATTACKS The Body Pool
of Vitamin
Daily Vitamin
Production
in
C
in
Animals
C
is
Many Times Higher Than
Vitamin
Liver
C
in
Humans
Daily Vitamin
Body Pool
Uptake
in
C
Diet
Humans
LOW
Animals
•
Modern
•
Canned Food
Diet
HIGH HIGH •
Vitamin Rich Plant Nutrition
While millions of
humans
die every year from heart attacks
diseases are essentially unknown don't get heart attacks
and thus save
must
in
why animals in humans
inevitably lead us to eradicate this disease
millions of lives.
Animals do not get heart attacks because they are able
amounts
and strokes, these
the animal world. Understanding
of vitamin
day ranges between
C 1
own
to
manufacture high
The average amount they produce every and 20 grams (1,000 milligrams 20,000 milligrams) compared
in their
bodies.
-
human body weight. In addition, most animals further increase their body pool of vitamin C by vitamin rich plant nutrition. In contrast, we human beings cannot produce our own vitamin C. Our ancestors lost this ability millions of years ago and ever since we have been dependent on getting enough vitamin C in our diet. To make things worse, our modern diet does not contain the amounts of vitamin C needed for optimum to
health.
As a
Most
of the vitamins are
result, the vitamin
C
pool
in
a hundred times, higher than
in
reinforced
many times more by
destroyed
in
canned food as
the body of most animals
our
human
is
well as
in
cooked food.
often ten times, perhaps
bodies. Consequently, their bodies are
collagen, and their blood vessels are
much more
stable than ours.
Animals don't get heart attacks and strokes because their bodies manufacture enough vitamin
C.
20
HOW
VITAMIN C PREVENTS
HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES
The
following figure illustrates an important discovery: cardiovascular diseases are a
form
of early scurvy.
Column
Optimum
A.
C
intake of vitamin
prevent heart attacks and strokes. Vitamin the most important
is
the single most important
C has many
the production of collagen.
is
functions
Optimum
intake of
produces many collagen molecules which guarantee a strong and wall.
A
blood vessel wall strengthened by vitamin
C does
measure
to
Among vitamin C
the body.
in
elastic blood vessel
not allow atherosclerotic
deposits to develop.
Column
C:
The opposite
of
a vitamin C- stabilized blood vessel wall
during scurvy. Scurvy, the sailor's disease of earlier centuries,
caused by a complete lack is
produced
in
of vitamin
C
in
the
diet. In this
garden hose. Eventually scurvy leads
Column average
of sailors died
B:
the vessel wall
condition very
little
collagen
to
massive blood loss through vitamin Cin
earlier centuries
from scurvy and scorbutic blood loss within a few months.
Cardiovascular diseases
diet contains
As a
wall just like water leaks through a
depleted and leaky blood vessel walls. During the ship voyages
thousands
is
a deadly disease
the body and the blood vessels virtually break apart.
consequence, the blood leaks through the vessel brittle
is
lie
scurvy but not
Our enough to
many
years, fat
exactly between these two conditions.
enough vitamin C to prevent open wall. As a consequence,
guarantee a stable blood vessel
over
globules and other risk factors from the blood enter the blood vessel wall and lead to the development of atherosclerotic deposits. Local growth wall further increases these deposits. Deposits
heart attack; deposits
Optimum
in
in
of cells inside the vessel
the arteries of the heart lead to
the arteries of the brain lead to stroke.
daily intake of vitamin C in our diet stabilizes the walls of the blood vessels and helps prevent heart attacks and strokes.
21
ABC
Cardiovascular Disease
C
Intake
a Form of Early Scurvy
Chronic
Optimum Vitamin
Is
Vitamin
C
Total Vitamin
Deficiency
C
Depletion (Scurvy)
Collagen
Molecules
Cross Section Through Artery
Consequences for Arteries
Death From Scurvy and Blood Loss Through Leaky Healthy
Deposits
Artery
Develop
Heart Arteries Heart Attack
Blood Vessels
j^
Brain Arteries:
Stroke
22
VITAMINS PREVENT HEART DISEASE THE CLINICAL EVIDENCE -
Vitamin C Cuts Heart Disease Rate Almost
(Documented
in
in
Half
11,000 Americans Over 10 Years)
One
Vitamin E Cuts Heart Disease Rate by More Than
(Documented
in
Third
36,000 Americans Over 6 Years)
Beta Carotene (Provitamin A) Cuts Heart Disease Rate
Almost
Half
in
(Documented
36,000 Americans)
in
Prescription Drug Has Ever Been Shown to Help Prevent Heart Disease Similar to These Vitamins
No
Vitamins belong to the most powerful agents fact
results of that
in
the fight against heart disease. This
has been established by studies on thousands the largest recent studies are
anybody questioning the value
of
people over
shown above. These
many
years.
The
results are so clear
disease can
of vitamins in the prevention of heart
safely be considered as uninformed.
The best documented vitamins
for the
vitamin C, vitamin E, and beta carotene.
prevention of cardiovascular diseases are
These vitamins are
they prevent the biological rusting of our blood vessels.
ever shown to cut the rate
optimum measure Now, a
for heart
scientific
existing deposits
breakthrough has been
and beta carotene
made which enables
in
our arteries
-
more
is
the basic
in
to
prevent
effectively but also to help
remove
us not only
without surgery. This breakthrough
possible by recent discoveries about the
Nutritional
and
was
prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
the development of cardiovascular diseases
deposits develop
prescription drug
diseases as effectively as these vitamins. Thus
dietary intake of vitamin C, vitamin E, for the
natural antioxidants
No
mechanisms
of
how
was made
atherosclerotic
the wall of our blood vessels.
supplements can help prevent cardiovascular diseases.
)
23
A NEW RISK FOR YOUR HEART TIMES GREATER THAN CHOLESTEROL
10
Lipoprotein(a)
Lipoprotein(a)
is
by
far
the greatest
known today
risk factor
for
Heart attacks
•
•
•
now we have been
Until
cholesterol') are the
which
name
a 10 times greater
is
bad cholesterol"
of this "very
What
is
blood
in
them
is
is
A new
risk for
risk factor for
fat
molecules are transported
low density lipoprotein, LDL. Lipoprotein(a)
is
an LDL
the normal function of lipoprotein(a)?
Whenever our blood vessels
molecule.
is
fat
globule with a
called apoprotein(a) or
fatty
deposits and to clogging
but the adhesive tape: less
less risk for heart disease.
-
vessel walls develop small lesions. aid
is
lipoprotein fat globule stick inside the blood
Many of these sticky fat globules then lead to arteries. The main problem is not the fat globule
What
our
in
The most well-known among
adhesive tape wrapped around. This adhesive
The adhesive apo(a) makes the
adhesive
your heart has been
lipoprotein(a).
vessels. of
Apo(a)
your heart than "bad cholesterol". The
and other
lipoprotein(a)? Cholesterol
Adhesive
(low density lipoprotein or "bad
the form of small fat globules called lipoproteins.
biological
apo(a).
LDL
a)*—
our blood vessels. Recent scientific
risk factors for
discoveries have antiquated this theory. identified
Xj
Fat Globule|
^Wj
told that cholesterol or
main
|
(
Strokes Clogging of bypass vessels after coronary bypass surgery Clogging after angioplasty
•
ambulance:
low vitamin
C
lipoprotein(a)
in
Lipoprotein(a)
weakened by
are
In this situation,
is
the body's top repair
vitamin
C
deficiency, the
lipoprotein(a) functions as a
first
enters the vessel wall and tries to repair the damage. However, with
it
the diet over
many
years, this repair goes on and on:
molecules are deposited
in
many
fatty
the blood vessel wall, and eventually
atherosclerotic deposits develop.
We
have gained a new understanding
of
Heart attacks and
cardiovascular disease.
strokes are caused by an overcompensating or overshooting repair
blood vessel walls
weakened by a
deficiency
in
Atherosclerotic deposits are the bodies plaster cast to stabilize vessels. -
Lipoprotein(a)
becomes
is
the most
the greatest risk factor
so important,
why
effective repair
molecule and
for heart attacks
haven't you heard about
mechanisms
vitamins, particularly
-
and strokes.
in
for
vitamin C.
weakened blood
with ongoing repair If
lipoprotein(a)
it?
Cardiovascular disease is an overshooting repair mechanism for blood vessels weakened by vitamin deficiency.
is
:
:
24
WHY YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT CHOLESTEROL BUT NOT ABOUT LIPOPROTEIN(a) Why
Cholesterol
Is
Why
Known
Lipoprotein(a)
Reason #1
Reason #1
Cholesterol
was found
long
Reason #
Cholesterol
Lipoprotein(a)
ago
newly
No
l
clinical
studies
are available
Clinical studies are rare
i
i
results of these studies are
published
in
No
medical journals,
newspapers, and other media
studies are published
journals,
in
medical
newspapers and other media
i
I Hardly anybody
Everybody
knows about
2:
which lower the risk from lipoprotein(a)
i
The
a
prescription drugs are available
drugs are available
Many
is
identified risk factor
Reason #
2:
lowering prescription
-
Unknown
Is
knows about
cholesterol
Three More Reasons To inform you about
Why
lipoprotein(a)
-
This Book
Is
lipoprotein(a)
Needed
the risk factor for your heart you had
not heard about despite the fact that
it
is
ten times
more dangerous than
cholesterol.
To
inform you about the value of vitamin C, vitamin B3, lysine and proline
-
lipoprotein(a)
and affordable nutrients which lower the risk from and which can reverse existing cardiovascular disease.
You
little
effective,
will
safe,
get
education from elsewhere as long as no patentable it may take ten years or more
prescription drugs are available. Moreover, until
such drugs could become available.
L
25
A SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH THE REVERSAL OF EXISTING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES WITHOUT SURGERY Vitamins and Natural Arr lino Acids
•
• • •
Removal
•
Wmt ^^rjrtprs^s'
of
dream
,.
m
m ^^S %'^^K
Reduction of 'Atherosclerotic Tumor'
^r
and
Other Risk Factors from Deposits
old
Atherosclerotic Deposits
Vitamin C Vitamin E L-Proline L-Lysine
Lipoprotein(a)
An
Can Reverse
Caused by
Cell
Growth
Inside the Vessel Wall
mankind has come true: the non-surgical reversal of existing The nutritional supplements vitamin C, and the natural amino and L-lysine are the keys to reverse existing deposits and thereby
of
cardiovascular disease. acids L-proline
reverse heart disease.
•
Blood
vessel
What
stability.
blood vessel wall. This •
A
are the secrets behind this breakthrough?
Vitamin
teflon layer in the vessel wall.
proline
C
restores stability and elasticity of a
weakened
the basis for restoring blood vessel health.
stability is
High intake of the natural amino acids lysine and
provide a teflon layer around lipoprotein(a) and
teflon layer helps release lipoprotein(a)
and other
fat
in
the blood vessels. This
globules from their deposits
in
blood vessel walls
is
the blood vessel walls. •
Decrease of the
'atherosclerotic tumor'.
part of the overshooting repair
this 'tumor'
of cells in the
mechanism causing a small
inside the vessel wall. Vitamin E,
decrease
Growth
and thereby
and
'atherosclerotic tumor'
potentially vitamin C, lysine
and
proline
can
further reverse existing cardiovascular disease.
Until now coronary bypass surgery and angioplasty of the coronary arteries have been the standard treatments to reverse existing heart disease. On the basis of the above discoveries, safe and affordable nutritional supplements can become the
method
of
choice to reverse existing heart disease without surgery.
Nutritional
supplements can help reverse existing heart disease without
surgery.
26
WHEN TO START PROTECTING YOUR BLOOD VESSELS AND YOUR HEART Start Protecting
Healthy Artery
Your Blood Vessels Early
in Life
Atherosclerotic
Deposits and
Deposits
Additional Blood Clot
Seconds
Many Years
t Start Protecting
Your Blood Vessels Here
The changes in a two stages. The first stage, continues over many years. The second
At birth the walls of the arteries are clean and
show no
blood vessel leading to a heart attack and stroke occur the development of atherosclerotic deposits,
deposits.
in
stage, the formation of a blood clot occurs within a few seconds. Blood clots frequently form around atherosclerotic deposits leading to a total interruption of the
blood flow and thereby to heart attacks and strokes. This happens so fast that
many
patients die immediately without being able to reach a hospital.
The time
to start protecting
your blood vessels and your heart
Since atherosclerotic deposits have been found younger, preventing the build-up of deposits early heart attack
in
is
during the
in life is
the safest
way
right time to start protecting
stage.
to prevent
.
The
first
the arteries at age twenty and
your heart
is
now!
a
27
HOW YOU CAN IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR HEART Optimum
Intake of Cell Fuel Nutrients Improves Heart Function Cell Fuel Nutrients
C
•
Vitamin
•
Carnitine
•
Coenzyme Q10
•Vitamin 61,62,63,65,66,612 •
Minerals & Trace Elements
Regular
Low
20 mg/dl
-
Risk for Heart Disease
Medium Risk
40 mg/dl
40 mg/dl
High Risk for Heart Disease
between one
Lipoprotein(a) blood levels vary greatly
we know
Disease
for Heart
individual
about the factors influencing the lipoprotein(a) levels
•
Lipoprotein(a) levels are largely determined by inheritance.
•
Special diet does not influence lipoprotein(a) blood levels.
•
None
of the presently available lipid-lowering prescription
and another. What do
in
the blood:
drugs lowers
lipoprotein(a)blood levels.
•
C and vitamin B3 can lower blood levels of lipoprotein(a) (see Section E). Together with the natural amino acids lysine and proline (see Section D) the risk from lipoprotein (a) can be significantly lowered by nutritional supplements.
Vitamin
Everybody should know
their lipoprotein(a)
blood
level.
The above
figures give you a
basic guideline to properly read the results of your lipoprotein(a) blood test and to find your personal risk. People whose lipoprotein(a) concentrations are greater than 30
mg/dl (milligrams per hundred
cardiovascular disease.
On
have a two-fold increased risk of developing the following page you will find a more detailed milliliter)
interpretation of the risk from lipoprotein(a) testing
in
Further Information: Inherited Lipoprotein(a) Levels:
1990. Risk Factor Analysis: Armstrong 1
989; Rath
M
1
991
a,
1
992c and
1
992e.
VOW
combination with LDL testing.
Utermann
G
1989: Koschinsky
1986. Vitamin Therapy: Carlson LA
M
46
LIPOPROTEIN(a),
AND LDL-CHOLESTEROL
HOW TO INTERPRET YOUR PERSONAL Most
of
know our LDL-cholesterol
us
measurements
of
determine your
risk for
•
Low
LDL- cholesterol
in
factor.
High levels of
The explanation
are therefore
much
will
anybody knows
help you to
their
interpret your blood
combination with lipoprotein(a) and
to better
cardiovascular disease:
30 mg/dl) and high
levels of lipoprotein(a) (below
(above 150 mg/dl).
levels but hardly
This page
blood levels.
lipoprotein(a)
RISK
is
simple.
LDL
LDL
levels of
cholesterol
cholesterol alone are only a moderate risk
The LDL
particles lack the
adhesive apo(a) and
less likely to stick inside the blood vessel wall
and much less
contribute to the development of atherosclerotic deposits.
likely to
High levels of lipoprotein(a) (above 30 mg/dl) and low levels of LDL cholesterol (below 150
mg
High levels of lipoprotein(a)
dl).
the blood, even
in
when LDL
cholesterol levels are low, increase your risk of developing cardiovascular disease
about twofold. You already know the reason: via the adhesive apo(a), the lipoprotein(a) particles stick inside the blood vessel wall
and
millions of
them
eventually lead to the buildup of atherosclerotic deposits.
High levels of lipoprotein (a) levels and,
in addition,
LDL
cholesterol levels high.
Patients with this combination of risk factors are two to five times
more
likely to
suffer a heart attack or stroke than a person with normal levels of these risk
Why
factors.
is
On
that?
blood vessel wall.
On
additional lipoproteins
the one hand, lipoprotein(a) particles stick inside the
the other hand, the adhesive apo(a) can also capture
and
retain
globules are the most important
The
particles.
wall by
many
development
M
LDL
fat
among these lipoproteins gluing to lipoprotein(a) many LDL and VLDL fat globules in the vessel
lipoprotein(a) particles already deposited there further of atherosclerotic deposits. This in
is
why
speeds up the
the risk for heart diseases
persons with high lipoprotein(a) blood levels as well as high
levels.
Further Information:
1990; Rath
inside the blood vessel walls.
additional retention of
increases manifold
LDL blood
them
1992e.
Serum Lp(a) Concentrations: Armstrong VW 1986; Seed BH LDL - Cholesterol Concentrations: See Also Recommendations
From the American Heart Association.
47
Possible Risk Factor
Combinations in
Your Blood
Your Risk for Heart Disease With These
Combinations
LDL
Cholesterol
Moderate Risk
Lipoprotein(a)
LDL Binds
Poorly to
Blood Vessel Wall
LDL
Cholesterol
High Risk Lipoprotein(a) Lipoprotein(a)
Binds Strongly
to
Blood Vessel Wall
LDL
Cholesterol
Very High Risk Lipoprotein(a) Lipoprotein(a)
Binds Strongly to Blood Vessel Wall + Lipoprotein(a)
Captures Additional
LDL
Fat Globules
48
RISK FOR LIPOPROTEIN(a) DEPOSITS INCREASES WITH HIGH LIPOPROTEIN(a) BLOOD LEVELS The Higher The More
Lipoprotein(a) Blood Levels
Lipoprotein(a)
Is
Deposited
Lipoprotein(a) Levels in
the Blood
Amount
How
important
figures
•
First,
on
this
the
more
lipoprotein(a) •
is
it
to
know your
page and on the lipoprotein(a) is
Second, the size
of Lipoprotein(a)
Deposited
the Walls of Blood Vessels
in
lipoprotein(a) blood levels
can be seen from the
following page:
you carry
actually deposited
in
in
your blood, the greater
is
your
risk that this
your blood vessels.
of atherosclerotic deposit
increases with the amount of
lipoprotein(a) deposited.
The above
figure
shows
that the higher the lipoprotein(a)
the risk that lipoprotein(a)
is
important finding from our studies
in
human
arteries.
colleagues from Baylor College of Medicine atherosclerotic deposits surgery.
in
The researchers
lipoprotein(a) blood level
in
blood levels are, the greater
deposited inside the vessel
in
wall. This is
Similar results
another
were obtained by
Houston, Texas. They investigated the
the venous blood vessels used for coronary bypass in
Texas came
the patient, the
to the
more
same
conclusion: the higher the
lipoprotein(a)
was deposited
in
the
bypass blood vessels. Another important question was whether there
is
a relation between the size
blood vessel deposit and the amount of lipoprotein(a) deposited therein.
Further Information: Rath
M
1989; Cushing
GL
1989.
of the
49
EXTENT OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESION INCREASES WITH AMOUNT OF LIPOPROTEIN
(a)
DEPOSITED The Larger The Vessel Wall Lesion
The More
Amount
Lipoprotein(a)
Is
-
Deposited
of
Lipoprotein(a)
Found Deposited
in
Blood Vessel Walls
i Stage
of
Normal Blood Vessel Wall
Atherosclerotic
Deposits
Advanced
Early Deposits
Atherosclerotic
(Fatty Streaks)
Lesions
The
larger the size of atherosclerotic deposits
found
lipoprotein(a)
is
deposits from
human
in
arteries
showed
more
the vessel walls, the
be stuck inside these deposits. Analysis
to
of several
hundred
the following results:
•
Normal blood vessel walls generally contain some
•
Early deposits (fatty streaks) already have a
much
lipoprotein(a).
higher
amount
of
lipoprotein(a) accumulated. •
Advanced
deposits, the atherosclerotic plaques about to clog the artery and to
cause heart attacks and strokes, contain the highest amount
The conclusion from these studies you can reduce the deposition decrease your
is
that by lowering your lipoprotein(a) blood levels
of lipoprotein(a) in the
risk for heart attacks
of lipoprotein(a).
blood vessel wall and thereby
and strokes. Two vitamins, vitamin C and vitamin
B3, are the only factors known to reduce effectively the blood levels of lipoprotein(a). These and further therapeutic recommendations will be extensively discussed in the Section D and Section E of this book.
On
the following pages
entirely
I
would
like to
new understanding about
Further Information: Beisiegel
U 1990; Rath
Lipoprotein(a)
M
1989.
share with you how these discoveries lead
to
an
the nature of cardiovascular diseases.
in
Human
Blood Vessels: Niendorf A 1990:
50
THE LIPOPROTEIN(a)
Vitamin
VITAMIN C CONNECTION
-
Humans
Animals
NO
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO
C High
High
Lipoprotein(a)
Cardiovascular Diseases Frequent
Perhaps the most important found
in
human beings
fact
about lipoprotein(a)
is
while other living beings have
1987, while researching the role of lipoprotein(a)
in
that this risk factor
little
or
is
no lipoprotein(a)
cardiovascular disease,
I
primarily at
all. In
made an
vitamin C connection. noticed that animals own bodies have little or no lipoprotein(a). In contrast, we human beings, unable to manufacture our own vitamin C, apparently make ample use of lipoprotein(a). Moreover, we thereby evidently increase the risk for cardiovascular
amazing discovery: the producing vitamin
C
lipoprotein(a)
-
I
in their
diseases.
The
lipoprotein(a)
•
high vitamin
•
low vitamin
-
vitamin
C levels C levels
-
-
C
little
connection says: or no
need
for lipoprotein(a)
molecules
great need for lipoprotein(a) molecules.
Immediately following the discovery of the lipoprotein(a)
conducted the
first clinical
test to
high lipoprotein(a) blood levels risk factor.
The encouraging
prove
this discovery: In
was given
results
were
vitamin later
Section
F).
What
the secret behind the lipoprotein(a)
is
Further Information: Rath
M
1990.
-
C
vitamin
C
connection,
first
I
person with
with the specific aim to lower this
confirmed
vitamin
-
1987, the
C
in
a
pilot clinical
connection?
study (see
51
THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
VITAMIN C DEFICIENCY
BLOOD VESSEL STABILITY
-
The
IS
lipoprotein(a)
-
vitamin
C connection
THE KEY
IS
-
leads us directly to the nature of
cardiovascular disease:
The underlying cause
•
of cardiovascular
disease
is
a low intake of vitamins,
particularly of vitamin C.
Vitamin
•
C
deficiency leads to lesions and instability
in
the blood vessel walls, and
the cell barrier between the blood stream and the blood vessel wall Lipoprotein(a) molecules, the body's
•
first
becomes
leaky.
aid molecule for blood vessel repair, enter
the blood vessel wall. Lipoprotein(a)
•
up
is
an
for the lack of
ideal repair
adhesive apo(a) renders •
molecule because the adhesive tape apo(a) makes
in the blood vessel wall. In this way the weakened blood vessel wall. C over many years this repair mechanism overshoots and
collagen molecules
With low intake of vitamin
stability to the
atherosclerotic deposits develop.
Thus, atherosclerotic deposits are an overcompensating or overshooting repair process
of the vessel wall
which
is
chronically
weakened by
vitamin deficiency.
Neither cholesterol, nor fat globules, nor any other blood risk factor
cause
of cardiovascular disease.
instability of the
blood vessel wall. Vessel wall
lipoprotein(a)- vitamin in
The primary cause
C
of cardiovascular stability
connection. Evidently, blood vessel
is
is
the primary
disease
is
the
the key behind the
stability
can be achieved
two ways:
Alternative #1
Alternative #2:
An optimum
:
production and
in
intake of vitamin
C
resulting
in
optimum collagen
blood vessel reinforcement.
By the deposition
of lipoprotein(a)
and
of other risk factors resulting in
the formation of atherosclerotic deposits. Atherosclerotic deposits are the blood
vessels plaster cast which stabilize the vessel walls weakened by vitamin deficiency.
summary, the primary cause of cardiovascular disease is a blood vessel wall which weakened by an insufficient intake of vitamin C. On the following pages will share with you the already available evidence for this new understanding of this disease. In
is
Further Information: Rath
I
M
1991a.
52
Two
Alternatives to Stabilize Your Blood Vessels
Alternative
#
1
Alternative
#2
Molecules
Responsible for Stability
Q&s* Collagen Molecules
Repair Molecules e.g. Lipoprotein(a)
A Look Our
Inside
Arteries
Healthy Artery Wall:
Reinforced by Sufficient
Collagen Molecules
You Have the Choice by
Optimum Vitamin C Intake
in
Your Diet
Weakened Stability
Artery Wall:
Provided by
Atherosclerotic Plaster Cast
Insufficient Vitamin
Intake
Which Alternative Do You Prefer?
in
C
Your Diet
53
THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
VITAMIN C DEFICIENCY
IS
EARLY CLINICAL EVIDENCE
-
1941: The Canadian
-
Paterson reports that more than 80% of his heart disease patients have vitamin C deficiency as a significant risk factor. cardiologist J.C.
1948: The American doctors R.W. Trimmer and C.J. Lundy
70%
report that
coronary
of their patients with
C blood
artery disease have very low vitamin
levels.
Already half a century ago
first
cardiovascular diseases have
much lower
persons. This study Patterson.
He found
was published
that
In
C
showed
C
vitamin
or four out of five
-
patients
that
with
blood levels than healthy
by the Canadian cardiologist J.C.
1941
in
more than 80%
disease suffered from vitamin
reports
clinical
-
of his patients with heart
deficiency.
1948, the American doctors R.W. Trimmer and C.J. Lundy found similar results
their
coronary heart disease patients.
In
the medical journal
they reported the measurements of vitamin
diseases.
Two
C
blood levels. Moreover,
were widest spread among
Thus, a low vitamin risk factor for
blood levels
in
556 patients with various were found to have
out of three patients with coronary heart disease
very low vitamin deficiencies
C
in
American Practitioner
C
intake
among
all
diseases investigated vitamin
heart disease patients.
and low vitamin C blood
levels
were found
to
be leading
cardiovascular diseases long ago.
Measurements
of vitamin
C
concentration
in
the blood vessel wall
showed
results.
Further Information: Paterson
JC 1941 Trimmer ;
RW
1948: Knox
EG
1973.
similar
54
THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE FURTHER EVIDENCE
VITAMIN C DEFICIENCY
IS
-
Less Vitamin
Vitamin
C
-
More Cholesterol
Is
Deposited
C
Concentration in
Blood Vessel Wall
Amount
of Cholesterol
Deposited
A
low concentration of vitamin
the wall.
1979
In
C
in
Blood Vessel Wall
the blood vessel wall leads to fatty deposits inside
Hanck and
Dr. A.
in
his
colleagues from the University
of Basel,
Switzerland published an important study. They measured the concentrations of vitamin
C
human
in
blood vessels, and at the
of cholesterol deposited.
•
The lower
The
the vitamin
C
figure
same
above shows
time they determined the amount
their findings.
content of the vessel wall, the more cholesterol
was
deposited. •
A
Dr.
blood vessel wall
Hanck and
cholesterol
in
his
rich in
vitamin
C was
evidently protected against fatty deposits.
colleagues confined their study
to
measuring the deposition
the vessel wall; they did not include lipoprotein(a)
in
of
their analysis at
that time.
On
the
previous pages
we have learned how vitamin deficiencies lead to we have seen that patients with heart disease C concentrations in their bodies. On the following page
cardiovascular disease. Moreover, frequently have low vitamin will
share with you the proof
Further Information:
I
for this
Hanck A 1979.
new understanding
of cardiovascular disease.
55
THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE - THE PROOF -
VITAMIN C DEFICIENCY
Vitamin
C
deficiency
revolutionary
new
the
is
IS
primary cause
insight into the
of
cardiovascular disease.
This
number one killer diseases has, of course, to be be shown that a low intake of vitamin C in the diet
The key question is: can causes atherosclerotic deposits to develop? For ethical reasons, this question can, of course, not be answered by a study using human beings. is therefore necessary to answer this important question with a suitable animal model. proven.
it
actually
It
This animal model
own
C and
vitamin
is
available.
Guinea
pigs, like
human
beings, cannot produce their
they are therefore also dependent on sufficient intake of vitamin
C
What happens to blood vessels of guinea pigs they receive a diet low in vitamin C? To answer this question the following study was carried out: A group of guinea pigs received 60 mg of vitamin C in their diet (compared to the human body weight). This amount was chosen because the 'official' Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) for vitamin C is 60 mg. A second group of guinea pigs received about 5,000 mg vitamin C per day (compared to the human body weight). After five weeks the arteries of both groups of animals were analyzed. The dramatic findings are shown on the next page: Picture A: Animals on a diet rich in vitamin C showed no atherosclerotic deposits. in
the diet.
if
•
Optimum collagen reinforcement effectively. Picture A shows the main in •
In
contrast, animals on a diet low
guinea pig with
in
in
their arteries. Picture
insufficient vitamin
atherosclerotic deposits (arrows)
is
protected
their
vessels
blood
optimum vitamin C
the diet. Note that no fatty deposits (white areas) are visible.
Picture B:
atherosclerotic deposits
It
evidently
artery of a guinea pig with
in
C
in
the diet.
C
rapidly
developed
B shows the main
artery of a
vitamin
The white areas represent
the
the blood vessel wall.
important to understand that both groups of animals received exactly the
same
amounts of cholesterol and other fats in their diet. Vitamin C was the only factor too varying between the two groups. This experiment thus proves that one factor little vitamin C in the diet causes atherosclerotic deposits to develop. As mentioned above, the guinea pig and the human body share exactly the same problem both are dependent on optimum intake of vitamin C in the diet. Because of this fact we can -
-
-
directly translate the results of this
experiment
and
A
direct
we were
cause
experiment
able to scientifically
of heart attacks
note by the author:
to
our
human bodies. Thus, with this C deficiency is the primary
prove that vitamin
and strokes.
Animal experiments should be kept
at
an absolute minimum.
to save These experiments should be limited to will likely stay shown human lives. The experiment described above and the figure them. with my readers throughout their lives, and hopefully will help to prolong
gaining information which can help
Further Information: Willis
GC
1952: Gore
I
1965: GinterE1978: Rath
M
1990b.
56
57
VITAMIN C DEFICIENCY
THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE - THE PROOF -
Let us
now have a
vitamin
C
wall of
closer look inside vessel walls with sufficient and insufficient
The above
content.
IS
A and B show
pictures
guinea pigs magnified under a microscope.
you a look inside a human blood vessel. •
Picture
Two
A shows
We
a cut through the blood vessel
For comparison, picture
the blood vessel wall from a guinea pig on a high vitamin
features are important to note.
blood stream and blood vessel wall
intact.
Thus, few
risk factors
a regular structure of collagen molecules inside the blood vessel structure guarantees
Picture
B shows
optimum
stability
blood vessel wall
open
for
many
and
is
First,
deficient blood vessel wall
•
Figure
these blood vessel walls.
C
diet:
evident that this blood vessel wall
is
C
It
is
shows a very disorganized collagen stability
and
pattern.
elasticity to the wall.
vessel walls develop atherosclerotic deposits as a
C shows
shows
from the blood stream. Second, the vitamin
collagen molecules are unable to provide
weak
elasticity of
itself
the barrier between the blood stream and
disrupted and broken.
risk factors entering
diet:
wall. This regular
the blood vessel wall from a guinea pig on a /ow vitamin
Again two features are noteworthy:
C
can enter the
blood vessel wall from the blood stream. Second, the blood vessel wall
•
gives
the barrier (fine white line) between the
First, is
C
can make the following observations:
'cast' to
a similar slice through an atherosclerotic
improve
human
artery.
These These
stability.
Again,
disrupted collagen molecules are the basis for the development of atherosclerotic deposits.
Please compare picture
Our new understanding
of
C
with pictures
cardiovascular disease
is
A and
B.
summarized on
the next page.
58
The
Principles of Cardiovascular Disease
•
The primary cause
disease
is
weakness
•
vitamin of the
C
of
cardiovascular
deficiency leading to
blood vessel walls.
Cardiovascular disease begins with the
deposition of repair molecules inside the
blood vessel wall.
•
If
vitamin deficiency continues over
many
years these repair molecules become risk factors, the vessel wall repair mechanism overshoots, and cardiovascular disease
develops.
•
Lipoprotein(a)
is
the
most
effective
vessel wall repair molecule and therefore -
over time
-
becomes
the greatest risk
factor for cardiovascular disease.
59
HEART ATTACKS, STROKES, AND PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES Why Some Forms
of
Cardiovascular Diseases Are More Frequent Than Others Peripheral
Heart Attacks
Strokes
(7 Million)
(3 Million)
Vascular
Disease (1
Weak
Million)
Blood Vessel Wall
#1
#1
#1
Arteries Close to Heart
#2
#2
No
Mechanical Stress on Blood Vessel Wall
#3
No
No
Optional
Optional
#2
(Vitamin
C
Deficiency)
Higher Blood Pressure
in
High Levels of
Blood Risk Factors
We
can now explain why heart attacks are more frequent than strokes and
more frequent than the clogging of arteries in the bodie's periphery: Seven million Americans are diagnosed with diseases of the heart arteries. Three million Americans are diagnosed with diseases of the brain arteries. An estimated one million Americans are diagnosed with cardiovascular, diseases in other organs and the extremities of the body (periphery).
strokes •
• •
The answer for this phenomenon is summarized in the above figure: • The underlying cause of all forms of cardiovascular diseases is a weakness
of
the blood vessels as a result of vitamin deficiencies (#1). •
•
The more additional local factors challenge more often the vascular system fails at this
One
additional local challenge
is
this instable
blood vessel wall the
specific location.
the higher blood pressure
in
the arteries of the
heart and the brain explaining heart attacks and strokes (#2). •
•
The greatest
challenge
local
the mechanical stress for the coronary arteries
is
explaining heart attack as the leading cardiovascular disease (#3). High levels of blood risk factors alone cannot explain the local failure of the
cardiovascular system
in
form
of heart attacks or strokes. But
if
these
risk
factors are present in addition heart attacks and strokes occur earlier. direct damage In contrast, peripheral vascular diseases are caused by a ,
•
certain blood risk
factors to the wall of the entire blood vessel pipeline.
Vascular diseases
in
smokers and diabetics are examples (Section
E).
of
60
THE PIPELINE PHENOMENON new understanding suddenly
This
enables us puzzle
an unsolved
to explain
our bodies: the pipeline
in
phenomenon. The human blood vessel system
a pipeline.
is
were cut open,
pipeline
measured
and
Each
would be huge.
it
small square
this
If
laid out,
the adjacent figure
in
represents two square yards (about
two square meters). The blood vessel surface area of one person
amounts to half the size of a football The black square in the middle
field.
represents the
area
surface
those arteries which
of
a million
fail
times over: the coronary arteries
where heart attacks occur. As you can see arteries
this
compared
Why
is
area
coronary
of the
only a small fraction
is
when
whole pipeline. there only one black square to the
and why are not
the squares
all
black?
All
presently available theories for cardiovascular diseases
concentrations of a
risk factor in
theory, for example, wall
assumes
and thereby lead
evident that
in this
the blood are the primary
that high cholesterol
development
to the
case the damage
to the
levels
assume
villains.
damage
The
the blood vessel
of atherosclerotic deposits.
It
is,
blood vessel wall would occur
vessels throughout the body. Just as bad water quality
damages
that high
cholesterol
however,
in all
blood
a water pipeline
everywhere, cholesterol would lead to the clogging of arteries, veins, and capillaries throughout our body. fingers, nose,
elbows
If
not bad water quality
water pipeline. the heart
is
The very
is
is
suffer from infarctions of our In
our picture above,
in
similar technical
logical in
problems
all
obviously not the case.
the primary problem but the instability of the wall of the
local failure of
our cardiovascular system in
in
the arteries of
combination with
these coronary arteries. The logic behind the figure above
does not take a medical degree
The
we would
the result of the instability of the blood vessel wall
great mechanical stress
new ways
valid,
essentially every part of our body.
squares would turn black. This
Thus
was
theory
this
-
in
-
it
is
a simple physical problem.
A plumber
finds
his daily work.
to the pipeline phenomenon directly leads us to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
answer
61
VITAMIN C AND OTHER ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS
CAN PREVENT AND REVERSE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES In this
we have seen
section
that the primary
cause
of
cardiovascular disease
the instability of the blood vessel walls caused by a deficiency primarily
The
in
sections of the book
following
a powerful
is
to treat virtually
Aim Number One •
way
(Section C):
Vitamin
•
Beta Carotene
•
Other essential nutrients
D):
free radical
Vitamin
•
Vitamin E
•
in
L-Proline
•
L-Lysine
•
Other essential nutrients
your blood vessel walls
Vitamin
•
Vitamin
•
-
(Section E): Lowering the levels of lipoprotein(a)
•
•
-
C
*
of other risk factors for cardiovascular
Needed:
stability
damage
Reversing cardiovascular disease by
decreasing atherosclerotic deposits
and
dietary
C
Vitamin E
Aim Number Three
that
C
B3 (Niacin) vitamins B Other Other essential nutrients
vitamin
your blood vessels and your heart
Maintaining and restoring the
and preventing
•
Aim Number Two(Section Needed:
show you
will
to protect
any cardiovascular disease you may have.
of your blood vessel walls
Needed:
is
vitamins,
vitamin C.
supplementation
and
in
diseases
in
your blood
62
NOTES
63
SECTION C
HOW TO PREVENT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES WITH NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
This Section Will Summarize the Evidence That
Vitamin C, Vitamin
E,
and Beta Carotene Can
Prevent Cardiovascular Diseases
64
-5^!
Deposits
Vitamin
C reduces
Prevents
Spasm
3.
Blood Vessel Wall
Prevents High Blood Pressure
the risk for cardiovascular disease
in
many
different
by preventing the buildup of deposits
•
by relaxing the blood vessel wall and lowering the blood pressure
•
by decreasing the
found
G
of this book).
In
the previous chapters
nutrients
in
benefits of vitamin
the molecules of inheritance (genes)
in
ways:
blood clotting and keeping the blood at optimum viscosity
These broad cardiovascular is
Blood Clot
Formation
•
risk of
Prevents Risk
for
we have
C in
are no coincidence.
our bodies
described the role
The explanation
(for details
of vitamin
C and
see Section
other essential
preventing the buildup of atherosclerotic deposits and other forms of
thickening of the blood vessel wall.
The next pages describe the
role of vitamin
C
helping to relax the blood vessel wall, thereby lowering the blood pressure.
Further Information: Review: Clemetson Anti-Clotting Effect: Spittle
CR
CAB 1989: Rath M 1991a and 1992a. AK 1979 and 1985: Salonen JT 1991
1973; Bordia
in
112
HOW
LOWERS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE VITAMIN C
C Supplementation Lowers
Vitamin
Blood Pressure
by Relaxing the Wall of the Blood Vessels
Low Vitamin C
Optimum Vitamin C
Intake
•
Contracted Blood Vessels
•
High Blood Pressure
•
•
High blood pressure
Vitamin
C
in
vitamin
is
j^
Relaxing Factors
*^
Relaxed Blood Vessels Normal Blood Pressure
•
deficiency
generally the result of a blood vessel wall suffocating from a
C and
other essential nutrients.
deficiency increases the blood pressure by
•
leading to a long term buildup of atherosclerotic deposits
•
causing spasms of the blood vessel
Vitamin
C
wall.
supplementation lowers high blood pressure by
•
preventing and reversing atherosclerotic deposits
•
by relaxing the blood vessel
The blood vessel
wall.
relaxing effect of vitamin
C
is
shown on
increases the concentration of small relaxing factors blood vessel wall. As a vessel
result,
and an
initial
a.
C
page. Vitamin
oxide, prostacyclin)
in
the
is
lowered.
This relaxing effect can occur
blood pressure lowering effect of vitamin
C may be seen
few days.
Further Information: Vitamin
1991
(nitric
this
the blood vessel wall relaxes, the diameter of the blood
increases and the blood pressure
rather quickly within a
Intake
High Levels of
C and
Prostacyclin: Beetens J 1986. Nitric Oxide: Rath
M
113
LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE
VITAMIN C
Vitamin
C Supplementation Decreased
High Blood Pressure
Vitamin C Per Day Lowered High Blood Pressure
One Gram in
A number
Two Out
of
Three Patients
showing
of studies are available
increases the
risk for high
investigations
was
in
blood pressure of 10,372 persons of
McCarron and his colleagues from the The researchers analyzed the all ages in relation to their dietary habits.
that the single
Portland.
most important
factor associated with high blood
pressure was a low dietary intake of vitamin deficiency
amount In
was
C and
A
vice versa. Vitamin
also found to increase the risk for high blood pressure while the
of cholesterol in the diet
the study
C
carried out by Dr.
Oregon Health Science University
They found
that low dietary intake of vitamin
blood pressure. The most comprehensive of these
shown above
Dr.
had no
effect.
Koh from the Alcorn State
University reported that
C was able to lower the blood 23 women with slightly elevated
a dietary supplementation of one gram of vitamin
pressure
in
his patients.
He had
investigated
blood pressure between 140-160 (diastolic value).
Remarkably,
diastolic pressure, the
disease. Vitamin
mm
64%
Hg
(systolic value)
of the
more important value
C supplementation
women were for
and 90-100
mm
Hg
able to lower their
decreasing the
risk for
heart
lowered the systolic as well as the diastolic
pressure on average by more than 5%.
Another important nutrient which
is
able to lower high blood pressure
is
magnesium, which functions as Nature's calcium blocker. Patients with high
among my readers should immediately supplement magnesium and other essential nutrients recommended
blood pressure
their diet with
vitamin C,
in this
Further Information: Vitamin C:
1984. Magnesium: Turlapaty
book.
McCarron DA 1984; Salonen JT 1987; Koh ET 1980; Iseri LT 1984.
PDMV
114
VITAMIN C DECREASES THE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FROM EXTERNAL RISK FACTORS
Until
now we have discussed
C and
the beneficial role of vitamin
other essential
nutrients for decreasing mostly inherited or internal risk factors for cardiovascular
Vitamins,
disease.
Smoking Smoking
in
particular vitamin C, also neutralize
most external
cigarettes dramatically increases the risk for cardiovascular disease.
smoke contains an abundant amount
Cigarette
of free radicals.
We
these free radicals destroy vitamin
smokers deplete
their
By ceasing
to
body pool
C and
wall.
that
Moreover,
other antioxidant vitamins. Thus chronic
of antioxidant vitamins
smoke and by resupplemention
carotene smokers can greatly reduce the
know
already
these aggressive molecules have a toxic effect on the blood vessel
person.
risk factors.
much
faster than a normal
vitamin C, vitamin E, and beta
cardiovascular disease.
risk for
Stress Chronic stress increases the
risk for
cardiovascular disease.
How does
this
happen?
Physical or emotional stress increases the production of adrenalin molecules
For every molecule of adrenalin produced, one molecule of vitamin
body.
destroyed.
Thus, long term stress destroys
many molecules
C
of vitamin
and,
in
the
C if
is
not
resupplemented, depletes the body pool of vitamin C. It is not stress itself that causes cardiovascular disease, but the chronic vitamin C depletion in the body and the blood vessels which occurs during chronic stress.
Unhealthy Diet High
fat dietary
fat
molecules need
through our body. For every molecule of cholesterol processed, of vitamin
C
reactions.
Similarly, high levels of triglycerides
is
destroyed
-
depletion of the body's vitamin risk for
Once taken
habits can increase the risk for cardiovascular disease.
up by meals, cholesterol, triglycerides and other
used up as
C
pool.
fuel in
Thus,
it
be processed
at least
fats lead to
not the diet
itself
an accelerated
that increases the
cardiovascular disease, but the systematic depletion of vitamin
fuel vitamins in the
one molecule
metabolic converter (enzymatic)
and other is
to
C and
other
body.
Further Information: Smoking: Smith JL 1987. Adrenalin: Levine Ginter E 1974. Triglycerides: Sokoloff B 1966.
M
1986. Cholesterol:
115
Birth Control Pill
Women
taking
birth
control
cardiovascular diseases. that certain
C
vitamin
this
hormones and hormonal
pool.
Not the
over years greatly increase their
pills
How can
pill
itself
pool increases risk for cardiovascular disease taking hormonal birth control
should immediately greatly
Diuretic
risk to
or
if
these women.
If
you are presently
you have been taking them
in
the past you
develop cardiovascular disease.
Drugs
Taking diuretic drugs can increase your
risk for
vitamins and other essential
drugs should always be sure nutrients
to
have a
in their diet
the
not only water but
disappear.
nutrients
resupplemented, a chronic vitamin deficiency develops.
and other essential
is
accumulated water. With the
rid of
increased excretion of water through the kidneys into the urine also water-soluble
What
cardiovascular disease.
explanation? Diuretic drugs help the body to get
diuretic
body
of the vitamin
resupplement your vitamin body pool. By doing so you
start to
decrease the
pills
but the depletion in
for
reduces the body's
birth control pills significantly
birth control
risk
Several studies have shown
be explained?
sufficient
resupplemention
(see also chapter
'
If
not
Thus, patients taking
heart failure'
,
of vitamins
Section
F).
Certain Other Drugs
Besides hormones and diuretic drugs, other medication can also lead
body pool
of vitamin
to
a decreased
other essential nutrients. This effect can be explained
in
After taking a chemical drug, the liver has to detoxify these
part as follows.
substances.
C and
This form of 'chemical waste'
removal involves metabolic converters
(enzymes) and other biochemical processes which use up vitamin C and other essential nutrients at a high rate.
One
of
these drugs
is
interferon.
Unfortunately, no
systematic screening has been carried out on the vitamin depleting effect of chemical drugs.
you have
to take
It
is
therefore safe to take additional vitamin supplements
Further Information: Birth Control
Review
in:
whenever
chemical drugs.
Halliwell
Pill:
Briggs
B 1985; Burns JJ 1987.
M
1972; Rivers
JM
1975. Detoxification:
116
Blood Dialysis Patients with kidney failure must have their blood detoxified regularly.
so
their
blood
is filtered
through fine
molecules that have accumulated
molecules disappear
in
this
in
membranes which the blood.
help to get
rid of
In
Unfortunately, not only the small toxic
process, but the small beneficial molecules such as
vitamins and other essential nutrients are also
lost.
This explains
why
undergoing chronic dialysis frequently develop cardiovascular diseases kidney
their
Regular vitamin supplementation should decrease
failure.
prevent the development of cardiovascular disease
In
summary, the most
external risk factors vitamin
The
C and
figure
is
way make sure
effective to
order to do
the small toxic
to
in
in
this risk
and
dialysis patients.
decrease your cardiovascular
that your
patients
addition to
risk
from
body gets an optimum amount
of
other essential nutrients.
on the following page summarizes how vitamin C supplementation
neutralizes the risk from the different external risk factors discussed on these
pages. Smoking, stress, a high clinical
these
risk factors;
however, the depletion
most important among them. these
fat diet, birth control pills, certain
other drugs and
procedures deplete your vitamin body pool. Many vitamins are depleted by
risk factors,
If
the vitamin
of vitamin
C body
C
pool
is is
the most frequent and the
depleted by one or more of
the risk for cardiovascular disease increases. Resupplementing
your vitamin body pool by an optimum dietary intake of nutritional supplements neutralizes these risk factors
and helps you
Further Information: Vitamin Depletion
From
to
prevent cardiovascular disease.
Dialysis:
Blumberg A 1983.
117
VITAMINS NEUTRALIZE EXTERNAL RISK FACTORS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
External Risk Factors
Decreasing Vitamin
Body Pool
•
Smoking
•
Stress
•
High Fat Diet
•
Birth Control
•
Diuretic
•
•
Pill
Drugs
Certain Other Drugs
Blood Dialysis
Vitamin Body Pool
118
NOTES
119
SECTION
F
HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY TREAT OTHER HEART CONDITIONS WITH NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
•
Improve Quality
•
Reduce Risk
•
Protect Bypass Vessels After Coronary Bypass Surgery
•
Decrease Restenosis After Coronary Angioplasty
•
Successfully Treat Heart Failure
•
Successfully Treat Irregular Heartbeat (Arrhythmia)
for
of Life After a Heart Attack
Clogging After Angioplasty
120
WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF A HEART ATTACK
Coronary Artery Completely Clogged
Dead Lead
Dead Heart Muscle
Electrical Cells
Leads
to Irregular
In
previous sections
we have seen how
reduce the blood flow
A
suffocate.
to Insufficient
Blood Pumping
Heartbeat (Arrhythmia
in
heart attack
is
atherosclerotic deposits
in
coronary arteries
these arteries, thereby causing the heart muscle
caused by complete clogging
of
to
a coronary artery and by
the total cut-off of millions of heart muscle cells from oxygen and nutrition.
Two
severe consequences result from a heart attack.
•
If
the heart muscle cells are cut off from the blood circulation for several hours they
die
off.
muscle
As a
result,
25%
which
of
a certain portion of the heart muscle is
destroyed by a heart attack
becomes
is like
defunct.
A
heart
a four cylinder motor
running on three cylinders. •
In
a similar way, the electrical cells of the heart can be affected by a heart attack,
resulting
in
(arrhythmia).
grave forms
their
death or severe
Severe of
irritation
and leading
to irregular heart
electrical irritation (fibrillation of the heart
beat
chamber) and other
arrhythmia are the most frequent causes of death after a heart
attack.
The
larger the size of the
pumping, the greater the heart attack.
dead heart muscle, the greater the impairment of blood arrhythmias and the less likelihood of surviving a
risk for
121
HOW TO IMPROVE THE
QUALITY OF LIFE
AFTER A HEART ATTACK Stop and Reverse Deposits in Coronary Arteries With
C
•
Vitamin
•
Vitamin E
•
Beta Carotene
•
L-Proline
•
L-Lysine
Optimize Function
of
Suffocating Heart Muscle Cells
C
•
Vitamin
•
Carnitine
•
•
•
Coenzyme Q10 B -Vitamins Minerals and Trace Elements
Anybody suffering a heart attack should immediately contact a hospital and get emergency care. The sooner you obtain the proper medical attention, the greater the chances If
of limiting lasting
damage to your heart muscle cells. Every minute counts. some time ago, you should continue to consult
a heart attack has occurred
regularly with your physician.
about how
It
is
to
In
addition, this
improve the quality of your
life
page
after
will
give you valuable information
a heart attack.
important to understand that once a heart attack has led to the death of heart
muscle
cells,
these cells seldom regenerate. Therefore, the primary aims after a heart
attack are the following:
Halting the further growth of atherosclerotic deposits
in
the coronary arteries and
thereby preventing the reoccurrence of a heart attack. The essential nutrients
for
achieving this aim are vitamin C, other antioxidant vitamins, as well as the amino acids lysine and proline.
Optimizing the function of those heart muscle cells which are essential nutrients for achieving this aim are carnitine,
other
B
vitamins,
magnesium, as
well as other minerals
still
coenzyme Q10.
alive.
The
panthetine.
and trace elements.
122
WHAT
IS
A CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS
Bypass Blood Vessel
Coronary Artery
Blood Bypasses Deposits and Guarantees Nourishment of Heart Muscle
A
coronary bypass operation becomes necessary
if
one or more coronary
have developed severe atherosclerotic deposits which threaten
and
to
cause a heart
attack.
In
arteries
to clog the arteries
order to avoid a heart attack, a blood bypass
constructed surgically which guarantees the blood flow to
all
is
parts of the heart
muscle.
During bypass surgery usually a vein
is
bypass blood vessel. Generally, one end
taken from the leg and reimplanted as a of this
the other end to the coronary artery further In this
way, the atherosclerotic deposits
in
bypass
down on
is
attached to the aorta and
the outside of the heart muscle.
the coronary artery are bypassed and the
blood flow through the bypass blood vessel guarantees optimum blood supply
proper function of the heart muscle.
for the
123
WHAT ARE THE MAIN PROBLEMS AFTER CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY Risk of Blood Flow Interruption in
•
•
Blood Clot Formation
in
Bypass Blood Vessel
overall
success
of
in
a coronary bypass operation
problems: blood clots and atherosclerotic deposits •
Problem number one: a blood blood flow through them.
clot
forms
in
in
Bypass Blood Vessel
is
threatened by two main
the bypass blood vessels.
the bypass blood vessels, cutting off the
This complication occurs shortly after the operation,
generally within hours or a few days.
If
untreated, this blood clot
the blood flow through the bypass blood vessel and thereby
off
by:
Atherosclerotic Deposits
Form
The
Bypass Blood Vessel
will
completely cut
make
the previous
operation ineffective. •
Problem number two: atherosclerotic deposits develop inside the blood vessel. vessels for
is
The development
of atherosclerotic deposits
a long term process. Generally,
these deposits to develop.
coronary arteries, the deposits
it
in
takes several months or several years
Similar to the atherosclerotic deposits in
bypass bypass blood
wall of the
in
the regular
the bypass blood vessel can lead to a decreased
blood flow and eventually to clogging.
The consequences
in
each case are the same: an
through the bypass blood vessels and an increased
interruption of the blood flow risk for
a heart attack. Keeping
the bypass blood vessels patent avoids further bypass operations
The
following
you
to
page summarizes the most important
achieve
this aim.
nutritional
and heart attacks.
supplements which help
.
124
HOW TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF
LIFE
AFTER CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY Protect Your Bypass Blood Vessels With the Help of
•
Vitamins Preventing Blood Clot Formation •
Vitamin C
•
Vitamin E
Beta Carotene
•
•
Vitamins and Natural Amino Acids Preventing Development
Deposits
of Atherosclerotic •
Vitamin
•
C
Other Antioxidant Vitamins
•
Lysine
•
Proline
There are several ways
which
in
nutritional
supplements help
bypass blood vessels and thereby improve the •
Preventing blood clot formation
carotene have
all
been shown
formation of blood clots.
In
in
to
quality of
C
,
to maintain healthy
after
bypass surgery:
bypass vessels: vitamin C, vitamin E and beta
have important properties which help
addition, vitamin
C
dissolve blood clots once they have been formed. vitamin
life
to
prevent
has also been shown
to help
These important properties
vitamin E, and beta carotene should be utilized routinely
in
of
minimizing
the complications of blood clot formation after coronary bypass and other surgeries. •
in bypass blood vessels: atherosclerotic venous bypass vessels closely resemble the deposits in normal Lipoprotein(a) again, plays a critical role in the development of these
Preventing atherosclerotic deposits deposits arteries.
in
bypass deposits. Thus, the vitamins and other essential nutrients recommended for the
treatment of atherosclerotic deposits are also beneficial for preventing
development
of the deposits in
them are vitamin C, vitamin
A
note for those
E,
bypass blood vessels. The most important among
beta carotene, L-lysine and L-proline.
among my readers who
are taking blood-thinning medication:
The
optimum
flow
vitamins mentioned above have a natural effect of keeping your blood condition (viscosity).
They may,
therefore,
enhance the
in
effect of your blood thinning
medication. Ask your doctor about additional controls and take your vitamins as regularly as
you take other medication.
Further Information: Anti-clotting effect: Bordia
Kojima S
1
986; Salonen JT
1
991
AK 1979 and
1985; Beetens J 1986;
125
WHAT
CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY
IS
Coronary bypass surgery approach
more
to
new blood
methods. For
flat to
is
this
purpose a catheter
and moved forward through the aorta
coronary artery close to the deposits. At catheter
vessel pipeline for optimum blood
contrast, coronary angioplasty
In
the 'rotor rooter'
is
remove atherosclerotic deposits mechanically by means
recently, by scraping
leg artery
a
installs
supply to the heart muscle.
a balloon
tip
However, complications occur
tip of
in
this
the
In
many cases
the blood flow through the
procedure.
one out
of three patients
The nature
.
of
directly related to the fact that angioplasty necessarily
mechanical damage
or,
reaches the
normally a balloon at the
this point
the wall of the coronary arteries.
coronary artery can be improved by
is
the catheter
until
of
inserted into the
pressure which squeezes the atherosclerotic deposits
inflated with high
complications
is
to the inside of the
these
causes
blood vessel wall. The most frequent
complications are blood clot formation and rapid grow of
new
deposits at the
same
location as before (restenosis).
What
factors influence the rate of restenosis after angioplasty?
that lipoprotein(a)
is
nature's top repair molecule
and
it
is
high lipoprotein(a) levels are a leading cause for restenosis.
colleagues from Emory University lipoprotein(a) blood levels
in
We
already
know
therefore no surprise that Dr.
Hearn and
his
Atlanta found that angioplasty patients with
above 19 mg/dl had a
fivefold greater risk for restenosis
than those patients below this margin. For patients with lipoprotein(a) levels above 40
mg/dl the restenosis
Thus,
for patients
risk after
who have
angioplasty
to
was more than
undergo angioplasty, the
ten fold higher.
recommendations
of this
book.
Further Information: Hearn
JA 1992.
success rate can be and by following the
overall
greatly reduced by neutralizing the risk from lipoprotein(a)
126
Angioplasty to
Figure
Is
a Mechanical Procedure
Improve Blood Flow
to Suffocating
A
Heart Muscle
Balloon Catheter "Inserted
in
Is
Leg Artery
Deflated Catheter Tip
Reaches Coronary
Deposits
Artery
in
Coronary Arteries Reduce Blood Flow
Figure B
Inflated Balloon
Catheter
Squeezes Deposits Coronary Arteries Vessel Wall
is
in
Flat
-
Injured
During This Procedure
Success Rate
70%
of This
Procedure:
Get Improved Heart Muscle
of Patients
Blood Flow
to
30% Have
Complications
-
Requiring Repetition of Procedure or
Coronary Bypass Operation
127
HOW TO IMPROVE THE SUCCESS RATE AFTER ANGIOPLASTY Vitamin Supplementation Overall
Success Rate
Can Improve Angioplasty
of
After Successful
Ideally,
Balloon
Catheterization Atherosclerotic
Deposits Are Reduced
The Following
Nutritional
Supplements
Can Improve Long-Term Success:
The
Vitamin
•
Vitamin E
•
L-Lysine
•
L-Proline
needed to minimize restenosis after angioplasty are much the the recommendations for blood vessel protection in general. During and
essential nutrients
same as
after angioplasty the •
C
•
Vitamin
C
achieve the following therapeutic effects:
accelerates healing of the blood vessel lesion by collagen formation
•
Vitamin E gives important antioxidant protection
•
Vitamin C, vitamin E, and beta carotene decrease the
•
Lysine and proline help to neutralize the risk from lipoprotein(a)
Vitamin E has already been
shown
to
risk for
blood clot formation
prevent restenosis after angioplasty. 115
patients undergoing coronary angioplasty
were studied. Half
of
these patients
received 1,200 International Units of vitamin E per day; the other half received an
months the rate of restenosis of the coronary arteries was compared between the two groups. The patients receiving vitamin E had a much less inactive placebo. After four
restenosis than those patients without vitamin E.
Any
among my readers who
patient
immediately
start to
before, during,
and
how
about
to
after angioplasty with nutritional
the overall success of this procedure.
describe
is
undergo angioplasty should
take nutritional supplements. By protecting your blood vessels
In
supplements you can maximize
the remaining part of this section
I
will
patients with other heart conditions can benefit from taking nutritional
supplements. Further Information:
DeMaio SJ 1992.
128
WHAT CAUSES HEART FAILURE Deficiency of Fuel Nutrients
In
Heart Muscle Cells Causes Heart Failure
/*
Cell Fuel Nutrients
Vitamin
C
Carnitine
Coenzyme Q10 Vitamin B1,B2,B3,B5,B6,B12 Minerals
& Trace Elements
Optimum Blood Pumping: Less Edema • Less Shortness •
of •
Breath
Less Fatigue Nutritional
Leads
to
Impairs Contraction of
Muscle Cells
Heart Muscle Cells
of Heart
Heart failure
pumping
is
Nutritional Deficiency
Resupplementation
Optimum Contraction
a disease caused by weakness
of the heart
attack or
in
patients with
high blood pressure.
Heart failure can also occur
spontaneously without any previous heart condition. The of heart failure
muscle
In
muscle which impairs the
of blood into the circulation. Heart failure frequently develops after a heart
is
common
underlying cause
the same: an exertion of the heart muscle and a depletion of heart
cells in vitamins
and other
cell fuel nutrients.
patients with heart failure millions of heart muscle cells suffocate from a lack of
essential nutritional fuel. This cell fuel reactions
in
each
cell.
A
is
needed
heart without cell fuel
work properly. Heart muscles lacking essential properly
.
is like
thousands
of oil
biochemical -
it
does not
fuel nutrients are not able to contract
As a consequence, the heart muscle does
body's circulation.
for
a motor without
not
pump enough
blood into the
129
HEART FAILURE CAUSES IMPAIRED BLOOD PUMPING
The
figure
on the following page summarizes the consequences
of
a vitamin deficient
heart muscle for the body of the patient.
Figure A: Instead of one cup which leaves the heart normally with every heart beat, half
a cup of blood or even less
blood
is
nutrients.
too
little
will
be ejected
into the circulation.
This amount of
supply the various organs of the body with oxygen and
to
As a consequence, shortness
of breath,
water retention (edema) and
general weakness occur.
Figure B:
an optimum dietary intake
contrast,
In
of essential fuel nutrients for the
heart muscle cells optimizes the contraction of every heart muscle regains
The
different
patient
organs
can enjoy a
its
strength and
of the
life
hardly known.
In
As a
result, the
whole
body receive adequate oxygen and nutrients and the
is
frequently caused by vitamin deficiencies
today's medical text books the causes of heart failure are
described as largely unknown. The understanding
cell.
sufficient blood into the circulation.
without major restraints.
Unfortunately, the fact that heart failure is
pumps
for millions of heart failure
consequences of patients are shown on the fatal
this
insufficient
following pages.
130
Figure A:
Heart Failure
•
Shortness
•
Edema
•
Fatigue
of
Weak of
Contraction
Weak Pumping
Heart Muscle Cells
of Heart
Heart
Breath
Pumps Only About
Half a
Teacup
of
Blood
With Every Heartbeat
Figure B:
Healthy Heart
Optimum Blood Supply
Maximum of
Contraction
Heart Muscle Cells
Optimum Pumping of
Heart
to All
Organs
of the
Body
Heart Pumps One Teacup of Blood
With Every Heartbeat
131
THE HEART FAILURE EPIDEMIC
Heart Failure Disease Tripled
Number
in
Recent Decades
of
9
15
Mill
Heart Failure
Patients
^^-^^
5 Million
#
H
1
1950
In
1
1970
recent years heart failure has spread
like
1985
an epidemic.
In
the western industrialized
countries, about 15 million people suffer from heart failure today. During recent
decades the number this
of heart failure patients
who had
to
be hospitalized because
of
disease increased threefold.
Equally alarming
is
the short
life
expectancy
heart failure.
Further Information: Packer
M
1987.
of patients
once they are diagnosed with
132
HEART FAILURE PATIENTS HAVE A SHORT LIFE EXPECTANCY With Conventional Treatment Alone
One Out
100% Percentage
of
Two
Heart Failure Patients Dies Within Five Years
"
Average Death Rate
of
Patients Alive
50%
-High Death Rate for Patients
With
Heart Failure
1-
1
Year
1
5 Years
10 Years
Survival
Time
Patients with heart failure have a very unfavorable prognosis: •
One
•
For
out of two patients dies within the
diagnosed.
many
ten years only
After
one
or
first five
years after the heart failure
two patients out
of ten are
alive.
heart failure patients a heart transplant operation remains the only hope.
Both, the epidemic proportion of heart failure (previous page) of this
still
is
disease
that vitamin deficiencies are not yet of this disease.
and the bad prognosis
page) are no coincidence. They are the direct result of the fact
(this
known and understood as
the underlying cause
Consequently, no effective treatment has been available.
Those among my readers who are candidates
for
a heart transplant operation
may be who
interested to read the testimonial of a former heart transplant candidate (G.P.)
started to follow
my
cardiovascular recommendations. By
refilling
his suffocating
heart cells with vitamins and other essential nutrients his heart performance greatly
improved.
now
On
He was
able to cancel the scheduled heart transplant operation and he
leading a normal
life.
page we
will
the next
see that the conventional medical treatment
leads to a vicious cycle which
Further Information:
is
Mc Kee PA
of heart failure
responsible for the bad prognosis of this disease.
1971
is
133
THE FATAL CONSEQUENCES OF INCOMPLETE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE
Heart failure leads to water accumulation (edema) of the body.
To remove accumulated water from
to take diuretic drugs.
which
is
explained
the legs, lungs, and other parts
At this point of the treatment the patient enters a vicious cycle the adjacent figure.
in
in
the body heart failure patients have
The understanding
clue to the successful treatment of heart failure disease
in
of this vicious cycle is
a
the future.
Nutritional deficiencies of the heart muscle cells lead to a weak pumping of the heart. The low blood output into the arteries results in low blood pressure, which has direct consequences for the proper function of the kidneys. The primary role of the kidneys With low blood pressure, less water is filtered out is to filter body water into urine. accumulates in the legs and other parts and, instead of leaving the body via urine, of the body. As a result, edema occur in the feet and legs as well as in the lungs, where leads to shortness of breath and eventually, to lung edema. it
it
In
order to eliminate the abundant body water and to provide
diuretic medication of the
On one
given.
is
relief to
side, this medication increases the
the patient
filter
function
kidneys and flushes out the body water into the urine. Unfortunately, diuretic
drugs also flush out the small vitamins and other essential nutrients
The body's
into the urine.
loss of essential nutrients further aggravates the lack of fuel nutrients for
the heart muscle cells, hereby further aggravating the heart failure.
A
vicious cycle
begins.
A weakened
heart leads to even
dosages
of diuretic
medication
nutrients
and
weakening the
further
is
more water accumulation
required, further depleting the heart.
We
has such a poor prognosis and why there than to receive a
new
heart
-
in
is
the body. Higher
body
of essential
suddenly understand why heart
no other alternative
for
many
failure
patients
or to die before a suitable donor heart can be found.
134
The Vicious Cycle
of
Conventional Heart Failure Treatment
Without the Use of Nutritional Supplements
Nutritional
Low Blood
Deficiency
Pressure
Weakness
of
Heart Muscle
($H
Weaker Heart Increased Nutritional
Impaired Filtering of
Deficiency of Heart
\
Muscle Cells
/>
Body Water from Kidneys
Further
to Urine
Water Retention
/ More
Diuretics
Water Retention • Edema in Legs
Flushing Out of Vitamins
and Other Essential Nutrients
in
Urine
•
Diuretic Medication
Shortness
of
in
Body:
Breath
135
HOW VITAMINS CAN INTERRUPT THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF HEART FAILURE The Basic Heart
Failure Therapy:
Resupplement Vitamins and Other Essential Nutrients
I Resupplement
Stop Weakness of Heart Muscle
Essential Nutrients
Optimum
Level of
Vitamin Body Pool
l Vicious Stop Depletion of Vitamins
Cycle Stop Water Retention
Stopped
Less or No Diuretic Medication
With this page In
I
am
addressing
my
colleagues
the attempt to help our patients
we have
While improving the immediate problems
in clinical
medicine:
learned to prescribe diuretic medication.
for the patient, the
water accumulation
in
the
body, diuretic medication depletes the patient's body of water soluble vitamins and
thereby starts a vicious cycle. While diuretic medication
may
still
be needed
in
severe
cases, no one should prescribe diuretic drugs any longer without alerting the patients to
resupplement
bodies with vitamins and essential nutrients.
their
Patients and doctors should be equally interested
heart failure with an nutrients
Vitamin
in
the diet.
optimum supplementation
in
interrupting the vicious cycle of
of vitamins
and other essential
Most important among these essential nutrients
are:
C
Carnitine
Coenzyme Q10 B vitamins Minerals and trace elements
The
following
pages
essential vitamins
will
highlight
and nutrients
in
some
of the clinical
evidence
the treatment of heart failure.
for the
importance
of
136
CARDIOMYOPATHIES ARE PRIMARILY CAUSED BY VITAMIN DEFICIENCY
Cardiomyopathy
•
Weakness Leading
to
is
a
Muscle
of the Heart
Heart Failure
Cardiomyopathies Are
•
Primarily
Caused by
Vitamin Deficiencies of Millions of Heart
Muscle Cells
Resupplementation
•
of
Essential Nutrients
Can Prevent and Treat Cardiomyopathies
The best documented form of heart failure in which vitamins and other essential nutrients were proven to be most effective are cardiomyopathies. What are cardiomyopathies? The Latin word cardiomyopathy means 'disease of the heart muscle'. The unique feature of this form of heart failure is that occurs frequently without any other heart condition being present. This fact makes cardiomyopathy an it
ideal
disease
document an
to identify the underlying
problem
of heart failure in general
and
to
effective treatment for this disease.
to the current medical textbooks the causes for cardiomyopathy are still unknown. However, during recent years scientific evidence showed that cardiomyopathy is primarily a vitamin deficiency disease. Dr. Karl Folkers and his colleagues from the University of Austin, Texas, are pioneers of cardiomyopathy research and nutrition. They have shown that coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinon), an
According largely
important
cell fuel nutrient, greatly
Dr. Folkers recently
review included 25 Japanese institutions.
70%
improved the health
reviewed the available
The summary
of the patients with
clinical
clinical reports
of ten
years of
clinical
cardiomyopathy patients.
coenzyme Q10. This
from 110 physicians
in
41
medical
research showed that an average of
cardiomyopathy and heart
failure benefited
supplementation of coenzyme Q10.
Further Information: Folkers
of
studies of
K 1985; Mortensen SA 1990.
from a dietary
137
COENZYME Q10 BENEFITS PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE Coenzyme Q10 Improves
Heart Pumping Function
Heart
Pumping Function
30% Improved
Heart Performance
i%
200 Improved
Before
XZZZA
During
IZZI
CoQ10 Therapy
Normal
Severe
Moderate
Heart
Heart Failure
Heart Failure
Stage
Coenzyme Q10
(ubiquinon),
plants or bioenergy centers 'breathing' of our cells.
is
a
in
Heart Failure
of
critical fuel for
each
cell of
the functioning of the miniature
our body.
It
is
power
essential for the proper
was found to be much lower in the blood and compared to healthy persons.
Coenzyme Q1
in
the heart muscle of patients with heart disease
The
figure
and
their colleagues.
above summarizes the
heart failure.
In this
mg of coenzyme Q1 per day to 88 patients with more than 75% of these patients showed a significant
They gave study
results from a study by Dr. Langsjoen, Dr. Folkers
1
00
pumping function
improvement
in
The
improvements were observed
•
following
the
of their heart
In
coenzyme Q10: coenzyme increased more than
of taking
function of these patients
general the more severe the heart
the benefit from taking •
few weeks
their overall well being.
Patients with very severe forms of heart failure benefited the most from
Q10 supplementation. The pumping 200% while taking coenzyme Q10. •
after
as well as
Coenzyme Q10 had no
failure condition in a patient, the greater
coenzyme Q10. side effects.
Further Information: Langesjoen
PH
1988: Mortensen
SA
1990.
was
138
COENZYME Q10 PROLONGS THE LIFE OF PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE Coenzyme Q10 Saved Two Out
All
Three Patient Lives
Patients
Study
at Start of
=
of
WithCoQIO
100%
75%
of Patients
Still
Co Q10
Without
Only
25% Still
Year
1
More
recently the
studies with
same group
coenzyme Q10
in
of Patients
Alive
•
of doctors published the long-term results of their
heart failure patients.
By now they had followed 137
The reported
In
health benefits
are very encouraging:
After three years, three out of four heart failure patients taking still
•
Q10
3 Years
2 Years
patients with heart failure over a period of three years.
from coenzyme
Alive
coenzyme Q1
were
alive.
contrast,
when
heart failure patients received only conventional drugs only
out of four patients
Thus, the
measure
life
of
of
was
alive after three years.
every second patient with heart failure could be saved by the simple
supplementing the
improvement
diet with
and the the heart muscle
of the survival rate
lack of
coenzyme Q10
These
scientists
significantly
still
one
in
coenzyme Q10. quality of cells is
conclude that coenzyme
improves the survival rate
Further Information: Langsjoen
PH
Q10
life
Moreover, the dramatic
of the patients
an important cause constitutes the
of patients with heart failure.
1990.
shows
that a
for heart failure.
first
therapy that
139
THE HEART MUSCLE CELLS MORE SEVERE HEART FAILURE
LESS CARNITINE
IN
Carnitine Deficiency Parallels Heart
Pumping Weakness
I
Normal
Carnitine
Carnitine
Deficiency
Severe Carnitine
Levels
Deficiency
T
Carnitine Levels in
Heart Muscle
Severe Healthy Heart
Heart Failure
Another important nutrient which a natural amino acid.
carnitine,
Its
Carnitine also
removes useless
frequently deficient
is
main
by transporting energy molecules
Heart Failure
role
to
in
heart failure patients
improve the energy
is
level of the cell
power plants of each cell. from the power plants inside each cell (waste
(fatty
fuel
is
acids) to the
removal) and thereby helps to improve their function.
Low
levels of carnitine lead to
consequently
to
carried out by
my
carnitine
in
colleagues at the
of the cellular
the heart muscle.
in
small pieces of heart muscle routinely taken from heart failure patients for
diagnostic purposes.
•
power plants and An important study was German Heart Center in Berlin. They measured
an impaired function
a low energy level
The highest
The
following significant findings
levels of carnitine
were found
in
were made
study:
in this
the heart muscle cells of healthy
hearts. •
The weaker the heart function of the measured in the heart muscle cells.
Thus, carnitine deficiency
was found
heart failure.
Further Information: Regitz
V 1990.
to
patient, the lower the
be closely related
to the
amount
degree
of carnitine
of severity of
140
CARNITINE BENEFITS HEART FAILURE PATIENTS Carnitine Supplementation Improves Heart Failure
1
Decrease
.
of
Edema
(Less Water Accumulation
and Other Parts
of the
2.
Less Shortness
3.
Less Need
for
of
Legs
in
Body)
Without Carnitine
OCD
Drugs in
Half)
Digitalis
Tablets^
CD With Carnitine
Without Carnitine
Since carnitine deficiency heart failure,
it
is
With Carnitine
Breath During Exercise
Medication Cut
(Digitalis
Symptoms
is
obviously an important factor for the development of
no surprise that dietary carnitine supplementation greatly benefits
patients with heart failure.
Dr. Ghidini all
of
and
his
whom were
colleagues from Verona,
Italy,
conducted a study with 38 patients,
The physicians gave two grams of 45 days and compared the performance
suffering from heart failure.
carnitine to half of the patients for
40
to
their heart to the other half of the patient group,
who
did not receive carnitine.
patients continued their conventional therapy, including digitalis medication. patients receiving additional carnitine function.
showed remarkable improvement
L-
of All
The
of their heart
Patients receiving carnitine had:
•
Less water accumulation
•
An increased
in their
bodies (less edema)
natural water excretion from their bodies
•
Less shortness
•
A
•
Taking carnitine was safe and no side effects were observed.
of breath
normalized heart beat
rate.
As a consequence
of
conventional drugs
(digitalis) in half.
these remarkable improvements, the patients could cut their
The physicians noted
that L-carnitine treatment
also reduced the blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides
Further Information: Ghidini
O
1988.
in
the patients" blood.
141
TESTIMONIALS FROM PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE WHO ARE FOLLOWING MY
CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH
RECOMMENDATIONS
Dear
Dr. Rath:
am happy to report that your cardiovascular health recommendations have improved my life! Now can climb the stairs readily and without shortness of I
I
breath.
I
can also resume hiking
exhausted.
I
for 3-4 miles
a day without feeling
do have an energetic outlook towards
life,
and
I
tired
am
and
sure
it's
due to your recommendations. Thank you very much for all the research you have done and are continuing to
do
for
people with circulatory problems.
Yours
truly,
A.G.,
USA
Dear I
Dr. Rath:
am 64
years old and
for four
years have been suffering from heart
arrhythmia, and shortness of breath.
while walking
I
had
to
pause
I
had
difficulty in
frequently.
I
have been following your
cardiovascular health recommendations for the past two
remarkable changes:
I
can climb
walk one mile or more, even yards.
I
have more energy
stairs without
uphill.
Before,
I
weeks and
any problems.
had
to
pause
after
I
I
notice
can now
about 200
for living.
Because of my health improvements my physician showed recommendations for cardiovascular health. G.W., Germany
failure,
climbing stairs, and
interest
in
your
142
Dear I
Dr. Rath:
would
like to
inform you about two patients to
whom
have applied your
I
cardiovascular health recommendations during the past few weeks. H. K.
a patient with coronary heart disease. A few months ago he began
to
increasing shortness of breath and frequent angina pectoris attacks.
a severe angina pectoris attack, the patient had to be admitted hospital
in
a life-threatening condition.
stay, his condition
During the
became even worse.
fifth
week
After to the
of his hospital
With heart failure and severe
arrhythmia the patient had to be transferred to the intensive care unit received several drugs to treat the angina pectoris symptoms. half
months the
When
the morning hours.
After two
was discharged from the hospital. Angina occur with minimum exertion, and particularly
patient
pectoris attacks continued to in
for
During the entire duration of his hospital stay the patient
several days.
and a
is
have
discharging the patient the clinician gave a very
unfavorable prognosis with respect to the
life
expectancy
of the patient.
medication consisted of nitrates, calcium antagonists,
digitalis,
His
and a
diuretic drug.
A few days
after leaving the hospital the patient started to follow your
cardiovascular health recommendations
By doing
so. a gradual
health as well as
walk up
The
to
in
his general condition.
one hour, even
patient
is
in
addition to his other medications.
improvement occurred uphill,
In
in
the patient's cardiovascular
the meantime, the patient can
without significant shortness of breath.
following his regular daily activities without
help from outside.
general, the patient
In
any
became more
restraints or
mobile,
more
secure, less dependent, and because of that, more confident with respect to his future
remarkable
life
The second case
improvement
history
of cardiac failure in
was
irregular.
improvement
is
document
Further tests are planned to
expectancy.
clinical
the report of a
woman who
connection with a severe
developed symptoms
viral infection.
The heartbeat
By following your cardiovascular recommendations a rapid in
the
patient's
health
began. After two months the
cardiovascular functions had stabilized, and the heartbeat
Moreover, the patient became more active again and she carry out her daily activities
in
house and garden without
cardiovascular health recommendations I
the
of the patient.
will
is
was regular. now able to
difficulty.
Your
be continued.
wish you further success with the cardiovascular recommendations you
developed.
J.K.. M.D..
Germany
143
HEART FAILURE CAN BE ERADICATED Our present knowledge treatment of heart failure
Heart failure
•
primarily
is
vitamin deficiency e.g. after
function
causes as well as the prevention and the can be summarized as follows:
of the
is
caused by vitamin
deficiencies.
the direct cause of heart failure.
In
In
many cases other cases,
a heart attack, vitamin deficiencies further impair heart muscle
and aggravate heart
failure.
Optimum supplementation with vitamins and other essential nutrients measure for prevention and treatment of heart failure.
•
is
the basic
Any treatment
•
need
•
of heart failure with diuretic
for vitamin
supplementation
encourage my colleagues
I
in
drugs greatly increases the
for the patient.
clinical
medicine
to help
information as soon as possible for the benefit of your
thousands
own
spread
this
patients
and
of other patients.
A
special note
is in
•
You should
start
order for heart failure patients
among my
readers:
immediately to supplement your diet with vitamins and
other essential nutrients.
•
While following the recommendations
of this
book, do not discontinue
your regular medication without consulting your doctor.
•
Share your health improvements with your doctor.
make
We now
Together you can
the best decisions to reduce your regular medication.
turn to another frequent heart diseases which
is
essentially preventable.
144
WHAT CAUSES IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT Figure A:
Optimum Function
Leads
of Electrical Cells
to
Regular Heart Beat
Currently eight million Americans suffer from irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia).
Arrhythmia
is
caused by vitamin deficiencies
primarily
can be prevented by optimum intake
The
electrical
impulse responsible
the heart (sinus node). "wire" of cells electricity.
in
of the electrical heart cells
and
of essential nutrients.
for the
heartbeat
is
generated
This impulse of biological electricity
is
in
the battery cells of
transported through a
the middle of the heart which are specialized for transporting
Eventually this electrical impulse reaches millions of heart muscle cells
and stimulates them
to contract for the heart beat.
transport of biological electricity
in
the heart
is
The proper generation and
responsible for a coordinated
contraction of the heart muscle and for a regular heartbeat.
The generation and transport of the on optimum supply of the electrical If
electricity
needed
cells with vitamins
for regular
heartbeat depends
and other essential
nutrients.
these electrical cells do not receive an optimum amount of these fuel nutrients,
either the generation of the electrical impulse or the transport of the electricity
disturbed or interrupted.
Thus, the lack of
can be
fuel nutrients in the electrical cells of the
heart causes irregular heart beat and arrhythmia.
145
THE BASIC TREATMENT OF IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT Resupplementation
of Cell Fuel Nutrients
Normalizes Heartbeat
Cell Fuel Nutrients
C
•
Vitamin
•
Carnitine
•
Coenzyme Q10
•
Vitamin B1,B2,B3,B5,B6,B12
•
Magnesium
•
Other Minerals & Trace Elements
-C Vitamin Deficiency
Vitamin deficiency
Heartbeat
Supplementation With Fuel Nutrients
Impairs Function of Electrical
Regular
Leads
Heart Cells
to
Optimum Function
of Electrical
and a lack
Heart Cells
of fuel nutrients in the electrical cells of the heart are
primary causes of irregular heart beat. Resupplementation of vitamins and other essential fuel nutrients
the diet
is
the basic therapeutic
measure
to
prevent and to
arrhythmias.
treat
As
in
for the
other muscle cells
in
important: vitamin C, carnitine,
the heart, the following fuel nutrients are particularly
coenzyme Q10,
other
B
vitamins,
magnesium, as
well
as other minerals and trace elements.
Some more
of the essential nutrients with antiarrhythmic properties will
detail
on the following pages.
be discussed
in
146
REDUCES IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT
MAGNESIUM
Magnesium Decreased
Number
Irregular Heartbeats
by 70 Percent
of
Irregular
70%
Heartbeats
Magnesium
Magnesium
one
is
of the essential
balance with calcium. Magnesium powerful agent
shown • •
•
to
in
is
body
salts
Administration
and
of particular
normalizing irregular heartbeat. Moreover,
improve different forms
importance
nature's physiologic calcium blocker
is
and
its
is
a
magnesium has been
of arrhythmias:
chambers (ventricular tachycardia) chamber (ventricular fibrillation) Irregular heartbeat originated in the smaller chambers of the heart situated above the main chambers (supraventricular arrhythmia) Rapid beating
of the heart
Fibrillation of the heart
shown above, Dr. Iseri and his colleagues from the University of showed that magnesium is able to lower the number of irregular heartbeats by more than 70%. Moreover, magnesium helped to normalize rapid heartbeats. In the studies mentioned above, magnesium was given to patients with severe forms of In
the clinical study
California
arrhythmia.
In
summary,
magnesium
-
nature's calcium antagonist-
irregular heartbeats
and arrhythmia.
Further Information:
Iseri
LT 1984 and 1986; Turlapaty
can reduce most forms
PDMV
1980.
of
147
CARNITINE REDUCES IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT
Carnitine
Number
Decreased
85 Percent
Irregular Heartbeat by
of Irregular
I
Heart Beats
-
%
85
I
Patients Taking
Patients Taking
Regular Medication
Regular Medication
+
Only
Additional Carnitine
The amino acid
reduces irregular heartbeat.
L-carnitine also
In
a
clinical
reported by Dr. P. Rizzon and his colleagues from the University of Bari, effect of carnitine
on reducing arrhythmias was studied
suffered a myocardial infarction.
in
patients
Arrhythmias are a frequent cause
of
study
Italy,
who had
the just
death after a
heart attack has occurred. Thus, the reduction of arrhythmias by use of carnitine can greatly increase the
In
the study
days during
numbers
85%
in
of
a patient to survive a heart attack.
the figure above, 28 patients received L-carnitine for several
their hospital stay.
of irregular heartbeats
During that time the heart beat
same
These remarkable
results with carnitine
carnitine
who
were achieved
in
the
had up
to
did not receive L-
acute therapy.
In
way, carnitine given as dietary supplement helps prevent and reduce
irregular heartbeat.
Further Information: Rizzon P 1989.
i
was recorded and
were counted. Patients receiving
less irregular heartbeats than those heart attack patients
carnitine.
the
shown
chance
148
TESTIMONIALS FROM ARRHYTHMIA PATIENTS
WHO ARE FOLLOWING MY CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS
Dear
Dr. Rath:
Two months
ago,
I
was experiencing loud heartbeats, tachycardia and saw my doctor who promptly put me on
irregular beating of the heart.
antiarrhythmic medication.
I
I
can honestly say
this
medication did
me
absolutely no good.
Because I've tried to investigate alternative treatments for my ailments (I've began to follow your had diabetes for 38 years) recommendations for cardiovascular health. What a smart decision that was! Within a few days, the tachycardia stopped and I've not experienced any loud or irregular heartbeats. It's like a miracle. It must be the combination of nutrients you suggest because had been taking I
I
Coenzyme Q10 know about the mention
my
regular vitamins.
benefits of your cardiovascular
during the diabetic seminars that
I
am
I
I
everyone
conducting. At the list
for
sending
me
a copy
of the letter
you sent
last
to Pres. Clinton,
V.P. Gore, and Hillary Clinton.
Because
of
USA
I
of the ingredients
I
Thank you
B.M.,
tell
recommendations and
handed out copies of your letter, with a your recommendations. hope you won't mind.
seminar in
it
separately from
your research, I'm able to continue working.
149
Dear
How
Dr. Rath,
after
delightful,
recommendations
irregular heartbeats,
your
following
for just
cardiovascular
and the freedom
to
breathe
freely.
restored as one has increased vigor and endurance.
spends All
less time thinking about their heart
this
by
simply
health
2 months, one notices the absence of
cardiovascular
recommendations, which have become the answer
is
a word, one
and more time enjoying
your
following
Confidence In
for
life.
health resolving
coronary problems.
I
am happy
to
have
this opportunity of
advanced medical research and recommendations J.S.,
Dear
expressing
for
my
gratitude for your
your cardiovascular health
.
USA
Dr. Rath:
Before following your cardiovascular health recommendations,
wake up with a pumping feeling Upon changing position, would it
even forget
J.A.,
USA
I
have a
heart.
I
in
my
stop.
feel better
I
used
to
chest, no pain, just discomfort. I
no longer have
now than ever
in
that problem.
my
life!
I
150
ARRHYTHMIAS CAN BE ERADICATED Our present knowledge of arrhythmias
•
of the
causes, the prevention, and the treatment
can be summarized as follows:
Arrhythmias are primarily caused by vitamin deficiencies electrical heart cells. In
cause
many cases
vitamin deficiency
of irregular heartbeat. In other cases, e.g. after
vitamin deficiencies can contribute to
life
is
of the
the direct
a heart attack,
threatening arrhythmias.
Optimum supplementation with vitamins and other essential nutrients is the basic therapeutic measure for prevention and treatment of arrhythmias.
encourage my colleagues
I
in
clinical
medicine
to help
information as soon as possible for the benefit of your
and
A
spread
own
this
patients
millions of others.
special note
is in
order for patients with irregular heartbeat
among my
readers:
•
You should
start
immediately to supplement your diet with vitamins and
other essential nutrients.
•
While following the recommendations of
this
book, do not discontinue
your regular medication without consulting your doctor.
•
Share your health improvements with your doctor. Together you can
make
the best decisions to reduce your regular medication.
151
HOW YOU CAN
LONGER AND STAY HEALTHY LIVE
"Your Body
Is
as Old
as
Your Cardiovascular System."
Aging
is
directly
a slow form of cardiovascular disease. The speed
dependent on the health
of
If
your body
is
which your body ages
your cardiovascular system.
body are connected by a 60,000 miles long blood vessel
•
at
All
organs
of
is
your
pipeline.
unprotected, the aging process leads to a gradual thickening of your
blood vessel walls. This wall thickening eventually leads to malnutrition of millions of
•
body
cells in
every organ and every other part of your body.
Vitamins and other essential nutrients protect your blood vessels. Optimizing the health of your blood vessel system
from early aging, to
live
longer,
Further Information: Biosca
DG
and
is
the most effective
to enjoy
a healthy
1982; Pauling L 1986
way
life.
to
prevent your body
152
OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAINTAIN OPTIMUM CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH
What Else You Can Do
to Protect
Your
Cardiovascular System: Exercise Regularly
•
Eat a Prudent Diet
•
-
In
Rich
Low
in Fruits,
in
Fat
Vegetables, and Fiber
and Sugar
•
Stop Smoking
•
Find Time to Relax
addition to nutritional supplements, the
lifestyle in
exercise, a
diet rich in fruits,
vegetables, and fiber and low
means you should stop smoking in order smoke to damage your blood vessels and Those among my readers who are cardiovascular Dr.
Dean
body also greatly benefits from a healthy
general. Important for the health of the cardiovascular system are
lifestyle will find
to
in
sugar and
fats.
regular
By
all
prevent toxic substances from cigarette
other parts of your cardiovascular system.
interested
additional advice
in in
learning
books
Ornish, Dr. Julian Whitaker and other colleagues.
more about a healthy
written
on
this subject
by
153
NOTES
154
SECTION
G
ERADICATING HEART DISEASE
•
Why
Cardiovascular Diseases Are so Closely
Connected
•
How
to
Vitamin Deficiencies
an Accident
in
the Molecules of Inheritance
Our Ancestors, Thousands Is
•
of
in
Generations Ago,
the Basis for Cardiovascular Diseases Today
Why
Today's Cardiovascular Diseases Originated
During the Ice Ages
•
Why
Future Generations of Mankind Will Rarely Die
From Cardiovascular Diseases •
What the White House Says About the of Eradicating
•
Possibility
Heart Disease
What You Can Do
to Help Eradicate Heart Disease
155
HOW OUR ANCESTORS LOST THE
TO
ABILITY
MANUFACTURE VITAMIN C Sugar
Enzyme
Molecule
OK
Vitamin
C
Enzyme
ANIMAL
HUMAN
LIVER
LIVER
Daily Vitamin of 1
Throughout
C
Production
this
-
health.
animals manufacturing a sufficient amount of
humans, unable
the millions from cardiovascular diseases.
Vitamin
consequences
Most
living
for
our
own
is
so important that bodies generally
own
vitamin C, die by
manufacture
to
C
this vitamin in their
How
did the
their
human
manufacture vitamin C? What were the consequences the
for
race lose the
C
own bodies. They way they manufacture to 20 grams) per day compared to the human vitamin C requires enzymes. Enzymes are
species produce a sufficient amount of vitamin into vitamin C.
body weight. Converting sugar
into
biological catalysts or converters,
symbolized
the figure
in
in their
In this
above as a
these cars (enzymes) are necessary for converting a sugar molecule If
one
of
ability to
our ancestors? What are
health today?
do so by converting sugar molecules between 1,000 mg and 20,000 mg (1
molecule.
-
that vitamins, particularly vitamin C, play a critical
and restoring cardiovascular
don't suffer heart attacks;
Production
(Zero)
-
book we have seen
role in maintaining
C
Our Human Bodies
in
mg
20,000
C
Vitamin
Produced
Daily Vitamin
Most Animals
,000
No
Defective
Produced
these cars breaks down,
this
pathway
is
cut
car. into
Several of a vitamin
C
and no vitamin C
molecules can be produced.
Thousands molecules
of
generations ago our ancestors
into vitamin
C
in
their livers.
This
lost the
was
ability
to
convert sugar
the result of an "accident"
in
the
genes (molecules of inheritance) illustrated in the figure above as a car breakdown. As a result of this genetic accident all descendants, including all human beings living today, are dependent on sufficient dietary intake of vitamin C. For many thousands of
generations this genetic mishap did not bother our ancestors greatly since they
found plenty of vitamins
in their diet
vitamin rich plant nutrition.
guaranteed the
A
stability of their
changed dramatically
with the
consisting mainly of
sufficient vitamin supply
bodies, and
dawn
in
of the Ice
Further Information: Burns JJ 1957; Nishikimi
fruits, in
vegetables, and other
the diet of our ancestors
particular, of their
Ages.
M
1991
blood vessels.
This
156
DURING THE ICE AGES SCURVY BECAME THE GREATEST THREAT TO THE SURVIVAL OF OUR ANCESTORS During the Ice Ages Millions of Our Ancestors Died From Scurvy
Generations Ago
4.000
2,000
Today
Several thousands of generations ago the global temperature dropped and the Ice
Ages Each
last Ice
peak
We know today that several Ice Ages have occurred on our planet. Age lasted over several thousands of generations for our ancestors. The Age occurred between 4,000 and 500 human generations ago. During the this Ice Age half of Europe and North America were covered with ice. Yet we
started. Ice
of
know from skeletons found
were living under these harsh climatic bones show the greatest problem for our ancestors: for food, and their vitamin intake was close to zero.
that our ancestors
conditions. Their malnourished
they were fighting a daily battle
became a constant C was the greatest problem. While other living beings produced their own vitamin C in their bodies, our ancestors had lost this ability. In addition, they now found little vitamin C a deadly in their diet. The inevitable consequence for many of them was scurvy, During the Ice Ages malnutrition and lack of vitamins
threat to the survival of our ancestors.
Among
all
in their
disease. During the thousands of generations that the Ice
ancestors died from lack of dietary vitamin
human
generations, the vitamin
to the survival of the
human
Further Information: Rath
M
C
C and
Ages
1992a and 1992d.
lasted, millions of our
from scurvy. Thus
deficiency disease, scurvy,
race.
diet
deficiencies a lack of vitamin
was
for
thousands
of
the greatest threat
157
SCORBUTIC BLOOD LOSS WAS THE MAIN CAUSE OF DEATH DURING THE ICE AGES During the Ice Ages Leaky Blood Vessels and
Blood Loss
Killed Millions of
Our Ancestors
High
Vitamin
C
Intake in
Diet
High Vitamin
C
Intake
-> Healthy Blood
Diet
in
Vessels
Low Low
->
Warm
Scurvy
is
Period
Ice
a deadly disease. Death
The
killed millions of
total lack of
vitamin
out.
We
know
C
in
become
organs
first
a lack
of vitamin
C
Diet
massive blood loss
to
minimum production
fail
of collagen, the
are the blood vessel walls. During
destabilized: blood leaves the blood stream
that bleeding of the
gums was an
The
massive bleeding inside and outside to
in
Age
caused by
primarily
the diet leads to a
ship voyages of earlier centuries.
due
Intake
our ancestors.
body's cement molecules. The scurvy, these walls
is
C
During the Ice Ages scurvy and leaky blood
through a leaky blood vessel wall. vessels
or Zero Vitamin
Scurvy -> Leaky Blood Vessels
sailors
and leaks
early sign of scurvy during the long
on these journeys eventually died from
their bodies.
They died
after only
a few months
in their diet.
C in the diet of our ancestors was scarce not only for a many thousands of years. Over thousands of generations the scurvy epidemic raged among our ancestors. Millions of our ancestors died from massive blood loss through leaky blood vessels. the human race were to survive, the bodies of our ancestors had to come up with ways to protect the blood vessels from becoming leaky. We know today that they did come up with solutions. During the Ice Ages vitamin
few months
-
but for
If
Further Information: Rath
M
1992a and 1992d.
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REPAIR MOLECULES BECAME MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH DURING THE ICE AGES C
Protection of the blood vessel wall during vitamin
death
for
our ancestors
were they able
The keys
living
during the Ice Ages.
blood vessel protection were repair molecules. These repair
molecules entered the blood vessel wall during vitamin
and
repairing
was a matter of life and come up with? How
did they
blood vessels?
to protect their
for the
deficiency
What
stabilizing
it.
C
transporting particles, other adhesive molecules able to
mend
vessels, clotting factors which could coagulate the blood before
many
with the aim of
deficiency
Favorite repair molecules were lipoprotein(a), other fat
the leaky blood
it
leaked out. and
Ages these repair factors had a great they became life saving. Only those among our
other repair factors. During the Ice
advantage,
fact
in
so great that
who had
ancestors
inherited these repair molecules could survive the threat of
scurvy.
These
repair factors
and
•
to
rise
•
to
stabilize
to
and
The advantage Let's
figure.
had
become
to
meet two requirements: whenever the body
effective
of
C
living
is
shown
any repair molecules.
unprotected vessels All
from scurvy.
become
in
the following
during the height of the last Ice Age,
about 50,000 years ago. Our Ice Age family has four children, three inherited
drops
deficiency
these repair molecules during the Ice Ages
imagine an Ice Age family
C
level of vitamin
repair the blood vessel during vitamin
of
whom
have not
Without repair molecules their blood vessels are
Immediately after these babies are born
leaky since lack of vitamin
C
is
their
blood
a lasting threat during the Ice Ages.
three children die as babies or during childhood from scurvy and from massive
blood loss through their leaky blood vessels.
Luckily,
one
child in our family
has inherited the lipoprotein(a) repair molecule
another type of repair molecules or repair mechanism). With low vitamin lipoprotein(a) molecule enters the blood vessel wall
child
is
fortunate
enough
importantly this child
to
and prevents
it
C
(or
intake the
from leaking. This
become an adult. Most own and can pass on the
survive childhood and to
now can have
children on
information for this repair molecule to
its
its
children, grandchildren,
and
further
generations via the genes (molecules of inheritance).
During the Ice Ages only those
among
our ancestors
who
carried these repair
pass these repair genes on to the next generation. This repair information was then passed on in their genes from one molecules
in
their
genes stayed
alive to
generation to the next, from the Ice Ages to our bodies today.
159
Thickening of the Blood Vessel Walls
Was
a Live Saving Mechanism
During the Ice Ages
Ice
Age Family
Parents
Children
Inherited Repair
Molecules
for
Blood
Vessel Repair [Lipoprotein(a)
Many
Problems in Blood Vessels Ice
and
Others]
of
Age Children
Child Lives
Consequences for Ice Age Children
Death During Childhood
Death During Childhood
From Blood Loss
From Blood Loss
Becomes Adult
Has Children
Death During Childhood
From Blood Loss
160
TODAY'S CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES ORIGINATED DURING THE ICE AGES Ice
Today
Ages
Vitamin Deficiency
Vitamin Deficiency
and Leaky Blood Vessels
in
Our
Diet
Today
+
* Inherited Disorders Leading to Thickening of Blood Vessel Walls
Were Passed on
for
Thousands
of
Generations
Until
Today
*
I
Average Life Expectancy of Our Ancestors Was Below 30 Years
Average Life Expectancy More Than Doubled
They Died Young From Different Causes
Cardiovascular Diseases
I Became Mass Epidemic
Inherited disorders leading to the thickening of the blood vessel wall or protecting
in
another way against death from scurvy were greatly favored during the Ice Ages. Moreover, the genetic information of
generations
until
for
these diseases was passed on over thousands
today. Thus, our bodies today contain genetic information greatly
influenced and shaped during the extreme nutritional conditions of the Ice Ages.
On
new understanding we can suddenly explain Why most inherited disorders known today lead to cardiovascular diseases Why most people living today carry some form of inherited disorder
the basis of this • •
predisposing them for cardiovascular diseases •
Why
today every second death
is
caused by heart
attacks, strokes,
or other forms of cardiovascular disease
We
can now also explain the close connection
deficiencies.
Throughout
this
of cardiovascular
disease
book you may have wondered about
effectiveness of vitamins, particularly of vitamin C,
in
to vitamin
the broad
the prevention of heart
diseases. The Ice Age-vitamin deficiency-cardiovascular disease connection
is
the
reason why •
all
disease mechanisms leading
to
heart attacks and
many
other forms of
cardiovascular diseases can be prevented by supplementation of vitamin
C and
other essential nutrients •
all
blood
vitamin
risk factors
C and
known today
in
other essential nutrients.
clinical
cardiology can be neutralized by
161
DEFUSING INHERITED TIME BOMBS IN OUR BODIES
The
Ice
Ages
greatly influenced the genetic information
grandparents, and earlier generations
genetic information
in
in
our blood
we
received from our parents,
As a
lines.
result,
our bodies predisposing us to develop
most
of
us carry
some form
of
we grow older. Since we don't know when this disease will strike we carry a genetic time bomb in our body. These time bombs can be high lipoprotein(a) levels, high triglyceride levels, diabetes, and many other inherited
cardiovascular disease as
disorders which predispose us to develop cardiovascular diseases. picture of an inherited biological time
importance
When
this
of this
time
bomb
I
will
use the
ticking in our bodies to illustrate the
discovery for your personal health.
bomb explodes
leads to a heart attack
it
another person, and to diabetic cardiovascular disease
one person,
in
in
to strokes in
yet another person. Since
we are unable to change our molecules of inheritance we cannot get rid of the time bomb itself. But we can do something else we can defuse this bomb and prevent its activation. How do we do this? -
The discovery
of the Ice
Inherited time
bombs
way
-
Age-cardiovascular disease connection reveals the answer:
leading to cardiovascular disease are
our blood vessel walls today
is
triggered
in
optimum vitamin supplementation
bombs
in
in
same way as
the
bodies of our ancestors during the Ice Ages:
time
all
activated
in
the
same
by a low dietary intake of vitamins, particularly of vitamin C. The thickening of
our diet
our bodies thereby preventing
it
was
by vitamin deficiency. will its
triggered
in
the
Consequently,
defuse and deactivate the inherited explosion
in
form of heart attacks or
strokes.
The
following figure
summarizes
health of millions of people.
this
important
mechanism which
directly affects the
162
Figure A:
•
Most
of
us carry inherited time
cardiovascular disease later •
bomb explodes
the
If
diseases •
bombs
in life
not protect ourselves.
strikes.
The common
Optimum
our bodies predisposing us to
in
we do
a heart attack, stroke, or any other form of cardiovascular
trigger
mechanism
for the activation of the inherited
and a low vitamin body
insufficient dietary vitamin intake •
if
vitamin supplementation and an
keeps the inherited time bomb
optimum
bomb
an
is
pool.
level of the vitamin
body pool
and keeps the person healthy.
inactive
Figure B:
•
Everybody carries a in
• •
different type
bomb
it
The bigger to
•
different size of inherited time
The more aggressive the inherited disorders, the bigger the time bomb. The bigger the time bomb, the earlier normally explodes leading to heart attacks and strokes early
•
and
the body.
the
the
bomb, the higher the required
thirties, forties, or fifties).
level of the vitamin
body pool
defuse and deactivate the inherited time bomb.
Since most it
in life (in
is
of
us don't know what size of inherited time
bomb we
carry
safe to take vitamin supplements on a regular basis.
Figure B also gives you an example for this discovery:
Patient
1
carries the genetic time
diabetic cardiovascular diseases
drawn
in this
Patient
2
figure
is
sufficient to
carries the genetic time
bomb
'diabetes' which
later in this
patients
-if
life.
unprotected-
keep the time bomb defused
bomb
will
lead to
The vitamin body pool present time.
at the
'high lipoprotein(a) level'
which
will
lead to a
The vitamin body pool drawn in this figure is not sufficient to time bomb inactive and therefore atherosclerotic deposits are already
heart attack or stroke.
keep
this
building
up
in
the arteries of this patient.
Patient 3 has both inherited disorders 'diabetes' and "high lipoprotein(a)' and therefore
bomb in the body. The vitamin body pool drawn in this enough to keep this huge time bomb defused; in fact the fuse has already burnt down and the bomb is just about to explode in form of a heart attack or carries a
figure
is
huge
by
inherited time
far not
stroke.
Thus, the higher the inherited
outbreak
of
risk,
cardiovascular diseases.
the
more vitamins are needed
to
prevent the
163
Bombs
Figure A: Vitamin Supplementation Defuses Time Inherited Disorders
of
Our Bodies
*-
Vitamin Body Pool
Time Bomb
in
of
Inherited Disorder
\
/ ^Ja Low
r Optimum
Level of
Vitamin Body Pooi
Activates Inherited
Level of
Vitamin Body Pool
Time Bomb
Keeps Time Bomb Defused
and Deposits Develop
r Bomb
Explodes
in
Form
of
You Stay Healthy
Heart Attack or Stroke
Figure B:
The More Aggressive the
The More Vitamins Are Needed
to
Inherited Disorder
Defuse the
-
Bomb
r Patient
3
1
Diabetes
High Level
of
Lipoprotein(a)
Diabetes High Level
of
Lipoprotein(a)
I
164
THESE DISCOVERIES MAY LEAD TO THE ERADICATION OF MANY OTHER DISEASES The
Ice Age-vitamin deficiency-cardiovascular
"Inherited diseases
disease connection says:
leading to thickening of blood vessel walls or
protecting the vessel wall
another way during vitamin deficiency
in
Ages
were greatly favored during These diseases can be prevented and treated by optimum originated during the Ice
or
that time.
intake of
vitamins, particularly vitamin C."
On
the basis of this discovery the following diseases
eradicated as well since they involve of the blood vessel walls
-
many
in
different
may now be
ways
-
thickening
:
Diabetes
Homocystinuria
Morbus Cushing Addison's Disease Alzheimer's Disease
Amyloidosis Neurofibromatosis Cystic Fibrosis Multiple Sclerosis
Muscular Dystrophy Parkinson's Disease
Rheumatoid
Arthritis
Lupus Erythematodes Scleroderma Connective Tissue Disorders Metabolic Storage Diseases Inherited Disorders Leading to High Blood Pressure
Inherited Disorders Leading to Increased Blood Clotting
Further
Information:
Genetic Disorders Associated With Cardiovascular
Diseases (Reviews): Perloff JK 1992; Pyeritz Williams -
GH
1992. Vitamin Deficiency
And
Addison's Disease: Wilkinson JF 1936.
1975.
-
-
RE
1992; Stollermann
Homocystinuria: McCully
Diabetes: Pfleger
R 1937;
GH
1992;
KS 1971. Mann GV
165
Diseases involving the thickening
The
of arteries
can be divided
group includes those diseases leading
first
to
two main groups.
into
open cardiovascular problems
such as heart attacks and strokes, which have been the main focus
These pages are devoted
second group
to the
leads to a thickening or hardening of
of diseases. This
many body
book.
of this
group
tissues but at the
of
diseases
same
time also
leads to a thickening of the patient's blood vessel walls. This fact suggests that these disorders also originated during to the Ice Ages,
when
they protected our ancestors
from scorbutic blood loss and from death. These diseases were less
no protection
better than
We now
at
efficient
than
however, they were
typical cardiovascular disorders in protecting the blood vessels; all.
understand that not only lipoprotein(a) and other
fat
globules stabilized the
blood vessel wall during vitamin deficiency and pre-scurvy, but also complex sugar
molecules, amyloids and other large proteins, connective tissue molecules, even
immune complexes deposited few molecules
mechanism
protective
in
the blood vessel wall were of advantage. There were
the bodies of our ancestors which nature did not
in
try
out as a
death from scurvy and from scorbutic
to avoid the alternative:
blood loss.
These discoveries are not only thousands
The
Ice
of patients suffering
Age
-
of scientific value.
from any
vitamin deficiency
of the
above no other
is
even more
of great
listed
importance
for
on the previous page.
vascular wall connection says that these diseases
-
can be prevented and treated by optimum intake nutrients. This fact
They are
diseases
of vitamins
significant since for
effective treatment
is
With the authority of the scientist
most
and other essential dreaded diseases
of the
available today.
who made these
discoveries
I
am
urging
my
readers:
•
Patients with any of the diseases listed diet with vitamin
•
Doctors
about
who this
C and
other essential nutrients discussed
treat patients with disorders listed
in this
their
book.
above should inform
their patients
therapeutic possibility since for most of these diseases no other
effective treatment
•
above should immediately supplement
Researchers active include vitamin
is
in
C and
available.
developing treatments
for
other essential nutrients
these diseases should immediately in
their
research
efforts.
166
YOUR CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH DEPENDS ON AN OPTIMUM VITAMIN POOL IN YOUR BODY
How
are the different risk factors for cardiovascular disease connected?
smoking more important than an figure summarizes the answer.
inherited disorder for diabetes?
Three factors determine whether and when you
•
Internal Risk Factors:
which
•
we discussed
The
External Risk Factors: in
vitamins,
size of the time
in this
The
particularly
suffer a heart attack
bomb
The
and
Is
following
stroke:
of inherited disorders in
your body
section of the book.
rate at
in
which external
vitamin C, a
risk factors drain
your body pool
mechanism we discussed
in
an
earlier
section of this book. Smoking, stress, being overweight and other forms of an
unhealthy
lifestyle
deplete your body of vitamins. The more of these
risk factors
you accumulate, the faster your vitamins body pool drops.
•
Your Vitamin Body Pool: Ultimately, your health
is
determined by the
level of
your
vitamin body pool. By supplementing your diet with vitamins and with other essential nutrients you can neutralize an increased cardiovascular risk
by any internal or external
The adjacent
figure
caused
risk factors.
shows the two faucets by which you can
regulate your personal
vitamin body pool.
•
Faucet number one: Optimum vitamin of
nutrients
is
the safest
way
to
is
the most important regulation
achieve an optimum level of your vitamin body pool
and thereby optimum cardiovascular •
intake. This
your vitamin body pool. An optimum intake of vitamins and other essential
health.
Faucet number two: Decreasing external risk factors. Since we cannot influence our inherited risk factors we should always try to minimize our external risk factors.
Above
all,
stop smoking.
167
Regular Dietary Vitamin Supplementation the
Key
to
is
an Optimum Vitamin Body Pool
Dietary Intake of Vitamins
Most Important: Vitamin C
6 6
^
High
You Stay Healthy
t Vitamin
Cardiovascular Disease Develops
Acute Vitamin Deficiency
(e.g.
Scurvy)
External Risk Factors
of
Smoking
•
Stress
•
Birth Control
•
Others
Pill
Inherited Disorders in
i Low
•
Time Bomb
Body Pool
Every Person
AFf©
168
THE ERADICATION OF HEART DISEASE IS IN
SIGHT
The Faster This Information About Health The Sooner Heart Diseases
Benefits of Vitamins Spreads
Will
Be Eradicated
Worldwide Deaths From
\
Heart Diseases
More Than 500 Million People Died From Preventable
-
Heart Diseases
-
/
-
in
the
Past 50 Years
/
Level of Information
About Value Vitamins
in
of
Heart i
Disease Prevention
i
i
i
1980
1940
How
fast cardiovascular
about the value
In
2020
T0DAY
diseases can be eradicated depends on how fast information
of vitamins in the prevention of
these diseases
is
spread.
1941 the Canadian Cardiologist Dr. Paterson reported that four out of
C
diseases patients had low vitamin than 50 years ago the
saved
if
this report
first
blood levels as as leading
alarm bells were rang.
How many
would have entered the textbooks
World Health Organization more than 12
million
of
lives
medicine? According
-
more than
in all
billion
wars
together. Thus, ignoring these early studies on the value of vitamins
prevention had a terrible death
toll.
Most
regrettably, the death of
most
many
countries of the world there
of a father,
drama
is
a
sister,
of
of in
people died
mankind taken heart diseases
these people could have been prevented.
we have
In
hardly any family which has not suffered the loss
an uncle who died from a heart attack or stroke. The scope
worldwide and
diseases?
is
to the
people die every year from heart
attacks and strokes. Thus, during the past half century about half a
prematurely from cardiovascular diseases
five heart
Thus more could have been
risk factor.
to ask:
Why
are people
still
of this
dying from preventable
169
WHY PEOPLE CONTINUE TO
DIE
FROM
PREVENTABLE DISEASES I
am
frequently asked
"Why
did
nobody
This page
will
tell
us this important information before?"
give you an answer:
Vitamins are not patentable.
Vitamin sales give small
Little
interest exists
profits.
from pharmaceutical companies.
Vitamin research receives scarce financial support.
Little
Few
money
is
made
available for clinical studies with vitamins.
reports about value of vitamins are published
Health benefits of vitamins are hardly ever mentioned
Few
medical journals
in
medical textbooks.
universities teach nutritional medicine.
Few medical
Few
in
students learn about nutritional medicine.
doctors
Millions of
know and
practice nutritional medicine.
people continue
to die
from heart disease
and from other preventable diseases.
170
HOW WE CAN STOP UNNECESSARY DEATH TOLL AND HELP CREATE A BETTER AND HEALTHIER TOMORROW THIS
The key to turning this dreadful development around is information. The message of this book should reach every country and every family as soon as possible. You can help. Talk to your family, to your friends, and your colleagues about this book. You can also send a copy of this book to your local
newspaper, radio or TV station
Other steps which should be
for review.
taken immediately include:
and educational
Doctors, health care professionals, students, in
research and nutritional medicine
nutritional
No
institutions
the health care field share an ethical responsibility to introduce
future doctor should
knowledge
Scientists
and more
in nutritional
into their
teaching programs.
leave medical school without a profound
medicine.
and researchers have an urgent responsibility. More research clinical studies are needed to document the health values of
essential nutrients.
New
based on
research and
scientific
nutritional
compositions should be developed
clinical tests.
public institutions should develop a focus
in
Universities this
and other
important area of
medicine.
Scientific
and medical journals as
responsibility
in
important area of medicine. They clinical
On
studies
in
well as the
media
in
general share a
disseminating the scientific progress
nutritional
the next page you
will find
made
in
should regularly report the research
medicine.
some
personal recommendations for you.
this
and
171
MY PERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU
•
Use
book as your personal advisor to improve your cardiovascular health and to add valuable years to your life. this
Follow the recommendations of this book and optimize your cardiovascular health with nutritional supplements. Enjoy leading a healthy
life
style.
you have a heart condition inform your doctor about the health improvements you achieve by following the recommendations of this
If
book.
Do
not stop taking your regular medication without consulting your
doctor.
Talk to your family, friends, and colleagues about following the
recommendations
Enjoy taking control of your
own
cardiovascular ailments and to
how you
feel while
of this book.
all
health
and look forward
those years you
will
to
a
life
without
add.
The health improvements grateful patients shared with you throughout this book may help you personally. In return, encourage you to also share the health improvements you may experience while following the recommendations of this book. While staying anonymous, your health message can be of great importance to thousands of other people. You can I
send your
letter directly to
me
at the
address you
find at the
end
of this
book.
172
"CALL FOR EXCELLENCE
HEALTH CARE"
IN
AN INVITATION TO MY COLLEAGUES IN MEDICINE AND IN OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS This book provides the scientific rationale as well as great
advancement
advancement does invite
I
my
clinical
evidence
medicine. Before long, nutritional medicine
health care areas and millions of people
all
•
in
come by
not
colleagues
in
itself
-
medicine and
it
in
will
benefit from
will
it.
for
a
reach
But this
needs your support. other health care professions to
further improve the health of your patients by
making use of the recommendations of this book. invite you to document the health improvements of your patients and, possible, conduct clinical tests and studies to further document the health benefits of essential nutritional
I
if
nutrients.
•
invite
I
the health maintenance organizations and health insurance
companies
breakthrough. The documented in this book are just the tip of the iceberg. Imagine the efficiency improvement for our health care system these recommendations are followed by your members or policy holders. to
take advantage of this medical
testimonials from patients
if
•
I
invite the
promote
Take
medical students and
this fascinating
this
book
medicine part
I
of the
founded Health
education in this
in
to
area
future health professionals to help
medicine during your
your medical school and help to
make
lifetime.
nutritional
ongoing education.
Now
to
promote research,
nutritional
medicine.
we
help you
area and
all
of nutritional
will
We in
clinical studies
as well as
are open for any form of collaboration
any way we can.
If
you are interested
-
don't hesitate to contact us.
Based on the scientific discoveries reported in this book a series of political measures are also immediately needed. On the following pages would like to share with you my open correspondence with the White House in I
Washington.
173
SAVE LIVES AND REDUCE THE HIGH COSTS OF HEART DISEASE Open
Letter to President Bill Clinton, Vice-President Al Gore, and Health Care Task Force Chair Hillary Clinton
Dear President Clinton, Dear Vice-President Gore, Dear Hillary Clinton: letter is to inform you about recent scientific discoveries that open the way to significantly reduce heart attack and stroke for millions of people At the same time these discoveries will lead to a
This the
risk for
necessary change and a
significant
improvement
of
America s health care and
to
a great reduction
of health care
costs.
The •
•
-
facts on heart disease are alarming Ever year more than 1 million Americans die from heart disease - two Americans every minute Every year more than 100 billion US dollars in health care costs are spent for heart disease alone 200,000 US dollars every minute
Over the years
knowledge has accumulated about the value
of vitamins and other essential former capacity as Director of Cardiovascular Research at the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine in Palo Alto had the opportunity to review much of this evidence In addition, have contributed to this knowledge a series of discoveries which provide us with a new understanding of heart disease and with effective treatments for it. scientific
nutrients in the prevention of heart disease
In
my
I
I
• Heart disease is a vitamin deficiency disease Heart attacks and strokes are essentially unknown in all animals producing sufficient vitamin C in their bodies Among humans, unable to produce their own vitamin C and frequently having a low dietary intake of vitamins, this disease became a leading cause of death Virtually every form of heart disease known today can be induced by vitamin C deficiency
• Vitamin C stabilizes the wall of the blood vessels and is needed for the production of collagen the reinforcement for the blood vessel wall and other parts of the human body A reinforced blood vessel wall does not allow atherosclerotic deposits to develop Thus heart attacks and strokes can largely be prevented by an
optimum intake
of vitamin
C
The most important
risk factor for heart disease known today is lipoprotem-a which directly or indirectly heart attacks and strokes Neither diet nor any of the presently available cholesterollowering prescription drugs is known to affect this newly identified risk factor In contrast vitamin C and vitamin •
causes over
B3 as
50%
of
all
as the natural amino acids lysine and proline can be therapeutically effective Moreover these supplements have the potential to reduce existing atherosclerotic deposits and thereby to reverse heart disease in a non-surgical way
well
nutritional
existing
A century ago scientific discoveries were made which lead to the control of infectious diseases The knowledge available today on the important role of vitamins and other essential nutrients in the fight against heart disease will lead to the control of this disease during the next decades As the physician and feel is incumbent upon scientist who made the discoveries which lead to the recent scientific break-through me to inform you about this development in order to enable your administration to make appropriate decisions towards a significant improvement of human health These discoveries are summarized in my recent paper Reducing the Risk for Cardiovascular Disease with Nutritional Supplements and m my forthcoming book scientific
I
entitled
The
Abolition of Heart
Disease
it
1
174
It is no coincidence that the US the nation with the highest per capita vitamin consumption, has already achieved the greatest decrease in the rate for heart disease among all industrialized nations In a recent epidemiological study trom the University of California at Los Angeles involving more than 1 1 000 Americans a modest dietary Vitamin C supplementation cut the heart attack rate in half and increased life expectancy for up to six years No other drug or compound has ever been shown to have a similar effect
Half a century risk factor for
ago
clinical
studies had
documented
C
that low vitamin
heart disease Unfortunately these reports were ignored, and
in
levels
in
the blood were a leading
the 50 years since
more than
half
a billion people died unnecessarily from heart attacks and strokes The death toll from these preventable diseases is greater than from all wars of mankind combined There is no rational explanation why this important information has been ignored There may. however, be an economic reason Vitamins and other essential nutrients are not patentable and have had few advocates promoting this knowledge essential for millions of patients What is particularly alarming is that today the Food and Drug Administration intends to make vitamins and essentia) nutrients prescriptive drugs and thereby to limit their free and affordable access -
-
any longer. The optimum use of nutritional supplements in the prevention and therapy for heart disease and many other diseases A change of the Nation s health care towards an effective therapy at low cost will also have immediate implications for the economy Effective safe and affordable health care on the basis of nutritional supplements is a realistic and logical way believe the only way to implement your most important campaign promises
There
is
no
scientific, ethical, or
economic reason
to neglect this important information
health of millions of Americans can and must immediately be improved by
-
•
Provide health care to
•
Reduce
•
Decrease the budget
•
all
Amencans
at affordable
costs
health care spending deficit
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ADVOCACY FOR A NEW ERA IN MEDICINE A PERSONAL CHRONOLOGY 1940
-
1980
and
Early research
clinical
studies
medicine are largely
nutritional
in
-
ignored. Proponents of vitamins are frequently considered "quacks."
1980's More research and
clinical
studies are published about the health value of
The value
vitamins and nutritional supplements.
1987 Discovery
of the
vitamin C. For the levels
C and E
as natural
connection between cardiovascular disease, lipoprotein(a) and
first
time vitamin
order to lower this
in
of vitamins A,
becomes known.
antioxidants
C
is
given to a person with high lipoprotein(a)
risk factor.
1989 September: Together with my colleagues from Hamburg about the
of our findings
human
critical role of lipoprotein(a) in
1990 August: Publication
of the
University, publication
atherosclerosis.
connection between lipoprotein(a), vitamin
C and
cardiovascular disease.
1991
April:
Submission
paper "Solution Vitamin in
C
to the
to the
Proceedings
Puzzle of
Human
of the National
Academy
Cardiovascular Disease:
Its
of
Science
of the
Primary Cause
is
Deficiency Leading to the Deposition of Lipoprotein(a) and Fibrin/Fibrinogen
the Vascular Wall".
1991 June: After having originally accepted publication of
this paper, the editor of the
Proceedings denies publication. 1991 November: Publication of the paper "Solution" Medicine, with
century
a foreword quoted from a
who discovered
in
letter written
that the earth circles the
the Journal of Orthomolecular
by Galileo
Galilei in the 17th
sun and not the sun the earth: "My
have offered of the leading philosophers here to whom my own accord to show my studies, but who, with the lazy obstinacy of a serpent who has eaten his have never consented to look at the planets, or moon, or telescope? Verily, just as serpents close their ears, so do men
dear Kepler, what do you say
I
a thousand times of
fill,
close their eyes to the
also added Proceedings I
to the
of
circumstances pullback
who
was
light of truth."
foreword that
the
National
this decision
was
this
paper had
Academy later
originally
Sciences.
of
revoked by the
not the decision of an individual.
It
editor.
happened
been accepted by the "Under questionable We are aware that this in
the interests of those
are personally or economically dependent on the present
cardiovascular disease.
We
proper judgment on this interesting development.
Orthomolecular Medicine that this decision will not
We
to the
disadvantage
human make the
of
will
are indebted to the Journal of
for the publication of this article without
be
dogma
are confident that the scientific historians
of this journal.
delay and
Above
we know we are
all.
178 convinced that the uncompromised publication millions of patients,
of this article lies in the interest of
and perhaps every human being."
November 1991: Copies
paper were distributed
of the "Solution"
Heart Association meeting publication reached doctors
Anaheim,
in
and
scientists
California. in
many
at the
From there
this
American important
countries.
January 1992: Press conference by the American Heart Association. Then president
Brown
Dr. Virgil
vitamins
essentially
acknowledged the
potential health value of
megadoses
of
the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
in
February 1992: Scientific conference on the health benefits of vitamins sponsored by the
New
York Academy
The author's
Deficiency."
Cardiovascular
Human
is
in
to
title "Beyond Theory Of Human This Diseases As A Cause For
Arlington, Virginia, under the
publication
latest
Disease Leading
Mortality"
The
"A
Abolition of
Unified
distributed to the participants of this conference as well as to
media representatives April
Science
of
at the
conference.
1992:The publication "A Unified Theory Of Human Cardiovascular
Leading
to
The
Abolition of This Diseases
As A Cause For Human
Mortality"
Disease is
sent out
to the press.
April
1992: Time Magazine appears with a
New
research shows they
Aging." This issue of
may help Time becomes
And World Report, Readers May
1992: Dr.
their findings
September 1992: Health Now clinical
is
page "The Real Power Of Vitamins
the best selling issue ever.
his
from
cuts heart disease rates and prolongs
through research,
title
Cancer, Heart Disease, and the ravages
and many others
Digest,
James Enstrom and
Los Angeles publish
fight
Newsweek, US News
follow.
colleagues from the University of California 1 1
life.
,000 Americans that vitamin
This study
founded, a
makes
front
company promoting
C
page news. nutritional
medicine
studies as well as educational services.
The White House about the discovery and can now be eradicated.
Clinton informing
are vitamin deficiencies
May 1993
:
A
first
in
significantly
February 1993: Open Letter To President Clinton, Vice President Gore, and
Rodham
-
of
Hillary
that heart diseases
response from The White House acknowledging having received
information about the historic opportunity to eradicate cardiovascular diseases.
179
SOME DISCOVERIES MADE BY THE AUTHOR Major
•
Scientific Discoveries
Discovery of the Ice Age
-
cardiovascular disease connection. This
discovery explains that today's cardiovascular diseases and
many
related
diseases originated during the Ice Ages.
•
Discovery that cardiovascular diseases can largely be eradicated
in this
generation and
based
on the
Ice
Age
future generations of mankind.
in -
vitamin deficiency
and on the discovery
that
-
heart
This discovery
is
cardiovascular disease connection
diseases are primarily vitamin
deficiencies.
Discovery of the lipoprotein(a) primarily found
in
humans and
-
vitamin
C
connection. Lipoprotein(a)
is
other living beings unable to synthesize
vitamin C. Vice versa, animals synthesizing vitamin
C have
less or no
lipoprotein(a).
and related compounds can release lipoprotein(a) from atherosclerotic deposits and thereby reverse cardiovascular disease. L-lysine
Discovery of the 'protein code', the communication code molecules
in
of protein
our body. This discovery deciphers the language by which our
body molecules
'talk'
to
each other during health and disease. After the thirty years ago the 'protein code'
discovery of the genetic code more than
has remained the missing recent discovery
link of biological
was published
in
early 1993.
communication. This most
180
Discoveries Which
The
Can Immediately Improve Your Personal
following diseases
may now be
completely eradicated:
•
Heart attacks
•
Strokes
•
Peripheral forms of cardiovascular diseases;
•
Heart failure
•
Arrhythmias
•
Health
Inherited disorders causing high blood pressure
•
Inherited disorders causing increased blood clotting
•
Diabetes, Morbus Cushing, Addison's disease, and other hormonal
disorders leading to cardiovascular diseases
•
Alzheimer's disease, neurofibromatosis, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and other disorders of the
nervous system which also
•
Rheumatoid
involve the cardiovascular system
arthritis, polyarteritis,
lupus erythematodes, scleroderma
and other immunological disorders which also involve the cardiovascular system
•
Inherited disorder causing tissue storage diseases
•
Inherited disorders of the connective tissue
Some
of
earlier;
these diseases had been connected to nutritional deficiencies
for
most
of
them
book is the first the above diseases
this
opportunity to eradicate any of
report. is
Moreover, the
reported here for the
vitamin deficiency Age cardiovascular disease connection was necessary for this medical
first
time.
The discovery
breakthrough.
of
the
Ice
-
-
181
We
can now eradicate heart disease and several
dozen
of related diseases
nutritional
by optimum use of
supplements.
Doctors, scientists, health care providers, politicians,
all
of
us now share a historic
opportunity to achieve this goal as soon as possible
-
for the benefit of this generation
future generations of mankind.
and
of
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191
INDEX 164-167,180
Addison's Disease
66,15
Aging
114
Detoxification
Diabetes
104-109,164-167,180
116,166-167
Alzheimer's Disease
164-167,180
Dialysis
Amyloidosis
164-167,180
Diet
114,152,166-167
Diuretic Medication
115,134,166-167
64-1 67, 1 80
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
1
Angina Pectoris
77-82, 90-91
Antioxidants
28,70
Angioplasty
125-127
Edema
130,133-135
Eradicating Diseases
91,109,143,150,
164-180
Apo(a) (See Lipoprotein(a)) Arrhythmia (See Irregular Heartbeat) Atherosclerotic Deposit Reversal
25,
130
Fatigue
FDA
38-41,76-92
2,7,170
Federal Drug Administration (See FDA)
Ascorbic Acid (See Vitamin C)
86
Fibrin
Free Radicals
Balloon Catheter (See Angioplasty)
Beta Carotene (Provitamin A)
1
8,28,
Gangrene
70-73,121,124,127,128 Birth Control
115,167
Risk
Pill
Blood Circulation (Function)
31
111,123-124,164-167,180
55-57
Guinea Pig Gulonolactone Oxidase
1
111-113,164-167,180
Blood Pressure Stability
1
8,50-52,58-59
85-87
Blood Vessel Teflon'
122-124
Bypass Surgery
HDL
83-84,102
Health Care Costs
1
136-140
Cardiomyopathy
18,78,103,139-140,145,147
Heart Disease Statistics
8-11,131-132
27,128-143
Growth
High Blood Pressure
(See Blood Pressure) 38-40,88-89
Clinton,
42-47,54,99-1 00
Rodham
1
73-1 76
8,78,135-138,145
Collagen
18-21,57-58
Connective Tissue Disorders
Ice
1
155-160
Age
Inherited Disorders
Cobalamin (See Vitamin B12)
Coenzyme Q10
164-167,180
Hypertension (See Blood Pressure)
173
Bill
Clinton, Hillary
High-Density Lipoprotein (See HDL)
Homocystinuria
Cerebral Arteries (See Stroke) Cholesterol
32-35
Heart Function
Carotid Arteries (See Stroke) Cell
1,173-176
36,104,120-121
Heart Attack
Heart Failure
Carnitine
55
111,124
Blood Thinning
Blood Vessel
104
Genetic Risk (See Inherited Disorders)
Glucose (See Sugar)
Bioflavonoids (See Vitamin B2)
Blood Clotting
28,41 ,70-71
110,158-167,180
107-108
Insulin
27.144-150
Irregular Heartbeat
64-1 67, 1 80
34-36
Coronary Artery (Function)
Coronary Angioplasty (See Angioplasty)
Kidney Dialysis (See Kidney Failure
Dialysis)
104
Coronary Bypass Surgery
(See Bypass Surgery) Cystic Fibrosis
1
64-1 67, 1 80
LDL Life
Expectancy
23.41^7.99 66.152.171
192
23-25,38-52,58,
Lipoprotein(a)
Very Low-Density Lipoprotein (See VLDL) Vitamin
Body Pool
Low-Density Lipoprotein (See LDL)
Vitamin
A (See
Lupus Erythematodes
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
86-88,97-98,158-159
Lysine
1
64-1 67,1 80
Vitamin
18,78,113,121,124,128,145
Minerals
18,78,113,121,124,128,145
Morbus Cushing
1
Multiple Sclerosis
1
Muscle Cell Growth (See
B2
Vitamin
B3
Vitamin
Niacin (See Vitamin B3)
B5 (Pantothenic
B6
Vitamin
Vitamin
C
Pantothenic Acid (See Vitamin B5)
Production
in
Liver
Vitamin Recommendations
VLDL 18,78,85,90,121,124,127
179
Pyridoxine (See Vitamin B6)
164-167,180
Arthritis
164-167,180
Scleroderma
19-21,155-160
77,130
Shortness of Breath
Smog
28,70
Smoking
28,70,114,152,167
Stress
114,167
Stroke
37,59-60,104
104-109
Sugar Surgery (See Bypass Surgery)
14-15,80-82,
Testimonials
141-143,148-149
Thrombosis (See Blood
9,
1
55
13,79,90
41,99
92
Code
Scurvy
1
18,22,28,
70-73,103,121,124-128,151 59-60,
104-106
Clotting)
Tocopherol (See Vitamin E) Triglycerides
C
Vitamin E (Tocopherol)
Pantethine (See Vitamin B5)
Rheumatoid
20-22,28,
145,151,155-167 Vitamin
Protein
(Ascorbic Acid)
50-60, 64-72,95-102,121128,135,
112
Pharmaceutical Companies
27,78-79,103,
121-128,135,145
See Vitamin B3)
Peripheral Vascular Disease
27,78-79,
27,78-79,103,
(Pyridoxine)
B12 (Cobalamin)
Nicotinic Acid (Identical With Niacin)
Proline
Acid)
121-128,135,145
of Niacin,
Oxide
27,78-79,103,
(Niacin)
103,121-128,135,145 Vitamin
Nitric
27,78-79,103,
121-128,135,145
164-167,180
Niacinamide (Derivative
27,78-79,103,
(Riboflavin)
Cell Growth)
Neurofibromatosis
63
121-128,135,145
64-1 67, 1 80 64-1 67, 1 80
7, 1
121-128,135,145
18,78,85-90,121,124,127
Magnesium
1 1
Beta Carotene)
99,101
White House
World Health Organization
173-176 8-9
193
NOTES
194
NOTES
195
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rath
Dr.
a leading expert
is
in
cardiovascular
He has
disease and
nutrition.
and
positions at the University of
clinical
held research
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Subsequently, he became
Berlin.
in
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Some
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author would encouragement,
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thank
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A DAILY PROGRAM OF ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS FOR OPTIMUM CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH VITAMINS Vitamin C Vitamin E (d-Alpha Tocopherol) Vitamin A (Beta-Carotene) Vitamin B-1 (Thiamine) Vitamin B-2 (Riboflavin) Vitamin B-3 Vitamin B-5 (Pantothenate) Vitamin B-6 (Pyridoxine) Vitamin B-1 2 (Cyanocobalamin) Vitamin D Folic Acid Biotin
mg
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3,000
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600
2,500 10 10
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8,000
65 60 15 30 200 130 100
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50 60 30 20 10
6
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150 150 50 50 50 50 10 10
mg mg -150mg -150mg -150mg -150mg 30 mg 30 mg
-
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I.U. I.U.
40 mg 40 mg 200 mg 200 mg 50 mg
-100 meg - 600 I.U. - 400 mg - 300 meg
MINERALS Calcium
Magnesium Potassium Phosphate Zinc
Manganese Copper Selenium
Chromium Molybdenum
2
500 30 15
-
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OTHER IMPORTANT NUTRIENTS L-Proline
L-Lysine L-Carnitine
L-Arginine L-Cysteine Inositol
Coenzyme Q-10 Pycnogenol
-
500 500
-
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