Vitamin C Forum

A relative of mine has clogged arteries and I have suggested the Pauling therapy. But they are wondering if there is danger from the clots being dislodged and moving to other areas where they might cause more trouble? Like in the head where a stroke could occur.

Clots occur when unstable plaque breaks away from the endothelium because of a lack of collagen strength. Strong collagen requires ascorbic acid, lysine and proline as building blocks.
Plaque is bound by Lp(a). Other things that strengthen collagen are EGCG from green tea, proanthocyanadins from grapes and pycnogenol from pine bark. The Pauling Therapy inhibits Lp(a) from binding while at the same time providing the building blocks to strengthen collagen

Most heart attacks are a result of unstable plaque. As plaque ages it becomes more calcified. The amount of calcification can be measured using the Agatston Score. The greater the calcification, the greater the danger of an impending cardiovascular event. Increasing levels of D3 and K2 (mk-7) appear to reduce arterial calcification and strengthen bones.

Ralph, what's the Agatston Score? How is it measured and how does one arrange for it? Thanks.

Ralph,
This person lives in the Philippines so I suspect they are getting plenty of vit D. So the Pauling Therapy would seem to be a good idea. But they are afraid that a clot could be dislodged and then could cause a stroke.

Can you give a more direct answer to my question?

Living in the Phillipines is no guarantee of vitamin D sufficiency.
Many people living in Florida (The Sunshine State) are vitamin D deficient
Vitamin D sufficiency is determined by a 25(OH)D test:
Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels Indicative of Vitamin D Sufficiency: Implications for Establishing a New Effective Dietary Intake Recommendation for Vitamin D
http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/abstract/135/2/317
The only way to be sure you have adequate levels of vitamin D in your blood is to regularly go into the sun, use a sun bed (avoiding sunburn), or have your physician administer a 25?hydroxyvitamin D test. Optimal levels are around 50 ng/mL (125 nM/L).
http://www.vitamindcouncil.com/

The Pauling Therapy and Dr. Rath's Cellular Nutrition Programs both work on a molecule by molecule basis as Owen said. There is no danger in taking the Pauling Therapy that clots will form. The Therapy will strengthen blood vessels and increase collagen. The danger is in NOT doing The Pauling Therapy.

Unfortunately, most people don't use the Pauling Therapy for prevention, only after they discover that they have advanced cardiovascular disease.

AGATSTON TEST - What Is a Coronary Calcium Scan?
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Dis ... n_all.html

On another note:
THE DANGERS OF STARTING AND THEN STOPPING THE PAULING THERAPY have been borne out by at least two people who underwent miraculous recoveries while taking the Pauling Therapy and near fatal disasterous relapses when stopping the therapy.
Take The Pauling Therapy for a lifetime!
Never stop.