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Posted: **Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:19 am**

"Dr. Emil Kozarov and a team of researchers at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine have identified specific bacteria that may have a key role in vascular pathogenesis, specifically atherosclerosis, or what is commonly referred to as "hardening of the arteries" -- the number one cause of death in the United States."
See full article at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 131753.htm

Reading the full article it is easy to see how vitamin C could reduce/eliminate plaque deposits in several ways. The article did not discuss vitamin C--another lost opportunity to do so.

Posted: **Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:32 am**

This microbe theory of CVD has appeared over the years, from "nano bacteria" to observable bacteria. Assuming that the bacteria is found or related to plaques, it does not mean that the proper antibiotic is going to "cure" cardiovascular disease. You still need the components of collagen to strengthen the arterial system (e.g. vitamin C and lysine.) This is unlike arthritis, which, according to Dr. Brownstein's research, a microbe does cause and IV antibiotics can treat.

The microbe theory must account for the fact that plaques form in arteries (not veins) where the physical forces and stresses are the greatest, and form only in animals that do not make their own vitamin C, etc. So even if the microbes "weaken" arteries (and not veins) because they are "tastier", resulting in weaker arteries, leading to the effects of the higher blood pressures that result in atherosclerosis/CVD - just taking an antibiotic would not be expected to correct the damage that has already been done. Collagen is still required to reverse the lesion/injury.

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