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How To Reverse Heart Disease

In 1996 scientist Matthias Rath published a study in which an Ultrafast CT was used to scan 55 heart disease patients over the course of a year to measure calcium deposits. In this way the growth of the deposits could be measured. After this period they were given a high dose nutritional supplement containing about 30 different nutrients to take each day for a year. They were scanned at six month and twelve months.

After the first 6 months, growth was slowed a little. But after 12 months there was a considerable drop in the growth of atherosclerotic plaques. Before nutritional intervention the average growth was 44% a year. One year after intervention, growth had essentially stopped. In some patients, deposits reversed and disappeared. This demonstrates that heart disease is reversible.

The nutritional supplement Rath designed for this study had 4 objectives. Stabilise the artery wall. Decrease muscle tumours. Neutralise stickiness of fat molecules. Provide antioxidant protection.

Artery Wall Stability

Collagen, elastin and other connective tissues give stability to artery walls. Vitamin C and 2 amino acids are needed in optimal amounts for their production. Exactly how much will vary for each person but 600mg a day can be considered a minimum requirement for vitamin C. Collagen has a particular need for the essential amino acid lysine and the non-essential amino acid proline. About a quarter of this vital structural component consists of these 2 amino acids. A person weighing 70kg has around half a kilogram of lysine stored in their body. Rath recommends at least 100mg a day of each as a supplement.

Reduce muscle cell tumours

Artery muscle cells may form faulty connective tissue if they don't receive enough vitamin C and vitamin E.

Neutralise stickiness

A variant of LDL cholesterol called lipoprotein (a) is a dangerous fat transport molecule. Sticky protein molecules link up with the LDLs and stick to the artery walls. This accumulates over time. Stickiness and attachment can be prevented and reversed with high doses of nicotinic acid and ascorbic acid.

Antioxidant protection

In the bloodstream lipoproteins can be damaged by free radicals. The same also happens to tissues in the walls of the arteries. Good antioxidant support is required to prevent this by eating foods high in antioxidant activity as well as taking antioxidant supplements.

There is a good chance of preventing further artery damage or even reversing the condition if these four objectives can be met.

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