Atherosclerosis
Diet and Nutrition: (references)
- Eat foods high in fiber
(significantly lowers cholesterol)
- Reduce fat consumption, especially saturated fats (animal
products) and oxidized fats like those found in fast food places (french fries and
other fried foods)
- Eat lots of garlic and
onions
- Eat complex carbohydrates, e.g., vegetables, beans, and brown
rice and avoid sucrose and all simple sugars (more important than fat
reduction)
- Consume more soy protein and less meat
- Eat a diet high in cold water fish
- Avoid hydrogenated oils and trans-fatty acids
- Reduce, but don't eliminate alcohol from the diet, e.g., 1
glass of wine per evening
- Drink more tea and cocoa
- Avoid milk and other dairy products
Vitamins and Minerals: (references)
- Beta-Carotene: 100,000
I.U.
- Vitamin B3 (Niacin): 30 -
1500 mg. TID in divided doses (increase slowly from 200 mg.) Do
not use the time released form of niacin for
atherosclerosis
- Vitamin B5: 600 - 1200
mg.
- Vitamin B6: 50 mg.
- Folate: 5 - 10 mg.
- Vitamin C: 500 mg. TID
- Vitamin E: 800 - 1600
I.U.
- Lecithin: 2 Tbl. or 12 -
20 capsules
- Selenium: 200 - 300
mcg.
- Manganese: 5 - 20 mg.
- Zinc: 30 mg. TID
- Copper: 2 - 4 mg.
- Magnesium (Aspartate
form): 500 - 800 mg.
- Molybdenum, Vanadium,
Silicon, and other trace
minerals
- Chromium Aspartate: 200 -
500 mcg. (can use brewers yeast)
- Coenzyme Q10: 40 - 120
mg. in divided doses
- Bromelain: 500 mg. BID
(on an empty stomach)
- L-Carnitine: 3 gm.
- L-Arginine: 2 - 4 gm. BID
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids: 2 - 5 gm.
TID
- Omega-6 Fatty Acids: 1 gm.
TID
- Glucosamine Sulfate:
100 mg.
- Fiber: 20 - 45 gm. in divided
doses accompanied with 12 ounces of water per dose
- Garlic: 400 mg.
- Red Yeast Rice (Monascus purpureus): 1200 mg. with 50 mg. Coenzyme Q10 2 times a day
- Formula - Medicago (1),
Salvia miltiorrhiza (1),
Zingiber (1), Crataegus
(2), Allium sativum (1),
Curcuma (1), Ginkgo
(1): take 1/4 tsp. TID
- Individual botanicals to be considered for this condtion:
Allium sativum (Garlic)
Camellia sinensis (Green tea)
Capsicum frutescens (Cayenne, Red pepper)
Commiphora mukul (Guggulu)
Crataegus oxycantha (Hawthorne)
Curcuma longa (Tumeric)
Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgo)
Medicago sativa (Alfalfa)
Polygonum multiflorum (Fo-ti, He-shou-wu)
Pausinystalia yohimbe (Yohimbe)
Zingiber officinale (Ginger)
Homeopathic Remedies:
- General arteriosclerosis:
Arn., Ars-I., Aur., Aur-I., Bar-C., Calc., Cupr., Glon., Kali-I.,
Plb., Plb-I., Polyg-A., Sec., Stront-C., Stront-I., Tab., Vanad.,
Vise.
- Atheroma:
Calc., Calc-F., Graph., Lach., Lac-Ac., Plb., Sil.
- Atheroma in elderly people:
Lach.
- Atheroma in pulmonary arteries, dilation of right heart:
Phos.
(For an overview of Homeopathy, click here.)
- Some form of daily exercise (walking, cycling, yoga, etc.)
increases HDL and lowers cholesterol and LDL
- Reduce stress
- Remove chlorine from drinking water with a reverse-osmosis
water filter
- Stop smoking
- Supplement with thyroid hormone if suffering from hypothyroidism
- Rinse dishes very well - detergent dissolves fatty acids in
cell membranes
Recommended Labs:
- Check for atherosclerosis: Lipid Panel, Apolipoprotein A1, Apolipoprotein B, Cardio CRP, Homocysteine
- Rule out diabetes: Fasting Glucose, Fructosamine, Hemoglobin A1c
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