NATURE'S PERFECT STATIN

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NATURE'S PERFECT STATIN®

 

" I've not only read Alice in Wonderland, I've been

there... " -- Owen Fonorow

 

 

 

The hot selling statins, such as Lipitor® and Zocor®,

lower cholesterol by blocking the coenzyme HMG-CoA

reductase. The first statin drugs were released in

1987, and the manufacturing and promotion of these

drugs has grown into a huge business; statins are the

most widely prescribed class of drugs in history.

 

In 1985, scientists made an important discovery.

Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) is the human body's natural

HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor.[*] When vitamin C levels

are low, the body compensates and manufactures more

cholesterol; when levels are high, the vitamin

inhibits HMG-CoA reductase, lowering cholesterol.

 

The problem with the artifical statin drugs has been

identified. These drugs concurrently reduce

circulating levels of ubiquinone, aka coenzyme Q10

(CoQ10) [*] and raise levels of the lipid Lp(a) [*] .

A decline in CoQ10 -- attributed to artificial statins

-- has been linked to muscle pain, muscle myopathy and

congestive heart failure; [*] elevated Lp(a) is linked

to the 70 percent higher probablity of heart attack or

stroke [*].

 

Vitamin C is Nature's Perfect Statin.

 

At the proper (high) dosage vitamin C lowers Lp(a),

and it promotes the natural production of ubiquinone

(CoQ10).

 

See:

 

Inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase activity by ascorbic

acid

(http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/abstract/261/16/7127)

Supplement Facts

 

Linus Pauling informed the world that vitamin C

deficiency is the root cause of cardiovascular disease

(CVD), and that taking more of the vitamin lowers

cholesterol, and that when combined with lysine,

effects the cure for CVD. [*]

 

Rather than promote vitamin C, drug companies invented

the statin drugs.

 

While it's true that vitamin C is the top selling

nutritional supplement, earning its makers roughly

$180 million per year, the statin drugs are sold to 25

million people worldwide. These small pills earn their

makers an astounding $20 billion dollars annually.

 

One wonders, what did the drug companies know, and

when did they know it? Was vitamin C used as the model

for the statin drugs, and they simply forgot to

mention it?

 

It just gets curiouser and curiouser...

 

Statin Drugs - A Critical Review of the Risk/Benefit

Clinical Research...

 

Foundation Issues Statin Drug Alert

 

Back to the Vitamin C Foundation

 

The Cure for Heart Disease

Nature's Perfect Statin® is a registered trademark of

The Vitamin C Foundation