Guest guest Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 My brother was just diagnosed with plaque build up in his carotid arteries to the point that his doctor wants to perform surgery to " clean them out " . He eats a typical American diet and I'm hoping this may be a teachable moment for him. Can someone, please, direct me to the best information you know of regarding natural protocol for stopping and reversing atherosclerotic plaque build up? I would be very grateful and thank you, D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Heart disease is far easier to prevent than cure. Reversal takes time. Pauling and Rath recommended proline and high doses of vitamin C, taken all throughout the day. See here: http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2003/06/03/orthomolecular_solutions_to_hea\ rt_disease.htm Alobar On 2/25/06, Dave R Hermanson <tumblweed4 wrote: > > My brother was just diagnosed with plaque build up in his carotid > arteries > to the point that his doctor wants to perform surgery to " clean them > out " . > He eats a typical American diet and I'm hoping this may be a teachable > moment for him. Can someone, please, direct me to the best information > you know of regarding natural protocol for stopping and reversing > atherosclerotic > plaque build up? I would be very grateful and thank you, > > D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 In the tons of info on the page (THANKS FOR THE LINK!!) I didn't see the possibilty of calcium build up mentioned. I could have missed it. But it can be a whole different thing, if it's calcium and not fat plaque. Alobar <Alobar wrote: Heart disease is far easier to prevent than cure. Reversal takes time. Pauling and Rath recommended proline and high doses of vitamin C, taken all throughout the day. See here: http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2003/06/03/orthomolecular_solutions_to_hea\ rt_disease.htm Alobar On 2/25/06, Dave R Hermanson <tumblweed4 wrote: > > My brother was just diagnosed with plaque build up in his carotid > arteries > to the point that his doctor wants to perform surgery to " clean them > out " . > He eats a typical American diet and I'm hoping this may be a teachable > moment for him. Can someone, please, direct me to the best information > you know of regarding natural protocol for stopping and reversing > atherosclerotic > plaque build up? I would be very grateful and thank you, > > D. I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars. Abbie Hoffman http://www.freewebs.com/tcfactory/ecosolidarity/freeclick.html Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 , Dave R Hermanson <tumblweed4 wrote: > > > My brother was just diagnosed with plaque build up in his carotid > arteries > to the point that his doctor wants to perform surgery to " clean them > out " . > He eats a typical American diet and I'm hoping this may be a teachable > moment for him. Can someone, please, direct me to the best information > you know of regarding natural protocol for stopping and reversing > atherosclerotic plaque build up? I would be very grateful and thank you, > D. --- Fabric of a long life By Paul Wiseman, USA TODAY -- Ushi Okushima, 100, makes her own rice wine, fortified with mugwort. OGIMI, Japan — Juan Ponce de Leon and James Hilton had it all wrong. The fountain of youth isn't in Florida, where 16th-century Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon went searching for it. And Shangri-la isn't stuck way up in the Himalayas, where Hilton, author of Lost Horizon, placed his fictional paradise, whose inhabitants never aged. The nearest thing to a real-life refuge from the ravages of old age and death is here on the Japanese island of Okinawa in the East China Sea. The Japanese live longer than anyone else, and Okinawans live longer than anyone else in Japan. The Japanese government says 457 Okinawans are at least 100 years old — 34.7 centenarians for every 100,000 islanders, highest ratio in the world. The USA has about 10 centenarians for every 100,000 people. Life expectancy is 81.2 years on Okinawa, longest in the world. New figures show that the average Okinawan woman lives to 86 and the average man to 78. Okinawans don't just live longer, they live better. According to recent studies, the elderly here appear to have far lower rates of dementia than their U.S. counterparts and suffer less than half the risk for hip fractures. Some Okinawan centenarians even claim they are still having sex. Researchers aren't so sure about that. But Okinawan elders clearly do things other old folks can't. Martial artist Seikichi Uehara was 96 when he defeated a thirtysomething ex- boxing champion in a nationally televised match two years ago, later explaining that his opponent " had not yet matured enough to beat me. " Nabi Kinjo became a local legend when she hunted down a poisonous snake and killed it with a fly swatter. She was 105. The rest of the world is at last beginning to learn about this phenomenon. The Okinawa Program — based on 25 years of research — is a best seller and has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. The good news: The key to Okinawa's astounding record — good eating — can be copied in the USA. " The foods are also in the States, if people consume them in the right balance, " says Craig Willcox, a medical anthropologist at the Okinawa Prefectural University College of Nursing. He is co-author of The Okinawa Program along with his twin brother, Bradley, of the Harvard Medical School, and longevity expert Makoto Suzuki. For centuries, Okinawa has been known for people who live long and well. On the outskirts of Ogimi, carved into a stone marker facing the sea, is an old Okinawan saying: " At 70 you are still a child, at 80 a young man or woman. And if at 90 someone from Heaven invites you over, tell him: 'Just go away, and come back when I am 100.' " Even for Okinawa, this fishing and farming village is unique. Six of Ogimi's 3,500 residents are 100 years old or older — a rate equal to 171 centenarians per 100,000. And local officials think the figure would be higher if it included natives who have left the village. Villager Ushi Okushima, 100, has been known to outdrink the young journalists who come to interview her about the village's health secrets. She recently left an inebriated TV film crew sleeping in her living room. Okushima believes the secret to her longevity is awamori, the local rice wine she seasons with mugwort and drinks every night at bedtime. " It helps my sleep, " she says. " I sleep well after I drink. " Meeting at an Ogimi restaurant, she hands over bottles of her homemade brew to visitors. " When I was young — 50 or 60 — I would drink a full glass, " she says. " Sometimes I'd drink with friends and couldn't find my way home. " These days, she has a teacupful or two. Okushima's awamori may be a powerful elixir, but scientists say the key to the health of Okinawan elders is more conventional: They eat remarkably healthy food. The traditional Okinawan diet is heavy on whole grains, fish and vegetables, and light on meat and dairy food. The Okinawans are especially enthusiastic eaters of tofu. Ogimi villagers like to mix it with seaweed in a concoction called " mooi tofu. " Eating tofu and other soy products works wonders because non-gmo soybeans are loaded with flavonoids — nutrients known to fight breast and prostate cancer and believed to combat heart disease. Okinawans also consume lots of fish. Fish — particularly cold-water varieties such as no-sodium tuna, mackerel and alaskan salmon — contains high concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids, which reduce the risk of heart disease and breast cancer. They steer clear of artery-clogging meats and dairy products. Results are astounding: Compared with the USA, death rates are 82% lower for coronary heart disease, 86% lower for prostate cancer, 57% lower for ovarian cancer and 82% lower for breast cancer. " Simply put, " write Program authors, " if Americans lived more like the Okinawans, we would have to close down 80% of the coronary care units and one-third of the cancer wards in the United States, and a lot of nursing homes would be out of business. " Unfortunately, younger Okinawans and those who have left the island largely have abandoned the good habits. About 100,000 Okinawans moved to Brazil and quickly adopted the eating regimen of their new home, one heavy on red meat. Result: The life expectancy of the Brazilian Okinawans is 17 years lower than Okinawa's 81 years, Suzuki says. The younger generation goes to the fast-food outlets that surround U.S. military bases. The change has had devastating results: Okinawans younger than 50 have Japan's highest rates of obesity, heart disease and premature death. At least some things never change. Ushi Okushima's daughter Kikue is 74 and a social worker. She says her 100-year-old mother still treats her the way she did nearly seven decades ago. " She criticizes my hairstyle, " she sighs. " She still talks to me like I'm a small kid. " http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2002-01-03-usat-okinawa.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 At about 24 years of age I had chest pains, was bloated, had tacchicardia and arrhythmia. All family had died of artherioschlerosis or “heart disease” ; and I had just seen my mother, grandfather, and aunt have coronary bypass surgery. I ate the American diet, drank beer, smoked, then went to the doctor for tests and pills about once a month or more often. I was headed for the boneyard and could feel it. After a few years more of this misery, and being frankly told by my Internist that I could be pretty sure I would die of coronary artery disease eventually, I decided to be healthy and not to be sick anymore. That sounds funny; but I just decided that the type of life that is sustained only pill to pill and beholden to the mercy of Physicians and Pharmacies wasn’t worth living. I became daily friends with raw Garlic, Niacin, Hawthorne Berries, aspirin; and quit drinking beer, cut way back on smoking, and radically embraced a diet that included lots of raw and cooked vegetables, oatmeal, grapefruits, rice and pasta, tomatoes and hot peppers – and very little meat (occasionally, and only as a “spice”.) I rode a bicycle or walked daily. I mean, I took this regimen seriously- as a new lifestyle- as if it were life and death. (I read a good guide book about diets etc written by Dr John A McDougall,MD that captured in print sort of the same things.) The first marker that this was successful against this “progressive and irreversible illness” occoured after only six weeks. I had been tested for serum cholesteral and had over 300. When I returned to the Internist six weeks later the number had fallen to 167. The Doctor told me to keep doing what I was doing. And I have for 25 or more years now. It worked so well, after a while I stopped taking the pills, and stopped seeing the Doctors. I didn’t need them as the chest pains, tacchicardia, arrythmias, edema, and hypertension had not been problems anymore for years. I continued to monitor the cholestral levels (free and without the Doctors) by donating blood every three months or so; and they have remained at that level- at or about 165. When I have had arrythmias, they were easily remedied by Hawthorne Berries. In short, I discovered that health and healthy living (yeah I know, Arnold Scwartzneger said that the other night…but its true.) cannot be separated, at least for me. I continue to live that pretty much vegetarian and active lifestyle. The lack of insurance has been a blessing in that I have discovered that I do not need the medical community or pharmaceutical industry to help me remain healthy. Nor do I need them to recover when I am physically distressed. I honestly now see them as a “health hazard”, and studiously avoid them. Jack Lalaine says- and he has the years and physique to be credible to me- that “its not about avoiding dying; its about living!” I thought that inspiring. I took it to mean, and I believe, that we should strive to live a healthy lifestyle til it becomes our lifestyle; and the benefit isn’t so much more years- but more years of good health and being able to do the things one wants to do without hindrance or dependency. That was and has been my experience, Michael On Behalf Of Penny Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:38 AM Re: atherosclerosis... , Dave R Hermanson <tumblweed4 wrote: > > > My brother was just diagnosed with plaque build up in his carotid > arteries > to the point that his doctor wants to perform surgery to " clean them > out " . > He eats a typical American diet and I'm hoping this may be a teachable > moment for him. Can someone, please, direct me to the best information > you know of regarding natural protocol for stopping and reversing > atherosclerotic plaque build up? I would be very grateful and thank you, > D. --- Fabric of a long life By Paul Wiseman, USA TODAY -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 , Dave R Hermanson <tumblweed4 wrote: > > > My brother was just diagnosed with plaque build up in his carotid > arteries to the point that his doctor wants to perform surgery to " clean them out " . > He eats a typical American diet and I'm hoping this may be a teachable moment for him. Can someone, please, direct me to the best information you know of regarding natural protocol for stopping and reversing > atherosclerotic plaque build up? I would be very grateful and thank you, > D. Hi Dave! If you mean by " cleaning them out " , a triple bypass. It just is not a long term or even a short term solution! I have a friend whom endured three triple bypasses over a period of time.... it seems as if it were just yesterday. She eventually passed away and was unable to function normally thereafter. Her arterial walls were weakened to such an extent that they essentially " burst " with very little exertion on her part. She got tired of lying around. I really can't blame her. And they present this as a viable solution! Not in my estimation. Quality of life can never be restored with drugs and surgery. However a change of diet is most effective. This has been my experience anyway! JoAnn 1. Avocadoes 2. Raw Almonds, walnuts 3. Macadamia Nuts 4. Extra Virgin Olive Oil (rich in " Monounsaturates " ) 5. Rice Bran Oil 6. Fresh Garlic (for best results 6/7 Garlic cloves daily (N.D. recommended portions) 7. Onions, Leeks, Scallions 8. Alaskan Salmon, Sardines in water 9. Stevia (no caloric sweetener) as a sugar substitute & HFCS replacement 10.Vitamin C rich foods: broccoli, bell peppers 11. Beta-carotene rich foods (carrots, spinach, broccoli) 12. Red Wine in moderation In addition it is essential that we supplement our diets with Sprouted Ezekiel breads, tortillas and pitas www.food-for-life.com Additional High Fiber " Complex " Carbs, i.e. Cruciferous organic vegetables Organic High Fiber Oatmeal Porridge simmered with organic raisins Tabouli - middle eastern Bulgur Hummus spread with organic raw veggies Organic Spelt Organic Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes Eliminate All Margarines including " Bencol " and " Take control " and GMO Canola/soybean oil soft spreads Eliminate Hydrogenated Oils and snacks containing them Absolutely NO Mayonnaise - Eliminate Low-fat varieties as well (added sugar content and additionally ALL varieties contain harmful hydrogenated " Transfats " which due to a technicality in " processing " are not required to be listed on labels Eliminate Processed Refined Foods/Carbs - No Exceptions excessive omega-6s) Eliminate Refined Sugar and Salt - No Exceptions (Triglycerides) Eliminate White Flour and foods containing them - No Exceptions Eliminate Dairy products- our bodies are not made to process large fat globules and pasteurization of globules leading to serious artery inflammation Include Organic Green Leafy Vegetables daily, preferably in raw form Include optimal amounts of low glycemic organic raw fruits in your diet each day (preferably alkaline organic fruit) Organic Tofu or Non-gmo Lecithin Norwegian Fish Oils www.spectrumnaturals.com and Omega 3 oils www.udoerasmus.com These Specific Foods Raise Good " HDL " Cholesterol and Lower LDL as well. Beneficial Nutrients: Vitamin Q - Co Q10 150/300 mgs daily(Health Food Store brands only, preferably sub-lingual) Thrift store brands are not effective! Beta Carotene Vitamin D-3 Magnesium 400- 800 mgs daily with meals Potassium chelates and potassium rich foods to balance potassium/sodium ratios Gingko to activate sodium pump Hawthorne Berry tincture or caps - optimum amounts Evening Primrose Oil lowers " LDL " cholesterol Green Tea Cayenne and hot chili peppers in foods Vitamin E and C - follow package directions Vitamin B-6 Niacin L- Carnitine Folic Acid Selenium rich foods (brazil nut, etc) Minimal copper and Zinc supplementation Chromium picolinate or GTF for blood glucose control - optimal amounts Eliminate all but minimal amounts of supplemental calcium and eliminate calcium rich antacids altogether. They typically contain aluminum and other artery clogging additives. I am not a doctor and certainly all of the above mentioned advice are merely suggestions which worked for me in my reversal of serious cardiovascular plaque. You may find that if you adhere to a strict protocol such as suggested here. eliminating refined processed foods with excessive omega-6 fats, your body will start responding to supplementation within a very short time span. However,if any of you are prone to choose allopathic drugs please remember that there are very serious and irreversible side effects involved there. If you disagree with any of the contents of this email, please have the courtesy to contact me privately as I do not keep up with and am not responding to group posts as of the moment. Blessings, Mrs JoAnn Guest angelprincessjo mrsjoguest www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/Diets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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