I had a Coronary Artery Calcium scan (CAC scan) done in January of 2022. My score was bad, 563, indicating likely significant coronary artery disease. A few months ago, I tried the high dose Vitamin C (4,000 mg/day) and L-Lysine (4,000 mg/day) for four weeks. This therapy had been mentioned on GAW a few times in the past year or so. I had a follow-up CAC scan done on Tuesday, my new score is 698. I'm not too happy. This therapy may have worked for some people, but seems pretty clear it didn't work for me. I also did a round of a lemon juice/garlic elixer earlier in the year. If anyone else has tried the Vit C-Lysine therapy and have results to report, please post here. Thank you. (now I need to figure out what to do with a few bottles of Vitamin C and Lysine; I had planned on doing more rounds of the "therapy" if it had shown ANY positive results. I guess it could be argued "well, just think how high it would have been if you didn't do that therapy!" :) )
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Vitamin K2 is your best bet in this situation. Take it with vitamin D3. I recommend this supplement: https://www.lifeextension.com/vitamins-supplements/item02040/vitamins-d-and-k-with-sea-iodine
Also try magnesium. It is very good for calcium balancing especially in your veins. So much so that I would argue that Magnesium is the most important nutrient for your blood vessels. The forms you want to take are Magnesium Glycinate or Citrate(this one makes you poop if you take higher doses as FYI) or if you want liquied you can get Magnesium Chloride which can be added to your water and you can drink it throught the day(what I do).
Also, check out these 2 videos from one of the best naturopathic doctors on the internet, Dr. Berg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAdryNkArwg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hkWSdtVGcg
I've also been taking Mg and K2/D3. My wife thinks it might be all the carbs I consume :)
Carbs corrode artery walls, then your body sends plaque to patch it up, repeat over and over and it builds up, is how I was told it works by a youtube doc
u/winn
Once again the name checks out. You're right on the money