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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My wife has been on my case about consuming too many carbs :) The animal fat factor seems to be highly controversial, with some claiming there is not problem with them, and others (mainly the conventional cardiologists) that they are the huge problem.
The animal fat controversy started with a guy named Ansel Keys in the late 50s after Eisenhower had two heart attacks while in office. Keys wrote papers saying saturated animal fats and cholesterol were the cause of artery disease
He threw out any studies that contradicted his theory. Soon, the American Heart Association adopted his theory and pushed for seed oils and low cholesterol. Heart disease exploded after that. Heart disease tracks parallel to the increase use of seed oils. Proctor and Gamble who produced Crisco oil funded Keys’ research, and the AHA just happened to win a radio contest sponsored by P&G awarding them $1M. Right after that, they supported Keys.