Dr. Cywes, Carb Addiction Doc, Prevent atherosclerotic plaque formation

I have been watching you, and those like you, for years and I have listened and took heed. And so I am the individual in the household who won't eat the C**P and so I am the "health nut" disrupting everything. At 75 y/o oddly enough, I am also the healthiest. No diabetes, not obese, no chronic disease, no ache or pain. (OK one knuckle on my right hand, very minor) I won't take a statin (any more) so I can stand up w/o difficulty. (I can do deep knee bends and pushups.) Go figure. Thank you Dr.

You are an amazing person Dr Cywes. You're an awesome source of inspiration.  I love your passionate and sincere delivery.

I am hoping to get a consultation with your team soon and get a helping hand to guide my struggles .

So what you're saying is Linus Pauling was right. Atherosclerosis IS caused by a lack of vitamin C. The lack of vitamin C causes subclinical scurvy and makes thousands of tiny micro thrombosi in the endothelium and the Lp (a) cholestrol swings by to patch it up and ultimately clogs the arteries. I can preach diet and healthy lifestyle as a clinician all day, but the game changer for me was when I started prescribing 5,000 to 10,000 mg of vitamin C qd to build that collagen in the endothelium. The amino acids lysine and Proline are also required to make good collagen. And then the other absolutely critical therapy is breathing molecular hydrogen gas every day for an hour with a good home machine to attenuate hydroxyl radicals and other stressors of pro oxidation such as excess glucose, smoking, sun, booze ect etc. With this therapy I can take somebody about to go on to the table and have them turned around in 6 to 8 months. With good lifestyle changes and this therapy they can have the heart of a 25 year old with a 10-year warranty after a year or two. A giant bottle of vitamin C from Costco.(take 1000 mg every hour up to 10) and a clinical grade hydrogen machine from Australia.  Italy, Japan and Korea are ok..  just not China or sadly the US.

After extensive research I decided to switch to the carnivore lifestyle three months ago. Wow the inflammation in my body is almost gone. My bowel is behaving itself no diarrhoea or dyspepsia and my painful shoulders (6years) has gone. I bought a new knife (sharp) to cut my steaks and foolishly showed my son how sharp it was and sliced into my finger. The healing was incredible it took only 3 days to primary heal and a month later you cannot even see where I did it the skin healed so well. I am loving this way of eating. My only wish now is that my arthritic knee catches up.

Good info.  However, how can you get rid of plaque once it has formed.  I don't think there is a way to clear a scar on your arm, but is there a way to clear plaque once it has formed in your arteries?

Inflammation and oxidative stress are the problems.... get those two issues under control and you'll be well on your way to a healthier life.