- Heart disease reversal/prevention requires high serum levels of vitamin K1 and vitamin MK-7 .
- Vitamin K: There is one K1 and 13 [misspoken] K2's. [Edit: The K2's are MK-4 thru MK-13, where the number indicates the length of a molecule chain. So there are 10 of them.]
- K1 is made by plants. It's high in broccoli & Kale.
- K2's come from fermented food products or fermentation by gut bacteria. Carbs feed the wrong type of gut bacteria. Carbs can kill K2 production in your gut. A low carb ketogenic diet is essential for the gut to make K2s. [Edit: Its best to supplement K2's instead of worrying about gut bacteria making them.]
Need for K1, vit-C, and "large fluffy" LDL
- Macrophages inside your cell wall turn into foam cells that cause constant inflammation and the build up of plaque.
- Initially, monocytes patrolling the inside of arteries pull damaged (gluconated or oxidized) lipids and bacteria out of the blood, then become macrophages inside the cell wall.
- Once macrophages job is done they need to be killed, else they become "foam cells", bloated with droplets of cholesterol.
- LDL carries K1 & vit-C. If it has enough K1 and Vit-C it will kill the macrophages that eat it. If there is not enough of either K1 or Vit-C, the macrophages will gorge on LDL and become foam cells.
- This explains why a vegetarian diet high enough in K1 and vit-C could prevent athersclerosis.
- Small LDL cannot carry enough K1, so small LDL will always feed foam cells. You need large fluffy LDL and enough K1 & Vit-C in order to stay healthy.
Need for vit-D & free-T3
- You've got macrophages and foam cells growing and you've got to kill them.
- If you have enough vit-D and enough free T3 (thyroid hormone), there will be proteins on the surface of macrophages that start spinning. This attracts HDL.
Need for MK-7, CoQ10, Micro-RNA, and "large fluffy" HDL
- MK-7 on the HDL locks onto the spinning protein on macrophages or foam cells and locks it down.
- The COQ10 on HDL then binds tightly to the macrophage. Then Micro-RNA from the HDL enters the macrophage (or foam cell) and kills it.
- The HDL then sucks out the fat & cholesterol and when its all bloated it returns to the liver.
- Small HDL cannot carry enough MK7, CoQ10, & Micro-RNA, so it cannot kill foam cells.
- The difference in surface area between small & large HDL is 900%.
- In addition, small HDL cannot orient MK7 & CoQ10 properly to lock onto a macrophage.
Need for magnesium
- A little-known carrier protein is attracted into the artery wall by spinning proteins on macrophages.
- If there is enough magnesium to loosen calcium from muscle cells in the arterial wall, this carrier protein can grab onto the calcium and remove it.
Diet
- Inadequate diet will make LDL & HDL too small
- Will not provide enough K1, vit-C, vit-D, free-T3, MK7, CoQ10, and magnesium.
- High dietary levels create more K1 & vit-C on in LDL
- High dietary levels create a better coating of MK-7, CoQ-10, and Micro-RNA on HDL
- High dietary levels of vit-D and free-T3 create the spinning molecules on macrophages
HDL & LDL will kill & clean out macrophage foam cells with high serum levels of the following:
- LDL
- HDL
- Free T3 between 3.3 & 5.0 pg/ml
- K1, MK-4, & MK-7 koncentrated k supplies all these
- CoQ10
- Vit D3 vit-D, 25-OH between 60 &70
- Vit E
- Vit C Patrick takes 6 g/d, but realizes that is too high for most people
- Magnesium
- Selenium optimum is 200 ug/day (total including food)
- Omega 3's with fat [I take DHA & EPA extracts and avoid fish oil]
- Do not take Calcium or Arginine
- Take Lysine & Citrulline
Edited by RWhigham, 03 August 2020 - 02:26 AM.