Atherosclerosis – on the trail of truth
Heart Attack, Stroke – Millions of Deaths Could Be Prevented!
Atherosclerosis, commonly referred to as “hardening of the
arteries,” is, according to conventional medicine, primarily responsible
for most circulatory disorders and the resulting cardiovascular
diseases.
Statistically, 50% of people in industrialized
nations die from cardiovascular diseases (mostly due to heart attack or
stroke), which is why atherosclerosis is considered the number one cause
of premature death.
Year after year, this involves millions of deaths that could, as you will read below, be avoided.
What exactly is atherosclerosis?
Atherosclerosis
refers to the deposition of blood components such as blood fats,
thrombi, connective tissue, and to a lesser extent calcium, on the inner
walls of blood vessels.
As atherosclerosis progresses, the blood vessels narrow. In the final stage, this often leads to heart attack and stroke.
Atherosclerosis leads to heart attack and stroke!
The development of a stroke or heart attack is explained as follows:
- If
an artery supplying the brain is narrowed so severely by
atherosclerosis that insufficient oxygen-rich blood can flow through, a
stroke occurs.
- If an artery supplying the heart becomes too
narrow, insufficient oxygen can be transported to the heart muscle,
resulting in a heart attack.
Heart attacks and strokes endanger our lives ...
Statistically, one in three heart attack patients does not survive the event [1].
One in three to four stroke patients dies from the direct
consequences of the stroke, and every second stroke patient remains
severely disabled or at least in need of care [2].
Atherosclerosis – conventional medicine avoids the core issue
Cardiovascular
diseases, along with cancer, represent a major area of business for the
pharmaceutical industry and the medical profession, generating billions
of euros every year.
Similar to the case with cancer, important facts are allegedly being ignored, namely:
- the main cause of atherosclerosis, which leads to heart attack and stroke, and
- the
fact that there are methods that can reverse even advanced
atherosclerosis (at least partially in severe cases) and thus move
people out of the danger zone of heart attack, stroke, and thrombosis.
Risk factors named by conventional medicine for the development and progression of atherosclerosis [3]:
- Hypercholesterolemia (lipid metabolism disorder, e.g., due to high cholesterol levels)
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Nicotine consumption (cigarette smoke)
- Stress
- Lack of exercise
- Diabetes.
All
of this is correct, except for the claim that the primary cause of
atherosclerosis is metabolic in nature and therefore related to
nutrition.
The claim: the primary cause of atherosclerosis is a nutrient deficiency
Atherosclerosis
is described as deposits of blood components such as blood fats,
thrombi, connective tissue, and calcium on the inner vessel walls,
leading to narrowing of the vessels and ultimately to heart attack and
stroke.
For these blood components to deposit on the vessel walls, a physiological condition must exist:
The
inner surface of the blood vessels must have microscopic tears,
so-called lesions. Only then can the circulating blood components
adhere, accumulate, and lead to atherosclerosis.
At birth, the
inner walls of our blood vessels are described as smooth. Over time,
tiny tears allegedly develop, in which deposits accumulate over years
and decades.
The body then produces more cholesterol in an
attempt to repair these micro-injuries, which is claimed to further
worsen atherosclerosis. Cholesterol-lowering drugs are described here as
treating a symptom rather than a cause.
The proposed causal approach is therefore to prevent these microscopic tears and repair existing ones.
The comparison to scurvy
Atherosclerosis is essentially a precursor to scurvy.
Scurvy
is a vitamin deficiency disease that claimed many lives in the 16th
century, especially among sailors. Due to a lack of vitamin C, blood
vessels would rupture, leading to internal bleeding.
A
historical account is given of Jacques Cartier in 1535, whose crew
reportedly recovered from scurvy after consuming preparations made from
white cedar bark and needles, rich in vitamin C.
It is argued
that while small amounts of vitamin C can prevent full-blown scurvy,
they allegedly do not prevent the microscopic vessel damage described
above, which is claimed to lead to atherosclerosis.
Thhe same “remedy” that prevents scurvy is also the
solution for atherosclerosis, heart attack, and stroke, and suggests
that financial interests prevent this approach from being widely
promoted.
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