Antioxidants help arteries stay healthy in people at risk for heart disease

Antioxidants are substances that protect cells against the effects of free radicals -- molecules produced when the body breaks down food or is exposed to environmental toxins and radiation.

Free radicals are believed to play a role in heart disease, cancer and other disorders. So it makes sense that antioxidants could help protect or even treat many health problems.

However, some poorly designed studies have given antioxidants mixed results and resulted in the mainstream media reporting that antioxidants are virtually worthless. But new research provides hard evidence that taking antioxidant supplements long-term produces dramatic benefits in people with multiple cardiovascular risk factors.

That's the conclusion of a randomized, controlled trial of vitamin C, vitamin E, coenzyme Q10 and selenium capsules. The research results, just reported in BioMed Central's journal Nutrition and Metabolism, show these dietary antioxidants produce multiple positive effects on sugar and fat metabolism, blood pressure and arterial flexibility (which allows blood to move freely through the body).

The study was conducted by scientist Reuven Zimlichman and his research team at Wolfson Medical Center in Israel. They randomly divided 70 high blood pressure patients into two groups. One group was given antioxidants supplements and the other took placebo capsules for six months. Those taking the antioxidants received vitamin C (1000 mg/day), vitamin E (400 i.u/day), coenzyme Q10 (120 mg/day) and selenium (200 mcg/day).

Tests at the beginning of the trial, after three months, and again after six months documented that patients in the antioxidant group had marked improvements in their cardiovascular health. They had more elastic arteries and better blood sugar levels. In addition, their cholesterol profiles were healthier with a significant increase in HDL, the so-called "good", heart-protective cholesterol. In fact, the researchers concluded "antioxidant supplements have the potential to alleviate atherosclerotic damage.."

"Antioxidant supplementation significantly increased large and small artery elasticity in patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors. This beneficial vascular effect was associated with an improvement in glucose and lipid metabolism as well as significant decrease in blood pressure," Dr. Zimlichman said in a statement to the media. "The findings of the present study justify investigating the overall clinical impact of antioxidant treatment in patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors."

More hopeful news for heart patients: another study by Dr. Zimlichman and colleagues published in the June issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, found that taking the amino acid L-arginine long-term also helped people with multiple cardiovascular risk factors. In this randomized, placebo-controlled trial, 90 patients were assigned to receive either oral L-arginine capsules or placebo capsules. After six months, tests indicated those taking L-arginine had improved vascular health -- including a significant decrease in systolic blood pressure.

From: NaturalNews.com, Thursday, July 22, 2010 by: S. L. Baker, NaturalNews.com features writer

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A Lesson in Disclosing Nutritional Supplement Product Ingredients (and Treating Customers Right)...

I recently purchased a product from BlueGreenFoods.com, called Stem Cell Activator. It cost me nearly $50, including shipping. But since the advertising was so slick, I thought I'd try it.

When I received the product, I discovered in the list of ingredients that it contains little more than blue green algae and a number of so-called "beneficial microorganisms," including Bacillus subtilis.

Now the Bacillus subtilis is a live bacteria that some people include as an ingredient in probiotic nutritional supplements, apparently because they believe it is a highly beneficial microorganism. But I don't believe that. Based upon some of the research I've seen over the years, I believe it is potentially harmful for some people. In some cases, it appears to be potentially infectious for some people.

Therefore, a long time ago I decided not to use any nutritional supplement containing Bacillus subtilis. And since my opinion is really all that counts when it comes to which foods or supplements I put into my own body, I decided not to use the Stem Cell Activator product I'd received from BlueGreenFoods.com.

After all, when I had first ordered the product, nowhere on their web site did I see this ingredient "Bacillus subtilis" listed by name. (Since then, I've searched the web site again, using their own search engine, and still cannot find this ingredient listed by name.)

So after recieving the product and discovering the Bacillus subtilis ingredient on the label, I went to the company web site to see how to return the unopened product and obtain a refund. I had remembered seeing the phrase "100% Guarantee" featured prominently on their web site, and was therefore hopeful I could get my money back by returning the product unused and unopened.

Unfortunately, as I discovered when I returned to the web site home page, what it actually says in a sidebar under the subhead "Guarantees" is this: "100% Quality Guarantee." Then, when you click on those words, nothing happens. It doesn't take you anywhere. There is no link to information about this guarantee. And after searching through page after page of the web site, I could find no other information about their guarantee policy.

So I called the company and got an answering machine. I left a message explaining that I had received their product and would like to return it for a refund. Later that day I got an email that simply read:

"vm message received - will respond after holiday weekend. Thanks."

After the holiday weekend passed, I still received no contact from them. So I called again.

This time a man answered. Rather than identify himself, he simply asked what I wanted. I was a bit flustered by his brusk attitude and lack of phone decorum, but managed to explain breifly that I had ordered their Stem Cell Activator product and would like information on how to return it unopened for a refund of my purchase price because I saw it contains Bacillus subtilis, an ingredient I have a personal policy of not ingesting.

Rather than respond to my request for information on how to return the product, the man launched into a prolonged speech about how wonderful and beneficial the Stem Cell Activator product is. Since he was merely repeating what I'd already read on the company's web site, I cut in and politely told him that regardless of how good he believes his product to be, I would not be able to take it since I have a personal policy of never ingesting Bacillus subtilis. I stated that I would never have ordered the product in the first place had their web site explained that it contained Bacillus subtilis. And I stated that I was calling only to find out how to return the unopened product and obtain a refund.

The man then became very perturbed, and began to lecture me on phone courtesy, claiming that he "could not talk to me" if I wasn't going to allow him to "educate me" as to why I was wrong about wanting a refund on his product. I tried to explain once again that I wasn't calling for another sales pitch, but simply trying to obtain a refund. I stated that I was not denigrating his product, but merely asking for a refund since it contains an ingredient I have a policy of not ingesting.

He then hung the phone up on me, which I thought was rather odd, considering the fact that the company web site says, "We are commited to proving world class support to our valued customers."

If that was "world class" support, I'd hate to see what crappy support consists of.

Ten or fifteen minutes later I received the following email from the company:

Dear Steve,

You just spoke to me. I could not seem to speak to you due to your interference.

This is our policy: http://www.bluegreenfoods.com/return-policy.html

There is nothing wrong with our product! It detoxes your body not harms it.

You should try it to maximize your health.

Thanks,

Rob

Bluegreen Foods Support Group

So I went to the link supplied in his email, and found their return policy -- a web page consisting of over 20 mind-numbing paragraphs of tiny type explaining their policy in minute, if not convoluted detail. The web page concludes with 10 rules you have to follow in order to return a product and obtain a refund, which apparently, is only a partial refund as they refuse to return your shipping and handling charges, they deduct from the purchase price any shipping and handling discounts you received, and they deduct an additional 15% re-stocking fee.

No wonder they hide their return policy!

I continued searching their web site and discovered that the only way online customers can access the web page with the return policy, apparently, is through a barely noticeable "Terms" link hidden at the very bottom of their web pages, next to the site map link. You have to click on the terms link and read through some 20 paragraphs of tiny type in order to find another barely noticeable link that says, "Click Here to read our return policy and submit your RMA request."

Astonishing.

Finally, I sent an email reply to the above email from "Rob," stating:

Rob,

I don't want to try the product. It contains Bacillus subtilis. I don't use products containing Bacillus subtilis. It's that simple.

There's no need for you to launch into a speech about how great Bacillus subtilis is, or how many other people use it, because I don't eat it...period.

I had no idea you put that particular ingredient into your product. It is not mentioned by name on your web site. Had I known your product contained Bacillus subtilis, I'd have never ordered the product. Again, it's that simple.

I'm not denigrating your product. I'm just stating a simple fact: By choice, I don't use products containing Bacillus subtilis as an ingredient. And since the product you sold me contains Bacillus subtilis, I'd like to return it unopened for a refund.

What I called to ask for, and what I'm asking you for again, right now, is a return authorization number and instructions on where to return the unopened product for a refund of the purchase price.

Thanks,

Steve Barwick

And ten or fifteen minutes later I received another email response from the company, which read:

Hello!

Just a note to thank you for your interest in Bluegreen Foods products, and to let you know we have received your message. One of our representatives will respond to you within 24 hours.

In Good Health,

Bluegreen Foods Support Group

Surprisingly, this one came from the following email address: wecare@bluegreenfoods.com

"We care." Uh, huh. I'm still laughing.

-- Spencer

7-15-2010 UPDATE:

After several more back-and-forths with the company by phone and email over a period of several more days, they finally broke down and refunded my credit card for the amount of purchase, and I have shipped the product back to them, unopened.

How much more respect would I have had for this company, had they simply stated, the first time I called, that there was no problem in getting a refund?

They could have said, "We appreciate your interest in our product and we're sorry you find one of the ingredients objectionable. While we've carefully researched your objection to this ingredient and disagree with the conclusions you've drawn (and will be happy to furnish you with more information should you want it), we nevertheless want you to know that we'll cheerfully refund your money upon your return of the product."

But instead, they put me through the unconscionable contortions described earlier in this article.

Two lessons apply here:

One, the very best sales policy for ingestible or topical nutritional supplement products (or any product, actually) is full disclosure of all ingredients.

Why? Because some people are sensitive to certain ingredients. Others might have religious objections to a certain ingredient or ingredients (I won't use any product that contains pork, shellfish or mushrooms, for example). Others simply might not like a certain ingredient even though there's absolutely nothing wrong with it.

Regardless of the reason, failing to disclose the ingredients in a forthright manner in the product advertising can only serve to engender distrust and animosity in the customer when he receives the product and discovers that it contains an ingredient or ingredients he finds objectionable. In other words, it's just plain bad business to fail to disclose your product's ingredients.

The customer would not have purchased the product had he been fully informed of its ingredients. Therefore, he will automatically assume that the company's sales team chose not to disclose ingredients because they were afraid of losing sales over it. This may or may not be true of the company. But it is nevertheless what the customer will assume. They will feel tricked into buying the product.

The simple solution is to fully disclose all ingredients in the product advertising. Allow those who object to a certain ingredient, for whatever reason, right or wrong, to know about it upfront so they can make a purchasing decision they feel is in their best interest.

Companies selling nutritional supplements simply don't need the hassle of dealing with customers who might find one or more of their product's ingredients objectionable, after receiving the product. So why hide the information from them in your product advertising? There will always be customers who are perfectly happy with your ingredient list. Those are the customers you want.

Secondly, when a customer who has ordered and received a product from a company calls to say they don't want it, the company's sales representative should never launch into a long diatribe explaining why they're making a poor decision. Even if you're absolutely right, the customer will always feel that you're attempting to browbeat him into keeping and using a product he doesn't want. And like it or not, you will lose that customer...forever.

Not only that, you'll have made an enemy of that customer, forever. You may get to keep the customer's lousy thirty, or forty or fifty bucks by intimidating or otherwise hustling them into keeping a product containing an unwanted ingredient, but for the rest of their lives that customer will a.) never order from your company again, b.) never again think of your company in a positive light, c.) always speak negatively of your company to others, whether in person-to-person communications, or in internet forums.

There is an old marketing maxim that states, "If you treat a customer good, he will recommend you to at least three friends. If you treat a customer badly, he will bad mouth you to at least ten friends." That is NOT the kind of word-of-mouth publicity you want in a marketplace in which the competition is cutthroat, and customers have so many other choices they can turn to if you burn them.

That is especially true of the nutritioanal supplement marketplace.

Addendum:

I recently ordered two different product from a Facebook friend who owns a company specializing in Aloe Vera products. One was an ingestible Aloe Vera product, and one was a topical Aloe Vera gel product.

The topical Aloe Vera gel contained a controversial ingredient called Butylene Glycol, which some health enthusiasts claim is completely harmless in the amounts found in topical skin care products, and others claim should never be used in topical skin care products in any amount due to its potential side effects on people who may be overly sensitive to it.

Here's what I wrote to the company after receiving the products and finding the offending ingredient in the gel:

I recieved the shipment of the Aloe Vera juice and Aloe Pure Gel I ordered. But I was very surprised to see the second main ingredient in the Aloe Pure Gel being Butylene Glycol, which is basically a chemical related to anti-freeze.

There seems to be quite a controversy over this ingredient, with many natural health enthusiasts eschewing it (see for example http://www.beautynewsla.com/natural-living/but-but%E2%80%A6butylene-glycol-does-what/).

Since there are any number of all-natural substitutes that could easily be used in place of this ingredient, I'm wondering why they used it?

I'm not sure I want to put the stuff on my skin. Disappointed to see it in the product.

Here's how the company responded to my inquiry:

Hello Spencer, I understand your concern about Butylene glycol...I too had the same feelings about it some time ago...but after talking with several chemist and formulators a few years back...I formed a different view. Butylene glycols chemistry is different than the Ethylene glycol (anti-freeze) and propylene glycol...and was assured it was safe as a topical ingredient in cosmetics and can even be ingested...that is, when formulated correctly.

However, I will gather more information (tomorrow) from our formulators and forward the data to you as soon as I receive it.

You can then make your decision with the Aloe gel....then, if for any reason you don't want it...I'll make arrangements for you to ship the product back and I'll refund your purchase....no problem.

Thanks Spencer and have a great day.

Ahhh...short, simple and to the point. Immediate reassurance that I can get my money back if I find the ingredient objectionable. I will do business with this company again, in the future.

Nevertheless, I will still write this company again and urge them to disclose all label ingredients in their company advertising. Why? Because it's the right thing to do. If they are confident the ingredients are safe and effective, they should disclose those ingredients publicly and fully. Failure to do so implies a company knows they have something to hide. A company should not want customers to feel duped into buying their product by the failure to disclose a potentially objectionable ingredient.

The bottom line is that people are far more knowledgeable about product ingredients today than they've ever been. This is of course largely thanks to the internet, which -- for good or for bad -- has given people near instantaneous access to unprecedented amounts of information.

Knowing that, a company should practice full disclosure in regards to product ingredients. A company's sales team should never refrain from disclosure, in the vain hopes that it will add a few extra sales to the company's bottom line. It only takes a handful of customers who feel duped and betrayed to cause a nutritional supplement company the loss of thousands upon thousands of dollars in sales.

Customers who feel duped and betrayed will not only never buy from you again, but the likelihood is, they will put the word out on your company for months or even years into the future, whether through an internet forum, or through friend-to-friend word-of-mouth contact, or whatever.

These are simple truths every nutritional supplement company should understand, and act upon.

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Eating to Starve Cancer by Triggering Antiangiogenesis

TED videos (www.TED.com) are awesome learning tools, and this one is no exception.

Here Dr. William Li explains his breakthrough ideas for using diet to trigger antiangiogenesis -- the ability to stop cancer cells from growing in the human body by cutting off their blood supply.

This is a very worthwhile (albeit long) video for those who truly believe in natural healing and preventive medicine.

-- Spencer

Simple Secret to Boosting the Nutritional Density of the Foods You Eat…

Did you realize that every time you flavor your meals with herbs or spices you are literally "upgrading" your food – nutritionally and therapeutically?

What’s more, you’re doing so without adding a single calorie.

You’re taking something ordinary and turning it into something extraordinary by adding color, flavor, powerful nutrients and antioxidants, and yes, even proven medicinal properties.

These 20 herbs and spices will dramatically boost the nutritional density of the foods you eat, and thus magnify the benefits every meal you eat!

•rosemary and basil for their anti-inflammatory power

•cumin and sage for their dementia-fighting power

•cayenne and cinnamon for their obesity-fighting power

•coriander and cinnamon for their sugar regulating powers

•lemon grass, nutmeg, bay leaves and saffron for their calming effects on your mood

•turmeric for its cancer fighting power

•oregano for its fungus-beating power

•garlic, mustard seed and chicory for their heart-pumping power

•basil and thyme for their skin-saving power

•turmeric, basil, cinnamon, thyme, saffron, and ginger for their immune-boosting power

•coriander, rosemary, cayenne and allspice for their depression-busting power

Why add these herbs and spices?

They maximize nutrient density: Herbs and spices are packed with powerful concentrations of antioxidants, minerals and multivitamins. You only need to add a small amount of each herb or spice to add incredible taste to your food, and more importantly, to turn it into a nutrient-dense gift to your body!

They help create a more thermogenic diet: Because spices are nutrient dense, they are thermogenic, which means they naturally increase your metabolism. This is simply the easiest way in the world to help increase nutrient uptake and prevent weight gain!

They make you feel good: Don’t be surprised if you start noticing a distinct new outlook on life after you begin adding spices and herbs to your diet. Because of the added nutrient “punch” you’ll enjoy, your body and mind will inevitably respond favorably!

They have real medicinal properties: Study after study shows the benefits of distinct herbs and spices. For example, one 2003 trial of 60 people with type 2 diabetes reported that consuming as little as two teaspoons of cinnamon daily for six weeks reduced blood-glucose levels and improved blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels, perhaps because insulin plays a key role in regulating fats in your body.

So learn to choose flavor over blandness every time, and try to incorporate these 20 specific herbs and spices into your diet as often as possible.

Not only will your food taste better, but its benefits to your body will be dramatically enhanced!

Is Wikipedia Purposely Suppressing Information About Successful Natural Therapies?

Would Wikipedia purposely suppress or even outright censor legitimate information about natural therapies?

If so, would they do it based on biased internal policy, or only after being pressured to do so by darker forces?

The article below does not answer those questions. But it does demonstrate that Wikipedia eliminates from its public pages a staggering amount of valuable information regarding natural therapies.

The good news is that much of this important information can still be accesssed, if you know how. The bad news is, most people don't know how, and indeed, don't even realize it's possible.

The very interesting article below from our good friends at the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service explains how to access some of the most important information on natural healing that Wikipedia has hidden from view.

-- Steve

The Hidden Wikipedia: How to Find Deleted Material About Nutritional Medicine

(OMNS, May 11, 2010) There is nothing quite like a paper trail, and Wikipedia has one. Consequently, you can read for yourself all the material that has been added, and then deleted.

For example: Wikipedia's page about Max Gerson, M.D., is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Gerson

The doctor is widely known for the nutritional cancer therapy that bears his name. Gerson's principal biographer is his grandson, Howard Straus http://www.doctoryourself.com/gersonbio.htm

Mr. Straus tells the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service of some interesting experiences he has had with Wikipedia bias:

"Some years ago, on seeing that the pages for Dr. Max Gerson and the Gerson Therapy were only stubs (short place-holders with little information on them), I took it upon myself to flesh out the pages. I thought Wikipedia was fairly neutral on balance, so I put in all the information that I could, and kept it factual with references, citations, and literature links.

"Within a month, the following had happened:

"The information was labeled as "biased" and "unreliable" because I am Dr. Gerson's grandson and biographer. There appeared a big red flag at the top of the article labeling the articles neutrality "dubious."

"The photograph I posted was removed. Provable, referenced facts, with dates and places, all suddenly became "claims," even quotes from no less than Nobel Laureate Albert Schweitzer, M.D., who famously said: "I see in Dr. Max Gerson one of the most eminent geniuses in medical history." Dr. Schweitzer and his wife were patients of Dr. Gerson, making this a first-hand account from a rather reliable source.

"All my links, references and citations were removed. They were replaced by links to the American Cancer Society and National Cancer Institute, which offer only criticism of the Gerson Therapy. Even quotations from published scientific papers were removed. Attempts to rectify these actions were immediately overwritten.

"It's easy enough to show the progression of the pages, since Wikipedia displays former edits on request, dated and documented. One can verify this by clicking on the "History" tab at the top of the Max Gerson page, and looking at 2005 and before.

My editing is archived at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/69.109.140.164 and also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Howard_Straus

"A second Wikipedia page, specific to the Gerson Therapy, has been completely removed. See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerson_therapy&redirect=no. To see something of what happened, you can click the "History" tab here as well."

The Orthomolecular Medicine News adds just one other intriguing statement about Dr. Gerson's work that is probably too "unreliable" to be seen on Wikipedia:

"I know of one patient who turned to Gerson Therapy having been told she was suffering from terminal cancer and would not survive another course of chemotherapy. Happily, seven years later, she is alive and well. So it is vital that, rather than dismissing such experiences, we should further investigate the beneficial nature of these treatments." (H.R.H. Charles, Prince of Wales)

Max Gerson is not the only nutritionally-oriented physician whose work is slanted or censored at Wikipedia. Others include Matthias Rath, M.D., and Robert F. Cathcart III, M.D.

Matthias Rath, M.D.

Dr. Rath coauthored a number of papers with Linus Pauling. (1-8)

They discussed high-dose vitamin therapy for cardiovascular disease. To see what is going on at Wikipedia concerning him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Matthias_Rath

Paul Anthony Taylor, a supporter of Dr. Rath, comments: "Instead of providing free access to the sum of all human knowledge, as is its supposed aim, Wikipedia would appear to be just another way of supporting the scientific, political and social status quo.”

In a sense, however, the game is already up for Wikipedia. The official exams watchdog in the UK, Ofqual, recently stated that schoolchildren should avoid it as it is not "authoritative or accurate" and in some cases "may be completely untrue" (See http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/6943325/Schoolchildren-told-to-avoid-Wikipedia.html)

Believe it or not, one of Wikipedia's contributors is the CIA, and they are not just updating their own entries, either. (See http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/16/2007049.htm)

When it comes to nutritional therapies, you won't currently find much of it on Wikipedia.

Robert F. Cathcart, M.D.

The Wikipedia page for this physician has been deleted. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Robert_Cathcart

Why? Because Dr. Cathcart "does not meet notability criteria per WP:BIO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BIO" and "a quick google search shows up no reliable hits for this subject."

Indeed? It appears that someone was not looking.

Orthopedic surgeon Robert F. Cathcart III is the inventor of the Cathcart Elliptical Orthocentric Endoprosthesis, a replacement hip-ball joint still in widespread use today after 37 years. http://www.orthomed.com/pros.pdf

Some physicians report it to be superior to other similar devices. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2661497 That alone qualifies him as notable, and invalidates the deletion of his page at Wikipedia.

In addition, Linus Pauling personally singled out Dr. Cathcart for recognition for his nutritional knowledge as early as 1978. (9)

Possibly, just possibly, the real reason Dr. Cathcart is deleted from Wikipedia has much more to do with his outspoken advocacy of very high doses of vitamin C to treat viral illnesses. See:

http://www.doctoryourself.com/cathcart_thirdface.html and either http://www.doctoryourself.com/titration.html or http://www.orthomed.com/titrate.htm

Here is all the deleted material on Dr. Cathcart:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Robert_Cathcart&action=history

Take a look and decide for yourself.

For More Information:

Max Gerson, M.D.

Complete bibliography of Dr. Gerson's publications:

http://www.doctoryourself.com/bib_gerson.html

Extensive list of papers about the Gerson Therapy: http://www.doctoryourself.com/bib_gerson_therapy.html

For free access to a documentary on the Gerson Therapy: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7357629140536485998

A review of this film, from J Orthomolecular Med, 2006: http://www.doctoryourself.com/gersonmovie.html

Additional Reading:

http://www.doctoryourself.com/gersontherapy.html

http://www.doctoryourself.com/charlotte.html

Matthias Rath, M.D.

Papers coauthored with Linus Pauling:

1. Rath M, Pauling L. Immunological evidence for the accumulation of lipoprotein(a) in the atherosclerotic lesion of the hypoascorbemic guinea pig. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Dec;87(23):9388-90. PMID: 2147514

2. Rath M, Pauling L. Hypothesis: lipoprotein(a) is a surrogate for ascorbate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Aug;87(16):6204-7. Erratum in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991 Dec 5;88(24):11588. PMID: 2143582

3. Rath M, Pauling L. Solution To the Puzzle of Human Cardiovascular Disease: Its Primary Cause Is Ascorbate Deficiency Leading to the Deposition of Lipoprotein(a) and Fibrinogen/Fibrin in the Vascular Wall. J Orthomolecular Med, Vol 6, 3&4th Quarters, 1991, p 125.

4. Pauling L, Rath M. An Orthomolecular Theory of Human Health and Disease. J Orthomolecular Med, Vol 6, 3&4th Quarters, 1991, p 135.

5. Rath M, Pauling L. Apoprotein(a) Is An Adhesive Protein. J Orthomolecular Med, Vol 6, 3&4th Quarters, 1991, p 139.

6. Rath M, Pauling L. Case Report: Lysine/Ascorbate Related Amelioration of Angina Pectoris. J Orthomolecular Med, Vol 6, 3&4th Quarters, 1991, p 144.

7. Rath M, Pauling L. A Unified theory of Human Cardiovascular Disease Leading the Way To the Abolition of This Diseases As A Cause for Human Mortality. J Orthomolecular Med, Vol 7, First Quarter 1992, p 5.

8. Rath M, Pauling L. Plamin-induced Proteolysis and the Role of Apoprotein(a), Lysine and Synthetic Lysine Analogs. J Orthomolecular Med, Vol 7, First Quarter 1992, p 17.

Dr. Rath's Assessment of Wikipedia: http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/THE_FOUNDATION/wiki_rath/how_the_facts_arent_welcome_on_wikipedia.html

Robert F. Cathcart, M.D.

Reference 9. Pauling L. Robert Fulton Cathcart, III, M.D., an orthomolecular physician. The Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine Newsletter, 1(4):1-3 Fall 1978. Free download of article: http://www.orthomed.com/PDF/pauling.pdf

Short biography of Dr. Cathcart:

http://orthomolecular.org/hof/2008/cathcart.html

His extensive website on vitamin C therapeutics: http://www.orthomed.com/

Bibliography of his publications with links to full-text articles: http://www.doctoryourself.com/biblio_cathcart.html

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