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Calcium & Coronary Heart Disease
By admin | March 30, 2010
Calcium Metabolism, Vitamins C & D Alter Heart Disease
Statistics on Heart Disease reveal unwanted soft tissue calcium deposits are associated with a 1,180% increase in coronary heart disease. Dr. Thomas Levy, a cardiologist who follows the research and statistics on heart disease reports this finding.
Associated with high levels of calcium in coronary arteries was lower levels of vitamin C.
Studies done by Bourne, et al (1942) found severe vitamin C deficiencies, like those found in scurvy, were associated with increased excretion of calcium, the most abundant mineral in your body. The exodus of calcium was found to be re-deposited into the soft tissues like arteries and other organs.
The metabolism of calcium is a very complex phenomenon. From the healthy levels of bacteria in the large intestine to various vitamins, types of organic calcium available, hormones and unknown factors, all these affect optimal calcium assimilation.
Numerous excellent studies show higher levels of calcium supplementation actually increase bone fractures and cause soft tissue deposition of unwanted calcium.
The deposition of calcium into the arteries is a major factor in development of atherosclerosis. (Sometimes called hardening of the arteries). The condition of atherosclerosis is a major factor in coronary heart disease.
Much of this calcium problem stems from poor vitamin levels of vitamin D-3 and vitamin K-2. Both vitamins D and K-2 move calcium from the blood into bone. Vitamin D is more often than not deficient in the residents of U.S.A.
Not surprisingly osteoporosis, with low bone levels of calcium and increased coronary heart disease, is due to high levels of calcium in the arteries instead of the bone.
Calcium is typically one of the least soluble minerals of your body and vitamin C is known to be one of the best agents to cause dissolution of calcium into an absorb-able state. Calcium usually needs to be in an organic form such as calcium ascorbate.
When calcium is in a dissolved state it is less inclined to be deposited into arteries and soft tissues. This makes vitamin C and the bone depositing vitamins D and K-2 especially important. These means a reduction of atherosclerosis. This in turn reduces coronary heart disease…Denis Van Loan D.D.S.
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