Pauling Therapy and Pauling Theory

What is Pauling Theory?

According to Linus Pauling and his research team, the condition that most doctors termed - “heart disease” is not a disease at all. On the contrary, it is a symptom caused by a missing enzyme in humans that is needed in order to produce ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) in the body. Humans are unable to make Vitamin C in the liver like most animals so they require high levels of ascorbic acid in the diet to manufacture the vast amounts of collagen required for the maintenance of blood vessels, bones, organs skin, ligaments, cartilage and teeth.

However, based on Wikipedia and most health-related websites, it is stated that coronary heart disease refers to the failure of coronary circulation to supply adequate circulation to cardiac muscles and surrounding tissue. This disease is caused by further development of atherosclerosis, a process that fatty deposits such as cholesterol builds up in the inner lining of the artery. This buildup is called a “plaque” and causes the lumen of the artery to narrow, reducing the blood flow. If the artery that is supposed to direct the blood flow to the heart gets blocked, it may cause a heart attack.

Based on Americanheart.org, statistic, coronary heart disease has caused 141.5 thousands of deaths in America. What is the root of this problem?

The Root of the Problem

A miniscule amount of Vitamin C of 60 to 75 mg can actually prevent death from Vitamin C deficiency disease scurvy however it is insufficient for the body to produce more collagen to maintain the strength and integrity of its entire cardiovascular system as well as bones and organs.

Daily intake of Vitamin C is integral to treat latent or chronic scurvy known as “human atherosclerosis”. Pauling’s research concluded that daily intake of no less than 3000 mg of Vitamin C is required for adequate collagen production and protection form heart disease and that daily intake of no less than 6000mg is required for those diagnosed with heart disease.

The Discovery

Lipoprotein (a) was discovered in 1963, a low-density lipoprotein cholesterol particle and pose as a high risk factor for coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis and thrombosis etc. Unfortunately, testing for lipoprotein (a) is not typically performed during routine cholesterol testing and thus most people are unaware of their true heart disease risk.

Results of a large US study, published in New England Journal of Medicine in 2003 suggested that among older adults in the US, lipoprotein (a) is an independent predictor of stroke, death and any cardiovascular disease and death from any cause, especially in men.

The Invention

In 1987, it was discovered that lipoprotein (a) cholesterol molecules were found to contain “lysine binding site” that are responsible for the deposit of plaques on the arterial walls when they are deficient in collagen that results from the insufficient intake of Vitamin C.

Arteries deficient in collagen will deteriorate and their walls will weaken. Plaques are the body's way of "patching" these failing arteries to prevent them from rupturing. This occurs because of something called the "lysine binding site" on the lipoprotein (a) molecules circulating in the blood. When this damage occurs to the tissue of the artery wall, it exposes the amino acid lysine within the tissue. Lipoprotein (a) has a natural attraction to lysine; it sticks to the lysine in the damaged artery walls and creates a natural plaster "cast" that shores up the arteries. Without this repair mechanism the arteries would rupture or leak blood and cause death from this chronic form of scurvy much sooner.

Vitamin C and lysine in large amounts become a group of lipoprotein (a) cholesterol binding inhibitors that restore vascular health and are patented to destroy atherosclerotic plaques. Pauling's experiments proved that "simply administering the proper nutrients, in the proper combination, at the proper dosage could eradicate heart disease."

Pauling’s Quotes

Pauling himself indicated during a 1994 Interview when questioned about the significance of these findings:

"Now I’ve got to the point where I think we can get almost complete control of cardiovascular disease, heart attacks and strokes by the proper use of vitamin C and lysine. It can prevent cardiovascular disease and even cure it." Linus Pauling Interview, Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, 1994.

In Pauling's last private telephone interview with reporter Peter Barry Chowka conducted on April 9, 1994, he expressed his dismay that this theory of heart disease wasn't formulated and the disease eradicated decades earlier, stating:

". . . I have trouble understanding why somebody interested in heart disease didn't think of it 20 or 30 years ago when it was accepted by cardiologists that the primary cause of atherosclerosis and heart disease is a lesion in the wall of an artery in a region of stress. So I asked myself two or three years ago, 'Why should there be a lesion in the wall of the artery?' Animals don't have these lesions in regions of stress. Well, you have the lesions because arteries are weak. Why are they weak? Ordinarily, animals' arteries are strengthened by the deposit of collagen. And you can't make collagen without using up vitamin C. Humans don't get enough vitamin C, so their arteries are weak. And then a lesion forms, followed by the other stages of developing heart disease. THEREFORE, DEFICIENT INTAKE OF VITAMIN C IS A PRIMARY CAUSE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE."