On Niacin, looking for other ways to lower cholesterol

The discussion of the Linus Pauling vitamin C/lysine invention for chronic scurvy

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On Niacin, looking for other ways to lower cholesterol

Post Number:#1  Post by ofonorow » Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:21 am

I started taking 1000 mg Niacin SR two weeks ago for cholesterol; I don't think I am tolerating it well. I take the True-Liposomal Vitamin C daily, one teaspoon. Do you sell a product that would be good for lowering cholesterol but without stevia?


Vitamin C powder.

As far as I know, nothing is better than optimal vitamin C for regulating cholesterol to 180 mg/dl.

What are your numbers? Even if you cannot tolerate stevia, you may be able to tolerate ascorbic acid powder. I don't know if you follow our forum, but my cholesterol, which was 180 for a long time, dropped to 170 mg/dl when I added lysine, is now around 130 mg/dl - or too low!

Linus Pauling (and associates) identified a single (sticky) form of LDL cholesterol called Lp(a). This is the dangerous cholesterol that can form atherosclerotic plaques. Pauling's invention to make Lp(a) less sticky is to add lysine to vitamin C. (later research at the Univ. of Chicago shows that proline is also involved.) Depending on your Lp(a) reading, you would also want to consider the amino acid lysine. Both lysine and vitamin C are available in drug stores as pills.
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Re: On Niacin, looking for other ways to lower cholesterol

Post Number:#2  Post by ofonorow » Thu Dec 17, 2015 6:01 am

Thanks for replying so promptly.

I check out the forum periodically. My screen name is Esmeralda.

i used Cardio-C for a while until I developed an intolerance for Stevia. It took me a while to figure it out, until I had Stevia in something else and developed the same gastrointestinal problems. You had suggested that I try the Liposomal Vitamin C; I have the autoship for Liposomal Vitamin C that I take everyday, plus the Vitamin C powder (ascorbic acid powder) from the Vitamin C Foundationthat I take every so often. I am able to tolerate both products.

I started on the Niacin Extended Release last week, beginning with 500 mg the first day. I immediately had the flushing and itching when I increased the dosage to 500 mg two times per day. Instead of the symptoms leveling off, they persisted. So I took myself off the Niacin completely.

Every product that I looked at on Vitamin C Foundation and Tower Labs has stevia, so I have had to eliminate those products.

The VAP test was completed on 11-24-15. Here are the results:

apoB100-calc LC 105
Cholesterol, Total LC 221 (high)
HDL-2 (Most Protective) LC 17
HDL-3 (Less Protective) LC 42
HDL Cholesterol LC 59
IDL Cholesterol LC 11
LDL-R (Real)-C LC 123 (high)
LDL1 Pattern A LC 18.1
LDL 2 Pattern A LC 53.6
LDL 3 Pattern B LC 48.6
LDL 4 Pattern B LC 2.3
LDL Cholesterol LC 146 (high)
LDL Density Pattern LC A
Lp(a) Cholesterol LC 13.0 (high)
Non HDL Cholesterol (LDL + VLDL) 162 (high)
Probably Metabolic Syndrome LC No
Remnant Lipo (IDL + VLDL 3) LC 21
Triglycerides LC 61
VLDL-3 (Small Remnant )LC 10 (high)
VLDL Cholesterol LC 16

Any suggestions that you or Johnwen have are welcomed. Thank you for your interest.


These numbers tell me is that you, individually, can metabolize and thus require more vitamin C than you are taking (total cholesterol above 180 mg/dl). The elevated Lp(a) tells me that you should also be taking lysine (and probably proline) to protect from this "sticky" form of LDL cholesterol.

Sorry about the Stevia. Our "niche" is the convenient drink mix, but you can find lysine as pills and Pauling would suggest that you try to take around 5000 mg (usually 10 pills daily).

In my case, after all these years, my cholesterol is too low! (around 130 mg/dl) and my Lp(a) is almost zero. I have been taking close to 20,000 mg of Vitamin C, since reading Linus Pauling's book in 1986.
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Re: On Niacin, looking for other ways to lower cholesterol

Post Number:#3  Post by Johnwen » Thu Dec 17, 2015 10:55 am

Just a thought!!

I started on the Niacin Extended Release last week, beginning with 500 mg the first day. I immediately had the flushing and itching when I increased the dosage to 500 mg two times per day. Instead of the symptoms leveling off, they persisted. So I took myself off the Niacin completely.


She could try taking the Niacin right before going to bed at night and sleep thru these side effects.
I take Slo Niacin 500mg. X2 like this and after 3 years of taking them if I don’t go to bed right away I still feel the effects of them.
Although 99% of the time I sleep right thru them without any sleep disturbance.
Would be worth a try!!

Cholesterol test don’t look all that bad!

Would like to know her age group in decades would be fine?? Ie, 30’s, 40’s etc,

Did they check her estrogen levels?
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Post Number:#4  Post by Esmeralda » Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:16 pm

I am 63 years old. My estrogen and other hormones are supplemented with EPT hormonal drops to non-torso area daily. I had a nasty run-in with Crestor several years ago, which is how I initially found this site. I have thyroiditis and am optimized on Armour Thyroid. My blood pressure is in the normal range. I eat salmon or trout daily, unless I eat out; then it is red meat!

In addition to the Niacin, I was on Omega 3 and pharmaceutical grade resveratrol. Even with the slow-release niacin, the side effects are extremely uncomfortable, and tend to be random. I had hoped that the side effects would lessen over time, but that has not been the case.

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Re: On Niacin, looking for other ways to lower cholesterol

Post Number:#5  Post by ofonorow » Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:27 am

While we wait for further thoughts from johnwen, I wonder about the resveratrol. In my life extension reading, I think I understand where the resveratorl idea comes from. The only proven "life extension" modality, calorie restriction, does "rejuvenate" (at least mice) and the change in gene expression related to the "stress" of restricting calories is known. It was also discovered that the "poison" resveratrol puts a similar stress on us and creates a similar gene expression as calorie restriction - without having to be deprived of food.

Resveratrol and other similar substances (like red yeast rice) seems to be a poison plants develop for self protection. (I'm sure people will correct me if I am wrong about this.) The calorie-restriction research is compelling, but how sure are we that the analogy from taking the poison resveratrol is valid? I believe there are calorie restriction experiments in primates, and that the results weren't all that good.
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Post Number:#6  Post by Johnwen » Mon Dec 21, 2015 4:15 pm

Effects of oral estradiol treatment on LP(a) It’s a PDF file

http://press.endocrine.org/doi/pdf/10.1 ... 82.11.4357

This tells about how female hormones effect LP(a) etc.

http://atvb.ahajournals.org/content/17/9/1822.full

This one shows the difference between transdermal and oral supplementing of E2. Oral wins out in their test! So maybe you might want to talk to your doc and get switched over to oral supplementing and see if it makes any difference for you.

http://www.aafp.org/afp/1999/0215/p988.html

This one is a not to well known method of lowering cholesterol!
Mostly because it takes money away from Big Pharma! However good results can be had with it especially in patients who cannot tolerate statins. As you’ll see it also has effects on LP(a). The good part is it’s not expensive and has only one side effect and that is if your diabetic it can raise your blood sugar a couple of points, because it’s made from sugar cane. The pill is about the size of a regular aspirin. They come in 5mg doses which is best taken twice a day one with morning meal and one with the evening meal.
Here’s a article that tells you the who’s and what’s of it!

https://www.dcnutrition.com/miscellaneo ... Number=702


Haven’t seen too much effects on Resveratrol with regards to cholesterol.
I’ve been taking it for about 6 years now and if I miss a day or two it seems to lower my brain function (Remembering things) and energy levels. Other then that not too much of anything else. Yes! I got her beat on age by about a half dozen years. So I wouldn’t stop it! :?

Hope this all helps with some understanding of how things effect other functions and levels.
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Re: On Niacin, looking for other ways to lower cholesterol

Post Number:#7  Post by Georgehaslostweight » Fri Jul 29, 2016 8:18 am

Have you tried all lifestyle adjustments including veganism and no oil at all? Plus exercise and relaxation? Remember too that losing weight raises LDL short term

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Post Number:#8  Post by RatherBeUnknown » Fri Jul 29, 2016 10:20 am

Johnwen wrote:Haven’t seen too much effects on Resveratrol with regards to cholesterol.
I’ve been taking it for about 6 years now and if I miss a day or two it seems to lower my brain function (Remembering things) and energy levels. Other then that not too much of anything else. Yes! I got her beat on age by about a half dozen years. So I wouldn’t stop it! :?

Resveratrol is a MAO (A or B or both) inhibitor and this is why it can have mood uplifting and energizing effects.

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Post Number:#9  Post by Esmeralda » Wed Aug 03, 2016 7:43 pm

Here is an update of my labs from 5-27-16 with a comparison from 8-26-16. I take 6000 mg Vitamin C powder and 1 teaspoon lysine daily:

5-27-16. 8-26-16
Cholesterol. 185. 316
Triglycerides. 66. 78
Lipoprotein HDL. 55. 82
LDL calculation. 117. 218
Chom/HDL ratio. 3. 4

I am having to add baking soda to the vitamin c mix because of developing heartburn. My PCP is extremely impressed with the numbers and told me to keep doing what I am doing!

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Post Number:#10  Post by exitium » Mon Aug 08, 2016 7:14 am

Esmeralda wrote:Here is an update of my labs from 5-27-16 with a comparison from 8-26-16. I take 6000 mg Vitamin C powder and 1 teaspoon lysine daily:

5-27-16. 8-26-16
Cholesterol. 185. 316
Triglycerides. 66. 78
Lipoprotein HDL. 55. 82
LDL calculation. 117. 218
Chom/HDL ratio. 3. 4

I am having to add baking soda to the vitamin c mix because of developing heartburn. My PCP is extremely impressed with the numbers and told me to keep doing what I am doing!



Thats a great improvement!

On an aside, messed up sex hormones often go hand in hand with thyroid function. Have you ever tried suppplementing lugols iodine/selenium to see if you could address the thyroid problems?


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