A good Pauling style Vitamin-C ?? - High Cholesterol Message Board

The Mayor · 08-16-2008, 05:43 AM

Does anyone have a tip for a brand of Vitamin C that adheres to the Linus Pauling type therapy for lowering cholesterol as in containing L-Lysine & L-Proline along with the C?

I found one brand named 'Heart Plus' but the issue is that it only comes in 250 mg. tablets so you have to take alot to equal 3,000 mg.

ellemae11 · 08-16-2008, 11:00 PM

Back when Linus Pauling was alive I remember him saying vitamin C in the form of ascorbic acid was fine along with L-lysine.
I take 10 grams Vitamin C along with 3 Grams L-lysine daily and have for 10 years. If Linus Pauling had something else other than ascorbic acid I missed it. I tried to take 5 grams of L-lysine but it caused bruising in me. I must say I haven't had a cold, flu, or hay fever after I upped my vitamin C intake to 10 G.

Trixibel · 08-17-2008, 07:15 PM

Ellemae do you take yours once or twice a day or do you take them at intervals throughout the day? I'm confused about when to take my vitamin
C. Has it helped your cholesterol taking 10 g a day?

ellemae11 · 08-25-2008, 12:42 PM

I take my vitamin C through the day. I get the chewable ones and stick them in my pocket so throughout the day I slip them in my mouth.My cholesterol has always been normal.
I do have a friend that was on statins with her LDL in the 1400 range and triglicerides around 800. She just was not able to get them any further down. I did tell her about Vit C & L-lysine.
She went on the 10 G of vitamin C & 5 G of L-lysine. Three months later and another blood test her LDL was 120 and triglcerides 88. Her doctor made the comment I don't want to know what you are doing but keep it up.
That was 2 years ago and she has now slacked off her vitamins. Tired of taking all those pills. Now her last test shows her cholesterol is coming back up.
I really don't think vitimin C alone will reduce cholesterol. I think it is the combination of L-lysine and Vitamin C.

JanD · 08-25-2008, 05:46 PM

Ellamae, does that mean you take 10,000 mg of Vit C? Can you tell me the name of the chewables you take and the mg? Thanks.
Janice