Thanks for everyone's comments.
What type of vitamin K2 are you taking? 15mg is a lot, I hope you are only taking that dose only in the form of mk-4 as too much mk-7 can cause problems.
I am taking 15mg of K2 M4 every other day lately.
I am also taking 5000IU of D3, and I did have a somewhat low level of only 31ng/ml in my most recent test. Maybe I should go up to 10,000 IU for a while?
I don't know how much current science there is to back it, but Linus Pauling suggested a combination of Vitamin C & Lysine....
And proline. Though, I don't see proline discussed much at lpi.oregonstate.edu. So, maybe there's some disagreement.
Pauling was a very big vitamin C proponent.
Is there any research data backing up vitamin C, lysine and proline for these purposes?
Definitely K2 (but not K1). Also D3 (at least 5000IU daily). Magnesium citrate (never use the oxide form). And pomegranate extract.
http://www.lef.org/m...egranate_01.htm
Diet is also super key: Stop eating grains and stop using plant oils that have more than 10% polyunsaturated fatty acids, such as canola, peanut, soy and corn oils. You want to stop eating inflammatory foods.
Good summary:
http://coolinginflam...flammatory diet
I have also been taking magnesium citrate nightly, but I ran out of pomegranate extract. Lately I've been concerned that I should also take some calcium.
I was on a low-carb diet until recently. Then I found out that I'm 1/2 APOe4, and that people with my genotype supposedly do badly on high-fat diets. It seems that most people who write about diets don't take APO genotypes into account.
Any comments on that?
In my opinion is I were to take one supplement for this it would aged garlic extract, evidence is mounting for its benefits regarding cardiovascular health. It also has proven additive effects when added to statin therapy.
I take garlic, but not aged garlic.
Are there any studies showing that aged garlic is superior?
Edited by smithx, 05 August 2012 - 01:00 AM.