Dear Dr. Fonorow,
My name is Dr. Robert H. and I am a naturopathic practitioner in prvate practice in upstate New York. I have read Dr. Paulings book "How to Live Longer and Feel Better" several years ago and agree with its teachings. I have also read the excerpt from Chapter 7 of your Book "Practicing Medicine Without a License." I am fascintaed by the orthomolecular protocol but I have a question. I was recently diagnosed with "non-ischemic" cardiomyopathy and very mild CHF...I have no blockagesanywhere, no high cholesterol, normal EKG, never had an angina attack and my lungs are clear. Since the Pauling protocol seems to only address coronary artery disease (which I apparently don't have according to "them") would this program be benefical for me to use to reverse my own cardiac situation?
I thank you for your time and look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Dr. Robert H., N.D.
Dear Dr. H.,
I am curious how you were diagnosed? What are the symptoms? Your age?
I take it from your description that your vitamin C intake is good. And that you are not on any prescription medications, such as, (especially), statin drugs.
My first thought is to increase your CoQ10, either ubiquinone or the newer ubiquinol. Are you supplementing CoQ10 now? Generally, CoQ10 should be taken with fats (requires bile to be absorbed) and we get most of our CoQ10 from eating meats. Vegetarians can be deficient, leading to organ failure.
I await your response.