Here is the main reason why animals don't get heart attacks: With
few exceptions, animals produce vitamin C in their bodies.The daily
amounts of vitamin C produced vary between 1000 mg and 20,000 mg,
when compared to the human body weight. Vitamin C is the cement of
the artery wall, and optimum amounts of vitamin C stabilize the arteries.
In contrast, we human beings cannot produce a single molecule of vitamin
C ourselves. Our ancestors lost this ability generations ago when
an enzyme that was needed to convert sugar molecules (glucose) into
vitamin C became defunct.. --Dr. Matthias Rath, Atherosclerosis, Heart
Attack and Stroke, pages 40-41. Watch the (RealVideo file) video on
Atherosclerosis,
Heart Attacks and Strokes.
Here's the online book on Why
animals don't get heart attacks...but people do!
Dr.
Rath Research. Although Dr. Rath's main area of research is in
heart disease, he also discusses cancer and diabetes in relation to
vitamin supplements.
