The following supplements are used as part of this practice’s approach to preventing or addressing atherosclerosis, alongside diet and daily exercise, including a vegan diet where advised.
(dosages are daily doses):
- Vitamin K2 : 0.18 mg to 0.25 mg
- Vitamin B complex: minimum 50 mg
- Magnesium: 300-500 mg elemental magnesium (in the form of glycinate, citrate or taurate, no magnesium oxide)
- Green tea extract: 300-600 mg EGCG
- Curcumin: 500-1000 mg (BCM-95)
- Red yeast rice extract (produced by fermenting rice with yeast) is used in this approach as an alternative to statins. The dose described is 10–20 mg of monacolin K, the active ingredient, before bedtime.