Simple Explanation of Clots
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4. Clotting Literally millions of people are taking aspirin to "thin" their blood and to prevent 
their blood from clotting. Clotting causes about 2,000,000 deaths per year. This is a separate method of death from what is generally called "heart disease."
Other millions take Coumadin -- a common rat poison with serious side effects.
Click here for definitions and structure of "platelet."
The human body does not handle excessive blood loss well. Therefore, the body has ways of protecting itself. If, for some unexpected reason, sudden blood loss occurs, the blood platelets kick into action.
Platelets are irregularly-shaped, colorless bodies that are present in blood. Their sticky surface lets them, along with other substances, form clots to stop bleeding.
When bleeding from a wound suddenly occurs, the platelets gather at the wound and attempt to block the blood flow. The mineral calcium, vitamin K, and a protein called fibrinogen help the platelets form a clot.
A clot begins to form when the blood is exposed to air. The platelets sense the presence of air and begin to break apart. They react with the fibrinogen to begin forming fibrin, which resembles tiny threads. The fibrin threads then begin to form a web-like mesh that traps the blood cells within it. This mesh of blood cells hardens as it dries, forming a clot, or "scab."
Calcium and vitamin K must be present in blood to support the formation of clots. If your blood is lacking these nutrients, it will take longer than normal for your blood to clot. If these nutrients are missing, you could bleed to death. A healthy diet provides most people with enough vitamins and minerals, but vitamin supplements are sometimes needed.
A scab is an external blood clot that we can easily see, but there are also internal blood clots. A bruise, or black-and-blue mark, is the result of a blood clot. Both scabs and bruises are clots that lead to healing. Some clots can be extremely dangerous. A blood clot that forms inside of a blood vessel can be deadly because it blocks the flow of blood, cutting off the supply of oxygen. A stroke is the result of a clot in an artery of the brain. Without a steady supply of oxygen, the brain cannot function normally. If the oxygen flow is broken, paralysis, brain damage, loss of sensory perceptions, or even death may occur. (source)
Per Dr. Gordon, in this lecture, blood clots are described definitively in Dr. Fuster's Book, and there are three different "pathways" through which the process leads to a fatal clot. Click here for a lecture by Dr. Fuster, including his comments on inflammation. Click here for a news item about a new type of drug for preventing clots.
The "pathways" through which platelets are triggered into clotting are described HERE. On that page is a more detailed explanation of the coagulation cascade -- the series of events which proceeds, in order, leading to a blood clot. Another drawing and explanation of the coagulation cascade, on that same page, is HERE.
That same page includes this:
Further supporting a role for inflammation in plaque rupture is the determination that the plasma C-reactive protein level is a long-term predictor of MI risk and that aspirin is associated with reduced C-reactive protein levels and reduced occurrences of infarcts, hypothetically because of its anti-inflammatory mechanism.23, 30
You can see, now, that FYI could well be a complete replacement for so-called "aspirin-therapy" and not only reduce the "C-Reactive Protein" levels in the blood, but also be one of the substances to block the formation of clots.
One pathway is "handled" by aspirin, but only one. Thus, the aspirin does NOT handle all of the clotting problem. And, it is well acknowledged that aspirin causes some 3000 deaths per year, and probably causes internal bleeding on a regular basis -- but not detected.
EDTA very safely handles one of the pathways that leads to clotting, and nattokinase handles another.
Nattokinase is a potent fibrinolytic enzyme extracted and highly purified from a traditional Japanese food called Natto. Natto is a fermented cheese-like food that has been used in Japan for over 1000 years for its popular taste and as a folk remedy for heart and vascular diseases. Natto is produced by a fermentation process by adding Bacillus natto, a benefical bacteria, to boiled soybeans. The resulting nattokinase enzyme, is produced when Bacillus natto acts on the soybeans. While other soy foods contain enzymes, it is only the natto preparation that contains the specific nattokinase enzyme. (source Lecture #14)
FYI is the natural anti-inflammatory that handles the third pathway leading to clots. Click here to purchase FYI from the Vibrant Life shopping cart.
As Dr. Gordon says in this lecture, it does no good to stop just ONE of the pathways by which clots form:
Because of inherent redundancies in mechanisms leading to clot formation, interfering with any single aspect of platelet function fails to provide complete protection against the development of intravascular thrombosis, especially when the stimulus for thrombosis is strong, such as occurs with the disruption of an atherosclerotic plaque.31 (source)
The drug alternatives each have harmful side effects: Heparin, Aspirin, Vioxx, Celebrex. The American Heart Association boasts when they get a new drug, better than aspirin, but they applaud ONLY the new drugs, not the new non-drugs.
Dr. Gordon, in another lecture in detail, and in THIS lecture in summary, recommends "nattokinase" as an important prevention of thrombosis.
Nattokinase is a potent fibrinolytic enzyme extracted and highly purified from a traditional Japanese food called Natto. Natto is a fermented cheese-like food that has been used in Japan for over 1000 years for its popular taste and as a folk remedy for heart and vascular diseases. Natto is produced by a fermentation process by adding Bacillus natto, a benefical bacteria, to boiled soybeans. The resulting nattokinase enzyme, is produced when Bacillus natto acts on the soybeans. While other soy foods contain enzymes, it is only the natto preparation that contains the specific nattokinase enzyme. (source)
Here is another excerpt from the page on clotting. When you read the Table referenced in this link you will find many drugs, but no non-drug approaches.
Accordingly, successful prevention of thrombosis will likely require a multidimensional pharmacologic approach (Table I). (source)
When you contemplate the millions of people who are taking aspirin, or even Coumadin, all supported by so-called "health insurance" and considered the "standard of care" by the great majority of doctors -- consider all that? You can see the magnitude of the problem of returning sanity into this field.
You may not consider it possible to change the system, towards sanity, but you don't have to be caught up in the insanity. You should read these pages, get and listen to Dr. Gordon's lectures, find someone you can trust, if you don't have time to do all this, and avoid the mainstream of doomed medical treatments.
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