Introduction to Heart and Circulation Health
We can help to free you from poor heart and circulation health that
can cause pains and a debilitating lifestyle. Your body strives for health
at all costs: it is self-cleansing, self-healing and self-maintaining.
When given adequate nutrients and supplements, all your internal systems
will function in harmony.
Recent medical research shows that proper dietary supplementation is
essential for health. Natural solutions for regaining and maintaining
vibrant health are conveniently and economically available to you here,
for anyone desiring natural, higher levels of health and longevity.
The generally practiced Standard American Diet and entrenched ways of
thinking are causing needless ill health and numerous deaths. Unfortunately,
even a good diet combined with mainstream supplements does not contain
enough specific nutrients for optimal health. We have potent, affordable
supplements that can enable your body's natural inner healing powers
to restore your health and vitality.
By creating and maintaining a healthy internal environment, you can
regain and maintain a state of vibrant health. We all have natural healing
powers within ourselves. Let us help you heal.
The Causes of Poor Heart and Circulation Health
The cardiovascular system and heart are one of the largest and most
important body functions. Its primary purpose is to deliver oxygen and
nutrients to cells, and to help eliminate toxic waste products. Heart
disease and stroke are often referred to as "silent killers"
because the first symptom can be a fatal event. That's why it's
so important to address your state of health, even while you're still
without symptoms. We are making preventive care available, to aid your
recovery and maintain your health and vitality.
High Cholesterol:
The Most Known Cause of
Poor Cardiovascular Health and Heart Diseases
For many years, cholesterol and calcium deposits on your artery walls
were thought to be the cause of heart disease, and low-fat, low-cholesterol
diets were recommended. After more than ten years of these diets, cardiovascular
and heart problems have increased in epidemic proportions. Either there's
a lot of diet cheaters, or the diets are ineffective. We believe that
with specific, potent supplementation, you can remove the underlying conditions
that create high cholesterol. You can then return to a vital state of
health.
Recent scientific research shows that the underlying reason for a person
to have high cholesterol is a chronic inflammatory condition. This inflammation
causes free radical damage to your artery walls. Your body then calls
up a natural response for cholesterol and/or calcium patchwork to repair
the free radical damage. Thus you may have atherosclerosis (fat deposits),
arteriosclerosis (calcium deposits), or both, often called arterial plaque.
This plaque builds up on the inside of arterial vessels, reducing the
inner diameter and dangerously decreasing or stopping blood flow. Every
cell of the body is impacted, but heart muscle and brain tissue suffer
the most injury the soonest.
If not enough oxygen-carrying blood reaches the heart, the result can
be pain (called angina), usually felt in the chest, or the left arm and
shoulder. The same inadequate blood supply may cause no symptoms (silent
angina). Regardless of the level of discomfort, angina is dangerous, because
it often precedes a full heart attack; complete cut off of blood to the
heart. The part of the heart that does not receive oxygen begins to die,
and may be permanently damaged.
Controlling free radical damage (that causes high cholesterol, then
plaque) with our specific, potent supplementations is a very successful
strategy for preventing and curing poor cardiovascular health and heart
disease. Much more successful than restrictive fat and cholesterol diets,
that are failing in dramatic proportions.
We repeat to stress: It is the underlying conditions that cause high
cholesterol, that in turn can cause poor cardiovascular health, related
heart diseases, and many other serious illnesses. High blood cholesterol
levels may have no visible symptoms, but are generally very responsive
to diet, supplementation, and lifestyle changes. Medical intervention
with cholesterol-lowering drugs carries a very high risk of causing other
serious health problems. We cannot overstress the value of prevention
with specific, potent supplements that will enable your body's natural
inner healing powers to restore your health and vitality.
Five Less Known Causes of
Poor Cardiovascular Health and Heart Diseases
Numerous published articles show that some specific blood tests can
be strong predictive factors for determining who will develop poor cardiovascular
health and heart diseases. Conventional physicians often overlook these
risk factors, to the detriment of their patients.
Many physicians require a higher standard of proof before ordering blood
tests, for what they consider to be "newly identified" cardiac
risk factors. Insurance may not pay for the tests, and sadly, physicians
may not be aware of how to properly correct the conditions that create
these risk factors.
The good news is that along with diet and lifestyle changes, we have
specific, potent supplements that enable your body to overcome these dangerous
risks that show up in your blood.
If you have concerns, ask your doctor to order the blood tests for the
following risk factors.
1. Elevated Blood Levels of Fibrinogen
One dangerous risk factor that will show up in blood work is a coagulation
protein called fibrinogen. In plain words, high fibrinogen levels can
induce a heart attack in two ways. One is by coating the corpuscles of
your blood, making it too thick and sticky. Another way is by coating
vessels, thereby reducing blood flow, oxygen and nutrients to your heart.
Published scientific studies show that persons with high levels of fibrinogen
are more than twice as likely to die of a heart attack.
Fortunately, fibrin can be cleaned off artery walls by digestive enzyme
supplementation.
2. Elevated Blood Levels of C-reactive Protein
Another dangerous risk factor for poor cardiovascular health and heart
disease is C-reactive protein. This indicates an increased risk for abnormal
blood clotting in your arteries. Also an increased risk for atherosclerotic
plaque to break free, blocking blood flow through a coronary artery, resulting
in an acute heart attack. Some studies show that people with high levels
of C-reactive protein are almost three times as likely to die from a heart
attack.
3. Elevated Blood Levels of Homocysteine
Now widely recognized by scientists as the greatest biochemical risk
factor for poor cardiovascular health and heart disease. It's accumulation
may be a participant in 90% of all cardiovascular problems. Excessive
homocysteine in your blood will cause you harm in a multitude of ways:
If homocysteine accumulates, it triggers atherosclerosis: plaque builds
up in arteries.
High homocysteine can trigger a heart attack because it blocks the natural
breakdown of fibrinogen, making your blood too thick and sticky. This
reduces blood flow, oxygen and nutrients to your heart. Elevated homocysteine
promotes coagulation factors, increasing the incidence of blood clots
that can be fatal.
Homocysteine significantly impairs vascular circulation by decreasing
dilation functions: vessels lose their expansion capacities. They become
less pliable and even more susceptible to plaque buildup.
Supplements can protect you from the lethal effects of elevated homocysteine,
but the amount of supplementation required varies from person to person.
You may have dangerously high levels of homocysteine, despite taking the
recommended (and higher) doses of supplements. You need to have blood
tests to determine the amount of supplementation that will bring your
homocysteine levels down.
Also, new scientific research shows that there is no safe normal range
for homocysteine blood levels. Commercial laboratories state that normal
is from 5-15 micromoles per liter (umol/L) of blood. But an American Heart
Association's journal states that homocysteine levels above 6.3 cause
a steep progressive risk of heart attack. The only way to really know
if your level of supplementation is effective, is to have your blood tested
to make certain your homocysteine levels are under 7.
4. Excess Insulin, or Hyperinsulinemia
Many surveys show that most of our western society is overweight or
obese. And all this extra fat is clearly associated with cardiovascular
disease, diabetes and excess insulin.
All these overweight, obese and diabetic people usually have seriously
high levels of insulin in their blood. If your blood is saturated with
insulin, your body does not release significant fat stores, even with
restricted calories and exercise.
Additionally, excess weight corresponds with a very high risk for developing
diabetes. And having diabetes sharply increases your risk of heart attack.
Therefore, to prevent cardiovascular disease, you must lose excess body
fat, normalize insulin levels, and reverse the diabetic process.
So, which came first? The extra fat? Or the excess insulin? Either way,
the results are the same: poor cardiovascular health and heart disease.
We repeat to stress: Underlying conditions, such as excess insulin can
cause poor cardiovascular health, related heart diseases, and many other
serious illnesses. Diet, lifestyle changes, and our supplementations can
enable your body's natural, inner healing powers to restore your health
and vitality.
5. Too Little Free Testosterone in Men
Testosterone is a muscle-building hormone, responsible for maintaining
heart muscle protein synthesis, helps to maintain healthy cholesterol,
and promotes coronary artery dilation. Your heart has many testosterone-receptor
sites, and weakening of the heart muscle can sometimes be attributed to
testosterone deficiency. More and more studies (in men) show a link between
high testosterone, and low rates of cardiovascular disease.
When low testosterone levels were corrected, most men show improvements
in symptoms and EKG measurements. When testosterone therapy was administered
to elderly, male coronary heart disease patients, one study showed over
68% more blood flow to the heart. In China, physicians successfully treat
angina with testosterone therapy.
Magnesium Supplementation for Hormone Balancing
(Testosterone)
Low levels of both magnesium and DHEA characterize most illnesses. The
hormone DHEA is required to manufacture testosterone. It's produced
in the adrenal glands: women produce about 1/3 less than men, as men also
produce DHEA in their testes.
Connecting these essential chemicals leads to a basic understanding
of health & wellness, and the restoration & maintenance of youth.
Decreasing DHEA levels are inevitable with aging: most Americans lose
80 to 90% of their optimal levels of DHEA between ages 30 to 80. With
few exceptions, low DHEA levels are found in every illness.
If your DHEA is low, then your magnesium is also low. They go together.
Even a 10% increase in magnesium and DHEA levels is associated with a
48% decrease in death from cardiovascular disease, and a 36% decrease
in mortality from all causes.
See "Four Minerals that Control the Autonomic Nervous System"
in the "Introduction
to Minerals"
How To Naturally Prevent
Heart and Circulation Health Problems
And Allow Healing
The most important route to vital health, and to naturally prevent and
cure heart and circulation problems is
- regular cleansing to detoxify,
- proper nourishment,
- keeping neutral pH balance in your body.
Step One: Cleanse and Detoxify
Regular cleansing of your body will begin the healing of discomforts
and diseases, and bring you into a more vibrant state of health. Every
system in your body will function more efficiently.
To be free of discomforts, you must remove the underlying cause, or
the condition will return. It takes time to clean a body that has been
accumulating toxins over a lifetime, but the rewards will be well worth
the time and effort.
Step Two: Proper & Adequate Nutrition
When supported with proper nutrition from food, your body can heal arthritis
and maintain a state of health. With the proper foods eaten at the right
times, your body efficiently absorbs nutrients, and eliminates toxins,
resulting in a healthy immune system that can heal and be free of pain
and disease.
Learn to obey the laws of nature: eat simple & natural foods, properly
prepared & combined, and your body will be happy to restore and maintain
vibrant health.
Nourishment from food should maintain your ideal weight. Your ultimate
diet is 80% raw food (organic, if possible), including some live foods,
that are still growing (sprouts, wheat grass, fresh picked garden salads).
This diet includes more grains, vegetables and fruits than protein, which
should come mostly from non-animal sources like nuts (almonds, apricot
nut, hazelnuts), legumes (beans, peas, lentils), and seeds (hemp seed
hearts, flax, sesame).
Step Three: pH Balancing
A critical factor in curing arthritis is balancing the pH in your body.
This creates a healthy internal environment and immune system.
Total healing of chronic illness takes place only when your blood is
restored to a normal, slightly alkaline pH. The magnitude of this is of
incredible importance to someone who is fighting a disease, overcoming
an illness, or just wanting to feel better. Our overly acidic society
is producing very high rates of diseases.
Your body is an amazing naturally self-correcting system: if you work
with it, it is capable of tremendous self healing.
Natural Therapies for Pain Relief and Healing
Exercise is Essential for Vitality
And To Be Free From
Heart and Circulation Health Problems
Exercise, to be rid of arthritis pains, should include stretching to
maintain & increase all joints' range of motion, strengthening
to stabilize joints, and endurance to increase stamina. You should also
reduce repetitive joint use, and avoid sports injuries with proper warm-ups,
and choose appropriate sports equipment.
Calcium and Magnesium
Their Connection to Heart and Circulation Health
The heart muscle continually expands and contracts, creating your heartbeat.
The muscle fibers of your heart contain both calcium and magnesium: your
heartbeat is produced with the help of calcium, and then relaxed by magnesium.
Thus, calcium and magnesium help to produce and regulate your heartbeat.
Several researchers have shown a loss of magnesium seriously disrupts
the energy potential of your heart muscle. This situation can be prevented
by increasing your magnesium. In clinical practice, administration of
magnesium salts has proven very useful, and is highly regarded to protect
the heart during an attack. An interesting fact: Canadian surveys of post-mortem
heart tissues show approximately 24% less magnesium damaged hearts, than
in healthy ones.
Drinking Water's Contribution to Your Magnesium Levels
Drinking water can significantly contribute to your magnesium intake,
with 9 to 29% of your daily intake coming from hard water. Because of
the metabolic antagonism between magnesium and calcium, the ratio between
these two minerals in the drinking water is of considerable significance.
The ideal ratio for most people's needs is an equal ratio of calcium
and magnesium.
In a survey of 25 cities in the US, the lowest death rates from heart
disease were found in areas where the drinking water supplied above average
levels of magnesium. Part of Texas has the highest levels of magnesium
in drinking water, and also the lowest cardiovascular mortality rates
in the US Australia has some of the lowest drinking water magnesium levels,
and also the highest cardiovascular death rate in the world.
Prevention of Heart and Circulation Health Problems
Risk Factors That You Can Change
- Cigarette Smoking: Increases your risk by 70 percent.
- Blood Cholesterol levels: Major risk for poor cardiovascular health
and heart disease.
- High Blood Pressure: Major risk for poor cardiovascular health and
heart disease and heart attack.
- Diabetes: Increases your risk of heart attack.
- Poor Diet, Excessive Alcohol Consumption, Overweight and Lack of Exercise:
Contributes to high blood pressure & cholesterol.
- Stress: Contributes to high blood pressure and almost any disease.
Risk Factors That Are Outside of Your Control
- Heredity: The tendency to develop heart attack seems to run in families.
- Gender: Men are at greater risk than women.
- Race: Black Americans have a 45 percent greater chance of developing
heart disease than whites. Another study found that people of Asian
origin, who migrated to the USA have a higher incidence of heart disease
than the general population.
- Age: Risk increases with age.
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