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Nine Powerful Supplementsto Reverse Heart Diseaseby Rona ld Grisanti D.C, D.A.B.C.O., M.S.

Half of your patients are going to die of heart attacks and

strokes; half your family mem bers are going to die of heart at-

tacks or strok es; you, if you can reduce yourself to a statistic for a

mo ment, stand a 50 percent chance of dying of a heart attack or a

stroke. Despite the "prog ress" of medical science over the last twodecades, 50 percent of all Americans still die of cardiovascular

disease. The good news for us is that there are ways to correct

the causes of cardiovascular disease nutritionally. Here is a quick

summary of nine of the most powerful nutritional weapons to

protect you and your patients against heart disease.

CarnosineCamosine has been shown to increase the strength of heart

contractility and improve circulation.

In h umans, camo sine levels decline with age. Muscle camosine

concentration decreases 63 percent from age 10 to age 70.

BetaineResearch has shown that betaine, when combined with just very

small amounts of vitamin B6 and folic acid, will lower elevated

homocysteine levels, amajor factor in heart disease.

CarnitineCamitine has significant beneficial ef-

fects on myocardial energy production.

Found to strengthen the heart muscle, it is

one of the most eflectivc ways to lower el-

evated triglyeerides and protect my ocardial

infaret patients against cardiac necrosis.

It improves fat metabolism in the heart

(as well as other organs) and decreases

lipid peroxides in the heart. In addition,

it improves heart muscle exercise toler-

ance, decreases angina pain, is avasodilator of coronary blood

vessels, lowers blood pressure, decreases the elevated LDH

levels in myocardial infaret patients, decreases left ventricle

enlargement, decreases the incidence of arrhythmias, includ-

ing the occurrence of ventricular fibrillation in the early stages

of ischemia, decreases peripheral vascular disease, decreaseseongestive heart failure and has a dramatic impact on decreasing

triglyeerides. It also decreases elevated cholesterol aswell, but

Despite the "progress" of

medical science over the

last two decades, 50percent ofall Americans

still die of cardiovascular

disease.

Co-enzyme Q-10Co-Q 10 is a powerful anti-oxidant that partieipates in sev

of the anti-oxidant systems . The benefits of Co-Enzyme Q

have been found to

" Prevent myocardial failure;• Energize and protect the heart, while protecting against

erosclerosis;

• Improve cardiac response to exercise;

• Lower high blood pressure;

• Reduce angina;

• Prevent arrythmias;

• Quench free radicals.

Vitamin E (mixed tocopherois and toco trienols)The m ixed tocopherois represent the complete vitamin E f

ily—alpha, beta, gamm a, and delta toeopherois. Unfortunatmost people think ofvitamin E primarily as alpha tocophe

or as one of the alpha tocopherol esters. As it turns out, w

most people eonsider to be vitamin E (alpha tocopherol) is

really such a great antioxidant. Its antioxidant activity is p

tively dwarfed by the antioxidant activity of gamma toeophe

particularly, and the other toeopherois as w ell. The point is t

when you want an antioxidant that will

up a good fight with oxidative stress

you don't fool around with the fonn

vitamin E they put in vitamin pills (al

tocopherol).

What you want are the mixed tocoph

ois. This is not to say that alpha toeo phe

is bad. Qu ite the contrary. One fonn of

pha tocopherol, the ester alpha tocophe

suecinate, ismore etTeetive in its rol

an anti-thrombic agent than any of

other tocopherois, and is more effec

in boosting immune function.

GlucosamineGlucosamine isMORE than a supplement for arthritis.

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trengthen connective tissue in a structur-

nd maintains the structural integrity of

rterial basement membranes.

hondroitin SulfateFar more important than its role in the

onnective tissue of joints is the power

f chondroitin sulfate to maintain the

functional integrity of the cardiovascu-

lar system. CS helps maintain arterial

lasticity. Remem ber, arteries are largely

onnective tissue. CS retards the artcrio-

sclerotic and aging processes within the

arterial wall. CS also possesses lipid-clearing activity, lt lowers cholesterol

and triglycerides. and it normalizes the

ratio between HDL, LDL, and VLDL.

Most importantly. CS clears lipids, not

cells as well.

The most striking statistic regarding

CS supplementation shows that, in car-

diovaseular disease patients treated with

CS. the likelihood of having a myocardial

infarct. suffering coronary insufficiency

or myocardial ischemia, or developing

congestive heart failure is only l/6th that

reported for control patients who receive

no CS supplementation.

Alpha LipoicAcJdAlpha lipoic acid is a SUPER POWER

antioxidant. Lipoic acid particularly de-

creases elevated systolic blood pressure,

decreases excess cellular calcium, and

decreases elevated serum glucose and

elevated serum insulin. Lipoie acid also

decreases adverse renal vascular changes

associated with hypertension. Lipoic acid

effectively decreases LDL cholesterol.

Lipoic acid has been shown, in eliniea!studies, to decrease elevated triglyeeridcs

by as much as 45 percent. If there is one

thing you ean do for your patients to pro-

tect them from the grips of heart disease,

tell them about the nine most powerful

supplements listed above. You just may

save a life (or two).

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