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Cardiovascular
Recommended supplementation and lifestyle changes (not meant as
a diagnosis or to replace the advice of a health care practitioner):
DOCTOR’S A-Z food supplements: Heart Health (1-2
TID), Homocysteine formula (1 BID), Q Gel Advanced 60mg (1-3 TID), Flax
Oil (1tbsp BID), Antioxidant HP (2 TID), Fiber Ease (1scoop TID), possibly
Cholesterol Health (2 BID)
Or BIOTIC’S food supplements:1 Bio-Cardiozyme Forte
(3xeach day)
1 Bio-Cardio Packs (each day)
2 Beta-TCP (2x each day)
2 L-Arginine (3x each day)
· Avoid deep-fried food, hydrogenated oil and partially hydrogenated
oil: Avoid margarine and all sources of hydrogenated oil, these
are linked to heart disease.
· Avoid refined sugar and refined carbohydrate: Syndrome X, a
situation where the total cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDL (bad choleserol)
are increased and the HDL (good cholesterol) is decreased, is linked
to the consumption of too much refined carbohydrates and poor carbohydrate
tolerance.
· Eat plenty of cold water fish, flaxseed and other sources of Omega
3 oils.
· Reduce stress; meditate or take up a hobby: Stress creates
hormonal changes that contribute to heart disease. Dr. Dean Ornish has
reversed plaquing in coronary arteries without surgery, but his program
is not as effective without meditation and other efforts to reduce stress.
· Do moderate exercise and stretching.
· Drink plenty of water.
· Eat plenty of fresh vegetables.
Additional recommendations (your doctor may want to individualize the
nutrient and lifestyle recommendations for you).
Nutritional support can coincide with traditional methods. The important
thing is to protect the life of the patient. Nutritional and other natural
therapies take time to work and are best for chronic problems. Traditional
medical practitioners best treat acute medical emergencies.
Everyone is concerned with cholesterol and the amounts of fat patients
eat. This is a one-dimensional idea and the dietary issues here are
much more complex than simply avoiding fat. The issue may not be the
amount of fat or oil, but the quality of the fats eaten; Omega 3 essential
fatty acids may actually be cardioprotective. Consuming hydrogenated
oil is dangerous to the heart (among other things). Avoid margarine.
Many people consume margarine, thinking that it is good for the heart.
The truth is that margarine is full of hydrogenated oil and is worse
for your heart than butter is.
Not many people pay attention to sugar and refined foods. Refined sugar
and flour may play an important role in increasing cholesterol. Anticholesterol
medications work by suppressing a liver enzyme, HMG CoA reductase. Increasing
insulin increases the
activity of this enzyme, so eating sugar can have an unfavorable effect
on cholesterol. Sugar and refined grains also increase the growth of
yeast and other dysbiotic organisms in the gut. Bile salts can be deconjugated
by these organisms and turned into bile acids; this may trigger production
of cholesterol by the liver. Epidemiologic studies show that native
populations have increased heart disease when exposed to the Western
diet, but their fat consumption doesn’t actually go up; their
consumption of refined carbohydrates does.
A refined, vitamin-deficient diet does not provide enough vitamin B6,
B12 or folic acid. These nutrients are necessary to keep homocysteine
levels low. High homocysteine levels increase cardiac risk.
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