Heart & Vascular

Cardiovascular diseases, especially myocardial infarction (heart attack) and stroke, kill at least 12 million people each year throughout the world. In the United States, cardiovascular diseases are the primary cause in about half of all deaths.

Elevated serum cholesterol levels (hypercholesterolemia) have long held center stage as the predominant risk factor for developing coronary heart disease. However, there have been newly discovered risk factors, which threaten cholesterol's claim to being number one on cardiologists' "most wanted" list.

Elevated blood levels of fibrinogen a protein found in blood, have recently been identified in a number of studies to be a major risk factor for coronary heart disease (heart attacks) and cerebrovascular disease (strokes).

Elevated fibrinogen levels have also been associated with a number of other diseases, including cancer, diabetes and hypertension (Welin, 1987; Kannel, 1987). Turmeric extract appears to be an extremely safe, highly effective means of reversing elevated blood levels of fibrinogen.

A high level of homocysteine, an amino acid formed from the metabolism of another amino acid, methionine, is now widely recognized as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Taking supplemental B6, B12, folic acid, and trimethylglycine (Methyl Caps) quickly and effectively restores homocysteine to safe levels.

Another indicator ot heart disease is the presence of metastatic calcium. Natural chelators in Oral ChelatoRx remove metastatic calcium found in the arteries the, joints, and even in the brain where it causes the pineal gland to become calcified. Oral ChelatoRx not only contains EDTA, a synthetic amino acid that binds with toxic heavy metals like aluminum, mercury, lead, and cadmium for excretion through the urine, but also contains other chelating agents that act synergistically with the EDTA.

other formulas in this section work to improve heart health via standardized botanical extracts and select polyphenols.