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Dear Mr. Morgenthaler,
Sun City, AZ
Praise for Durham, NC
Oxnard, CA
Every 20 seconds a person in the United States has a heart attack, and one third of these attacks leads to death.
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Numerous clinical studies have proven that CoQ10 is essential to life. Are you getting enough?Coenzyme Q-10, commonly called CoQ10, is a vitamin-like compound that acts as an antioxidant protecting cells against free radical damage. It exists in every cell of your body and you could not survive without it. CoQ10 is essential in the body's production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which produces energy within the cells and is the basis for normal functioning of all body systems and organs.If you think of the cell as a little engine that uses oxygen to burn the organic fuels that come from the organic foodstuffs, you may think of CoQ10 as the part of the engine that provides the spark for this process. No other substance will substitute for CoQ10. Without it there is no spark and therefore no production of energy for the cell. And without energy there is no life! If CoQ10 levels start dropping, so does your health. As we age, it becomes more and more difficult for the body to produce enough CoQ10. An 80-year-old person has approximately half the CoQ10 levels of a 20-year-old. Body levels of CoQ10 are also influenced by: stress, cold, illness, high blood pressure, hormone concentrations, physical activity and prescription drugs - including some cholesterol-lowering medications - which can deplete CoQ10 levels. Scientists estimate that once levels drop below a deficient level, a variety of health problems take hold and may result in: high blood pressure, heart attack, angina, heart failure, immune depression, periodontal disease, lack of energy, weight gain and even early death. CoQ10 and the heartCoQ10 helps sustain your heart's lifetime warranty-which guarantees that it beats about 100,000 times a day, or 36 million times a year-by converting fatty acids into energy and by supporting healthy blood flow throughout your cardiovascular system. And since the heart has the highest concentration of CoQ10 of any organ in the body, it's very sensitive to low levels of CoQ10. So sensitive that some experts believe the heart would stop beating if deficiency levels reached 75%.People with failing cardiac systems respond to CoQ10 supplementation with increased strength and vigorCoQ10 supplementation helps improve:
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Red wine polyphenolsThe French smoke, drink and eat lots of cheese. Yet, despite a diet that's relatively high in fat, they don't seem to suffer from CVD. This contradiction has been termed "the French paradox" by scientists, and is believed to be partly due to their high consumption of red wines. Don't worry. We're not asking you to sip two glasses of wine over a four-hour lunch. (Although it doesn't sound like punishment!)But we do want to let you know about red wine's complex mixture of plant-derived chemicals (phytochemicals), which includes flavanoids and polyphenols. These components have been shown to:
B sure to take your Bs3 Important B-Vitamins for a healthy heartThe newest independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease is excess levels of homocysteine-not cholesterol. Contrary to popular belief, cholesterol does not cause heart disease. It is merely one of the many markers of the disease. In fact, it's quite possible to have a heart attack even if you have "normal" cholesterol levels. But, according to research, there's a definite possibility you'll have a heart attack if you have high levels of homocysteine. What is it? Homocysteine is an amino acid derivative that's naturally found in your body. Too much of it can generate free radicals that increase injury to arterial walls, accelerate oxidation and the buildup of cholesterol in blood vessels, and set the stage for arterial and venous diseases, including stroke. The good news is that scientists have discovered Vitamins B6, B 12, and folic acid can dramatically lower homocysteine levels! In 1969, Kilmer S. McCully, M.D., of Harvard Medical School found that heart patients had nearly 80 percent less vitamin B6 than healthy individuals. As a result of his work, he postulated that B6 might help protect the arteries from the damage that precedes heart disease. In addition, a deficiency of vitamin B12 is associated with elevated homocysteine levels and folic acid is essential for the proper metabolism of homocysteine. It is estimated that by supplementing with only 400 mcg. of folic acid daily the number of heart attacks suffered by Americans each year would be reduced by 10%. It is also estimated that individuals with low vitamin B6 levels have a five times greater risk of having a heart attack than individuals with higher B6 levels! More than 20 case-control and cross-sectional studies on more than 2,000 subjects have provided what Harvard epidemiologist Meir J. Stampfer, MD, calls "remarkably consistent" findings regarding the relationship between homocysteine levels and cardiovascular diseases. Specifically, patients with stroke and other cardiovascular diseases tend to have higher blood levels of homocysteine (hyperhomocysteinemia) than subjects without disease. Stampfer points out that homocysteine levels do not have to be elevated by very much to increase risk, since most of the patients in these studies had levels that were within what is generally regarded to be the normal range. Betaine is another nutrient that works together with the 3 B-vitamins to decrease homocysteine levels. Keep your heart pumping efficientlyTaurine is a nonessential amino acid, which means it is manufactured from other amino acids in the liver; it does not have to be obtained directly through the diet. It is necessary for the management of potassium levels in the heart, and in other tissues, and helps maintain a regular heart beat by helping the heart muscle contract properly. This has an effect on the overall health of the cardiovascular system, because if the heart pumps more blood in than out, dangerous congestion can build up in the heart's chambers. Taurine has been shown to:
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