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"We believe this is smart medicine that can save countless lives and make a huge dent in the continuing epidemic of cardiovascular disease. ix Usually, with a combined program of nutritional medicine, medications, or reverse lifestyle changes, and, if necessary, surgery, we can stabilize or reverse existing disease. Many of our sickest patients make remarkable recoveries. We have written this book as a guide for you, the medical consumer." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "However, ACE inhibitors have a positive benefit-to-risk ratio and will result in fewer cardiovascular emergencies. These drugs are good choices by your doctor. The major downside is a nonthreatening and annoying dry cough, and it happens fairly frequently. It is what makes some people want to stop the drug. Angiotensin Receptor Blockers If a patient complains about the cough while taking an ACE inhibitor, we would switch him or her to an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB). ACE inhibitors slow down the production of angiotensin II." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "Parkinson's disease For maximum absorption, take CoQIO with meals. If higher dosages are needed, divide the CoQIO over two or more meals a day. Once a therapeutic effect occurs—such as improved well-being, lowered blood pressure, better breathing, and healthier gums—adjust down to a maintenance dosage. For many cardiac conditions, especially heart failure and cardiomyopathy, the higher therapeutic dosage must be maintained or symptoms will return. Patients well maintained on one particular form of CoQIO might have a return of symptoms if they change brand or dosage." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "To Thomas Miller, Teryn Kendall, and Kimberly Monroe-Hill, our editors, for sound, practical advice on how to unclog a weighty manuscript, making it lean and more reader-friendly. To Anna Ghosh and Jack Scovil, our agents at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency in New York, for steady steerage through contractual issues. To Linda Tenukas, our talented and rapid-response illustrator. xvii Introduction The New Cardiology I n 1977, Joe was experiencing chest pain. The quality of his life was I poor. To manage his pain, he was chewing on nitroglycerin tablets daily. Dr." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"A good way to structure a program is to alternate between cardiovascular exercise and resistance training. cardiovascular exercises such as walking, running, cycling, swimming, and rowing might be done on the first day. Day two might then consist of weight training and calisthenics (using body weight as resistance). Simply alternate days like this, with one day off each week for rest. Cardiovascular exercise helps develop a strong heart and therefore a more efficient one. The more efficient the heart, the more blood will be circulated with each pump it performs." - Brendan Brazier, The Thrive Diet: The Whole Food Way to Lose Weight, Reduce Stress, and Stay Healthy for Life (Get the book.)

"Fifty-eight percent of all deaths are directly or indirectly related to cardiovascular disease, as 2,500 people die of heart disease each day or one every thirty-five seconds. Health care related to heart disease costs Americans 403 billion dollars a year with one in every three persons having some form of cardiovascular disease, according to the American Heart Association's 2006 statistics. Two-thirds of all men and women who die suddenly of a heart attack had no previous symptoms, and 65 million people have high blood pressure that is due to unknown causes in 95 percent of cases." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.)

"A good way to structure a program is to alternate between cardiovascular exercise and resistance training. cardiovascular exercises such as walking, running, cycling, swimming, and rowing might be done on the first day. Day two might then consist of weight training and calisthenics (using body weight as resistance). Simply alternate days like this, with one day off each week for rest. Cardiovascular exercise helps develop a strong heart and therefore a more efficient one. The more efficient the heart, the more blood will be circulated with each pump it performs." - Brendan Brazier, The Thrive Diet: The Whole Food Way to Lose Weight, Reduce Stress, and Stay Healthy for Life (Get the book.)

"Exposure to petroleum distillates might pose risks to the liver, respiratory, cardiovascular, immune, endocrine, and gastrointestinal systems. Benzene, a toxic emission of burning coal and oil, is a particularly dangerous petroleum derivative that has been implicated in incidences of childhood leukemia, the most common cancer in children. Tests on animals have shown that benzene can damage a developing fetus. The main sources of benzene exposure are tobacco smoke and vehicle exhaust, but toxic cleaning products might also put you at risk." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Specifically, the unresolved negative feelings that underlie chronic hurt—our beliefs—have the power to create the physical conditions that we recognize as cardiovascular disease: tension, inflammation, high blood pressure, and clogged arteries. This mind/body relationship was documented recently in a landmark study at Duke University directed by James Blumenthal.' He identified long-term experiences of fear, frustration, anxiety, and disappointment as examples of the kind of heightened negative emotions that are destructive to the heart and put us at risk." - Gregg Braden, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits (Get the book.)

"It takes at least 12 minutes at an aerobic rate to reap the benefits of increased lean muscle mass and improved cardiovascular fitness. And if you want to lose weight and keep it off, you have to crank it up to at least 45 minutes of moderately intense aerobic exercise three or more times a week to build enough muscle mass to lower your set point." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "Large studies of cardiovascular risk factors (weight and cholesterol) never show that nuts make you fatter or raise your cholesterol. In fact, people who consume nuts regularly usually have lower weight, lower cholesterol, and lower incidences of heart disease and diabetes. Here are some tips: ?Buy nuts in the shell or dry roasted without salt. ?Avoid nuts roasted in trans fat. ?Keep nuts in a dry, cool, dark place, or place them in a container in the refrigerator so oils in them won't turn rancid. ?Keep mixtures of different chopped nuts in the refrigerator to use in cooking. ?" - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Cardiovascular Psychophysiology: A Systems Perspective. In Perspectives in cardiovascular Psychophysiology; ed. J. T. Cacioppo, and R. E. Petty. New York: Guilford Press. -. 1984. Psychobiology of Health: A New Synthesis. In Psychology and Health: The Master Lecture Series. Volume 3; ed. B. L. Hammonds, and C. J. Scheirer. Washington, DC: APA. -. 1987. Personality and the Unification of Psychology and Modern Physics: A Systems Approach. In The Emergence of Personality; ed. J. Aronoff, A. I. Robin, and R. A. Zucker. New York: Springer. -. 1989." - Gary E. Schwartz and Linda G. S. Russek, The Living Energy Universe (Get the book.)

"The researchers concluded that "fasting blood glucose values in upper normal range appeared to be an important independent predictor of cardiovascular death and nondiabetic middle aged men." How did researchers decide a blood glucose of 85 was the upper limit? The pancreas is key for regulating glucose, by releasing insulin into the system. Insulin drives fat into the cells, prevents fat from being released from the cells, and makes people feel hungry. High insulin levels contribute to obesity, because insulin brings fat into the cells." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Aluminum is also suspected of being toxic to the neurological, respiratory, reproductive, and cardiovascular systems, and has been associated with Alzheimer's disease and seizures. The use of aluminum adjuvant in many vaccines is of increasing concern to many researchers like Dr. David Ayoub, an assistant professor at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and medical director of the Prairie Collaborative for Immunization Safety. When combined with mercury, aluminum can produce a synergistic reaction, particularly in combination with testosterone. Dr." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"The mismatch between the ancestral genome that we have all inherited (which has been the hallmark of the anatomically modern humans of the last forty to fifty thousand years) and the foods we now put in our bodies as citizens in the twenty-first century may presently be playing a substantial role in the ongoing epidemics of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and AD—the so-called Diseases of Civilization." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"Hyperinsulinemia is associated with being overweight, Type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, and certain types of cancer. In a normal person, the pancreas stops secreting insulin when the glucose levels drop below 83 mg/dl.24'25-26 This fact is key to our understanding of what is a healthy blood glucose. Previously we've waited until reaching an FBS of 109 before we suspected a pre-diabetic condition. Now we are looking at this in a much different way. Insulin continues to be secreted when blood glucose levels are above 83." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "If you, or a friend or loved ones, have cardiovascular disease, the next two figures below may be the most important things you see in your life, and are resounding evidence of the need for a diet of plant foods. The second figure supporting the case for diet as the underlying cause or prevention for heart disease is found in Eat to Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman, based on data from the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"The patients who took the beta-glucan experienced a significant reduction in total and LDL cholesterol over the control patients, suggesting this dose may be helpful in people who are at risk for cardiovascular disease. Claudia, a fifty-two-year-old graphic artist, was no stranger to barley, as she had been including it in her diet occasionally as part of her efforts to control her glucose levels with an antiglycation diet and exercise. When her fasting glucose levels began to creep up to 125 mg/dL and higher, she asked about taking barley extract instead of considering medication." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"He directs the cardiovascular Institute and Complementary Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital. His research interests include heart replacement surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, complementary medicine, and health care policy. He has authored over 400 original publications, book chapters, and medical books, and has received several patents. He performs over 300 heart operations annually. Dr. Oz is the health expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He is chief medical consultant to Discovery Communications and has hosted several shows including Second Opinion with Dr." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "Overweight children are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, elevated insulin levels, and elevated blood pressure. They're also much more likely to develop chronic conditions like hypertension and type 2 diabetes as adults. Dr. Frederica Perera described the proportion of overweight children in our society as "astonishing." Being overweight as a child, she said, "brings with it an array of metabolic illnesses—diabetes, asthma. Children who are obese at age three will likely develop asthma when they're five." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Esselstyn, who has reversed cardiovascular disease with a 100 percent success rate using a vegan diet,15 we do not see heart disease in people who have a total cholesterol of lower than 150 or an LDL of less than 80. In our results, you will notice that the low-density lipoproteins (LDL) went close to normal range, with an average drop of 67 points, or 44 percent, to an average LDL of 82 over a period of 21-30 days. LDL is known as "bad" cholesterol because a high reading is associated with increased risk of heart disease." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Recent studies have revealed that the naturally occurring dipeptide carnosine can act against neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular ischemic damage and inflammatory diseases. ?¦¦ Curcumin Inhibits Formation of Amyloid Beta Oligomers and Fibrils, Binds Plaques and Reduces Amyloid In Vivo. Yang F; et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2005 February, 280:5892-5901. Curcumin, the yellow curry pigment, has antiinflammatory and antioxidant properties, and can protect against oxidative damage, inflammation, cognitive deficits and amyloid accumulation." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"The cardiovascular effects of C. forskohlii and its components have been studied in great detail.11011 Forskolin's basic cardiovascular actions involve the lowering of blood pressure along with improved contractility of the heart. Again, this is related to increasing cAMP levels throughout the cardiovascular system, which results in relaxation of the arteries and increased force of contraction. The net effect is tremendous improvement in cardiovascular function." - Michael T. Murray, N.D., The Healing Power of Herbs: The Enlightened Person's Guide to the Wonders of Medicinal Plants (Get the book.)

"Okinawa now has Japan's highest rate of obesity, and, among middle-aged men, one of the highest rates of premature deaths from cardiovascular diseases. While Okinawan women are still among the longest-lived people on earth, men are dragging down the region's average life expectancy. Formerly the longevity leaders (and still the leaders in remaining life expectancy at age 65), by the year 2000, Okinawan men had dropped to the middle of the pack, sitting in 26th place among 47 prefectures in life expectancy at birth." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.) "You have cardiovascular exercise, which we describe as aerobic exercise, which increases your body's capacity to process oxygen. That's where you go out and work really hard and raise your heart rate. Swimming would be a good way to get that kind of exercise. There's also antigravity exercise. For example, if you're trying to prevent osteoporosis, swimming isn't the optimal activity, because it doesn't increase the strength of your bones. Frank Shearer first put on water skis in 1939. At age 99, he still enjoys the activity. "I like the outdoors and the exercise, " he says." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.) "So marathoners have good cardiovascular systems, but they will probably have to have their joints replaced. But in general, if somebody could do a minimum of 30 minutes—maybe we could raise it to 60—of exercise at least five times a week that would help. And it doesn't appear to have to be all at one time, although that seems to be better. If you did that and you could sustain it, that would be good. HOW CAN WE MAXIMIZE THE GOOD YEARS? Robert Kane: Again, there are two issues here. How long can I live? The other is: How well can I live? And those are different questions." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.) "It's free, easier on the joints than running, always accessible, invites company, and if you're walking briskly, may have the same cardiovascular benefits as running. After a hard day, a walk can relieve stress; after a meal, it can aid digestion. Make a date. Getting out and about can be more fun with other people. Make a list of people to walk with; combining walking and socializing may be the best strategy for setting yourself up for the habit. Knowing someone else is counting on you may motivate you to keep a walking date. A good place to start is to think, whose company do I enjoy?" - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"According to the American Heart Association, "epidemiological studies conducted worldwide have shown a consistent, increased risk for cardiovascular events, including heart and stroke deaths, in relation to short- and long-term exposure to present-day concentrations of pollution, especially particulate matter." A 2007 edition of the online journal Genome Biology published a study stating that the combination of diesel exhaust and high cholesterol can increase the risk for heart attack and stroke far more than the exposure to either one alone." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "An infrared sauna produces two to three times more sweat volume, and because of the lower temperatures used (110 to 130 degrees), it is considered safer for those at cardiovascular risk. These saunas have been successfully used by people suffering from sports injuries, arthritis, chronic fatigue, and fibromyalgia as well as other painful conditions. They accelerate the removal of toxic metals as well as organic toxins such as PCBs and pesticide residues—chemicals that are stored in the fatty tissues of the body and are not easily dislodged." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Together these two factors have led to an alarming increase in chronic ailments, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity ("diobesity"), arthritis, depression, infertility, hormonal imbalances, allergies, gastrointestinal diseases, and cancer. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimate that more than 90 million Americans live with chronic illness, and that "the prolonged course of illness and disability from such chronic diseases as diabetes and arthritis results in extended pain and suffering and decreased quality of life for millions of Americans." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

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