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"Coronary heart disease and stroke, the primary types of cardiovascular disease caused by smoking, are the first and third leading causes of death in the United States. Approximately 61 million Americans suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease, including high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure and other conditions. • More than 2,600 Americans die every day because of cardiovascular diseases, about one death every 33 seconds. • Cigarettes contain 43 known cancer-causing compounds and 400 other known toxins." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (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.)

"The economic impact of cardiovascular disease on the U.S. health care system continues to grow as the population ages. The cost of heart disease and stroke in the United States has been estimated at $432 billion for 2007, including health care expenditures and lost productivity. Imagine how much America might save if we could bring our heart disease rates down to those of Okinawa. Since lifestyle, not genes, is the chief determinant of how long we live, I argued that the Okinawan Blue Zone offered the world's best practices in health and longevity." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"Griffin and colleagues revealed that elderly women who reported having less control in their lives had higher rates of cardiovascular disease and mental illness.10 The framework—or story—that we choose will have a significant impact on our sense of self-identity and well-being. The distancing, reductionist language of AD that forms our standard view divides persons with Alzheimer's and ourselves into separate categories of "us" and "them" and precludes the possibility of brain aging being a love story." - 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.) "As medicine continues to advance in its ability to treat such conditions as cardiovascular disease, which have largely affected the elderly population, people will live longer. And as people live longer, there will be unprecedented numbers of people in the later stages of brain aging. The number of Americans to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease is projected to reach 14 million by 2050 at a cost of well over $300 billion a year. The organization Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) estimates the number of people worldwide to exceed 80 million." - 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.)

"Meanwhile, in 1997, the Mayo Clinic had begun a two-year study of patients with cardiovascular disease who had been recendy discharged from its coronary care unit. Nearly 800 patients were subdivided into two groups: high risk (those who had one or more risk factors, such as diabetes, a prior heart attack, or preexisting vascular disease), and low risk (those they had no risk factors other than their present symptoms). The two groups were again divided in two." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"I believe that if every American took between 100 to 300 mg of coenzyme Q10 a day, and if people with cardiovascular disease took between 300 to 500 mg of this wonder-nutrient daily, we could be saving hundreds of thousands of lives a year. If you're taking a large amount of coenzyme Q10, do so in divided doses. For example, if you are taking a total of 500 mg of coenzyme Q10, you should take 100 mg five times a day. Calcium and magnesium from citrate (always taken together) in the amount of about 1,500 mg a day are a crucial pair of nutrients for the heart." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "It affects cardiovascular disease, allergies, tension, panic attacks, premenstrual syndrome and hyperactivity in children, to name just some of the conditions. The underlying theme behind many of the symptoms is what you might call being 'uptight.' "Both magnesium and yeast problems probably began around 1950. The magnesium problem probably has its roots in the widespread use in agriculture of fertilizers containing potassium. The yeast problem probably arose because of the widespread use of antibiotics in the population." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "Older people with cardiovascular disease are especially prone to Alzheimer's disease, and women appear to have a higher risk, although this may only reflect that women have longer life spans than men. People with Alzheimer's suffer a gradual decline in cognitive function. It usually starts with memory loss. First, the ability to learn new material and recent 154 short-term memory start to go. There may be some language paucity, mild impairment in drawing or puzzles, and difficulty with higher functions such as planning and problem solving." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"The public outcry that followed eventually led to a ban on DDT for agricultural use (the United States banned it in 1972 for its cancer-causing potential in humans; it also has ties to cardiovascular disease). Today scientists partly attribute the comeback of the bald eagle to this ban. It still may persist in the environment, and though it's no longer used in the United States, it is still produced here and exported to other countries, many of which import the DDT-treated food back to us!" - 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.) "Isoflavones may also help maintain bone mass, reduce hot flashes in postmenopausal women, and lower the risk of cardiovascular disease. Drink Clean Avoid or limit coffee and tea. Choose organic, decaffeinated coffee and/or herbal teas instead. Try drinking products that have been decaffeinated by a chemical-free water process, such as the Swiss Water Process; otherwise, decaf drinks can be yet another source of toxins. I recommend switching to green tea if you must have your daily cup. Avoid or significandy minimize alcoholic beverages." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Whatever the case, multiple studies have proven that physical fitness in older adults is associated with decreased incidence of mortality, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, depression, falls, and disability.27 One study has suggested that regular exercise can reduce the risk of AD by up to 50 percent in some people and up to 60 percent in women who have high rates of physical activity." - 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.)

"That has a huge impact on cardiovascular disease, on blood pressure, on blood cholesterol, on inflammation related to hormones and the way it stimulates cells in the body." I noted with a pang of regret that my nonvegetarian body was starving and could also still use a shot of caffeine. I drained my second glass of water, hoping that one of these good gentlemen would break out the nuts. But Fraser wasn't quite finished. "If I could stress just one point to you, it would be this," he said. "The Adventist experience, or lifestyle, we are studying doesn't have to be that unique." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"Clearly, as a practicing cardiologist 1 recognize the important benefits statin drugs have in lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease. And, although the use of statins in high-risk coronary patients, especially those with inflammatory markers, is good medicine, overuse of these potent pharmacologic agents in otherwise healthy people is likely not justified, given the known and unknown side effects of their long-term use. It is extremely important that physicians be aware of the potential for statins to adversely affect coenzyme Qio levels." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"Laughter reduces stress, which can lower one's risk of cardiovascular disease. The Blue Zone in Okinawa Sunshine, Spirituality, and Sweet Potatoes THE SIMPLEST WAY TO IMAGINE OKINAWA is to envision it as a Japanese Hawaii—an exotic laid-back group of islands with a warm, temperate climate, palm trees, and sugar-sand beaches hemming a turquoise sea, where the cities ping and hum with an electronic din, and a favorite dish is a SPAM-and-vegetable stir-fry." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.) "The same for genes related to cancer, and those related to cardiovascular disease. I suspect that the characteristics of the environment, the lifestyle, and the food are by far more important for a healthy life." Armed with these insights and a backpack full of academic papers, David, Gianluca, Marisa, and I finally left the coast for Sardinia's Blue Zone. As we drove into the island's central highlands, we entered quite another world. The road snaked upward through increasingly rocky terrain that showed little evidence of human impact." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"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.)

"They said the underlying cause of death should have been listed as the atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease that had caused the congestive heart failure. They said nothing about noting the harm caused by the diuretic pills on the death certificate even though they had concluded that the medicine brought on the death. This line of reasoning takes all blame off the medicine and the doctor, who may have prescribed a dose of diuretics that was too high." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"FOR YOUR WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE: A larger waist circumference is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease in people with a high body mass index (BMI), between 25.0 and 34.9. For them, an unhealthy waist measurement is above 35 inches for women and above 40 inches for men. FOR YOUR WAIST-TO-HIP RATIO: Divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement. A waist-to-hip ratio of 0.7 for women and 0.9 for men is considered safe. A waist-to-hip ratio of 1." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.) "Among 20,000 women taking 600 IU of natural vitamin E every other day for 10 years, there was no apparent significant reduction in risk for cancer or major cardiovascular events (heart attack, nonfatal stroke, and death from cardiovascular disease). Another recent study found that 400 IU or more of vitamin E a day might actually increase the risk of heart failure, causing some experts to caution people to limit or stop taking vitamin E altogether. How could this popular antioxidant increase such risks, much less fail to offer hoped-for protection?" - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.) "Some researchers theorize that these three B vitamins may help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease independent of and in addition to lowering homocysteine concentrations. For example, this nutritional trio may encourage regression of plaque in the carotid artery (the large artery on either side of the neck that supplies blood to the brain). Here's a quick summary of each: Folic acid." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.) "With all those nutrients in one package, it's no wonder whole grains provide so many health benefits, including protection from cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, and some cancers. THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT WHOLE GRAINS Want to statistically reduce your risk of death from all causes? You'll need to make only one dietary change. According to results published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, choose whole grains whenever possible." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"The Women's Health Initiative research study showed a 29% increase in cardiovascular disease in the group that took Prempro? This study confirmed the earlier studies on the ineffectiveness of conventional hormone replacement therapy in preventing cardiovascular disease. In addition, WHI showed that there was no benefit for stroke prevention. Instead, women who took conventional hormones had a 41% increased risk of stroke compared to women who did not take the hormones. It is even more alarming that a 2,100%) increased risk for pulmonary embolism was observed." - David Brownstein M.D., Drugs That Don't Work and Natural Therapies That Do (Get the book.)

"A woman with unbalanced hormone levels51 may experience a low sex drive (low libido), cardiovascular disease, menopausal symptoms, menstrual discomforts, PMS, breast cysts, breast cancer, fibroids, endometriosis, emotional problems, female anxiety, nervous disorders, skin problems, hair loss, and bone disorders. But it's certainly not the liver's fault when hormonal imbalance occurs. If you deprive yourself of sleep, especially the two hours before midnight, you also prevent the liver from doing its vital jobs, 500 of them." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"It's common knowledge that lack of exercise and poor diet increase one's risk for developing heart disease or having a heart attack, but few people stop to consider other risks involved. cardiovascular disease has been linked to air pollution, and toxicity from heavy metals such as lead and cadmium." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Now, the biochemistry gets a little intricate from this point on, so for the sake of brevity and reference, simply note that there are ten clinical indicators of cardiovascular disease risk and twenty-two causative factors of cardiovascular disease, according to the research available at the time of this writing. I mention this only to suggest that before we begin tampering with the effects of a system out of balance, we might be well advised to consider a broader perspective while educating ourselves as consumers." - Richard, Dr. DiCenso, Beyond Medicine, exploring a new way of thinking (Get the book.)

"PART TWO How to Get Unclogged Chapter 4 Tests You Need Amiddle-aged dentist with a family history of cardiovascular disease and sudden death made an appointment after one of our lectures. He wanted a full screen of his blood—all the New Cardiology risk factors. The results revealed a high degree of coronary artery calcium buildup, high Lp(a), homocysteine, and fibrinogen. The dentist was distraught when he heard the news. "How do we get rid of this plaque? I'll do anything," he said. Unfortunately, we can't scrape it off like we would do with dental plaque." - 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.) "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.) "The pieces of the cardiovascular puzzle are coming together and new information is shoving aside cholesterol as the dreaded boogeyman of cardiovascular disease. If cholesterol were the omnikiller, then everyone with heart disease would have high cholesterol. Yet half of all heart attacks occur in individuals with normal cholesterol. Recently, a radical shift has swept through cardiology. Inflammation has been identified as the most important factor in the formation of plaque and arterial disease." - 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.)

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