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"Heart Disease... Do you REALLY want to
avoid it?"
Odd question isn't it? Of course everyone wants to
avoid being a victim of a heart attack, stroke or
some other cardiovascular 'event'. BUT, very few
people are achieving their objective effectively
because their focus is too narrow.
I agree that most people are making some effort to
deal with one or more of the SYMPTOMS of potential
heart disease but often at the expense of other
organs in their body and their general health.
Although heart disease is a major killer there is
good reason to believe that many other deaths occur
as a direct result of the most common treatment
method of symptoms... prescription drugs.
I'll tell you a true story to help illustrate my
point...
Both my parents had heart problems. My mother had a
quadruple bypass and a new heart valve at 79. She
died at 89. She had angina for at least 30 years. My
father also had angina for about 20 years and he
died at age 83 years.
But... did they die of heart disease? NO, they
both died of the side effects of prescription drugs!
My father died some years ago before I become
involved in the natural health business so I was
unable to help him. If at the time I had access to
the knowledge which I now have thanks to being
associated with some of the best brains in natural
medicine in the world such as Prof. Dr.A Munem I
have no doubt
that my Dad would have made it to 100+ in good
health. This is something I reflect on from time to
time. More in a moment about him!
However, my mother was still alive when I became
interested in natural 'medicine'. She had the
benefit of one year on our first generation Total
Balance (at age 88) and her results were remarkable.
She found an improvement in energy, eyesight, memory
and was proud of the fact that she could numerous
exercises including touching her toes. She was able
to drive a car and her incidents of angina attacks
were becoming less.
However, when she went for her annual check up with
the heart specialist he decided that based on the
results of some of her blood tests that he should
put her on a new medication. She started taking it
and immediately had serious side effects including
dizziness. She rang me up asking what she should do
and I told her to stop taking it because she was
making good progress before she started it. But,
after walking away from the phone the dizziness came
over her and she fell down the stairs, and died in
hospital 2 days later.
My father was also given a whole lot of prescription
drugs for his heart which over time damaged many of
his other essential organs. This in turn led to the
prescribing of more drugs and the resultant side
effects. I was by his side when he drew his last
breath which was NOT brought on from heart disease!
Rather it was from the damage caused to all of his
essential organs as a result of all the medication.
So, both my parents passed on... NOT from a heart
event, but from the treatment!
This is not unusual. You may have experienced
something similar with family or friends, so why do
I bring it up in this newsletter? Because, there is
an important message here for all of us who are
living!
Every day we are being bombarded by advertisements
suggesting that we will likely have a heart attack
if we don't lower our cholesterol, or our blood
pressure. In some cases this may be fair comment...
but is taking a prescription drug the right
solution? The advertisements suggest that you talk
to your
Doctor to find out if 'such and such' drug is right
for you? As the medical establishment has been
'primed' up by the pharmaceutical industry and as
the drugs are approved protocols the answer will
invariably be YES!
The two biggest concerns currently for
cardiovascular diseases are elevated cholesterol and
high blood pressure or hypertension.
Let's just have a quick look at these two
indicators of potential heart disease...
Hypertension. You may have read recently in one of
our newsletters that the 'goal posts' have recently
been shifted. If your blood pressure is a 'normal'
120/80 it is now considered PRE hypertensive and
accordingly you should take a drug to lower it. What
a load of NONSENSE! High blood pressure is NOT a
disease…it is a SYMPTOM only of cardiovascular
disease. Lowering your blood pressure by drugs will
not fix the underlying problem and indeed the drugs
may act as a precursor for many more
serious problems!
Think about it for a moment. Why do you get high
blood pressure? Simply, because your arteries are
becoming clogged with plague so your heart has to
increase the pressure in order to get your
blood through your arteries and capillaries. It's no
different to your household water pipes if they get
rusted up. You know what happens if you turn down
the water pressure when you are using a sprinkler on
your lawn... only a small area gets watered! The
same principle applies to your body. Inadequate
pressure means the small capillaries in the brain
and other parts of the body will get starved for
blood.
You have to clear the obstructions to get rid of the
symptoms!
Cholesterol! I frequently speak to customers who
have been put on statin drugs because their Doctor
considers their cholesterol to be too high. They
come to us to try our natural cholesterol lowering
formula which is just as effective for most people
but doesn't have the nasty side effects of statins.
But, what often amazes me is how often their
physicians ignore the HDL/LDL ratios…OR they simply
don't take the time to review them carefully. I have
spoken to people that should never have been put on
a cholesterol lowering drug because their HDL is so
high it more than offsets the slightly elevated
total cholesterol.
But... it gets worse!
More and more evidence suggests that high levels of
homocysteine are just as dangerous as high levels of
the bad LDL cholesterol…but very few people are
tested for it, even those on statin drugs. Why?
Because there is no profit in this condition for the
pharmaceutical industry and as such it receives very
little attention.
Elevated homocysteine levels are easily brought into
line simply by a course of cheap high dose B
vitamins. There is no pharmaceutical drug which will
do a better job. Same principle applies to
inflammation in the blood which is another important
marker of pending heart disease. It can be measured
by testing the blood for C- Reactive Protein. But,
it is so rarely tested even though it is very
important and relatively easy to eliminate. MSM does
a good job in helping to normalize inflammation in
the blood.
Back to the main point of this article!
What I have tried to do today is bring to your
attention to the importance of looking at your body
as a whole, not just targeting specific parts or
conditions. If you have a particular ailment then it
is still OK to target it PROVIDED that you don't
ignore the rest of your body which includes all your
essential organs... and your brain. They are all
interrelated and as such interdependent.
When it comes to cardiovascular health don't make
the mistake that most people do and think that if
you have high cholesterol that a statin drug will
restore your heart health, or if you have high blood
pressure that all you need is a blood pressure
lowering drug. They won't! What you need to do is to
work on your health as a whole and maximize the
effectiveness of all your organs including your
heart. This means in addition to sensible lifestyle
choices and reasonable exercise that you supplement
your diet with essential nutrients that is difficult
to get even when you eat sensibly.
As an example, whilst we are on the subject of heart
health I am sure that you will have heard that the
French only suffer a fraction of the cardiovascular
disease of Americans. The generally high consumption
of red wine by the French is considered to be the
prime reason for this. The active ingredient in the
red wine that gives them this protection has now
been isolated as Reservatrol and proven in multiple
studies.
As a point of interest, Reservatrol is one of the
ingredients in our Total Balance, a complete immune
support product we manufacture.
Each daily dose contains more Reservatrol than is
found in several bottles of red wine!
An added benefit (depending upon your point of view)
is that it doesn't make you drunk! But, reservatrol
is only one of a number of important heart
nutrients. It is hundreds of times more potent than
common vitamins but it is not widely available
because it is so expensive.
Hawthorn extract is another important nutrient for
the heart, as is gingko and many others. The good
news is that many of these substances also provide
significant benefits to our other essential organs.
I have no intention of ending up in a similar
situation that my parents were in during their
latter years. I also want to ensure that my wife,
our children and grandchildren don't either. I am
100% confident that we will achieve that objective
even though we are exposed to many more
environmental hazards (including food) that my folks
were not. This goal was the major factor in devoting
my full time to health research and along with my
son founding Xtend-Life Natural Products.
My family and I rely on our Total Balance as the
mainstay of our personal supplement program. This is
because it targets all the body's essential organs
including the heart. Because we manufacture our own
products and set a standard of potency and quality
for the raw ingredients far above the industry norm,
we know that we are producing the best 'tonic'
possible for slowing down the aging process and
maintaining the best possible health.
Of course even the best quality ingredients and
manufacturing processes are of little value if they
are not formulated scientifically. It's very hard to
find many supplements that are. If the synergy of
the ingredients is right, the efficacy can be
increased as much as 15 fold. On the other hand if
they
are not professionally formulated the result can be
far removed from the objective. I consider myself
very fortunate in having a close association with
arguably the top formulator in the world today.
I sincerely believe if you have similar health
objectives to me that you could not do better than
use our Total Balance as the foundation of your
health program. If it was possible to produce a
better product we would be doing it. We are always
working on ways to improve it, hence the release of
the second generation Total Balance a few months
ago.
The positive feedback that we get from customers
along with our own (myself and my family)
exceptional health gives me a sense of satisfaction
that I have never before experienced in my life.
If you have not already tried our Total Balance you
really should give it a go. You may ultimately feel
that it was one of the wisest health decisions that
you have ever made.
In good health,
Warren J. Matthews
http://www.InstantEnergyBoost.com.
Warren Matthews is the Chairman of Xtend Life
Natural Products, the develope and manufacturer of
Total Balance.
Details on Total Balance can and how it can benefit
you can be found here
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