Natural Vasodilators

Natural vasodilators have the ability to lower blood pressure effectively, because they have the same effect or end results as calcium channel blockers, ACE inhibitors, and Angiotensin II receptor antagonists. They cause smooth muscle within the artery walls to relax which opens the arteries wider, allowing more blood to flow through.

They are ideal herbs for circulation improvement, natural high blood pressure medicine so to speak.

There are a few well known herbs and vitamins that are excellent natural vasodilators. If one doesn`t have much of an effect then don`t give up, try another. Sometimes it`s just a matter of finding the right one for you.


Beetroot
One of the latest researched root herb that has shown to lower blood pressure significantly, with prolonged effects as much as 24 hours after consuming.

The beetroot mixes with saliva and bacteria to produce nitrite. As it enters the acidic stomach another chemical reaction takes place. The nitrite turns to nitric oxide or will re-enter the circulatory system and this is what opens the blood vessels.


Celery
A member of the carrot family, is widely used by herbalists for many ailments. It`s also known for it`s vasodilating action by relaxing smooth muscle in artery walls. The active compound is Phthalide (3-n-butylphtalide) which gives celery its strong aroma and flavor.

But celery has a double action to help lower blood pressure. As a diuretic it does not cause the potassium/sodium ratio to change when excess fluid is secreted, as some prescribed diuretics do, saving the user unnecessary side effects.

Some people loath the taste and smell of celery, so if you are one of those persons, you can opt for celery seed extract in capsules.


Garlic
Hailed as a good natural high blood pressure medicine. How does it work?

Current available data strongly supports evidence that it possesses the properties to produce mild anti-hypertensive effects.

It contains effective compounds such as adenosine, allicin, and y-glutamylcysteines among others. But determining which of these compounds are producing the vasodilatory effect of garlic has not been fully discovered as yet. Some research suggests that possibly y-glutamylcysteines have some effect on Angiotensin along with other compounds which in turn relax smooth muscle (Sendl et al., 1992), and another study (Kaye et al., 2000) determined the "significant vasodilator activity" of allicin on the pulmonary vascular bed of the rat. whatever it is, garlic will continue to be a favorite of the high blood pressure herbs.


Ginkgo Biloba
Its the oldest known tree in the world, dating back to the Jurassic period. Dinosaurs probably had a nibble.

What`s more, I know where one is and it`s only a few streets away.

Ginkgo is known for it`s use in dilating blood vessels, getting blood to small capillaries, allowing more oxygen to flow in the brain to improve memory and help patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s.

This herbs also takes a while to build up but it`s well worth being persistent. It`s one of the most powerful of herbs for circulation indeed!


Hawthorn
It works like a beta-blocker. How it does this is not fully understood. The use of Beta blocker drugs are discouraged in the UK because they are thought to provoke diabetes type 2 by 30%, so hawthorn berry extract may serve as a substitute, but be aware it takes a few weeks to start seeing the benefits.

If you are considering the use of hawthorn, know that the Germany Commission E has approved hawthorn as being useful in treating coronary circulation problems.


Magnesium
It works by stimulating nitric oxide production, which happens also during exercise. It helps relax and dilate blood vessels, but you need to take the correct amount or there will be a calcium imbalance triggering the opposite. The arteries will restrict.

Taking an ionic mineral solution with the correct balance of all minerals and trace minerals that our bodies need is the best step to take.


Mistletoe
It is used for high blood pressure, heart and circulatory problems, but needs to be approached with caution. If taken at a high dose it can cause cardiac poisoning.


Niacin


Olive leaf extract


Reishi mushroom


Storks Bill
It is said to raise your blood pressure if you take too little, but lower it if you take a higher dose.


Walnuts


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A Safer Home

A Safer Home

Is your environment safe to live in?

Find out if harmful chemicals are in your home.

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Weight Loss Through Eating Negative Calorie Foods

Negative calorie foods are foods, which use more calories to digest than the calories the foods actually contain! Calories from these foods are much harder for the body to breakdown and process. In other words, the body has to work harder in order to extract calories from these foods. This gives these foods a tremendous natural fat-burning advantage.

Negative calorie foods contain sufficient vitamins & minerals to break down the host calories resulting in a surplus of enzyme producing biochemicals. This simply means that once ingested these “negative calories” foods provide for enzyme production in quantities sufficient to break down not only its own host calories, but possibly additional calories present in digestion as well.

A recent study found that a vegetarian diet consisting mostly of fruits and vegetables, was adhered to by research subjects as an experimental study on the reversal of heart disease. As a result, each of the research subjects lost an average of 20 pounds without cutting calories or limiting serving sizes. In light of the fact that these subjects were 40 years and older (with relatively slowed metabolisms) and the research performed involved no prescribed exercise program, this constitutes a dramatic weight loss that could only be attributed to the consumption of various fruits & vegetables.

Let’s assume the transport of these “surplus digestive enzymes” into the blood is a given and pick it up from there. The fact is, enzymes are responsible for the acceleration of ALL chemical reactions in the body. The acceleration of chemical reactions in the body then equates to a faster metabolism.

The greater value then, in identifying and ingesting these negative calorie foods is not in their ability to break down other existing calories in digestion at all. The true potential benefits lie in the increased enzymes produced being absorbed through the mucosa in the small intestine thus entering into the bloodstream where they can positively effect the rate of metabolism.

To optimize this metabolic acceleration, these researched & identified negative calories should preferably be ingested in the absence of additional enzyme robbing “empty calories” (junk food). This would insure that an optimum amount of enzymes are produced for absorption into the bloodstream and not wasted during digestive processes on assimilating calories from foods with poor vitamin and nutrient content.

Some foods with these negative calorie characteristics include:

Asparagus, beets, broccoli, cabbage (green), carrots, cauliflower, celery, chicory, chili peppers, cucumbers, endive, garlic, lettuce, onions, papayas, spinach, turnip, zucchini, apples, cranberries, grapefruit, lemons, mangos, oranges, pineapple, raspberries, strawberries and tangerines.


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ALTERNATIVE OR ALTERNATIVES TO BYPASS SURGERY AND ANGIOPLASTY

From The Non-Invasive Heart Center

Many cardiologists try to convince their patients that opening an occluded artery with angioplasty, or bypassing it with coronary artery bypass surgery, will prevent heart attacks or premature death, and that an alternative or alternatives to bypass surgery such as medical treatment with drugs is not an option and will not work. Such decisions against an alternative or alternatives to bypass surgery are usually based solely upon the results of an angiogram that show the presence of coronary artery disease. Unfortunately, no prior angiogram is usually available to determine whether the patient's coronary artery disease is new or old. Without a prior angiogram to compare with, it is impossible to determine whether the patient's coronary artery disease has recently progressed. In other words, any coronary artery disease found has often existed in unchanged form for years. It is, therefore, coincidental, and there is another reason for the patient's chest pain. If so, then it is even more likely there is an alternative or alternatives to angioplasty or bypass surgery. This is particularly likely to be true in patients with recent onset of chest pain.

Only a few studies have shown a survival benefit with surgery, and these were done in the seventies before the availability of modern medication. Even these few studies are suspect as to their reliability because we now know that many reasons exist for the relief of the patient's chest pain after surgery that have nothing to do with the bypass surgery itself. For example, placebo surgery will provide pain relief. In addition, there are no modern studies supporting the claim that angioplasty and bypass surgery are of clinical benefit, and that surgery prevents future heart attacks or death compared to bypass surgery alternatives.

Although symptoms may be relieved in many patients following one of these procedures, such relief is often only temporary, returning within a few months to a few years. Furthermore, from our personal experience over the past 23 years at the Noninvasive Heart Center in dealing with many hundreds of patients with chest pain who have been urged to undergo bypass surgery, most are grossly undertreated with alternative modern medications and other bypass surgery alternatives such as exercise, weight loss, cessation of smoking and stress and blood pressure control. Typically such patients are threatened with medical terrorism tactics such as "You can have a massive heart attack and die at anytime unless you undergo immediate surgery!" Such tactics might be appropriate if they were true, but in the experience of the Noninvasive Heart Center, not once has any patient ever had a heart attack or died because he or she were treated with an alternative or alternatives to bypass surgery. It almost seems that there is a deliberate attempt on the part of the patient's doctor to undertreat because if such patients were treated properly, their symptoms would disappear and the patient would reject surgery.

The efficacy of surgery and angioplasty is not only greatly overrated, but the results of both are unpredictable. Mortality and frequency of complications are much greater than what the patient is led to believe, and many patients are worse off after surgery.

The truth of the matter is that the most recent studies, involving now more than 41,000 patients, and population studies involving more than two million people (see section on comparison studies) have shown that an alternative or alternatives to bypass surgery is associated with a far lower morbidity and mortality. In other words, alternative treatment with modern pharmaceutical agents as well as other alternatives are highly effective, provided the cardiologist you are dealing with knows how to use medication. Sad to say, most do not and prescribe an inadequate number of drugs or too low a dosage. Many cardiologists are still quoting from studies in the late 1970s which showed that bypass surgery provided some protection in patients with poor cardiac function compared to only one bypass surgery alternative treatment with drugs. Obviously, the medical treatment of the 1970s is hardly appropriate compared to that of the early 21st century. Today, there are many available drugs, and a lot more coming down the pike, that make the treatment of obstructive coronary artery disease very safe, and highly effective. When medications are used in appropriate numbers and dosages, the patient is able to live a normal life with a risk of dying or having a heart attack only minimally greater than individuals without coronary artery disease. This is not only my experience, but the experience of other noninvasive cardiologists who do not rush every patient with chest pain in for angiograms and some form of intervention. It also should be pointed out that not only do angioplasty and bypass surgery NOT slow down the progression of the disease and its consequences, but actually accelerate its progression.

Finally, many cardiologist and surgeons will casually dismiss an alternative or alternatives to bypass surgery with modern drugs and other management techniques because these alternatives are unable to eliminate or unclog the obstructed coronary artery. That is true. It is not possible to restore the obstructed coronary artery back to normal by any form of treatment. But we don't have to. What modern drug treatment does is to restore blood flow to the heart muscle in that part of the heart where blood flow is reduced. This is accomplished by dilating other blood vessels in the same area that are not blocked. At the same time other drugs reduce the workload of the heart so that the heart muscle requires less blood. This is like finding another source of income and reducing expenses if you lose your job. Once income to the heart muscle (blood flow) is adequate for the expenses (work load) of the heart, chest pains will disappear, and so will the risk of a heart attack or death..

At this point the body's natural adaptive responses take over with the formation of new blood vessels through angiogenesis (angio = blood vessels, genesis = birth of). The result is the formation of a vast network of small vessels that develop around the obstructed artery allowing blood to flow around the obstructed artery without resistance. In other words, the heart has put in its own bypasses with the help of medical therapy with modern drugs that is an alternative to bypass surgery. Unfortunately, such collateral vessels, as they are called, are not visible on an angiogram because they are too small to be seen by this primitive imaging technique.

However, other imaging studies such as an echocardiogram or nuclear imaging will clearly show the heart muscle is functioning and contracting in a perfectly normal manner, even though the artery going to that area of the heart is partially or completely obstructed. How can that be? Obviously, blood is getting through to that heart muscle, even though this can't be seen on the angiogram---an imaging procedures that has been around since 1958 and has obvious limitations. Finally, modern drug therapy is more than just an alternative to bypass surgery and angioplasty. We now recognize that certain drugs such as beta blockers and Ace inhibitors actually slow down and even stop the progression of coronary artery disease, and may even reverse some of the changes that have occurred. Neither bypass surgery nor angioplasty are capable of doing this.

In summary, an alternative or alternatives to bypass surgery or angioplasty with modern drugs and other management techniques has changed the natural history of coronary artery disease. Like so many other diseases of the past that were lethal and are now considered benign because we have effective treatment, it is time to downgrade coronary artery disease from the lethal disease it once was, to a relatively benign disorder which, like arthritis, might bother you once in a while, but should not shorten your life or significantly change its quality.


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BVO

Avoid drinks which contain brominated vegetable oil (BVO).

BVO is a substance developed as a flame retardant for plastics and foam cushions.

While allowed in drinks in only small quantities, brominates accumulate in the body. This accumulation leads to neurological impairment, reduced fertility, early puberty and thyroid hormone changes.

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MY STRATEGY FOR GOOD HEALTH

MY STRATEGY FOR GOOD HEALTH


My strategy for good health centers on diet, supplementation, cleansing, exercise and monitoring.

I believe that the knife and fork are the most dangerous weapons in America, as they kill millions each day! I am fairly consistent with eating right. I think part of my 'secret' is allowing 1 or 2 'splurge' days each week to eat whatever I want. The other days require strict adherence to a health supporting regimen. Psychologically this reduces the pressure to cheat because I know that whatever I am craving I can have on my 'splurge' days.

You can do a little research online and perhaps listen to radio talk show programs to get great information about nutrition!

I purchased a blood pressure cuff, a blood sugar test kit and a cholesterol monitoring kit from the drug store to check my levels. Although these are not as accurate as the test you may receive at the hospital, they can serve as valuable indicators of your health. If there is something out of line, then you can go to the hospital to have the most accurate readings obtained.

My shortfall is really exercise. That is a shame considering it does not take an Olympian effort to stay healthy. My goal is to speed walk 30 minutes every day. Simple right? But I just don't do it consistently. Again, it is more psychological than physical. One must simply take the small amount of time to just do it! Considering the physical and psychological benefits gained, the sacrifice of so little time is a good investment.

If I had to pick just one thing though, I think the most important is diet. To me that consists of what you eat, how you supplement and fasting. One concept of that is linked at the bottom of this page.

There is another area of cleansing and detoxification that I am currently experimenting with as well. This includes fasting and the use of specially designed kits to cleanse and detoxify the systems of the body. Conceptually it appears to be a sound idea. I just have not utilized the kits long enough to have an opinion. Fasting, however, is a tried and true way to achieve such physical cleansing as well as the spiritual and psychological benefits.

Well that is all. Check out the link for some useful information.

I will chat with you later.

Until then, be well and prosper!

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Nutrigenomics

Nutrigenomics

(Not to be confused with Nutrigenetics)


Nutrigenomics is a branch of nutritional genomics and is the study of the effects of foods and food constituents on gene expression.[1]

This means that nutrigenomics is research focusing on identifying and understanding molecular-level interaction between nutrients and other dietary bioactives with the genome. Nutrigenomics has also been described by the influence of genetic variation on nutrition, by correlating gene expression or SNPs with a nutrient's absorption, metabolism, elimination or biological effects. By doing so, nutrigenomics aims to develop rational means to optimise nutrition with respect to the subject's genotype.

By determining the mechanism of the effects of nutrients or the effects of a nutritional regime, nutrigenomics tries to define the causality relationship between these specific nutrients and specific nutrient regimes (diets) on human health. Nutrigenomics has been associated with the idea of personalized nutrition based on genotype. While there is hope that nutrigenomics will ultimately enable such personalised dietary advice, it is a science still in its infancy and its contribution to public health over the next decade is thought to be major.[2]

Whilst nutrigenomics is aimed at developing an understanding of how the whole body responds to a food via systems biology, research into the effect of a single gene/single food compound relationships is known as nutrigenetics.[3]

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[1] Rawson, N. (October 24, 2008). Nutrigenomics Boot Camp: Improving Human Performance through Nutrigenomic Discovery. A Supply Side West VendorWorks Presentation. Las Vegas, Nevada

[2] Müller M, Kersten S. (2003). Nutrigenomics: Goals and Perspectives. Nature Reviews Genetics 4. 315 -322.

[3] Astley, Sian B. (Oct 2007). "An introduction to nutrigenomics developments and trends.". Genes Nutr. 2 (1): 11–13. Retrieved Jan 2013.


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