NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE HEART
Most of us born with a healthy heart. This incredible organ is made of muscle tissue and it operates as a pump, circulating blood throughout our systems. The heart beats 100,000 times each day, pumping 2500-5000 gallons through some 60,000 miles of blood vessels to nourish the trillions of cells in our bodies. In a lifetime the heart will beat two and a half billion times and pump 100 million gallons of blood!
However, the heart can only keep up its tireless efforts with the proper care. The nutrients found in teh formula below work together to build and maintain a healthy heart. This formula can be used to strengthen and tone the cardiac muscle, helping it to be a more efficient pump while simultaneously increasing the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood. Plus , the nutrients included in the formula are also basic to our general good health.
Following are ingredients in the formula
In a special formulation of yeast, rice bran, raw liver, raw spleen, raw kidney, raw brain, raw pancreas, raw duodenum, raw heart concentrate, wheat germ and lecithin, plus mineral fractions from cereal grass juice and sugar cane juice concentrate.
RAW HEART TISSUE - This element of the formula is highly important to the integration of all the other nutrients, forming a kind of synergistic keystone to the basic function of the formula. As with all raw glandular and raw tissues, this tissue aids in improving the nutritional environment of the organ, in this case, the heart. Raw heart tissue is suggested when there is weakness or loss of tone in the heart muscle. It is also effective when there is a failure of the muscle cells to properly metabolize carbohydrates, more specifically the glucose-glycogen in the bloodstream. Raw heart tissue can be useful to persons with sedentary occupations by bringing stimulus to the organ that is not receiving enough stimulation through sufficient exercise. The heart tissue works as a nutritional factor in increasing the energy metabolism of the muscle cells of the heart. This is very important to those persons, such as diabetics and congestive heart failure patients, whose tolerance of actual physical exercise is limited.
VITAMIN E: Complete books have been written about the importance of vitamin E as a heart nutrient. Vitamin E protects the heart in six ways
Vitamin E has been credited as a non-surgical way of treating cardiovascular disease. It strengthens the walls of the blood vessels and decreases clotting with none of the side-effects of the usual anticoagulant drugs. Also, vitamin E has been reported to have reduced or eliminated angina pectoris in people with and without a history of heart attack and to have lessened or eliminated the need for nitroglycerine tablets.
Dr. Richard Passwater, well-known nutritional biochemist, maintains that atherosclerosis (the deposits in the arteries that lead to narrowed arteries and increased risk of clot formation) can be prevented by the use of antioxidant nutrients. The major antioxidant nutrients are vitamin E, vitamin C and the mineral selenium.
Vitamin C: Vitamin C has a synergistic effect on the antioxidant action of vitamin E, meaning that vitamin E is a more powerful antioxidant in the presence of vitamin C. Like vitamin E, vitamin C performs many beneficial functions for the heart.
It is impossible for the heart and blood vessels to be in healthy condition without vitamin C. It is effective in strengthening the vessels because of its part in the synthesis of collagen, connective tissue, and it has long been recognized as necessary to the maintenance of capillary health. Furthermore, a lack of C may lead to hemorrhages in the heart muscle.
Again like vitamin E, a vitamin C deficiency is significant in the development of atherosclerosis. In Program your heart for Health, author Frank Murray states that atherosclerosis "could be described in part at least as a deficiency disease, which should be preventable and treatable by vitamin C therapy. "
SELENIUM: This antioxidant mineral works with vitamins E and C for cardiac health. When both vitamin E and selenium are present in the body concurrently, they have a mutual "sparing" effect -- both are needed in lesser quantities because of the presence of the other. Likewise they are ambogenic - a deficiency of either of them cannot be corrected without the presence of the other.
Selenium protects against arterial deposits and it is a requirement of the heart muscle where it improves the function of the mitochondria, the energy producing units of the cells, by protecting them from lack of oxygen. Reports show that Americans living in selenium deficient areas are three times more likely to die from heart disease as those living in selenium-rich areas.
Natural, organically bound selenium from brewer's yeast, such as that found in the formula, is ten to twenty times more effective than other types.
MINERALS: Calcium, magnesium and potassium plus the trace minerals zinc, choromium and copper are other minerals that are imperative to a healthy heart. They are important in fat utilization and may be significant in atherosclerosis. It is believed by some researchers that the calcium, magnesium and other trace minerals in hard water are the elements that have given it its reputation for protecting against heart disease.
Calcium deficiency has been shown to have the leading association with heart disease. It is needed to promote the contraction and relaxation of the muscles, including normalizing the heartbeat. Calcium has also been shown to reduce blood cholesterol levels as well as levels of other fatty substances in the blood. Calcium and selenium metabolism are interdependent.
Magnesium strengthens the heart muscle and can prevent atherosclerosis and heart attack. It is necessary for the muscle to relax, and is essential to keep blood cholesterol down. Magnesium is needed to balance calcium and in the retention of potassium in the cells and a magnesium deficiency will result in a loss of calcium and potassium from the boy. Ultimately this can cause fatal arrhythmias, disturbances in the heart's beating rhythm.
Potassium itself is consistently deficient in chronic disease patients, particularly those suffering from heart disease and rheumatoid arthritis.
Zinc promotes heart health by supporting the healing of the heart damage and helping to decrease cholesterol deposits. Copper works with zinc and helps to keep the arteries flexible, while chromium is required for normal carbohydrate and fat metabolism. Manganese, the other mineral in this formula, activates enzymes which are necessary for the utilization of vitamins C and B1.
Vitamin B-complex: The B-complex vitamins are critical in avoiding heart disease. B6 may be the most important because it is used to make lecithin, the cholesterol solublizing substance. It has been shown that prolonged deficiency of this vitamin will lead to arterial damage and atherosclerotic development. Vitamin B1, and B2 and C, plus magnesium, potassium and zinc all assist in the absorption of B6. In fact, if there is a zinc deficiency, B6 does not function at all.
Niacin normalized blood clotting and markedly reduces arterial cholesterol levels. It also improves circulation. Thiamine, B1, is reported as notably lacking in heart patients. This vitamin is important in the metabolism of carbohydrates. It is related to thyroid production and when it is deficient, the resulting under active thyroid activity causes an elevation of blood cholesterol. Vitamin B2 functions with the metabolism of oxygen by the heart.
Calcium pangamate, vitamin B15, accelerates heart and vascular healing by stimulating protein metabolism in the heart. It normalizes the balance of potassium and sodium in the heart cells and works with C, E and selenium, the antioxidants. It is not an antioxidant but has a process that makes more oxygen available in the bloodstream. Much of the research on calcium pangamate has been done in the Soviet Union where reports show that a positive effect was gained by 80-90 percent of the heart patients treated.
HAWTHORN BERRY: Hawthorn Berry is the sole herbal ingredient in the formula. At one time it was used extensively by the medical profession in heart cases. A tremendous amount of clinical data exists from the early part of this century proving the effectiveness of this herb cardiac tonic. J.I. Rodale, Prevention, reports it as perfectly safe with no poisonous effect and no contradictions. It works well with the B-complex vitamins.
The base for this formula gives synergistic support to the formula as a whole. The yeast, rice bran and raw liver are well-known sources of the B-complex vitamins; while the raw liver works simultraneously with the other raw glandulars to reinforce and stimulate the glandular system and strengthen heart function. Wheatgerm contains vitamin E and lecithin is good for keeping the arteries clear. The alfalfa and barley in the cereal grasses and the whole can of the sugar cane juice concentrate form an almost unequalled source of minerals, especially potassium, a mineral which is stressed in healthy heart function.
In this book Super Nutrition for a Healthy Heart, Richard Passwater lists six risk factors for heart disease:
Authorities say that when any two or more risk factors are even slightly abused, heart disease will occur.
This formula will go along way for you toward a healthy heart, but total good health always requires a positive mind and a positive lifestyle.
Studies show that supplementation can improve health and that improved health can cause a need to decrease medication. If you are on medication for a heart condition, or for any other reason, your physician's supervision is recommended.
If you are having pain or discomfort in your chest, jaw, shoulder,
arm, or back and think you may be having a heart attack, call ambulance
immediately. Do not delay or try to "wait it out."
If you think you are having a heart attack, seek help immediately. Do not ignore chest pain or discomfort. Time is of vital importance. Go immediately to a hospital emergency department. Do not attempt to drive yourself or have someone else drive you. Call ambulance for emergency transport.
The heart is a muscular pump located in the chest. Its job is to pump blood around the body via the circulatory system of blood vessels. The heart consists of 4 chambers: right atrium and right ventricle, and left atrium and left ventricle.
The high pressure is generated by powerful contraction of the heart muscle.
The heart is nourished by the blood supplied directly to the heart muscle through the coronary arteries.
Heart attack is caused by sudden loss of blood and oxygen to your heart.
Despite immense medical progress in the last 3 decades, heart disease continues to be a major health problem in both industrialized and developing nations.
Clearly, time is of the essence. Recognizing the symptoms of a heart attack and seeking immediate medical attention may mean the difference between life and death.
Survival depends on quick action.
Bystanders can help a cardiac arrest victim before emergency personnel arrive.