Do you have any of the following problems that cause high blood pressure?

• Atherosclerosis that builds up cholesterol and calcium plaque in your arteries
• Enzyme imbalances that thicken blood and require blood thinners
• Mineral imbalances of too much sodium and too little potassium
• Hormone imbalances caused by stress and poor diet
• Sleep disturbances due to sleep apnea

Your medical doctor may be treating some of these problems already and that is good.  All of the aforementioned categories are the primary drivers for high blood pressure and are serious health risks.  Besides treatment by your medical doctor you yourself can help with several simple, no cost measures that are doctor recommended.

Nattokinase: Cardiologist, nutritionist, author and researcher, Stephen Sinatra, M.D. reports this in his June 2009 newsletter:  “Thick blood contributes to the calcification of blood vessels and increases the risk of clots.  Nattokinase helps prevent abnormal thickening.  I have seen this supplement reduce diastolic pressure by 5 -10 points.  Start with 50mg a day and increase the dose to 100 mg after a week.” It is available in most health food stores.

Dr. Sinatra is not alone in his recommendation for a non-drug treatment available to the public. Martin Milner, M.D., professor of cardiology and pulmonary medicine in Portland, Oregon says this:  “In all my years of research as a professor of cardiology and pulmonary medicine, Natto and Nattokinase represent the most exciting development in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular related problems.  We’ve finally found a potent natural agent that can help thin and dissolve clots effectively, with relative safety and without side effects.”

The Japanese have used Nattokinase for over 1000 years and effectively reduced a clot forming enzyme, fibrin, which can become over abundant. You should be under the supervision of a medical doctor using this drug alternative because there are many reasons for high blood pressure other than thick blood. Also Nattokinase is contra indicated along with other blood thinners unless closely monitored.

Most people are aware that too much salt is a driver in hypertension.  Sometimes it is more a lack of potassium and your doctor can monitor mineral levels with lab tests. Good diet and supplements help provide the needed vitamins and nutrients like calcium, potassium and magnesium that are frequently deficient. All the drugs in the world do not help if your body is not getting the needed nutrients.

Cardiologist Stephen Sinatra and Robert J. Rowan, M.D. concur in the benefit of reducing blood pressure by grounding. What is grounding?  This is a very new discovery that going barefoot on cement or the ground helps balance the electrical charges on the red blood cells called zeta.  Normally red blood cells carry a negative charge that causes the RBC’s to repel each other.  This prevents their sticking together and decreases the resistance to blood flow. Free flowing red blood cells naturally reduces your blood pressure.

Yet another proven remedy for some with hypertension is to give blood regularly. Amazingly, regular donation of blood can reduce blood pressure by up to 88%. Normal red blood cells are flexible, biconcave disks that must become more round in order to pass through the terminal capillaries. Old red blood cells are stiff and less flexible; they produce friction, raising viscosity and increasing blood pressure.

Why does viscosity reduction reduce blood pressure and heart attacks? Quite simply since the old red blood cells are less flexible, they create significant resistance to the flow-through end capillaries.  It is believed that terminal capillaries need to squeeze the red blood cell discs to as much as one fourth of their diameter to pass them through.

Since new red blood cells are more flexible, they pass through the capillaries easily. You might ask why is friction produced by the old red blood cells so significant.  Friction at the bifurcation of the blood vessels causes injury and accumulation of LDL cholesterol plaque there.  Plaque accumulates in response to inflammation of the blood vessels, due to injury. This can cause blood clots that produce heart attack or stroke.

Another simple, yet amazingly effective blood thinner, can be water.  If you drink too little water and are basically dehydrated your blood is thick and resists flow. A simple, no cost remedy for some, is drinking 8 glasses of water a day. When the body does not get enough water to hydrate the body tissues, water is drawn from the blood.  When too much water is removed from the blood, the blood pressure goes up because of thick blood.

High blood pressure needs to be monitored by a medical doctor, but you can also help reduce blood pressure by some simple, inexpensive measures…Denis Van Loan D.D.S.

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The increased viscosity raises blood pressure and the incidence of heart attack, stroke, as well as clots in the brain, legs and lungs.  Good scientific studies prove its efficacy and safety.  The biggest negative I find is taste; it is a fermented soy product.

For centuries the Japanese have eaten Nattokinase and have enjoyed reduced hypertension and cardiovascular problems associated with it.

Some comparison studies show the Japanese as number one in worldwide life spans.  Our own U.S. Census list us as 42nd in longevity, worldwide.  Heart disease is the number one killer in the U.S.A. High blood pressure,  atherosclerosis  and cardiovascular problems are major contributors to our poor longevity record.

Mainstream medical treatment for thick blood, hypertension, is a drug like Coumadin.  Coumadin likewise reduces clots but can be dangerous if not carefully regulated.  It can cause internal and unstoppable bleeding.  It was originally developed as a rat poison.  Rats would consume it and then bleed to death.

What do scientific studies reveal about Nattokinase? The True Health Bulletin, 2010, reports a message from Michael Cutler, M.D. on Nattokinase.  He cites numerous studies that clearly demonstrate the enormous benefits from Nattokinase.  Here are some of them:
1.    A study of healthy males and females were given 200 grams of Natto food before breakfast.  Upon examination of the blood plasma, it was found the supplementation with Nattokinase reduced the dissolution of blood clot time by 48%.
2.    Plasmin is the natural enzyme that balances the level of fibrin in the blood.  Unfortunately as you age the plasmin decreases.  In a comparative test of plasmin against Nattokinase, Nattokinase was found to be 292% more effective in reducing the fibrin causing high blood pressure.
3.    Patricia Kane, PhD reported a study she conducted on 25 patients taking Nattokinase. She said this: “…patients are reporting more energy, less pain, and clearing of mental confusion in the few days of use.  We’ve already added Nattokinase into our protocol for detoxification of neurologic toxins.”
4.    Martin Milner, M.D., professor of cardiology and pulmonary medicine in Portland, Oregon says this:  “In all my years of research as a professor of cardiology and pulmonary medicine, Natto and Nattokinase represent the most exciting development in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular related problems. We’ve finally found a potent natural agent that can help thin and dissolve clots effectively, with relative safety and without side effects.”
5.    Jonathan Wright, M.D. says:  “The literature about Natto and Natttokinase is very impressive…the first patient I asked to try it had rapid and dramatic response…Nattokinase appears to be a true breakthrough.”
6.    Ralph Holsworth, D.O. is a leading researcher on Nattokinase and is very impressed with this supplement.  He says this:  “I have dedicated my life to the research of Nattokinase.  I’ve never seen an enzyme that has allowed me to assist my patients this significantly.  Taking Nattokinase is, literally, a life changing event for them.  I feel honored to have that piece of information and I just want to spread the word.”
7.    Betty Kamen, PhD says this:  “Because of our deep involvement in the nutritional field, my husband and I are more aware of the long list of helpful, natural, and safe modalities for recovering from illness—regardless of the disease category.  Many of these substances worked well for my husband’s recent problems, but nothing seemed as magical as Nattokinase!  In terms of his energy and well being, it was as though a switch was turned on when he started taking this amazing supplement.  The positive effects of Nattokinase are swift and dramatic.”

In a separate report, Cardiologist, nutritionist, author and researcher, Stephen Sinatra, M.D. reports this in his June 2009 newsletter:  “Thick blood contributes to the calcification of blood vessels and increases the risk of clots.  Nattokinase helps prevent abnormal thickening.  I have seen this supplement reduce diastolic pressure by 5-10 points.  Start with 50 mg a day and increase the dose to 100 mg after a week.”

Note: I am not advising you to self medicate.  You should be under the supervision of a medical doctor.  It is definitely not advised when a blood thinner like aspirin, ginkgo biloba or Coumadin are also taken unless very carefully monitored by your doctor…Denis Van Loan D.D.S.

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Electrical engineers tell us the earth’s surface pulsates with negatively charged, free electrons. When a person goes barefoot or sleeps on a grounded mattress, the needed electrons can flow into the circuitry of your body.

You see, free radicals are positively charged compounds that are in need of negatively charged electrons to balance their deficiency.  Various free radicals from foods, toxins and environment are the ultimate cause of heart disease, in most cases.

Free radicals are unstable and they steal electrons from weaker (but normal) compounds of your body. They interfere with your biochemistry.   Free radicals produce inflammation, the mother of all degenerative disease.  The result of inflammation in the blood greatly increased cardiovascular disease.  This  increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.

When you ground the body by skin contact with the earth’s surface or by conduit from earth to body (a grounded mattress), needed electrons can flow into your body.  Why is this significant? This can be a source of needed free electrons that reduce inflammation and neutralize electrical charges.

Studies involving Dr. Sinatra have revealed why grounding your body can be beneficial.  In a small study, virtually all but one (who regularly grounded himself already), it was demonstrated that changes in blood viscosity (a cause of hypertension) and sticking, clumping of red blood cells was significant.

Blood samples were taken before and after a 40 minute grounding of the subject’s feet. Examination of the before and after grounding with microscopic slides clearly showed less stickiness and clumping of blood cells.

When there is increased viscosity blood pressure rises; when there is stickiness of red blood cells this correlates to increased heart attack and stroke…in addition to the inflammation from free radicals.

Exactly why increasing the electron availability and less clumping can be explained by the zeta (electrical charge on red blood cells).  In one of the studies that Dr. Sinatra participated in it was found that the zeta became more favorable. It apparently was due to the surface charge changes on the red blood cells.

The microscopic examination revealed that the red blood cells did not stick together and flowed more easily, reducing hypertension and clotting tendency.
This explains why regular grounding of your body can be beneficial to cardiovascular health.  It suggests grounding can reduce hypertension, heart attack and stroke because it furnishes available electrons. The previously prevailing thought was antioxidants came chiefly  from compounds found in your diet…Denis Van Loan D.D.S.

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Increased viscosity raises blood pressure and the incidence of heart attack, stroke, as well as clots in the brain, legs and lungs. Good scientific studies prove its efficacy and safety.  The biggest negative I find is taste; it is a fermented soy product.

For centuries the Japanese have eaten Nattokinase and have enjoyed reduced hypertension and the cardiovascular problems associated with it.

Some comparison studies show the Japanese as number one in worldwide life spans.  Our own U.S. Census list us as 42nd in longevity, worldwide. Heart disease is the number one killer in the U.S.A.  High blood pressure,  atherosclerosis  and cardiovascular problems are major contributors to our poor longevity record.

Mainstream medical treatment for thick blood, hypertension, is a drug like Coumadin.  Coumadin likewise reduces clots but can be dangerous if not carefully regulated. It can cause internal and unstoppable bleeding.  It was originally developed as a rat poison.  Rats would consume it and then bleed to death.

What do scientific studies reveal about Nattokinase?  The True Health Bulletin, 2010, reports a message from Michael Cutler, M.D. on Nattokinase.  He cites numerous studies that clearly demonstrate the enormous benefits from Nattokinase.  Here are some of them:
1.    A study of 200 healthy males and females were given Nattokinase before breakfast.  Upon examination of the blood plasma, it was found the supplementation with Nattokinase reduced the dissolution of blood clot time by 48%.
2.    Plasmin is the natural enzyme that balances the level of fibrin in the blood.  Unfortunately as you age the plasmin decreases.  In a comparative test of plasmin against Nattokinase, Nattokinase was found to be 292% more effective in reducing the fibrin causing high blood pressure.

3.    Patricia Kane, PhD reported a study she conducted on 25 patients taking Nattokinase. She said this: “…patients are reporting more energy, less pain, and clearing of mental confusion in the few days of use.  We’ve already added Nattokinase into our protocol for detoxification of neurologic toxins.”
4.    Martin Milner, M.D., professor of cardiology and pulmonary medicine in Portland, Oregon says this:  “In all my years of research as a professor of cardiology and pulmonary medicine, Natto and Nattokinase represent the most exciting development in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular related problems. We’ve finally found a potent natural agent that can help thin and dissolve clots effectively, with relative safety and without side effects.”

5. Jonathan Wright, M.D. says: “The literature about Natto and Natttokinase is very impressive…the first patient I asked to try it had rapid and dramatic response…Nattokinase appears to be a true breakthrough.”

6. Ralph Holsworth, D.O. is a leading researcher on Nattokinase and is very impressed with this supplement.  He says this: “I have dedicated my life to the research of Nattokinase.  I’ve never seen an enzyme that has allowed me to assist my patients this significantly.  Taking Nattokinase is, literally, a life changing event for them.  I  feel honored to have that piece of information and I just want to spread the word.”

7.    Betty Kamen, PhD says this:  “Because of our deep involvement in the nutritional field, my husband and I are more aware of the long list of helpful, natural, and safe modalities for recovering from illness—regardless of the disease category.  Many of these substances worked well for my husband’s recent problems, but nothing seemed as magical as Nattokinase!  In terms of his energy and well being, it was as though a switch was turned on when he started taking this amazing supplement.  The positive effects of Nattokinase are swift and dramatic.”

In a separate report, Cardiologist, nutritionist, author and researcher, Stephen Sinatra, M.D. reports this in his June 2009 newsletter: “Thick blood contributes to the calcification of blood vessels and increases the risk of clots.  Nattokinase helps prevent abnormal thickening.  I have seen this supplement reduce diastolic pressure by 5-10 points.  Start with 50 mg a day and increase the dose to 100 mg after a week.”

Nattokinase is easily obtained at most health food stores.

Note: I am not advising you to self medicate.  You should be under the supervision of a medical doctor. It is definitely not advised when a blood thinner like aspirin or Coumadin are also taken unless very carefully monitored by your doctor…Denis Van Loan D.D.S.

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Far fetched as it may seem, high blood pressure and blood clotting can be related to going barefoot. In what way, you ask?

Electrical engineers tell us the earth’s surface pulsates with negatively charged, free electrons.  When a person goes barefoot or sleeps on a grounded mattress, the needed electrons can flow into the circuitry of your body.

You see, free radicals are positively charged compounds that are in need of negatively charged electrons to balance their deficiency. Free radicals are unstable and they steal electrons from weaker (but normal) compounds of your body.  Free radicals produce inflammation, the mother of all degenerative disease.  The result of inflammation in the blood  greatly increases cardiovascular disease. This  increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.

When you ground the body by skin contact with the earth’s surface or by conduit from earth to body (a grounded mattress), needed electrons can flow into your body.  Why is this significant?

Studies involving Dr. Sinatra have revealed why grounding your body can be beneficial. In a small study, virtually all but one (who regularly grounded himself), it was demonstrated changes in blood viscosity (a cause of hypertension) due to the sticking and clumping of red blood cells was significant.

Blood samples were taken before and after a 40 minute grounding of the subject’s feet.  Examination of the before and after grounding with microscopic slides clearly showed less stickiness and clumping of blood cells. When there is increased viscosity blood pressure rises; when there is stickiness of red blood cells this correlates to increased heart attack and stroke.

Exactly why increasing the electron availability and less clumping can be explained by the zeta (electrical charge on red blood cells). In one of the studies that Dr. Sinatra participated in found that the zeta became more favorable, apparently due to the surface charge on the red blood cells.  The microscopic examination revealed that the red blood cells did not stick together and flowed more easily, reducing hypertension and clotting tendency.

This explains why regular grounding of your body can be beneficial to cardiovascular health. It suggests grounding can reduce hypertension and heart attack and stroke because it furnishes available electrons that were previously only thought to come from antioxidant compounds found in your diet…Denis Van Loan D.D.S.

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What is considered a good Mediterranean diet?  It consists of the following.

• Plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables
• Abundant olive oil
• Whole grains in breads and pasta
• Nuts in moderate or low amounts
• Less red meats, more fish
• Fish or seafood two times a week
• Regular red wine consumption in low to moderate amounts daily
• Regular exercise…like daily

What is the science behind the favorable results for the Mediterranean diet?  A good study of several thousand subjects was done at the University of Athens, Greece.  It found:

• More flexibility to arteries, believed due to increased nitric oxide and artery dilation.
• A high ratio of mono saturated to saturated lipids (this means more easily metabolized fats versus hard to metabolize trans fats.)
• Higher levels of essential minerals…magnesium, potassium and calcium.
• Natural antioxidants of fruits and vegetables…especially carotenes and specifically lycopene.
• Polyphenol (antioxidant) and omega 3 content  of olive oil.

While both meat and the cereal (probably wheat gluten) increased the oxidation and tendency for chronic inflammation, it was more than off set by the olive oil, nuts and fresh fruits and vegetables; these reduce oxidation and hence reduce inflammation. Inflammation is the mother of all heart disease and a major cause of hypertension.

Table salt (NaCl) is often implicated as a factor in high blood pressure; but the real issue is the ratio of potassium to sodium. Western diets are frequently deficient in potassium and magnesium.  Both of these minerals are extremely important to cardiovascular health.  The Mediterranean diet contains high levels of these two minerals as well as another important mineral to cardiovascular health, calcium.

Abundant fruits, vegetables and moderate amounts of nuts provide a good supply of these minerals. This would account for reducing the blood pressure, along with lowered arterial resistance due to the olive oil.  In addition, the abundance of polyphenols and antioxidants found in the Mediterranean diet quell  inflammation…the culprit in coronary heart disease and high blood pressure.

A Spanish study done on 9,408 male and female subjects from 1999 to 2005 found reduced blood pressure associated with the Mediterranean diet. The risk factors for increased blood pressure, especially the age factor, were adjusted so the net effect was reduced hypertension with the Mediterranean diet.

Another  little emphasized factor in the study at Athens and in Spain was that of the red wine connection. Typically these populations regularly drink red wine in the low amounts daily, even in childhood.  A flurry of recent research has shown the red wine contains resveratrol (available in supplement) which is a good antioxidant and dramatically improves longevity.

A study in Burgundy France was so startling it is called the “French paradox”. A study of the population there found a 46% increase in longevity, in spite of a lousy diet high in fats.  Subsequent studies  in lab animals have confirmed that indeed everything fed resveratrol lives longer in spite of a poor, high fat diet.  The red wine in Burgundy is especially high in resveratrol because of the harsh conditions there. The effectiveness  and power of resveratrol is emerging as being due to its anti-oxidative power and longevity gene stimulation of SIRT-1. (Note: Over indulgence in wine is counter-productive, supplemental resveratrol makes more sense.)

Resveratrol, and components of wine, demonstrated to Japanese researchers that laboratory rats fed wine compounds for 8 weeks were able to maintained healthy blood pressure…Denis Van Loan D.D.S.

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While high blood pressure is considered a risk factor in cardiovascular disease, it does not always co-relate to increased heart attacks. Drug treatment is often ineffective in hypertension cases.

The underlying risk problem when hypertension exists is really inflammation. Many causes of inflammation exist.  Diet, aging, stress and toxic substances are listed as the big culprits in inflammation.  Viruses also emerge as a very significant cause of inflammation and hypertension.

Here is the study. Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital researchers have discovered that a primary cause of hypertension is CMV (cytomegalovirus).  CMV is a common virus, affecting 60% to 99% of adults worldwide. (according to Robert Rowan, M.D.)

When present in the blood, the virus affects endothelial linings of the arteries and causes inflammation. Blood inflammation in the human is the most reliable risk factor associated with cardiovascular disease…heart attack and stroke.  It is also true in animals.

The Beth Israel research used 4 groups of laboratory mice to discover the link of CMV with hypertension. One group received a high cholesterol diet, a second group a standard diet.  Groups 3 and 4 each received the same respective diets but were injected with the CMV.  The CMV (viral) groups has significant blood pressure increases.  Their markers for inflammation received an upward spike in the laboratory tests.  Not surprisingly the high cholesterol diet group with the CMV also developed arteriosclerotic plaque in the arteries.  Groups 1 and 2 were control groups that were considered normal and  used to measures against  the CMV groups.

ACE is an enzyme that produces hypertension. It is produced by the kidneys to increase flow through them.  ACE inhibitor drugs are often used, in attempt to reduce blood pressure.  The problem is ACE inhibitor drugs don’t necessarily reduce cardiovascular disease… usually because  inflammation is the culprit rather than just hypertension.  Strokes, because of thin artery walls in the brain, with increased pressure, sometimes rupture and cause strokes.  Heart attacks are another story.

It is well known that viruses are not much affected by drugs. However, oxygen is lethal to most viruses.  European doctors are ahead of the curve there; they successfully use oxidation therapies to treat vascular disease.

Strangely enough, in spite of research that shows oxidative therapy is successful against various viruses, it is little used in the U.S.A. Could it be the drug companies?  Drug companies pay for the majority of research now, they influence medical journals and reports, they give medical doctors perks, pay for medical educations, and effectively market drugs.  ( The U.S. is 5% of the world’s population yet consumes 50% of the world’s prescription drugs.)

Robert Jay Rowan, M.D. has successfully used oxidative therapy for 23 years and found it very effective against hypertension and vascular disease when other “mainstream” methods failed...Denis Van Loan D.D.S.

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Serratiopeptidase, a proteolytic enzyme, is far more important than for just protein digestion. It  enhances the action of some drugs, is anti-inflammatory, capable of reducing pain, lowering blood pressure and bolstering immunity.  Let’s explore the benefits of serratiopeptidase.

Numerous studies in the past 40 years have confirmed the pain relieving, blood pressure lowering power of the proteolytic enzyme, serratiopeptidase. Its action reduces the blood thickening fibrin which is one cause of hypertension or high blood pressure. Numerous studies on hypertension and thick blood viscosity demonstrate that reducing viscosity lowers hypertension, reduces heart attack and stroke.

Numerous studies on ear, nose and throat patients, with unpleasant symptoms also show dramatic relief.

In Germany especially, it has proven itself. In a double blind study of 66 patients it reduced the swelling and pain by 50%.  This was reported in the German publication Fortschr Medical. In another German double blind study of 193 patients, a 97% improvement of acute symptoms was found.  It relieved  sinusitis,  nose and throat symptoms in only 7 or 8 days.

A well controlled, double blind study on 193 patients afflicted with pain and discomfort of ear nose and throat was conducted. The bottom line result of the study, where serratiopeptidase was given, found an improvement on virtually all who received the proteolytic enzyme.  The doctors following the research reported that 97.3% of those subjects on the serratiopeptidase had either “good” or “excellent” results for relief of the undesirable symptoms.  In spite of the double blind study, the control group did show some improvement, 21.9%, perhaps due to the placebo effect.  (Just patient belief whatever was administered would be helpful and beneficial)

Another study done in Europe at the Institute of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology was shown to rapidly reduce inflammation and swelling in patients with ear, nose and throat symptoms.  This study was also a well controlled, double blind one using serratiopeptidase. (Neither the doctors nor the subjects knew what was given…double blind studies help eliminate the psychological or placebo effect)

The Journal of Internal Medicine reported that serratiopeptidase was a top performer. “Clinical studies show that serratiopeptidase induces fribrinolytic (fibrin break up), and anti-inflammatory and anti-edemic (reduced swelling from fluids) activity in a number of tissues, and that its anti-inflammatory effects are superior…”

Inflammation and mucus are undesirable effects of troubling sinus conditions. Serratiopeptidase has proven itself here.  A Japanese study reported in Arch Otorhinolaryngol found that mucus was rapidly reduced with serratiopeptidase.

To summarize the beneficial effects of the proteolytic enzyme serratiopeptidase:

• Enhances some drugs…makes antibiotics more effective, helps pain relievers
• Anti-inflammatory…reduces swelling, tenderness and redness
• It reduces pain and discomfort
• It lowers blood pressure…reduces excess fibrin
• It reduces cardiovascular events…less risks of heart attack and stroke from clots and inflammation
• Enhances immunity…takes out “bad” proteins
• Reduces mucus and congestion
• Reduces swelling

Serratiopeptidase is found in multiple enzyme formulations and can probably be found in most health food stores.  Consult with your medical doctor if you are already on a blood thinner, before taking a proteolytic enzyme…Denis Van Loan D.D.S.

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CoQ-10 is thoroughly discussed in other blog posts and in my free report on this blog.  In this post I want to focus on fibrin and plasmin. Why?

One of the greatest heart disease risks is is thick, viscous blood which causes hypertension. This is often produced by an excess protein, fibrin… which is a matrix mesh that forms blood clots. It also greatly increases the blood’s viscosity and slows blood flow.

When blood is thick, hypertension results, the heart is strained and works harder.  Blood clotting, heart attack rate and stroke rates increase. This is a major cause of coronary heart disease.

Plasmin is a proteolytic enzyme that balances and reduces the excess protein, fibrin. It occurs naturally in the body but diminishes with age.  Mainstream medicine wants to give you a drug like Coumadin to thin the blood or to prescribe hypertension drugs.  There is a better way…getting a proteolytic enzyme, as many alternative medical doctors prescribe.  These enzymes reduce damaged and excess proteins that cause inflammation and other problems like increased fibrin.

Naturally occurring proteolytic enzymes are found in pineapple, papaya and nattokinase (a potent Japanese soy product). Also supplements are available that have multiple enzymes, including those for digestion.

Taking enzyme supplements makes sense because cooking, canning and preserving all kill many enzymes. Raw foods give the best source of needed enzymes, phytonutrients and other trace nutritionals, but few follow this diet…Denis Van Loan D.D.S.

Caveat: You should be under the care of a medical doctor who understands all the ramification of heart diesase, because they are many and can involve complex interaction of supplements, drugs and biochemistry.

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Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is also related to CoQ-10 levels. As much as 39% of  the hypertension patients were found to be deficient in CoQ-10.  A study was done that was followed by the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology in this regard.

The study gave an average dose of CoQ-10, consisting of 225 mg, each day.  This supplementation caused a reduction of hypertension from 159 to 147 mm/Hg for the systolic blood pressure.  The diastolic blood pressure was reduced from the average of 94 to 85 mm/Hg. This occurred within 3 to 4 months of supplementation.

Age and numerous drugs reduce the body’s levels of essential CoQ-10. The body’s natural production of CoQ-10 starts declining at the early age of 20 years.  It makes a lot of sense to to supplement with a good CoQ-10.  The ubiquinol form is best, because the common ubiquinone is only 4% bio-available…Denis Van Loan D.D.S.

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