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The ABC+D Approach to Natural Healing Webinar: Session 9, The Circulatory System

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ABC+D Approach

Lesson Nine: The Circulatory

System

Keys to a healthy cardiovascular system

1. The lower your

cholesterol, the healthier you

will be.

Three-year study of 11,500 patients Low cholesterol was related to:

–  Increase in lung cancer –  Increase in other cancers – Higher risk of cardiac death – Erectile dysfunction and infertility – Loss of memory and mental focus

European Heart Journal 1997, 18, 52-59

Swedish Researcher found: –  Individuals with low cholesterol suffer

from frequent and severe infections –  Individuals with high cholesterol had a

lower mortality than the average population

Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD, independent researcher Magle Stora Kyrkogata 9, S-223250 Lund, Sweden

2. A healthy range of

cholesterol is 0-200



•  If your cholesterol was 0 you would be dead.

•  Cancer risk for cholesterol levels – Lowest risk >240 – Average risk 195-210 –  Increased risk <190 – High < 160 – Highest < 140

3. Cholesterol helps protect

against environmental

toxins

University San Diego School of Medicine study showed:

•  High cholesterol can be protective against environmental toxins rather than harmful

•  Low cholesterol is a risk factor for heart arrhythmias

•  High cholesterol readings are associated with protection from neurotoxins and cancer protection

4. Cholesterol less than 150 significantly

reduces your risk of heart disease.

From the Journal of American Medical Association

30 years of follow-up from the Framingham Study showed: –  No correlation between high cholesterol and

mortality, but correlation between low cholesterol and mortality

–  CVD death rates increased 14% for every 1 mg/dl drop in total cholesterol per year

Anderson KM. Cholesterol and Mortality, 30 years of Follow-up from the Framingham Study. JAMA 1987 Apr 24;257(16):2176-80

Journal of Cardiac Failure Paper on Low Cholesterol

–  Analysis of 1,134 patients with heart disease –  Low cholesterol was associated with worse

outcomes in heart failure patients and impaired survival rates

–  Elevated cholesterol was not associated with hypertension, diabetes or coronary heart disease.

Horwich TB. Et.al. Low Serum Total Choesterol is Associated with Marked Increase in Mortality in Advanced Heart Failure. J Card.

Fail. 2002 Aug;8(4):216-214



Japanese Study – Found as cholesterol levels

went up death rates from CHD went down

Okayama A., Marmot MG Int. J Epidemiol Dec 1993

Low cholesterol readings are associated with: –  Increased risk for cancer –  Increased risk for stroke –  Increased risk for suicide –  Increased risk for symptoms from

exposure to: •  Neurotoxins •  Mercury and other heavy metals •  Cyclosporin

5. The use of statin drugs

lowers your risk of heart disease

•  Despite successful attempts to lower cholesterol with statin drugs, the death rate from heart disease has not changed in 75 years and mortality from heart disease is more than double what is was in 1996.

Uri Goldbourt. Arteriosclerosis Vol 10. No 4. July/August 1990

Adverse Effects of Statin Drugs

•  Known carcinogens in experimental animals in doses approximate to those given to patients

•  Increase risk of polyneuropathy 14 times •  Deplete CoQ10, lower antioxidant levels

More Adverse Effects •  Liver dysfunction •  Muscle pain •  Memory loss. lack of concentration and global

amnesia •  Insomnia, weakness and fatigue •  Erectile dysfunction •  Difficulty in managing diabetes, raises insulin levels



Total annual sales of statins = $20

billion and climbing

6. Oxidative stress and inflammation are

the root cause of elevated LDL

The Facts: •  Artery walls must be damaged before

arterial plaque is formed •  LDL does not damage the endothelium

(artery lining), oxidation (free radical damage and inflammation) does

•  LDL tries to repair the damage

Cholesterol raises as a response to inflammation to protect the nerves and brain

against exposure to fat soluble toxins and heavy

metals

•  A group consuming American diet had lower antioxidant levels versus the Mediterranean diet which had increased antioxidant levels.

•  Mediterranean's had one-third the rate of heart attacks that Americans did Leon Study, Circulation, 1999, 99. Pg 779.

7. Your risk of death is two times higher

with low cholesterol than it is with high

cholesterol



•  Study with 11,500 patients showed that the risk of death in the low cholesterol group (160mg/dl and below) was 2.27 times higher than those with high cholesterol.

•  Most common cause of death in low cholesterol patients was cancer.

European Heart Journal (1997) 18,52-59

8. High insulin levels are a

greater risk factor for CVD than high

cholesterol

•  High levels of the stress hormone cortisol along with high insulin levels creates the metabolic state that causes atherosclerotic plaque development

The French Paradox by Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe 1978

Triglycerides/HDL = >3 is an indicator of

hyperinsulinemia

9. Eating Saturated Fats Increases Your Risk of Heart

Disease

Saturated Fat Has No Impact on LDL Levels

•  The liver does not use fats, saturated, or otherwise to make cholesterol

•  The liver does not make LDL, it makes VLDL

•  VLDL is converted to LDL through triglyceride loss

•  VLDL levels and LDL levels are totally unrelated

•  www.redflagsweekly.com/kendrick2002_dec12.html



Getting to the Truth Uses of Cholesterol •  Bile production – 50-60% of the body’s

cholesterol is used to make bile •  About 10-20% is used for hormone

production and transportation •  Source of energy •  Component of cell membranes •  Makes corneum of the skin to prevent

water loss •  Plays a role in the immune defenses •  Binds and transports toxins

High Cholesterol •  Inflammatory Response •  Protects the nerves and brain

against exposure to fat-soluble toxins and heavy metals

•  Sign of oxidative stress

Low Cholesterol

•  Oxidative Stress •  Heavy Metal Poisoning •  Free Radical Damage •  Cancer Risk

Risk Factors for Heart Disease

•  High insulin levels •  Environmental

toxins (toxic blood) •  Oxidative stress

and inflammation •  Emotional stress •  Sedentary lifestyle

Signs Your Heart May Need Some Help

•  Gum disease •  Red nose with capillaries showing •  Crease in left earlobe •  Heavy plaque formation on teeth •  Red tip on tongue •  Pain in chest •  Shortness of breath



Blood Tests to Consider

•  Hemaglobin-A1C •  Homeocystine •  HS-C Reactive

Protein •  Triglycerides/HDL > 3 •  High Iron

Three Keys to a Healthy Heart

1)   Feed and support your heart with a healthy diet and lifestyle

2)   Use herbs and supplements to restore heart health

3)   Listen to your heart and chose to create a happy life

Key Number One: Feed and Support Your Heart

with a Healthy Diet and Lifestyle

Diet and Heart Disease Modern diets of refined

carbohydrates (white flour and sugar), processed vegetable oils and commercially raised meat and dairy products are the primary cause of heart disease



Refined Carbohydrates •  Refined sugars and

grains spike insulin production which causes cardiac inflammation, obesity, diabetes and the build up of arterial plaque

•  Eliminate these foods from your diet

Fruits and Vegetables •  Fresh fruits and

vegetables provide antioxidant nutrients that protect the heart

•  Eat 5-7 servings of fresh fruits and vegetables per day

Bad Fats for Your Heart •  Margarine •  Shortening •  Partially hydrogenated

vegetable oils •  Commercially fried

“fast” foods •  Transfats •  Animal fats from feed lot

animals

Good Fats for Your Heart

•  Fish and fish oils •  Nuts (raw, soaked) •  Flax and hemp seed oil •  Olive oil •  Organic butter •  Coconut oil •  Avocados •  Goat milk products

Avoiding Toxins

•  Heavy metals •  Food additives •  Pesticides •  Radiation •  Smoking •  Excessive Alcohol •  GMOs •  Antibiotics •  Synthetic hormones

Exercise •  Moderate exercise

(walking, tai chi, swimming, yoga, golf, etc.) is important for heart health

•  If fatigue keeps you from exercising, use supplements to increase cellular energy production



Key Number Two: Use herbs

and supplements

to restore heart health

Nutrients for Cardiovascular Health

•  Co-Q 10 •  Lecithin •  Omega-3 •  Amino Acids

–  L-Carnitine –  L-Arginine –  L-Taurine

•  Magnesium

•  B-Vitamins –  B-6 –  B-12 –  Folic Acid –  B-3 (Niacin)

•  Other Vitamins –  Vitamin K-2 –  Vitamin E –  Vitamin C

Cholesterol Regulation

•  Increase dietary fiber •  Take antioxidants •  Guggul lipids •  Red yeast rice •  Ho Shou Wu •  Niacin •  Always take CoQ10

with statins

Causes and Remedies for High Blood Pressure

•  Hardening of the Arteries

•  Excess Weight •  Fluid Retention and

Kidney Function •  Vasoconstriction

–  Stress –  Caffeine and

Stimulants –  Magnesium Deficiency

•  Oral Chelation Program

•  Loose Weight •  Aid Kidney Function •  Use supplements that

reduce stress and relax blood vessels

Blood Pressure Supplements

•  L-Arginine Blood Pressure Formula •  Blood Pressure Reducing Formula •  Magnesium Complex •  Co-Q10 75 •  Capsicum, Garlic and Parsley

Supplements for Preventing Blood Clots

•  Nattozime Enzyme Supplement

•  Butcher’s Broom •  Omega-3 EPA •  Vitamin E •  Anti-Inflammatory

Pain Relief Formula



Oral Chelation

•  Program for improving peripheral circulation and removing arterial plaque

Situations Where Oral Chelation May Be Helpful

•  Hardening of the arteries

•  High blood pressure

•  Heart disease (recovering from heart attack)

•  Stroke prevention

•  Varicose veins •  Diabetic gangrene

or neuropathy •  Skin ulcerations

that won’t heal •  Senility or

Alzheimer’s disease

More Potential Situations for Oral Chelation

•  Heavy metal poisoning

•  Calcification of soft tissues

•  Peyronie’s Disease (calcification of the penis)

•  Macular degeneration

•  Cold hands and feet (sluggish metabolism)

•  Numbness and tingling in extremities

The Oral Chelation Program

•  The basic program consists of Oral Chelation Formula taken with minerals

•  Start with a small dose and slowly increase to a full dose

•  Taper off at the end of the program

First Week

•  Twice daily take: – 1 tablet Oral Chelation Formula – 1/2 ounce Colloidal Minerals or Chinese

Mineral Energy Tonic •  Separate minerals from Oral

Chelation Formula for best results

Second Week

•  Twice daily take: – 2 tablets Oral Chelation Formula – 1/2 ounce Liquid Colloidal Minerals or

Chinese Mineral Energy Tonic



Third Week

•  Twice daily take: – 3 tablets Oral Chelation Formula – 1/2 ounce Liquid Colloidal Minerals or

Chinese Mineral Energy Tonic •  Add additional support products if

needed

Cholesterol

•  Cholesterol levels often rise dramatically when on the oral chelation program

•  This is just cholesterol mobilizing in the body and cholesterol will go down

Fourth Week

•  Twice daily take: – 4 tablets Oral Chelation Formula – 1 ounce Liquid Colloidal Minerals or

Chinese Mineral Energy Tonic – Options

•  2-3 Chinese Wood Reducing Formula •  3-4 Chinese Water Increasing Formula •  Fiber drink

Full Dose

•  Twice daily – 4-6 tablets Oral Chelation Formula – 1 ounce Liquid Colloidal Minerals or

Chinese Mineral Energy Tonic •  Full dose depends of size and weight

Full Program

•  Continue on full dose for a minimum of one month for every ten years of age – 50 = 5-10 months – 60 = 6-12 months

Tapering Off •  Lower dose by two tablets each week until you are

taking one tablet twice daily •  Example

–  Week 1: 5 tablets twice daily –  Week 2: 4 tablets twice daily –  Week 5: 1 tablet twice daily

•  You can stay on 1 tablet twice daily as a maintenance dose



Recovering from Heart Disease

•  Add 150 to 300 milligrams of Co-Enzyme Q-10 in soft gel form

•  Add 2 capsules of Hawthorne berries or Stan Malstrom’s Heart Formula

•  Other options –  L-Carnitine –  Magnesium –  Vitamin E –  Chinese Heat Reducing Blend

Supplements for Heart Energy Production

•  Co-Q 10 •  L-carnitine •  Magnesium •  L-Arginine

Co-Q10

•  4,000 scientific studies •  Helps prevent and heal heart disease •  Slows aging process •  Improves energy and strength •  Counteracts the effects of statins •  Protects against gum disease •  Helps reduce high blood pressure

Research on CoQ10

•  Can help reverse cardiac failure and aid recovery from heart attacks

•  Helps prevent LDL cholesterol from oxidizing

•  Improves outcome after transplants and surgery

Dosages

•  75-150 mg. for prevention •  150-375 for angina, arrhythmia, high

blood pressure, gum disease •  300-375 for mild to moderate heart

failure •  375-600 for severe heart failure

Magnesium

•  Extremely important for heart health •  Aids energy production in the heart •  Reduces stress •  Relaxes muscles and helps lower

blood pressure •  Most Americans are deficient



Key Number Three:

Listen to Your Heart and Chose to Create a Happy

Life

The Heart Revisited

The mechanical model of the heart as a “pump” is outdated and incomplete

Pump?

•  Every minute 2 gallons of blood move through blood vessels sixty thousand miles long

•  The heart can shoot blood 6 feet in the air •  It would take a pump capable of lifting a

blood one mile high to actually pump the blood through the circulatory system

A New Look at the Heart

•  The beating of a healthy heart is never regular and predictable

•  The blood moves in a vortex (spiral) with a vacuum at the center

•  The heart and circulation generate an electromagnetic wave

•  Heart cells entrain upon each other

The Heart Remembers

•  The heart is largely composed of nerve cells which carry memory

•  Memories are transferred via heart transplants from one person to another

The Heart is an Organ of Perception

•  The heart picks up subtle electromagnetic fields from other living things and receives information in the form of feelings



Your Heart is Talking

to You Listen

Listening to Your Heart

•  Create thoughts and make choices that give you a sense of joy and peace in your heart

•  When you feel angry or irritable, ask if this is so important that it’s worth getting sick over

•  Learn how to use emotions constructively

Cardiac Irritation •  Reddish complexion, red ears, reddish

nose •  High blood pressure from irritated

capillaries and high cholesterol, insulin resistance

•  Elongated tongue with red tip or red dots on tip

•  Rapid, full pulse, or rapid irregular pulse

Cardiac Irritation

•  Tachycardia or heart palpitations •  Cardiac hypertrophy or

compensation •  Mental restlessness, insomnia,

mentally overstimulated •  Heart feels weak, pain in the region

of the heart and shoulder

Direct Aids for Cardiac Irritation

•  Single Herbs –  Ginkgo –  Hawthorn –  Ho shou wu –  Yarrow

•  Supplements –  Vitamin E with

Selenium –  Co-Q 10



Herbal Formulas for Cardiac Irritation

•  Blood Pressure Reducing Formula •  Cardiac Protection Formula •  Ginkgo/Hawthorn •  Anti-Inflammatory Pain Relief

Formula •  Antioxidant Mangosteen and Berry

Drink

Cardiac Depression

•  Poor circulation to extremities, cold hands and feet

•  Pale or anemic looking or may have a bluish or dark cast from venous congestion

•  Poor wound healing in extremities •  Pulse slow, low and feeble, or rapid

and weak

Cardiac Depression

•  Pulse choppy, irregular or intermittent

•  Tongue pale, blue and swollen or dark red

•  Tendency to fatigue and lethargy •  Tendency to edema •  Blood pressure may be low or high

Direct Aids for Cardiac Depression

•  Single Herbs – Capsicum – Garlic – Rosemary

•  Supplements – CoQ-10 – L-Carnatine – Magnesium

Herbal Formulas for Cardiac Depression

•  Capsicum, Garlic and Parsley •  Cardiac Protection Formula •  John Christopher’s Circulatory

Support Blend •  Stan Malstrom’s Heart Formula •  Oral Chelation Formula

Cardiac Stagnation •  Thick, sludgy blood •  Dull hangover sensation with difficulty

rising in the morning •  Wide awake at night with excessive

thinking •  Heart disease with rheumatism, arthritis or

skin eruption •  Edema •  Constipation •  Lack of exercise



Direct Aids for Cardiac Stagnation

•  Single Herbs –  Alfalfa –  Dandelion –  Goldenseal –  Yellow Dock

•  Supplements –  Chlorophyll (gel

caps) –  Nattozime Enzyme

Supplement –  Liquid Chlorophyll

Herbal Formulas for Cardiac Stagnation

•  John Christopher’s Herbal Iron Formula

•  Chinese Wood Increasing Formula

Cardiac Atrophy •  High cholesterol level (250 or above) •  Medical diagnosis arteriosclerosis •  Angina •  Lipemic diathysis (lipid ring) in iris •  Pulse feels hard, lack flexibility or may be

irregular •  High blood pressure due to

arteriosclerosis •  Memory loss, absent mindedness,

difficulty concentrating

Cardiac Atrophy

•  Tendency to fall asleep when sitting •  Wounds won`t heal in extremities •  Ringing in the ears (tinnitis) not

caused by infection or nerve damage •  Hands and feet chronically cold •  Problems with heart valves

Direct Aids for Cardiac Atrophy

•  Single Herbs –  Guggul Lipid –  Ho shou wu –  Korean Ginseng

•  Supplements –  Flax Seed oil –  Magnesium

Complex –  Omega 3 EPA –  Co-Q 10

Herbal Formulas for Cardiac Atrophy

•  Cholesterol Regulating Formula •  Fat Absorbing Fiber Formula •  Skinny Formula •  Oral Chelation Formula



Cardiac Constriction

•  Cardiac arrhythmias, often associated with stress

•  Angina (chest pain) associated with stress and nervous tension

•  High blood pressure that comes and goes, associated with stress

Cardiac Constriction

•  Pulse tense, wiry or bounding •  Person is tense, nervous and high

strung, difficulty relaxing with obsessive thought patterns

•  Person feels regret as if they have lost a chance at a happy life

Direct Aids for Cardiac Constriction

•  Single Herbs –  Black Cohosh –  Lobelia

•  Nutrients –  Magnesium

Complex •  Formulas

–  Blood Pressure Reducing Formula

–  Chinese Fire Increasing Formula

Cardiac Relaxation

•  Varicose veins •  Tendency to hemhorrhoids •  Tired, sore legs •  Tendency to joint stiffness and muscle

pain, especially in the morning •  Spider veins or thick, prominent, visible

veins

Cardiac Relaxation

•  Tendency to female problems, including fibroids, endometriosis

•  Prostate swelling •  High blood pressure associated with

damage to the right side of the heart •  Bluish or dark cast to the complexion

from venous stagnation •  Easy bruising

Direct Aids for Cardiac Relaxation

•  Single Herbs –  Butcher`s Broom –  Rose Hips –  White Oak Bark

•  Nutrients –  Bioflavinoids –  CoQ-10 –  Vitamin C

•  Formulas –  Oral Chelation

Formula –  Varicose Vein

Formula



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