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According to the American Heart Association, approximately 60 million Americans have some form of cardiovascular disease. This includes atherosclerosis or blockages in the arteries, which underlie the most common form of heart disease and are the cause of most heart attacks.
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| The Conventional Approach |
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The first line of conventional treatment is medication, and many patients with heart disease are prescribed one drug after another. These drugs do not address the true problem in heart disease: atherosclerosis. Furthermore, most of them have unpleasant and sometimes significant side effects.
Patients with heart disease are also often pushed (unnecessarily) into angioplasty or bypass surgery. More than a million of these procedures are performed every year, yet for the vast majority of patients, they are completely unwarranted. Except in a small, easily identified subgroup of patients, bypass and angioplasty do not save lives or prevent heart attacks. Several major scientific studies have shown that patients treated with a more conservative course do just as well as those who undergo bypass surgery or angioplasty.
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| Our Approach |
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You will be assessed for which of the risk factor you particularly have to heart disease. Risk factors for heart disease include:
- High blood pressure
- Diabetes or insulin resistance
- Elevated cholesterol
- Cigarette smoking
- Obesity (actually a weak factor unless there is morbid obesity - 100 pounds above ideal body weight)
- Family history of heart disease
- Lack of exercise
- High Homocysteine
This helps us to zero in what you need to handle the heart disease or having higher risk of it in the future.
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| How We Treat Heart Disease |
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At Angel Longevity Medical Center, we believe that heart disease is not only treatable using natural means but also preventable.
We help our patients implement a treatment program that, unlike drugs and surgery, addresses the underlying causes of heart disease and has the potential of actually reversing this condition.
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| Eat a Heart-Healthy Diet |
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There is a well-recognized relationship between diet and heart disease. Saturated fat from animal foods and trans fats from processed oils raise cholesterol, impede blood flow, and contribute to the buildup of plaque in the arteries. Fruits and vegetables, beans and whole grains, raw nuts and seeds, and cold-water fish, on the other hand, contain vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids that nurture the cardiovascular system.
We find out what is your body's metabolic type so we can zero in what your own body's exact nutritional requirements are and then we fine tune it almost like your own fingerprints.
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| Nutritional Supplements for the Heart... |
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A cornerstone of our protocol for treating heart disease is nutritional supplementation. Antioxidants such as vitamins C and E, B-complex vitamins, magnesium, fish oil capsules, coenzyme Q10: these and other nutrients play specific, well-studied roles in the treatment and prevention of heart disease. Your personal physician will prescribe an individualized nutritional supplement program that addresses your particular condition.
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| Additional supplements which have been shown to be effective in treating heart disease are: |
- Coenzyme Q10- 100-400 mg
- L-carnitine 500-1000 mg
- Fish oil- 1500-3000 mg thins the blood, but much more safely than prescription blood thinners.
- Magnesium- 400-1000 mg This relaxes the arteries in much the same way that calcium-channel blockers do.
- D ribose (a natural sugar that enhances energy production in the heart) - 2 scoops
Well-designed nutritional supplement program, combined with a good diet and regular exercise, can replace the need for many of the drugs you may be taking for heart disease.
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| Improve Circulation With Chelation |
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Free radical damage and poor circulation are two hallmarks of heart disease, and EDTA Chelation therapy is an intravenous therapy that addresses both. When this protein is infused into the body, it attaches to minerals (including lead, other toxic metals, and calcium built up in the arteries) and carries them out of the body in the urine. This reduces the free radical load caused by heavy metals, improves the health of the arteries, and dramatically improves circulation.
In addition to reducing angina, EDTA chelation also has a proven track record of improving circulation and alleviating pain in the legs and other areas affected by atherosclerosis, which is very common in patients with heart disease.
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| New Patients |
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To learn more about becoming a patient and availing of these wonderful treatments please fill out the New Patient Information Form or call (323) 661-7661
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