UNTOLD TRUTH Class notes: "You Don't Have to Die of A Heart Attack":

Winning the Battle with America's No. 1 Killer

Laurence Smith's testimonial (also one of the Untold Truth Seminar
Instructors)
* As a 38-year-old, overweight but no symptoms
* Became gray and pallid, nauseated and weak
* Suffered a massive heart attack
* Prescribed drugs destroyed his vision and left him legally blind
* His cholesterol was 380, triglyceride over 500, HDL 22
* After intense changes, 10 months later he had a second heart attack.
* Laurence vowed to learn why and how to beat this thing and share his
story.
* He took the time to educate himself on what it would take to get his
health back.
* Within nine months he was completely off his heart medications.
* Today his TG/HDL ratio is 1:1
* He is pain-free.
* He has energy and stamina he never dreamed of.
* And he is eager to share this knowledge and experience with others.

What is Heart Disease?

* Arterial wall weakened - build up of fat and cholesterol
* Stiffens and clogs the arteries
* Causes elevated blood pressure
* This inflammation from over-acid conditions causes arterial plaque, which can literally starve the heart muscle of oxygen and cause a heart attack!

Are You At Risk?

This is the #1 killer of women not cancer!
Which of these traditional risk factors do you have?
1. Baldness
* Vertex (top of the head) baldness shows the greatest link to coronary heart disease
* Even higher risk when coupled with hypertension and/or high cholesterol
2. Earlobe creases, especially a diagonal crease
* Accounts for a 33% increase in risk of heart attack
3. Smoking
* Every cigarette steals 8 minutes of your life
* A pack a day = one month of life lost every year
4. Hypertension (high blood pressure exceeding 140/90 mm/Hg)
5. Obesity
* 30% above ideal weight
* Body mass index of 27.5 or above
6. Thyroid Disease
* Thyroid dysfunction may slow or decrease the metabolic breakdown of fats such as cholesterol as well as slow or decrease the processing of
homocysteine.
7. Deranged lipids (cholesterol level imbalance)
* Too high or too low cholesterol levels can be dangerous - should be 175-250 mg.
* Standard cholesterol tests miss 50% of those at risk due to inability to
detect abnormally small cholesterol particles
8. Stress triggers more than 250,000 heart attacks a year
9. Inherited Weakness an immediate or extended family member who has had heart disease
10. Gender susceptibility men and women have different symptoms (listed
further on)
11. Sedentary lifestyle
* Your risk increases if you exercise fewer than 30 minutes five times per
week
12. Gum disease
* Chronic inflammation of periodontal disease often runs parallel to
artherosclerotic blood vessels (thickening of the blood vessel walls)
13. Iron overload
* Every 1% rise in above-normal blood iron increases risk of heart disease 4%
* 50% of cardiac deaths occur in people who were never diagnosed with
cardiovascular disease!!!

The Newest Generation of Heart Disease Risk Factors:
* Fibrinogen: a marker for blood coagubility and inflammation
* Fibrinolytic activity: the regulation of fibrinogen concentrations
* Lipoprotein (a): a marker for impaired fiibrinolysis and plaque build-up
* Homocysteine: a marker for hypercoagubility and vascular assault
* Syndrome X: a condition of insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia
* C-Reactive Protein: an inflammatory marker

UNTOLD TRUTH #1: It¹s Not Cholesterol Levels that are Critical, it¹s your TG/HDL level (ratio) that matters!

Cholesterol can be both good and bad -
* Cholesterol is not all bad
* Strengthens cell walls and assists in the exchange of nutrients and waste materials across membranes
* Conducts nerve impulses through the brain and spinal cord
* Maintains proper fat digestion
* Makes skin resistant to chemical and disease organisms, and helps skin
convert sunlight into Vit. D.
* HDL (high density lipoproteins) are good

Total cholesterol can be a potentially misleading indicator
* Cholesterol is only one of 250 heart disease risk factors
* Half of all heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels
* Over 3,000 young Americans (15-34) died suddenly of heart disease in 1998; up 10% from the previous decade

Get the balance right:
* High-sugar, high-refined diet elevates triglycerides and lowers good
cholesterol (HDL)
* More important than total cholesterol is the ratio of TG/HDL
* High triglyceride (TG) levels have been linked to lower levels of High
Density Lipoproteins (HDL)

Triglyceride Guideline
* BEST: 150 mg./dL or lower to a ratio of higher than 41 mg/dL of HDL
* Borderline TG high levels 150-199 mg/dL
* High levels TG 200-499 mg/dL
* Dangerously high levels TG 500 mg/dL

Reduce refined carbs to improve your TG/HDL ratio
* Sugars (white or sucrose)
* Refined flours (white flour of all types)
* Chips (potato and corn)
* Candy of all types
* Soda also called "liquid candy"

UNTOLD TRUTH #2: Inflammation is the Heart of the Matter

Chronic inflammation is linked to:
* Periodontal disease
* Diabetes
* Alzheimer¹s
* Cancer and
* Heart Disease

Inflammation: What Goes Wrong?
* Inflamed white blood cell lesions rupture and trigger a heart attack
* Risk factors:
* obesity
* smoking
* genetic predisposition
* high stress
* Highly processed, carbohydrate-rich diet
* The body¹s response includes C-Reactive Proteins, homocysteine levels and fibrinogen

Syndrome X: The Inflammation Connection
* Syndrome X patients are at high risk for heart disease
* We can now trace the problems back to inflammation
* It all starts with excessive sugar in the bloodstream, typically from
eating refined, high-carbohydrate foods

What about High-Protein Foods?
* High-protein, low-carb diets cause cholesterol to raise (no fiber).
* Can cause "ketosis" a calcium loss: osteoporosis, kidney stones and
arterial plaque buildup.
* Homocysteine can build up from any protein - even that which is not high in fat. This causes inflammation.

Chronic high blood sugar will do two key things:
* Sugar inflames the lining of the arteries. In response, the arteries
produce substances such as prostaglandin and cytokines that trigger spasms,
endothelial stickiness, and clogging up the genesis of heart disease.
* Excess sugar causes insulin spiking that over time can fatigue the
pancreas and cause inflammation that leads to insulin resistance a
condition where inflamed cells can no longer accept or use insulin to pull
glucose from the blood and convert it to energy. Insulin resistance is a
classic precursor to diabetes, as well as a frequent companion to Syndrome X.

UNTOLD TRUTH #3: Women are 10-12 times more likely to die of heart disease than breast cancer!

*1 out of 2 women will die of a heart attack you or your mother.
* Breast cancer will affect one in every eight women
* Women cannot neglect their risk for a much greater threat, heart disease
* Heart disease is the number one killer of women
* Only 3% of women believe they will die of cardiovascular disease, but 45% do.
* 45% of women believe they will die of breast cancer, but only 3% do!
* For African-American women, the risk of heart disease is two-fold higher than Caucasian women... not because of the color of their skin, but because of the typical cultural diet lots of meat and grease.

Heart Disease: Same Disease, Different Symptoms

Classic Symptoms Common in Men
* Chest pain, including tightness, fullness, squeezing or pressure
* Pain radiating to shoulders, neck, arms or back
* Chest discomfort, accompanied by nausea or vomiting, dizziness, etc.
* Atypical Symptoms (Common in Women)
* Dizziness, fainting, sweating, nausea, or shortness of breath WITHOUT
chest pain
* Abdominal or stomach pain
* Sudden, unexplained weakness, fatigue or anxiety, especially after
exercise
* Sleeplessness may be an early indicator, up to a month before heart attack

The Threats of Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) and Stroke
* Is more fatal in women
* More likely to leave a woman permanently disabled by stroke or heart
failure
* Conditions can be exacerbated by hormones

Women's symptoms often look just like estrogen dominance (heart racing, digestive problems, etc.)
Estrogen dominance causes spasms in the arteries.

WHAT'S THE HORMONE CONNECTION?

* Birth Control Pills: heightens blood pressure, risk of blood clots, raises
blood sugar.
* Diabetes: cancels the protective effect of estrogen in pre-menopausal
women. Women with diabetes are more likely to have cardiovascular disease than men.
* Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT): Alarming results‹22% increase in cardiovascular disease and 41% increase in stroke.

UNTOLD TRUTH #4: Cardiologists are often slow to react.

Physicians often disregard the information about the damaging role of
* Fibrinogen
* C-reactive proteins
* Homocysteine...
* Even though we have all of these wonderful diagnostic tests available to
us!
* Most insurance companies won¹t even pay for the tests.

They focus instead on obesity, sedentary lifestyle, genetic predisposition,
and they work to manage these issues with prescription drugs. The drug
companies do a great job as ³drug pushers², giving doctors drug literature,
product samples, and promotional trips, etc. The doctors are led to believe that the pharmaceutical companies have the latest and greatest information.
(I wonder if they are still thinking that in the wake of the VIOXX recall?)

We need to take this information and give it to our doctors!

EVERY ONE OF THESE test results (above) can be helped by the 90-day HOH Challenge.
*Thai-Go will reduce inflammation markers
*Homocysteine levels improved with B vitamins

UNTOLD TRUTH #5: Drugs are not the solution!

Drugs offer temporary fixes, not permanent solutions.
* Once you begin a prescription routine, you are committed to a life
sentence of drug regulation
* Drugs have serious side effects or interaction precautions
* Most cardiovascular patients are on multiple medications

Drugs are effective at addressing specific problems, but they are also very depleting as well (anti-nutrients)!

Popular drugs and their side effects
* Diuretics (remove excess body fluid to lower blood pressure)
* Low potassium and magnesium levels (can be life threatening)
* Dizziness
* Headache
* Weakness
* Insomnia
* Anxiety
* Blurry vision
* Nausea
* Anorexia
* Rash
* Dry mouth
* Fever
* Muscle cramps
* ACE inhibitors (suppress the enzyme anglotensin, which raises blood
pressure)
* For ACE inhibitors, Beta Blockers, and Calcium Channel Blockers: ANGINA
* Beta Blockers (slow and steady heart rate)
* Hypotension
* Stroke
* Edema (fluid retention)
* Joint Pain
* Arthritis
* Flu-like symptoms
* Calcium Channel Blockers (deliver a more efficient heart beat and lower
blood pressure)
* Ringing in the ears
* Fatigue
* Confusion
* Depression
* Resins (reduce LDL cholesterol levels (with little impact on
triglycerides)
* Constipation
* Bloating
* Fullness
* Nausea
* Gas
* Fibrates (inhibit the production of proteins that contain fat and
cholesterol lower LDL and triglyceride levels and raise HDL)
* Nausea
* Vomiting
* Abdominal pain
* Gallstones
* Rash
* Inflamed liver
* Muscle inflammation
* Statins (reduce cholesterol by inhibiting the enzyme responsible for
producing it. The most popular class of cholesterol-lowering drugs)
* Headache
* Dizziness
* Insomnia
* Diarrhea
* Heartburn
* Dry mouth
* Leg and shoulder pain
* Backache
* Cough
* Severe joint pain
* CoQ 10 enzyme inhibition (a serious side effect)
* There is a time and a place when you need medication you have to get
skyrocketing blood pressure under control quickly so you don¹t suffer a
stroke; but find out WHY your BP is skyrocketing!

Blood Pressurex start taking, then lower your medication
Magnesium natural calcium channel blocker
Thai-Go reduce inflammation
Garlic
Lemon Juice
Cayenne Pepper

Cholesterol support the liver and thyroid; switch to red yeast rice and
omega 3's
Quit smoking with Lobelia, SJW, Nutri-Calm

BEAT HEART DISEASE WITH NATURAL REMEDIES

You know the truth about Heart Disease:
Untold Truth #1: The confusion around cholesterol levels can be banished forever. Focus on lowering your TG/HDL ratio, and you¹ll reduce your risk of heart disease.
Untold Truth #2: Inflammation is the real villain behind heart disease. If we can eradicate the source of inflammation‹high blood sugar, over processed diets high in ³bad² fats, inactivity and smoking then we can banish heart disease.
Untold Truth #3: Women are at special risk for heart disease because they suffer as often as men do, but their symptoms are often different and the consequences are more deadly.
Untold Truth #4: Cardiologists are well-meaning, but many are ill-informed. Most only look at traditional risk factors and treat them with traditional medications. They are slow to react because many downplay the role of C-reactive proteins, homocysteine or fibrinogen in heart attacks.
Untold Truth #5: Drugs are popular but they aren¹t a cure. They¹ll merely cover symptoms and potentially even cause serious side effects that can permanently damage your health.

* Examine yourself and your lifestyle
* If you smoke, stop!
* If you are sedentary, get up and move!
* If you are overweight, work to lose it!
* Add supplements to your daily routine!

HEART DISEASE FIGHTER #1

Mega Chel roto-rooter of the circulatory system
* Vitamin C, known to reduce plaque in arteries
* Both vitamins B6 and B12 are effective at reducing homosysteine levels
* This is great for lead poisoning also
* Make sure you follow directions exactly start slow, and you MUST be on a mineral supplement ( 2 2x/day, 3 2x/day, 4 2x, 5 2x, 6 2x, stay at that
level for as many decades as you are old.)
* Liquid calcium displaces lead

HEART DISEASE FIGHTER #2

Red Yeast Rice
* Helps maintain normal cholesterol levels and supports the circulatory
system.
* Do not take with any statin medications.
* Take Co-Q10 while using Red Yeast Rice.

HEART DISEASE FIGHTER #3

Co-Q 10 (therapeutic, 300-400 mg./day with a Vit. E supplement)
Oil-soluble, so don¹t take it with your fiber
* Vitamin E-like compound
* Increases energy of cells
* Antioxidant
* Membrane stabilization

HEART DISEASE FIGHTER #4

Cardio Assurance
* Hawthorn: inhibits mild congestive heart failure
* Red Clover: contains isoflavones that improve artery elasticity
* Capsicum: supports healthy circulation and normalizes blood flow
* Great for preventative purposes if there is a family history of heart
disease

Capsicum cayenne pepper is known to stop bleeding; can put the extract
under someone¹s tongue and stop their heart attack
Put a little extract in cold water and drink it down definitely helps
circulation
Capsicum causes all the organs to secrete it will definitely help you
empty your bowels! (1/2 t./water, plus more water)

HEART DISEASE FIGHTER #5

Omega-3s: Nature's Antifreeze
* Omega-3s help to keep cell membranes fluid, flexible.
* Fish do not produce omega-3s. They get it from phytoplankton.
Therefore....farm-raised fish, fed food pellets, are not rich in Omega-3¹s
like deep ocean fish are. Let the buyer beware!!

HEART DISEASE FIGHTER #6

Blood Pressurex
* Olive leaf: decreases blood pressure by increasing coronary flow within
the left ventricle
* Goldenrod: provides a natural diuretic effect to reduce excess fluid
* L-arginine: slows the formation of blood clots; helps to open up the
arteries and increase blood flow

I do not have time today to link these NSP products to my website, but will come back later on in the week to do so. In the meantime please use my search engine on my site to find products which you would like more information on. Thanks - Karen