Q: I just found out I am suffering from high cholesterol symptoms. The doctor said I'm at high risk from heart attack if I don't do something to lower cholesterol. He said I might need a stent or bypass surgery. I'm scheduled for an angiogram tomorrow. I feel like I'm in shock. I have a history of heart disease in my family, but I'm too young for this to be happening. Of course, I'll do what the doctor tells me. I've filled my prescription for a statin drug to lower cholesterol. But if I have a stent or bypass surgery, will these improve my chances?
A: Bypass surgery and stents are most helpful in lengthening life in severely ill heart patients. For moderate or mild heart disease, these procedures are not shown to statistically improve life span. Certain nutritional supplements and medications can also lower cholesterol and improve life span. Yet medications for the treatment of high cholesterol symptoms often have certain unpleasant side effects. In addition, they don't address the root causes of high cholesterol and other risk factors of heart disease.
Q: What else can I do? Is there a cure for heart disease?
A: The word ?cure? is not in most heart specialists? vocabulary. However, there is good news about high cholesterol treatment and treating the causes of heart disease.
There are two new books, written by respected doctors, that describe cutting-edge research and incredible breakthroughs that demonstrate how to prevent and reverse heart disease by reducing high cholesterol symptoms naturally, using techniques that the patient controls, such as diet, exercise, stress management, and nutritional supplements.
One is called ?Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease,? by Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D. His approach is a plant-based diet that has no dairy, meat, oil, refined flour, or excess sugar. He is conducting a 22-year study of 17 patients who initially had severe heart disease. Incredibly, since beginning this diet, compliant patients in the study have had no heart attacks or other heart disease symptoms and all are still living.
Dr. Esselstyn's book describes his study and techniques to lower cholesterol and reverse plaque build-up, with photographs showing plaque reversal. The book includes heart-healthy recipes and meals designed to lower cholesterol. Dr. Esselstyn and his wife follow this diet as well. Though retired from practice of medicine, he recently said, in a speech on the 50-year anniversary of his winning an Olympic gold medal in rowing, that cardiologists who have just found out they have heart disease themselves contact him for help.
The second groundbreaking book is called, ?Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late,? by Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., James C. Roberts, M.D., and Martin Zucker. It discusses the ?four pillars of healing,? for the treatment of high cholesterol(http://www.mitamins.com/disease/High-Cholesterol.html) symptoms and heart disease in general:
Healthy diet
Supplements and medications
Exercise
Stress management
The book also discusses the simultaneous use of prescription medications and nutritional supplements to lower cholesterol(http://www.mitamins.com/disease/High-Cholesterol.html). It is described as a comprehensive book that focuses on both Western and alternative ways to treat high cholesterol symptoms. Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Oprah Winfrey Show's frequent guest M.D., said that this book is a ?guide to stop the rusting of our arteries so we can live longer and better.?
While rightly not called a ?cure? for heart disease, natural high cholesterol treatments(http://www.mitamins.com/disease/High-Cholesterol.html), such as a healthy diet, addresses the cause of heart disease. Talk to your doctor about these measures.
Cures For Heart Disease
A few years ago, my friend Greg approached me about his arthritic problem of gout! He told me about his daily battle with the pain associated with gout! He also mentioned how going to bed (typically when a gout attack occurs) was more like a chore than a pleasure! Can you relate with Greg? The pain, the misery, the dread of the next attack! Or do you know a loved one who suffers from this painful disease?
If you know anything about gout, you would guess that Greg was the perfect candidate for this arthritic condition. Greg was 30 pounds overweight, had a sedentary lifestyle (a sitting job), didn't exercise, typically ate high carb/fat meals, loved his beer and was 38 years old. I later realized, I probably could have approached him about wanting to try our natural gout cure as opposed to him coming to me.
But like Greg (who has been gout free for almost 8 months now), you can naturally cure gout with simple gout remedies and gout prevention cures! And an added bonus, if you live a gout free lifestyle, I guarantee that you will lose weight and decrease your chance of heart disease in the process.
Let me explain!
Curing Gout and Decreasing Your Chance of Heart Disease
My career is centered around health! Therefore, my favorite part of the newspaper is the 'Health' Section. And while reading the daily paper, I noticed an article about gout! "Gout Increases Risk of Coronary Heart Disease". I instantly flipped the page and thought 'duh'. But, after thinking about my friend Greg, his family, our friendship, his life? I immediately flipped back and read the interesting article!
A European study reported a 16 year follow-up of over 9,000 men between 41 and 63 who entered the study with no evidence of coronary heart disease (CHD). After the study follow-up, most men continued to suffer with gout attacks but also were considered high risk for coronary heart disease. And as you might know, 1 out of every 5 deaths is associated with heart disease.
And the kicker! Men with gout were about 50% more likely to die from an acute heart attack than those men without gout! With millions of gout hospital visits each year, and over 500,000 coronary deaths per year? Can you understand the seriousness of gout?
Gout can be a life and death ailment if left untreated! I immediately made a phone call to Greg to check up! Greg followed our simple Natural Gout Cure and cured his gout, lost over 20 pounds and his blood pressure was over 15 points lower! I jokingly told him that he will be our 'cure gout poster child'.
How did he do it? He was pro-active about curing gout and began living a healthy lifestyle! And you can too!
A Natural Gout Cure- No mediations needed and NO side-effects
Here is a list of some basic tips if you or a loved one is suffering from gout!
1.) Maintain Your Healthy Weight!
2.) Avoid Eating Meats (Purines)!
3.) Drink half your weight in water! In ounces that is! I weight 180 pounds so I would drink 90 ounces of water per day! Roughly, 11 cups of water per day!
4.) Avoid or limit Alcohol Consumption.
5.) Exercise on a daily basis! Try to get at least 15 minutes of activity per day.
And finally, if you want to follow the same path that Greg and hundreds of other ex-gout sufferers followed, please take a few seconds to consider:
Do you want a simple step-by-step natural gout cure treatment that is guaranteed to work?
Are you sick of popping pills to 'band-aid' the pain?
Do you want to discover how you can cure the pain and not hide it?
Are you tired of wasting over 200 dollars on a hospital visits and over-priced medication?
Do you want to discover a simple 'kitchen cupboard' cure that works in minutes?
If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, please take a few moments to check out our Natural Gout Cure Website and our NO-RISK guarantee! I would love to help you get your life back, cure your gout and possibly save your life!
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