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From Life Extension Magazine May 2007 Vitamin D Helps Alleviate Heart Failure Heart failure—the heart’s inability to pump enough blood to meet the body’s requirements—is a leading cause of death in industrialized nations. Scientists believe that elevated levels of circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines may contribute to heart failure, and that vitamin D may offer heart-protective benefits [...]
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Science Daily Vitamin D Deficiency Increases Risk of Heart Disease, Danish Study Finds Sep. 24, 2012 — New research from the University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital shows that low levels of vitamin D are associated with a markedly higher risk of heart attack and early death. The study involved more than 10,000 Danes [...]
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Calcium supplements ‘double risk of heart attack’, study finds Doctors dispute results but advise people not to take supplements unless required for medical condition Calcium supplements can almost double the risk of a heart attack, according to new research, and should be “taken with caution” and only for medical reasons, such as to prevent bone [...]
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It is rare to supplements such as hawthorne to get support from research… Hard to argue with the Cochrane Review… By the way, what brilliant diagnostician came up with the term “Heart Failure”? Just the diagnosis made me depressed, when in reality my heart had successfully survived a heart attack… Can we change this term [...]
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Scienceblog August 3, 2009 Study reveals mounting evidence of fish oil’s heart health benefits There is mounting evidence that omega-3 fatty acids from fish or fish oil supplements not only help prevent cardiovascular diseases in healthy individuals, but also reduce the incidence of cardiac events and mortality in patients with existing heart disease. A new [...]
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. …Maybe it is not so much the Mediterranean Diet that is preventative for heart disease but the sunshine … Eur J Epidemiol. 2008;23(9):609-14. Epub 2008 Aug 14. Incident solar radiation and coronary heart disease mortality rates in Europe. Wong A. Xymega Corporation, Post Office Box 34173, Vancouver, Canada V6J 4N1. xymega@xymega.com Comment in: * [...]
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Am J Med Sci. 2009 Jul;338(1):40-4. Vitamin D deficiency and risk for cardiovascular disease. Judd SE, Tangpricha V. Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Abstract Vitamin D is an important prohormone for optimal intestinal calcium absorption for mineralization of bone. Because the vitamin D receptor is present in multiple tissues, [...]
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J Photochem Photobiol B. 2010 Nov 3;101(2):124-9. Epub 2010 Jan 22. Sun, vitamin D, and cardiovascular disease. Zittermann A, Gummert JF. Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. azittermann@hdz-nrw.de Abstract Globally, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death, being responsible for approximately 30% [...]
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Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2010 Mar;11(3):309-14. Vitamin D deficiency and cardiovascular disease: Is there a role for vitamin D therapy in heart failure? Lee W, Kang PM. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cardiovascular Division, 3 Blackfan Circle, Room 910, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Abstract Accumulating evidence suggests that vitamin D deficiency is associated with cardiovascular [...]
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Mol Nutr Food Res. 2010 Aug;54(8):1103-13. Vitamin D deficiency and myocardial diseases. Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Drechsler C, Dekker JM, März W. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. stefan.pilz@chello.at Abstract Vitamin D deficiency is common among patients with myocardial diseases because sun-induced vitamin D production [...]
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LE Magazine September 2007 Vitamin D’s Crucial Role in Cardiovascular Protection By William Davis, MD Vitamin D: Essential for Heart Health Abundant evidence now points to the numerous cardioprotective functions of vitamin D. Restoring vitamin D to normal levels has been found to help reduce inflammation, normalize blood pressure, and improve insulin sensitivity—all factors that [...]
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The case against ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) as a vitamin supplement American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 84, No. 4, 694-697, October 2006 Supplemental vitamin D is available in 2 distinct forms: ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). Pharmacopoeias have officially regarded these 2 forms as equivalent and interchangeable, yet this presumption of equivalence is [...]
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These are the recommendations for Vitamin D dosage according to the National Institute of Health: The following doses have been studied in scientific research: BY MOUTH: For preventing osteoporosis and fractures: 400-1000 IU per day has been used for older adults. Some experts recommended higher doses of 1000-2000 IU daily. For preventing falls: 800-1000 IU/day [...]
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Harvard School of Public Health Vitamin D and Health Vitamin D and Heart Disease Vitamin D has been getting increased publicity in the last few years as one of the most important factors in physical health… The optimal level of Vitamin D is controversial… The heart is basically a large muscle, and like skeletal muscle, [...]
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Salynn Boyles WebMD Health News July 29, 2010 — Millions of people who take calcium supplements in hopes of lowering their risk for bone fractures may actually be increasing their risk of having a heart attack, new research suggests. An analysis of close to a dozen clinical trials involving about 12,000 patients found calcium supplementation [...]
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Statin drugs, or HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, are a class of drugs used to lower cholesterol. Statins work by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, the enzyme that determines the rate of cholesterol formation. Some research suggests that statin drugs may interfere with the body’s production of Co q10, a substance produced naturally in the body and [...]
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We can apparently never have too many studies that chocolate is good for us. Do a Nexis database search on the subject and your computer might explode, that’s how many news stories there’ve been over the years about the salutary effects of chocolate on the cardiovascular system. Researchers think it has to do with the [...]
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Calgary, AB – Flavonoid-rich cranberry juice may help increase high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, according to the findings of a study presented here at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2004. Lead author Guillaume Ruel (Université Laval, Quebec City, QC) and colleagues observed a 7.6% increase in HDL cholesterol with daily cranberry-juice consumption. Ruel points out that this [...]
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ScienceDaily (Dec. 12, 2007) — About 5 percent of women considered low-risk for heart disease by current classification standards have evidence of advanced coronary artery calcium and may be at increased risk for cardiovascular events, according to a report in the December 10/24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The [...]
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. Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is produced by the human body and is necessary for the basic functioning of cells. CoQ10 levels are reported to decrease with age and to be low in patients with some chronic diseases such as heart conditions, muscular dystrophies, Parkinson’s disease, cancer, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS. Some prescription drugs may also lower [...]
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