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Dr. Matthias Rath MD
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According to the World Health
Organization, more than 16
million people around the globe die of some form of heart disease. This
is the
case despite widespread use of cholesterol-lowering drugs and frequent
media
campaigns that emphasize healthy eating and exercise. But a medical
breakthrough in understanding the origin, prevention, and treatment of
heart
disease is on the path to changing that staggering WHO statistic.
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Matthias Rath, M.D., a close associate
of the late two-time
Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling, discovered that a chronic deficiency of
specific
bioenergy nutrients in millions of coronary artery cells leads to the
development of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). That’s
right,
vitamin deficiency – not cholesterol – is the root cause of heart
disease.
Cholesterol Is a
Consequence, Not the Primary Cause of Heart Disease
Beating
more than 100,000
times each day, the heart is the hardest working organ in the body. For
this
reason, the cells of the coronary arteries have a particularly high
requirement
for bioenergy nutrients. According to Dr. Rath, if these cells do not
receive
the nutrients needed to perform their critical biochemical functions,
the coronary arteries – which
are already greatly taxed because of the constant pumping action of the
heart –
will lose strength and
stability.
Eventually, these vitamin-deficient arteries will develop microscopic
fissures,
or cracks.
When this
occurs, a
self-mending process begins in the body. Cholesterol and other repair factors are
produced in increased amounts by the liver to patch tiny cracks in the
coronary
artery wall. In the case of chronic vitamin deficiency, the repair
process is
continuous. Cholesterol and
blood fats
accumulate in the injured artery and form plaque deposits. These
deposits cause
the coronary artery to narrow and stiffen, blocking the flow of blood
to the
heart. This blockage is what most often causes a heart attack.
Heart
Disease Can Be Controlled Naturally
Based on his groundbreaking
research, Dr. Rath developed a nutritional supplement program for
managing
heart disease, and he tested it in a clinical study. The
objective of
the study was to determine the
effects of nutrients on the progression of heart disease. Fifty-five
patients
(50 men and 5 women) diagnosed with coronary artery disease were placed
on the
program.
The nutritional supplement program consisted of
select
vitamins, amino acids, minerals and trace elements combined in precise
ratios.
During the course of the 12-month study, the rate of growth of coronary
artery
calcifications decreased in all patients by an average of 15 percent.
In a
subgroup of patients, the progression of calcifications in the coronary
artery
was halted altogether. In some individual cases, the complete
disappearance of
previously existing coronary deposits was documented! The results of
this
landmark study were published in the Journal of Applied Nutrition.
The Truth About
Heart Disease Explained
Dr. Rath’s book Why Animals Don’t
Get Heart Attacks…But
People Do! details his breakthrough in cardiovascular medicine. Using easy-to-understand language, Dr. Rath
explains what the reader can do to prevent and manage heart attacks and
other
cardiovascular conditions naturally. He also presents a ten-step
program for
achieving cardiovascular health, as well as his clinically proven
cellular
nutrient recommendations for preventing and managing heart disease,
high
cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart failure, arrhythmia, diabetes
and other
cardiovascular conditions.
Nutrient
Supplementation: The Key to a Healthy Heart
Dr. Rath’s research proves that
specific nutrients working
in synergy support the health of the cardiovascular system. Vitamin C, the amino
acids lysine and
proline, and other nutrients combined in precise ratios are essential
for
supporting the collagen and connective tissue production needed for
optimum
stability of the coronary arteries and providing biological energy for
the
proper function of the heart. Dr. Rath’s clinically proven natural
approach to
heart disease means that cardiovascular problems can be prevented or
even
reversed without the use of medications!
To learn more about Dr. Rath’s
scientific discoveries in
heart disease, call 1-800-624-2442 to order your copy of Why
Animals Don’t
Get Heart Attacks…But People Do! or visit www.drrathresearch.org.
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