I have recently suffered a heart attack I am 59 blood pressure always been perfect or slightly on the low side,    cholesterol 4.1 height and weight fine always on the go -  and diet  good - told not a candidtate for heart problems - my problem is reluctant to take medication my cholesterol now 3.2 but still keeping me on simvastatin 40 mg - isosorbate - tildiem - aspirin and coplidogrel - still having episodes of breathlessness and fast heartbeat - can anyone advise me of natural alternatives to heal the problem of bood supply to the heart??? I have stopped taking the statin and  the pressure on my breast bone appears to have calmed down.

Myocardial ischaemia (which is one of the causes of heart attack) occurs when there is an imbalance between the supply of oxygen and other myocardial nutrients and the myocardial demand for these substances.

Anaemia, carboxyhaemoglobulinaemia (CO poisoning) and hypotension causing decreased coronary perfusion pressure, can cause decreased flow of oxygenated blood to the myocardium. An increased demand for oxygen may occur due to an increase in cardiac output (e.g. thyrotoxicosis) or myocardial hypertrophy (e.g. from aortic stenosis or hypertension suffered in the past).

I think that before you turn to natural alternatives to heal the problem of blood supply to the heart it might be useful to find out what is exactly the problem with blood supply: is it deficient or excessive? May be you need to check yourself for anaemia or thyrotoxicosis first?

I also think that prescribing statin to the patient with total cholesterol level of 4.1 mmol/l is a malpractice and therefore would go to another doctor.

Good luck.

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Alla Cranham, MSc ABMT,
Registered Homotoxicologist

Mercury House
Northgate
Nottingham
NG7 7FN

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Investigate chelation treatment which gradually removes plaque build-up in the arteries (if that is your problem).

There is oral chelation and IV chelation. There is also EDTA chelation and chelation using Natto.

Regards,

Jay

www.youngagainforever.com 

I agree that no way should you be taking statins with a cholesterol as low as yours and I am sure you will continue to feel better as it gets out of your system. I also agree that efforts should be made to find out just why you suffered this warning to your body which is what an ischaemic attack is and you should insist on this.

If there is any evidence that arteries are "furred up" then Crateagus tincture (Hawthorn tincture) readily available at a health food shop may be the way to go. 6 drops 3x a day for 6 months may possibly be helpful to you to start to unfur them.

Check with your doctor that is it safe to exercise and then get yourself to a gym and get a cardiovascular programme sorted out. This should strengthen your heart and prevent further attacks. 

 

You have what is medically called taccycardia.  Your cholesterol is low but perhaps you do not have enough HDL's (healthy cholesterols), but lots of LDLs,the ratio is more important in fact than the overall level. 

Firstly, keep off the caffeine which is a strong stimulant and can trigger a fast heartbeat and tacchycardia.

I have read extensively about nutrition for a healthy heart.  You must eat a very pure natural diet as God intended.  No refined foods, lots of fruits, veg, fresh fish, chicken, nuts, seeds, grains (porridge), extra virgin olive oil etc., etc.  Keep off the dairy or keep it to a minimum.  Very low salt.

On top of that, a good daily multi-vitamin and mineral supplement like Solgar, Quest or biocare to ensure that you get the nutrients that bio-chemically help your body deal with fats and cholesterol. Also about 1,000 mg daily of vit C.   

20 minutes of moderate exercise, probably walking in your case, 3 x per week.  No smoking, and a moderate amount of red wine. 

Good luck. 

   

visit healthresources.net buy enhanced oral chelation for 6 months supply. You will feel better after first month. you can also use another herbal alternative serrapeptase or nattokinase to relieve you from blood clots. I use this myself. eat raw onion with olive oil every time with your evening meal. Drink green tea or red bush tea two or three times a day regularly help with with your blood circulation. you can also use another herbal alternative pycnogenol buy from Holland & Barratt its french maritime bark extract very good for stroke patient. Do yoga and breathing technic. Buy product called Intra from herbal company called Lifestyles this product will relieve from shortnes of breath and many other problem. you can search Lifestyles on the internet wherever you are and their distributing agen.

I have also suffered ischaemic stroke but I am feeling fine. My left side was affected. I do yoga every day take all the herbal product. I have got muscles in my body. no body can tell me that I have suffered stroke. I am 60 but look 40 years young. I have stopped all medication prescribed by my physician. All the statin drug caused so much side effect. I get all statin medication every month and throw them in garbage bins. I don't have to pay for it. I get free in UK because I am diabetic. My diabetes sugar level control with herbal medication from india. You can visit melabic.com and do some reading and recomend to others.

By the way I am not a salesman or distributing agent of any of this companies. I will supply you with my name and address if you request it.

Hi Maddie

stop all the dairy products cow and other milk and cheese altogathe. use soya milk with your cereal and tea. eat all kind of beans like kidney bean black eye beans haricot beans and get your fibre from vegeatble sources and fruit. dont eat potato, spinach,salmon, tuna, aubergines.

I'm no expert on heart disease, but if you would like to find an alternative to statins, have a look at this fascinating article:  http://www.amandaursell.com/html/portfolio_diet.html.  With love.

Please see a good herbalist, nuritionist or naturopath.  So glad you are looking at alternatives.  If you like researching look at the Linus Pauling protocol of high doses Vit C and L-Lysine; take herbal remedy such as Hawthorn, reduce stress in your life and check with your doctor/alternative practitioner for possible inflammatory conditions in your body leading to your condition.  Heart needs minerals, eg magnesium (in balance with other minerals); Co-Q10 etc.  Please get some help and research, research, research .... Good luck

Maddie06,

You might like to look at the site, its articles, forum and conference room - www.yourhealthbase.com

It is a site for those of us who have episodes of atrial fibrillation and has a lot of info re 'feeding' one's heart.

eg. Ribose  is a 'sugar' which is used directly for cell energy, taurine is an [essential-as-one-ages] amino acid for heart health, to name but 2 nutrients.

 Some people swear by paleo style diet [www.paleo.com] others eating for their blood type [www.dadamo.com]

Most agree they are better without cow dairy and wheat.
 

Joyce 

 

 

I agree that the suggestion to take daily Crataegus in tincture form as a heart tonic and regulator is a good one - the medical profession after all used it successfully for a long long time before coming under the influence of Big Pharma. Look on the internet for instance at www.herbaltherapeutics.net/Crataegus.doc.pdf where a number of doctors give their reports of cases cured with it. It is said amongst other things to help with furred up arteries. Fish oil eg Eskimo 3 will also help, and Vit E supplementation was said in a Lancet article (March 23, 1996) to have a role in the prevention of atherosclerosis if that is part of your problem.

 

I don't think anyone has mentioned that having your homocysteine levels checked out might be helpful.  Many doctors believe that this marker is much more important than cholestrol.  If your doctor doesn't want to carry out the test you can do it yourself via a home testing kit from York Test.

 

 

Talking about chelation therapy for plaque removal and homocysteine level makes sense when the patient has high cholesterol levels (or hyperlipidemia) or blood circulatory problem (thrombosis). Maddie06 has perfectly normal level of cholesterol, currently even low due to misused statin. If antiplatelet drug Clopidogrel was prescribed to this person for a good reason, i.e. on the basis of blood test results, then there is a sufficient background to check upon the blood homocysteine level.

I would not refer this person's health problem to cholesterol level, but would rather think of homocystinurea or cytomegalovirus infection as one of possible causative factors. Cytomegalovirus (human herpesvirus 5) can cause viral myocarditis, subsequent tachycardia and even atrial fibrillation as well as pulmonary fibrosis with typical symptom of breath shortness. This virus tends to reside in the body in dormant state because it usually enters the lysogenic cycle integrating its DNA into hostal cells genome which means that once a person becomes infected, the virus latently persists in the body for the person's life and can exhaust the immune system at old age, increasing risk of mortality from other diseases. NHS does not seem to put much attention to cytomegaloviral infections in patients (perhaps because it is very common: about 50% of population might be infected but not necessary show any current symptoms), and it is not possible to get rid of once infected. In this case symptom management is the only way out, but considering this virus is always there and can be triggered into its active state by any immune compromising event such as influenza vaccination or any other infection.

Homocystinurea is inherited disorder of aminoacid methionine metabolism and is characterised with high levels of homocysteine in blood, also connective tissue, muscles and central nervous system problems. High blood level of homocysteine is linked with increased risk of thrombosis and cardiovascular disease. This problem can be tackled with supplementation of folic acid (B9), B6 and B12. 'Busy B' from Holland and Barrett of timed release formula would be suitable for that. Also excluding meat and especially cottage cheese from your diet will help.

 

Once again I would suggest emphasising on investigation of causative factors as an outcome of incorrect therapy could cause much more problems compared to the current situation. If your doctor is not prepared to do so, you always can arrange private blood tests with, for example, referrals from homotoxicologist (search for nearest homotoxicologist on ICM website: http://www.i-c-m.org.uk/search-practitioners?division=11&country=&postcode=&radius=10), and homotoxicologist can design the right therapy plan and suggest on nutrition and the life style changes for you.

Good luck.

 

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Alla Cranham, MSc ABMT,
Registered Homotoxicologist

Mercury House
Northgate
Nottingham
NG7 7FN

Tel +44(0) 845 450 7316
Mob +44(0) 77361 47458
Fax +44(0) 115 9163109
http://www.in-vivo-health.co.uk

Dear Alla,

Many thanks for your advice in your first reply you mentioned that I may have a problem with anaemia however my iron levels have over the past 3or 4 years been so I am told by my doctor despite the fact that I dont eat meat at all quite high (oops I do eat fish) and on two occassions had to be retested because they thought it may have been too high only to be told that although they were a little high not to worry as it was better than being too low, however I did find this worrying and wondered whether maybe this could have contributed to the problem in the first place. At present I am taking COQ10 and lipoic acid, also can you tell me why cottage cheese should be excluded from my diet if homocysteine levels may be the cause. I feel that your advice regarding blood tests is the path I really should be going down as my doctors just want to throw more medication at me. Last week I had a medication review which was a total waste of time as it turned out to be an exercise in tick boxing I was told off for not taking the statin, when asked the question if it was possible for me to control my cholesterol levels through diet alone  what was the added extra that the statin provided to prevent another heart attack I was told it was preventative?. I really give up.  Later the same day my chemist also decided I should have a review  I asked about the side effects of one of the drugs and was told "you can know too much lets face it you could be walking across the road and get run over"??? you couldn't make it up.  Anyway sorry to go on but I get so frustrated with the medical profession. I would  however like to make an appointment with yourself  to have my blood tested  if possible and was wondering whether you could get back to me regarding an appointment towards end of July also if you could tell me process involved and fees Many Thanks again I look forward to hearing from you,

Maddie Quigley

To make an appointment you can phone me on 07736147458 or email to: info@in-vivo-health.co.uk. Appointments currently available from 28th July either in London (Wimpole Street), Hinckley or Nottingham. 

Look forward to hearing from you.

 

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Alla Cranham, MSc ABMT,
Registered Homotoxicologist

Mercury House
Northgate
Nottingham
NG7 7FN

Tel +44(0) 845 450 7316
Mob +44(0) 77361 47458
Fax +44(0) 115 9163109
http://www.in-vivo-health.co.uk