Eliminating Heart Disease Naturally Thru Nitric Oxide Therapy

Archive for High Blood Pressure

NO More Heart Disease Book Review

Posted by Dan Hammer //

02/08/2020

The book NO More Heart Disease by Nobel Laureate in Medicine Dr. Louis J. Ignarro was key to helping me understand the power and effectiveness of nitric oxide therapy.

Back in 2008 I first came upon this concept of using nitric oxide to improve blood flow.

While my background is exercise physiology, I had never heard of what has become know as “The Miracle Molecule.”

I had been told that nitric oxide would help me improve my workouts and athletic performance. At that time I still played competitive indoor soccer at the age of 55. He was in a men’s over 40 league. And when I consistently used ingredients that would help me optimize my nitric oxide production, what I experienced was greater endurance on the soccer court.

More importantly I didn’t have soreness the next day after a competitive match.

I then got my wife to address her high blood pressure with nitric oxide. Prior to taking ingredients that would help optimize this Miracle Molecule, her blood pressure averaged 160 over 90. Within one week her blood pressure lowered to 112 over 68 and has been at this level ever since.

My experience, and the experience of my wife, prompted me to learn about this remarkable molecule for vascular health.

Enter NO More Heart Disease

The book that was recommended to me (and I recommend it to you) was Dr. Ignarro’s book called NO More Heart Disease. It was originally published in 2005 but I feel it is still the best book written to date to help people understand how significant this molecule is to their health.

In fact, Dr. Ignarro makes no bones about it. He firmly believes nitric oxide is key to your health.

If you look at the cover of his book, then you will see the subtitle, which states: Read More →

Lower Blood Pressure The Number One Key

Posted by Dan Hammer //

02/01/2020

If you want to reduce your risk for strokes and heart attacks, then you need to lower blood pressure. There is one key to this process. Unfortunately it is seldom shared in any of the articles or videos you find on this topic.

This article with provide you with this key. In fact, this key centers on Nobel Prize winning information.

Now before I introduce this number one key I want to emphasis how it is left out in most discussion about blood pressure.

You can do your own Google search for the keyword phase “Effective ways to lower blood pressure” and you will see a boat load of articles all about this topic.

I’ve taken just two of these articles from two very respected sources. One is the Mayo Clinic and the title to their article is “10 Ways to Control High Blood Pressure Without Medication.” The other article is from Healthline and it’s titled “17 Effective Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure.”

You can click on the article titles above to link to these lists, but I’ve summarized them below. Not once is the key to addressing your blood pressure listed. I’ll share this key after the summary of their recommendations:

Lose weight if you’re overweight – Both sources agree

Exercise regularly – Both sources agree

Eat a healthy diet – Both sources agree but Healthline adds specific recommendations:

a. Cut back on sugar and refined carbohydrates

b. Eat more potassium and less sodium

c. Eat less processed food

d. Eat some dark chocolate

e. Eat garlic or take garlic extract supplements

f. Eat healthy high-protein foods

Limit the amount of alcohol you drink – Both sources agree

Quit smoking – Both sources agree

Cut back on caffeine – Both sources agree

Reduce your stress – Both sources agree

Monitor your blood pressure at home and see your doctor regularly – Mayo Clinic

Get support – Mayo Clinic

Make sure to get good, restful sleep – Healthline

Take these BP lowering supplements – See Healthline article for their list

Try these medicinal herbs – See Healthline article for their list

Try meditation or yoga – Healthline

Take prescription medications – Healthline

Now in the list above there is not one mention of the number one key to helping you bring your blood pressure back into the normal range. Although dark chocolate can help to produce this key. And one of the BP lowering supplements in the Healthline article also helps to create this key.

So what is this key ingredient?

It is NITRIC OXIDE!

Number One Key to Lower Blood Pressure – Nitric Oxide

The 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to 3 American researchers for discovering how the endothelium, which lines all of your vascular system, converts the amino acid L-arginine into Nitric Oxide, the master signaling molecule of your entire cardiovascular system.

Nitric oxide relaxes the smooth muscle of the vascular wall to vasodilate your system, This reduces resistance to blood flow and helps to naturally bring your blood pressure back into the normal range.

Rather than write about this process here is a video that will help you better understand how nitric oxide therapy can naturally address high blood pressure:

My recommendation to you, and anyone you know who has high blood pressure, is to consume foods and supplements designed to create nitric oxide. This “Miracle Molecule” is the number one key to improving your cardiovascular health.

Blessing Lives Through Nitric Oxide Therapy!

Dan

Endothelial Health Equals Cardiovascular Health!

Posted by Dan Hammer //

08/15/2019

When was the last time anyone ever asked you about your endothelial health?

NEVER!

It’s estimated that there are approximately 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the adult body. These blood vessels include arteries, veins, and capillaries. They’re all protected by a microscopic inner lining of endothelial cells. What is commonly called the endothelium.

It’s important to note that these cells line the entire circulatory system. From the inside of your heart all the way down to your smallest capillary. When added up, the volume of these endothelial cells would cover the surface area of 4 to 8 tennis courts depending upon the size of the individual.

That’s amazing since the endothelium is only one cell thick and can’t be seen by the human eye.

Once discovered, the endothelium was classified as an inert membrane whose primary function was to keep the blood in the circulatory system and out of the body’s tissues and organs.

Research over the last 25 years has shown that your endothelium is an active, multi-functional tissue that plays a vital role in metabolic, immunologic, and cardiovascular health.

Or is your endothelium an organ? Read More →

Key Supplements For Heart Health

Posted by Dan Hammer //

02/08/2019

One of the primary focuses for the month of February is cardiovascular health. Today I want to share with you key supplements for heart health.

Now you can do a Google search using the term supplements for heart health and you’ll find numerous articles.

For example WebMD recommends 6 different supplements.

And Better Nutrition recommends 9 different supplements.

And while the 6 from WebMD are good and the 9 supplements for heart health from Better Nutrition are good, there are 3 that are key.

Two of these 3 always make everyone’s list. One is seldom listed but equally important.

I’ve written about each of these in the past. For for this blog post I thought I’d pulled them all together for a quick review. If you would like more knowledge about each, I’ve linked them to my specific article about that supplement.

Here are my recommendations regarding supplements for heart health. I’ve listed them based on importance.

Supplements for Heart Health – CoQ10

CoQ10 is critical to the energy supply of the heart.

Within every cell are mitochondria. Mitochondria are the batteries or power generators. They convert the stored energy of the nutrients you consume into an energy form that your cells can use to perform their function.

CoQ10 is a critical component in the process of converting stored energy in your food into energy compounds your cells can use to do the work they are designed to do.

Without CoQ10 your cellular energy systems will fail and your cells will not function properly.

And here is why I place this supplement as they most important for hearth health.

As the pharmaceutical industry has observed, the use of statins (which interfere with CoQ10 production in the liver) leads to an increase in congestive heart failure.

This means anyone taking a statin drug needs to take a CoQ10 supplement.

Additionally, CoQ10 is also a powerful antioxidant to help protect your cells and cell membranes from harmful free radicals. This protects your cells from oxidative stress that causes inflammation, which then contributes to cellular dysfunction and most diseases.

Supplments for Heart Health – Omega 3s

Inflammation is the root cause of most cardiovascular health concerns.

Omega 3 oils like Coconut Oil, Avocados, Grass-fed Butter, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and Fish rich in Omega-3s actually help to turn off inflammation.

Due to food choices, most Americans eat a diet that has a 20:1 ration of omega-6 to omega-3 fats, which creates an environments for chronic inflammation. This chronic inflammation then increases a person’s risk for all types of diseases.

Especially heart disease.

This increased risk was pointed out in research conducted at Harvard University were they showed that omega-3 fatty acid deficiency ranked as the sixth highest killer of Americans. Actually claiming approximately 96,000 people per year.

If you want to reverse this deficiency, then you need to consume a diet rich in omega-3 and significantly reduce your intake of omega-6 oils.

Supplements for Heart Health – Vitamin D3

As the body of scientific research continues to grow, the number of health benefits from vitamin D3 also grows. Here is a brief summary of some of these vitamin D3 benefits as it applies to your cardiovascular system:

Helps to Maintain Calcium Balance in the Bloodstream – Vitally important to cardiovascular health is the proper maintenance of your blood calcium levels. This helps to prevent calcification of the vascular wall, which leads to arteriosclerosis. Additionally, your endothelial cells, which line all of your cardiovascular system, need calcium to be able to convert the amino acid L-arginine into nitric oxide – the master signaling molecule of your entire cardiovascular system.

Helps in Blood Pressure Regulation – Recent studies have shown that vitamin D3 may decrease the risk for high blood pressure. This would make sense since proper blood calcium levels are needed to initiate the production of nitric oxide from L-arginine. Since nitric oxide is the body’s most powerful vasodilator, it is used to relax the vascular wall to help control blood pressure.

Additionally, vitamin D3 inhibits the enzyme renin, which is released by the kidneys. This enzyme acts to increase blood pressure. By inhibiting this enzyme, vitamin D3 helps to maintain normal blood pressures.

High blood pressure is the number one risk factor for strokes and heart attacks so this supplement is a good choice to help maintain a normal blood pressure.

That is my list of the key supplements for heart health. Certainly others can be added but these three are my recommendations.

Blessing Lives Through Nitric Oxide Therapy!

Dan

Nitric Oxide Therapy and Heart Health

Posted by Dan Hammer //

02/01/2019

Over 20 years ago there was an explosion of research on nitric oxide therapy and heart health.

It started with the 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine being awarded to 3 American researchers for discovering how the lining of your cardiovascular system, called the endothelium, converts the amino acid L-arginine into nitric oxide.

Nitric oxide is the master signaling molecule of your cardiovascular system. You couldn’t live without nitric oxide.

Fast forward to 2019.

Currently, there are over 100,000 peer reviewed clinical studies in the area of nitric oxide.

Yet still to this day, nitric oxide therapy and heart health is not recognized by the American Heart Association as a valid method for addressing cardiovascular concerns. You can go to their website and search “nitric oxide” and nothing will come up.

What will come up is an article titled “Cardiovascular diseases affect nearly half of American adults.” According to this article 46% of US adults have high blood pressure.

High blood pressure is the number one risk factor for strokes and heart attacks.

Yet nitric oxide therapy can be a natural method to bring blood pressures back into the normal range.

In his bestselling book NO More Heart Disease, Nobel Laureate in Medicine Dr. Louis J. Ignarro makes this statement on the cover,

“How Nitric Oxide Can Prevent – Even Reverse – Heart Disease and Strokes”

As Dr. Ignarro discovered, nitric oxide is created naturally in your body to help maintain normal blood flow. In fact, nitric oxide provides the following key benefits:

First, it helps to restore and maintain the health and flexibility of your arteries and veins.
Second, it improves blood flow by relaxing the smooth muscle of the vascular wall
Third, it keeps blood platelet cells from sticking together to naturally reduce your risk for strokes and heart attacks.
Forth, it accelerates the repair process to support natural healing.

As Dr. Ignarro states in his book,

“A tiny molecule called nitric oxide is produced by the body specifically to help keep arteries and veins free of the plaque that causes strokes and to maintain normal blood pressure by relaxing the arteries, thereby regulating the rate of blood flow and preventing coronaries. Nitric oxide is the body’s natural cardiovascular wonder drug.”

Nitric Oxide Therapy and Heart Health – The Million Lives Project

To help people become aware of this “natural cardiovascular wonder drug,” I’ve associated myself with The Million Lives Project. Their goal is to help 1 million people or more understand how nitric oxide therapy can be a natural way to address most cardiovascular health concerns.

And they have produced a series of videos to help educate adults on how nitric oxide therapy can address the following concerns:

Hopefully, this information on nitric oxide therapy and heart health can empower you and your loved ones to use a valid and natural way to improve your cardiovascular health.

Blessing Lives Through Nitric Oxide Therapy!

Dan Hammer

Nitric Oxide Therapy Videos

Posted by Dan Hammer //

01/22/2018

To help you understand the power of nitric oxide therapy I’ve updated my nitric oxide therapy videos on YouTube. These videos focus on the Master Signaling Molecule of your entire cardiovascular system.

What the medical community has labeled “The Miracle Molecule” because of how it can naturally improve your cardiovascular health to prevent strokes and heart attacks.

Below you will find the following nitric oxide therapy videos and how this miracle molecule naturally addresses:

High Blood Pressure
Diabetic Complications
Cognitive Function
Sexual Function
Wound Healing
Cardiovascular Health for Black Americans
Athletic Performance

If you find these videos helpful, then please share them with others.

Nitric Oxide Therapy Videos

Nitric Oxide Therapy Addresses High Blood Pressure

Posted by Dan Hammer //

11/22/2017

A little over a week ago 31 million Americans were classified as having high blood pressure. Yet no one in the medical community is helping them understand how nitric oxide therapy addresses high blood pressure.

This post contains a link to Our Nitric Oxide Therapy ebook.

This ebook will help you understand how the 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to 3 American researchers for discovery how the lining of your cardiovascular system (called the endothelium) converts the amino acid L-arginine into nitric oxide.

Nitric oxide has been called the Miracle Molecule for what it can do to help regulate your cardiovascular system for improved blood flow.

With the awarding of the Nobel Prize there was an explosion of research in this area. Currently, there are over 100,000 peer reviewed clinical studies in the area of nitric oxide therapy. Yet even as we end the year 2017 most people have never heard of this natural way to address most cardiovascular health concerns including high blood pressure. Read More →

New High Blood Pressure Guidelines

Posted by Dan Hammer //

11/15/2017

New high blood pressure guidelines were established on Monday, November 13^th 2017, which means that over tens of millions of Americans woke up that day to having a high blood pressure issue.

The old standard for having high blood pressure was 140 over 90.

The new high blood pressure guidelines are now 130 over 80. This means that if your systolic blood pressure (first number) is at 130 or higher and your diastolic blood pressure (second number) is at 80 or higher you now have Stage 1 hypertension.

These new parameters were jointly announced by the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and nine other health professional organizations.

So let’s examine the impact these new high blood pressure guidelines have on the American adult population. Read More →

Can Garlic Benefit Your Health

Posted by Dan Hammer //

06/08/2017

If you search the web for information on garlic you’re going to find a wide range of conflicting information. Garlic Some of the information will tell you this herb is effective for a variety of health challenges. Other articles will tell you that the benefits of garlic are as mythical as its ability to protect you from vampires.

This article will give you a fair and balance perspective so that you can make an intelligent choice on whether to include this herb as part of your health plan.

History of Garlic

Garlic belongs to the Allium family of vegetables which also includes onions, chives, shallots and leeks. It’s a perennial herb with a bulb that can contain 5 – 15 cloves.

While it has been used for centuries as a culinary and medicinal herb, it wasn’t until 1844 that a German chemist named Theodor Wertheim was able to distill the pungent substance in this herb. He called it allyl.

In 1848 Louis Pasteur demonstrated that allyl could inhibit the growth of bacteria. For whatever reasons, Louis Pasteur and others abandoned further research on this herb and its ability to inhibit bacterial growth. Read More →

Nitric Oxide Therapy eBook

Posted by Dan Hammer //

11/15/2016

We’ve just put the finishing touches on our Nitric Oxide Therapy eBook. It’s part of The Million Lives Project that we’re kicking off for 2017.

What’s The Million Lives Project?

Our goal is to help a million people or more understand how they could effectively use Nitric Oxide Therapy to significantly improve their health while reducing their risk for cardiovascular health concerns like high blood pressure, diabetes, sexual and cognitive function issues, and poor wound healing.

It also helps athletes understand how to use Nitric Oxide Therapy to improve their athletic training, performance, and recovery.