A “Game-Changer” For Your Heart

Heart disease continues to be the biggest killer in America for one simple reason:

The health advice we’re told to follow is just plain wrong.

Giving up meat and fat, jogging, and taking a handful of medications will not cure your heart disease.

But there is a cutting-edge, FDA-approved natural therapy that I call a game-changer for your heart…

I’m talking about enhanced external counterpulsation, or EECP.

Most cardiologists continue to ignore this treatment because it doesn’t fit the traditional image of what they do. They consider heart disease a “plumbing” problem. And the solution is to simply fix the blockages.

But if that were true, why do heart attacks happen after these blockages have been cleared or bypassed?

The real causes of heart disease are damaged blood vessels that inhibit blood flow and inflammation. That’s where this life-saving therapy comes in.

Multiple studies reveal that EECP is the safest and most effective reliever of angina chest pain available. It has been shown to have huge benefits for patients with coronary artery disease and heart failure.

It increases blood flow to the heart, strengthens circulation, and provides a proven way to treat heart disease with fewer drugs and without bypass surgeries, angioplasty procedures, or stents.

And in many cases, it works better than the Big Pharma meds and risky, expensive surgeries that cardiologists continue to push.

Although EECP was invented in the U.S. in the 1950s, it was left undeveloped as cardiology went down the more lucrative path of drugs and invasive surgeries.

Instead, doctors overseas took up the challenge. They spent 20 years developing counterpulsation as a non-surgical way to treat coronary heart disease, by getting the timing of these devices just right.

Counterpulsation means pumping blood during the heart’s rest phase.

When the heart is at rest, the cuffs inflate. When the heart

pumps, the cuffs deflate.

The cuffs compress the blood vessels in your lower limbs and push blood toward the heart. Each wave of increased blood flow is timed to arrive at your heart the moment the organ relaxes. When your heart pumps again, pressure is released.

This essentially acts as a passive form of vigorous exercise, boosting blood flow, and pushing oxygen-rich blood throughout your body more strongly than normal.

More than 100 studies along with multiple clinical trials prove the effectiveness of EECP.

In one large study, researchers followed more than 5,000 patients worldwide. They discovered that 83% of patients had vastly improved blood flow after EECP and 73% reported a significant reduction in the severity of angina symptoms.1

Yet in America, almost all coronary artery disease patients are prescribed Big Pharma meds instead.

Regrow Brand-New Blood Vessels

Perhaps the most remarkable benefit of EECP is its ability to strengthen and repair damaged blood vessels and regrow new ones, creating new pathways in and around the heart – without any surgical grafting.

That is why EECP is hailed as a “natural bypass.”2

EECP allows blood to bypass the blocked arteries by creating new ones.

You see, when coronary arteries become blocked with plaque, obstructing blood flow, it causes chest pain and possibly a heart attack.

Some people can naturally form new blood vessels that serve to bypass these obstructions. Unfortunately, not everyone can.

And despite the conventional opinion that nothing can be done, EECP has worked wonders for these patients.

In a study involving 1,400 patients with refractory angina, 75% had half as many angina attacks after EECP. And in a three-year follow-up, 16% had no angina at all.3

Other studies show that EECP triggers the production of an important hormone called vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). This allows blood to bypass the blocked arteries by creating new ones.4

The effects of EECP last about five years.5

If you are interested in trying EECP to increase blood flow and protect your heart, please call the Sears Institute for Anti-Aging Medicine at 561-784-7852.

2 More Ways To Protect Your Arteries

EECP is a miracle cure for unclogging arteries. But if you can’t get to my clinic, there are nutrients you can supplement with at home. Here are a couple to try today:

    1. Use the B vitamin that’s proven to protect your heart. You probably know vitamin B9 better than folate or folic acid. Folate is the nutrient found in food, while folic acid is the supplement form.Folic acid lowers levels of toxic substances that irritate the heart’s lining. This relaxes your blood vessels and keeps them flexible. Fewer irritations equate to normalized pulse pressure and a reduction in stroke and heart attack.

      Simply put… When folate is high your risk of heart attack drops by up to 50%.6

      Natural sources of folate are dark green vegetables as well as beef, lamb, chicken liver, and eggs. But your body only absorbs half the folate you get from food.

      I recommend supplementing with 800 mcg a day.

    2. Try heart-saving vitamin K2. Vitamin K2 scrubs your arteries clear of the plaque that clogs blood vessels. In a landmark, Dutch trial researchers followed 4,800 people. Results revealed that high levels of vitamin K2 lowered the risk of coronary artery disease by 57%. It lowered calcium buildup in the arteries by 52%. And it slashed the risk of death from any cause by 26%.7

      You can get vitamin K2 directly from foods. Our ancestors got plenty from eating organ meats like liver. Other rich sources are meat, full-fat milk, cottage cheese, butter, and cheese. But these foods MUST come from grass-fed animals.You can also supplement. Look for vitamin K2 in the form of “menaquinone-7.” It’s much more bioactive than other forms. Take 45 to 90 mcg a day with a meal to improve absorption.

To Your Good Health,

Al Sears, MD, CNS

 

References:

  1. Soran O. “Two-year clinical outcomes after Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP) therapy in patients with refractory angina pectoris and left ventricular dysfunction (Report from the International EECP Patient Registry). Am J Cardiol. 2006;97(1):17–20.
  2. Kiefer D. “Doctors ignore proven alternative to coronary stents and bypass surgery.” Life Extension.
  3. Loh PH, et al. “Enhanced external counterpulsation in the treatment of chronic refractory angina: a long-term follow-up outcome from the International Enhanced External Counterpulsation Patient Registry.” Clin Cardiol. 01 Apr 2008, 31(4):159-164
  4. Sharma U, et al. “The role of enhanced external counter pulsation therapy in clinical practice.” Clin Med Res. 2013 Dec;11(4):226-32.
  5. Fitzgerald CP, et al. “Enhanced external counterpulsation as initial revascularization treatment for angina refractory to medical therapy.” Cardiology. 2003;100(3):129-35.
  6. Pan Y and Jackson R. “Dietary phylloquinone intakes and metabolic syn¬drome in US young adults.” J Am Coll Nutr. 2009;28(4):369-379.
  7. Geleijnse JM., et al. “Dietary Intake of Menaquinone Is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: The Rotterdam Study.” J Nutr. 2004.