I come from a family of farmers. So pure, unpasteurized, full-fat milk was a staple of my diet growing up. When I’d go to my grandma’s, she’d pour me a …
Miracle Cure for Boy Shot Through the Heart
A couple of days ago I told you about the new “Right to Try” law passed by Congress. It gives patients access to life-saving treatments before they’re FDA approved. These …
Pass the Salt, Please
You’ve probably heard the expression that something important is “worth its weight in salt.” And that a person who’s decent and good is the “salt of the earth.” These expressions …
Reduce Diabetes Risk with Chocolate
Americans spent $1.7 billion on Valentine’s Day candies this year. And we bought 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate. This is also the time of year when you see lots …
Drugs, money and your heart
I was really excited to see a recent headline that said heart doctors should discuss herbal medicines with their patients. The recommendation came from a study in the Journal of …
A Quarter and a Glass of Water
A Quarter and a Glass of Water Saved Ed’s Life. Could it Save Yours Too? The first time I met Ed he told me his story…It could be very important for you…
He was a roofer. He was leaving a job site, climbed into his truck and turned the ignition. But as he was pulling out of the parking lot, his vision suddenly went blurry. “It’s like I just forgot how to drive. Then it got to where I couldn’t feel the right side of my body.” He clenched the steering wheel, but couldn’t move…
Life Is Like a Box of Chocolates
If you ate chocolate on Valentine’s Day, I have some news for you. You don’t have to feel guilty.
In fact, I have evidence that you may have cut your risk from dying of a stroke nearly in half.
Two studies give us great news about chocolate.
The first study found that people who ate one serving of chocolate per week were 22% less likely to have a stroke.1
The second study found that people who ate 50 grams of chocolate once a week were 46% less likely to die following a stroke than those who didn’t eat chocolate.2
About 80% of strokes occur when there isn’t enough blood getting to the brain.3 Your brain is starved of oxygen and nutrients and begins to die immediately…
This Can Affect More Than Just Your Heart…
Most of the heart patients I see for the first time already know high blood pressure can mean disaster for their heart health.
But here’s what they don’t know.
Having high blood pressure can also wreak havoc on your brain, kidneys, and eyes.
Here’s the scary part…
High blood pressure can quietly damage these vital organs for years before you see any symptoms. If left unchecked, this silent killer can leave you with a disability. Or worse, it can lead to a heart attack or stroke…
B Vitamins to the Rescue
With a simple test I can tell you if you’re likely to have a heart attack or stroke.
I can also give you a remedy to help make sure you never do – no matter how high your risk is…
The test checks for levels of homocysteine. It’s your number one indicator of heart disease.
The big drug makers play down the importance of this critical factor. They haven’t figured out a way to make any money from it, so they try to convince you that it doesn’t matter.
Turns out knowing your homocysteine level is even more useful than we thought. Homocysteine can foretell a host of other diseases as well…
Use Vitamin C to Reverse Disease
Today, most doctors insist that cholesterol is the cause of heart disease as they dole out dangerous cholesterol-lowering drugs.
But few ever realize that vitamin C deficiency plays a major role in heart attack and stroke. And, vitamin C therapy can reverse years of accumulated damage to help you:
Chocolate Just Got Better…
Dear Reader, I just read something that made me reminisce about the cup of hot cocoa my mom made for me on cold winter days… The list of the humble …