Dear Member,
A recent story in The New York Times revealed the “newly discovered” importance of C-reactive protein (CRP).
Apparently, a drug company-sponsored study showed that people who had high CRP levels had fewer heart attacks and strokes when taking statins (cholesterol-lowering drugs).
Suddenly, the whole medical community is buzzing about the importance of CRP.
Of course, I’ve been talking about the importance of CRP as an indicator of heart attacks and strokes for years now. But now that mainstream medicine can attach a drug to it, suddenly it is BIG news.
Unfortunately, the drug companies are only talking about CRP in order to start more people on statin drugs – even if they already have low cholesterol. That’s bad news… my readers know that statins have been shown to increase the risk of heart disease by robbing you of the heart critical nutrient CoQ10.
Your CRP level is important. CRP measures inflammation in your body. And as I point out in my Doctor’s Heart Cure Book, inflammation is the real cause of heart disease.
Inflammation comes from stress or damage to your blood vessels when they don’t get the nutrients they need. They can get cracked and weak, and the body responds by sending plaque to repair the damage. Continuous lack of nutrients can cause this plaque to build up – leading to heart attack or stroke.
You don’t need dangerous statin drugs to protect you from high CRP levels. If you want to lower the CRP levels in your blood – lower the inflammation in your body.
One of the best ways to lower CRP is to exercise. Studies clearly show that people who went from couch slouching to exercising lowered their CRP as much as 30%.1
To get the most benefit in the least amount of time, exercise efficiently. Those of you familiar with my PACE program know that traditional cardio exercises aren’t the most effective. To lower your CRP level in the shortest amount of time, try PACE. If you don’t have my PACE program, here’s a simple exercise you can do (of course check with your doctor if you haven’t been exercising for a while):
1. Instead of a slow, steady pace on a bicycle or treadmill, try going 80% of your maximum for 2 minutes.
2. Rest for 1 minute
3. Go at 90% for another two minutes
4. Rest for 1 minute
5. Go at 100% for 1 minute
6. Recover
That’s it! This exertion/rest cycle is much more effective than traditional cardio and will burn fat and build your heart and lung strength (and lower your inflammation) much faster..
My PACE Program walks you through, step-by-step, a revolutionary way to better heart health in 10 minutes a day. To learn more, click HERE.
To Your Good Health,
Al Sears, M.D.
1 Church T, Barlow CE, Earnest CP, et.al. Association between cardiorespiratory fitness and C-reactive protein in men. Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis: Journal of Vascular Biology.2002 Nov 1;22(11):1869-1879