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Improving Your Heart Health

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Reduce Cardiovascular Risk Your heart health is very important. Sodium, saturated fat, and sugar cause serious heart ailments, including death. Eating a healthier diet is proven to reduce this risk, even restoring your heart from heart disease and cardiac damage.  Too Much Sodium Increases Blood Pressure Sodium is both good and bad for the body. Sodium helps with nerve and muscle function and helps to balance the fluids in your body (Medline Plus). 90% of Americans consume too much sodium which increases blood pressure (blood pressure related deaths are around 500,000 annually) and puts people at risk for heart attacks and strokes (CDC). Too much sodium will attract an excess of water into your bloodstream, increasing the blood volume (high blood pressure), and is not always associated with salt, it can be tasteless which is why it is very important to check the labels ( FDA) .  I had no idea sodium was good for the body. I always thought it was bad and associated with high blood press

Studies on Visceral Fat Loss

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Studies on Visceral Fat loss Many studies on visceral fat loss exist. Exercise and diet play a significant role in the deadly metabolic disease. Living a sedentary lifestyle makes more of a difference in the percentage of fat surrounding your vital organs than your diet. The root cause of type 2 diabetes was discovered after conducting a visceral fat health study.  Effects Your Sexual Health Peer reviewed studies on visceral fat revealed visceral fat % has a direct correlation with erectile dysfunction, and premature ejaculation in men ( Dursun, Cakir et al.) .  The Easiest Way To Lose Visceral Fat Losing weight is the easiest way to lose visceral fat and people lose a higher percentage of body fat after losing a smaller percentage of body weight, but even when you exercise and do not lose weight you still will lose body fat (visceral fat) ( Martin) .  Losing fat is more important than losing weight because losing weight involves losing muscle mass and water, which is why exercising re

How Important is CoQ10

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How Important is CoQ10  How important is CoQ10? It is used by cells for growth and maintenance, naturally made inside the body with levels decreasing as you age, however, food sources such as fish and nuts are not capable of significantly increasing levels in the body (Mayo Clinic Staff).  Coenzyme Q10 is primarily used to generate energy in cells - helping to make adenosine triphosphate (ATP) (involved in energy transfer within cells) - and serving a critical role as an antioxidant protecting cells from oxidative damage, therefore low levels of CoQ10 are associated with chronic diseases such as heart disease, brain disorders, diabetes, and cancer (Semeco).  Important for The Heart How important is CoQ10 for the heart?  Significantly lower coenzyme Q10 levels were associated with 58 deaths out of 242 patients who were studied long term with acute cardiovascular disease (Shimizu et al.). According to the American Heart Association , low CoQ10 levels are associated with increased severit

Quercetin Extraordinary Health Benefits

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Extraordinary Quercetin Health Benefits   Quercetin is a flavonoid with many health benefits for the human body. Weight loss properties, superb defenses against cardiovascular disease, cancer, eyes, and a very relevant force for the fight against diabetes. Makes you wonder why QUE is not more widely known because of its proven benefits for the human body.  How Do We Obtain Quercetin Naturally Onion peels are the richest in quercetin of any other source  (mynaturaltreatment) . In addition, capers, dill, cilantro, yellow peppers, green peppers, asparagus, broccoli, kale, apples, cranberries, red wine, certain teas, have good amounts of quercetin as well (Heal + CO). Amazing Weight Loss Benefits Has remarkable weight loss benefits by blocking fat cells from forming and at the same time destroying the fat cells within the body (Goepp). The flavonoid burns calories without exercising , acts as an anti-inflammatory by increasing adiponectin levels (main anti-infllammatory agent naturally p

Belly Fat Caused by Cytokines

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911-Emergency Cure Stubborn Tummy Fat Today Belly fat is an active food source for the organs surrounding your belly like your liver, so the belly constantly sends fat to your liver blocking adiponectin (good hormones in your body that burns fat and lowers blood sugar) and inflames harmful chemicals called cytokines making it difficult to lose weight and harder to lower your blood sugar (Vogel, "What Causes Belly Fat in Women? Doctors Break it Down"). Eating unhealthy leads to an increase in inflammation in your belly which accumulates into the harmful belly fat.  Drinking too much alcohol can cause an increase in inflammation and liver disease (Cadman). Heavy drinkers usually have excess fat around their bellies. Even if you have a slim waist your waistline may be high in percentage of body fat (Palinski-Wade). Visceral and subcutaneous fat are the most popular forms of fat around the waistline. Visceral fat is more harmful because it lies deep within the abdomen out of rea

Modified Citrus Pectin's Many Health Benefits

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  Modified Citrus Pectin Treats Cancer Can modified citrus pectin (MCP) treat cancer? Its possible however more studies need to be done (Cancer Research UK). Researchers from 2007 studied MCP in cancer patients and found modified citrus pectin to improve the quality of life in cancer patients and in particular slowed the excessive growth of PSA caused by prostate cancer (Cancer Research UK).  Studies have further shown to have an enormous impact in declining certain stages of metastasis and a lesser impact on other stages (Glinsky and Raz).   Although it appears MCP does not directly get rid of cancer, it does have an impact on developed cancer. Modified citrus pectin stops the spread of cancer to other organs and improves the symptoms associated with the disease. Even though significant studies do not show getting rid of cancer completely, studies show it is possible.  Over 300,000 men die each year from the disease and a recent long-term study (12/2021) found 15 grams of MCP each da