This is a condition where circulation is impaired to the extremities, hands and feet. It is caused when the peripheral vascular system Peripheral vascular disease (PVD), also known as peripheral artery disease (PAD) or peripheral artery occlusive disease (PAOD), includes all diseases caused by the obstruction of large arteries in the arms and legs. PVD can result from atherosclerosis, inflammatory processes leading to stenosis, an embolism or thrombus formation. It causes either acute or chronic ischemia (lack of blood supply), typically of the legs. It causes pain, weakness, or cramping in muscles due to decreased blood flow, Sores, wounds, or ulcers that heal slowly or not at all; noticeable change in color (blueness or paleness) or temperature (coolness) when compared to the other limb. Diminished hair and nail growth on affected limb and digits.
Other conditions which respond to the following regime are Arthrosclerosis, and Arteriolosclerosis.
Cellular Essentials. You can start by doubling the recommended dose for the first month, and then use the recommended dose indefinitely. Results will come very quickly as the subsiding of chest pain under exertion will improve very dramatically. This formulation helps clean the build up of plaques in the cardio vascular system, improve circulation
Vascular Complete will improve the elasticity of the cardiovascular system and help return the elasticity to the heart further improving the pumping action. This product will help improve the circulation to the extremities which are likely suffering from poor circulation resulting in the swelling of tissue.
Omega Life 3. No healthy cardiovascular regime is complete without these fish oils to aid in management of blood pressure and healthy heart function.
BiosLife Complete or Slim. This product is necessary for all cardiovascular and associated conditions. As the plaques are dissolved from the interior walls of the arteries, BiosLife helps clean up the residue from the blood stream. It also lowers and stabilizes blood lipids aiding in the halt of further accumulations of plaques on the artery walls.
Cardio Essentials. Take as directed. This product may actually help restore the circulation, delivering more oxygen to the entire body. This product may also help improve the blood pressure in the extremities affected by this condition.
Atherosclerosis (ath”er-o-skleh-RO’sis) comes from the Greek words athero (meaning gruel or paste) and sclerosis (hardness). It’s the name of the process in which deposits of fatty substances, cholesterol, cellular waste products, calcium and other substances build up in the inner lining of an artery. This buildup is called plaque. It usually affects large and medium-sized arteries. Some hardening of arteries often occurs when people grow older.
Plaques can grow large enough to significantly reduce the blood’s flow through an artery. But most of the damage occurs when they become fragile and rupture. Plaques that rupture cause blood clots to form that can block blood flow or break off and travel to another part of the body. If either happens and blocks a blood vessel that feeds the heart, it causes a heart attack. If it blocks a blood vessel that feeds the brain, it causes a stroke. And if blood supply to the arms or legs is reduced, it can cause difficulty walking and eventually lead to gangrene.
How does atherosclerosis start?
Atherosclerosis is a slow, complex disease that typically starts in childhood and often progresses when people grow older. In some people it progresses rapidly, even in their third decade. Many scientists think it begins with damage to the innermost layer of the artery. This layer is called the endothelium (en”do-THE’le-um). Causes of damage to the arterial wall include:
elevated levels of cholesterol and triglyceride (tri-GLIS’er-id) in the blood
high blood pressure
tobacco smoke
diabetes
Tobacco smoke greatly worsens atherosclerosis and speeds its growth in the coronary arteries, the aorta and arteries in the legs. (The coronary arteries bring blood to the heart muscle; the aorta is the large vessel that the heart pumps blood through to the body.)
Because of the damage to the endothelium, fats, cholesterol, platelets, cellular waste products, calcium and other substances are deposited in the artery wall. These may stimulate artery wall cells to produce other substances that result in further buildup of cells.
These cells and surrounding material thicken the endothelium significantly. The artery’s diameter shrinks and blood flow decreases, reducing the oxygen supply. Often a blood clot forms near this plaque and blocks the artery, stopping the blood flow.
What does research show?
Males and people with a family history of premature cardiovascular disease have an increased risk of atherosclerosis. These risk factors can’t be controlled. Research shows the benefits of reducing the controllable risk factors for atherosclerosis:
High blood cholesterol (especially LDL or “bad” cholesterol over 100 mg/dL)
Cigarette smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke
High blood pressure
Diabetes mellitus
Obesity
Physical inactivity
Research also suggests that inflammation in the circulating blood may play an important role in triggering heart attacks and strokes. Inflammation is the body’s response to injury, and blood clotting is often part of that response. Blood clots, as described above, can slow down or stop blood flow in the arteries
Cardio Essentials is Unicity’s premium aging heart product. During life, the heart slowly reduces in providing adequate pumping strength to pump the blood around through the vascular system. The heart muscle needs specific nutrients to ensure maximum output. Cardio Essentials provides a potent mixture of 4 ingredients that have proven benefits for the heart.
Who Should Use This Product?
Special groups that will benefit particularly from Cardio Essentials are:
— persons with elevated risk for heart disease due to life style
— persons with elevated risk for heart disease due to family history
— persons that have been diagnosed with heart failure
— middle-aged persons that experience shortness of breath when doing moderate activity
Cardio Essentials features four ingredients that work together in providing the heart muscle nourishment to perform its daily pumping function. Over time, the hear typically looses part of its efficient pumping process, potentially resulting in heart failure. With Cardio Essentials, your heart will stay active, just as you.
Coenzyme Q10
Coenzyme Q10 is a small, fat soluble molecule that is found in most cells in the body, but is found at particularly high levels in the heart, liver, kidney, and pancreas. It acts as an antioxidant, stabilizes membranes, and participates in metabolic pathways (chains of chemical reactions involved in energy production). In particular, coenzyme Q10 transports electrons to the mitochondria, the cell component responsible for the production of the major energy source of body cells, adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Coenzyme Q10 is used to treat many problems, but much recent research has shown that it is a useful treatment in cardiovascular diseases such as congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, and hypertension. In almost all of the studies, coenzyme Q10 was used in doses around 100 mg/day.
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Numerous studies have been performed showing the effectiveness of coenzyme Q10 as a treatment for CHF. Most of the experimenters observed significant improvement in symptoms associated with CHF such as arrhythmia, pulmonary edema (fluid accumulation in the lungs) ejection fraction (the percentage of blood entering the heart that is pumped out), and other measures of cardiac output [6-9]. One non-comparative study involving a total of 2664 patients showed significant improvements in several symptoms associated with CHF with very few side effects. After three months of treatment with coenzyme Q10, patients with CHF showed improvement in the following symptoms: cyanosis (oxygen deprivation to the skin), edema, breathing difficulties, liver enlargement, arrhythmia, insomnia, vertigo, and others [6]. A comparative study showed similar results. 322 CHF patients were treated with a placebo while 319 CHF patients were treated with coenzyme Q10 for one year. In the end, significantly fewer patients from the treatment group were hospitalized and the treatment group also experienced a decrease in episodes of pulmonary edema [8]. These two particular studies are indicative of the results of most studies performed on coenzyme Q10 in that
they indicate the effectiveness of this molecule in improving the conditions of CHF patients with few adverse side effects.
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
In a study performed in 1999 with a placebo control, 30 CAD patients were given coenzyme Q10 (treatment group) and 29 CAD patients were given a placebo. The two groups were assigned randomly and neither the doctors nor the patients knew which patients were in which group. The two groups were compared for 9 weeks with results supporting coenzyme Q10 as a treatment for CAD. The treatment group had decreased blood insulin, glucose, triglycerides, and lipids, all of which increase risk for CAD and heart attacks. There was also a significant increase in HDL-cholesterol (cholesterol that removes fat from arteries). All of the changes were statistically significant (p< 0.05) [10].
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Coenzyme Q10 is also an effective treatment for hypertension. The study outlined above also showed a decrease in blood pressure in the treatment group. It is likely that coenzyme Q10 decreases blood pressure because of its antioxidant action. It reduces oxidative stress, thereby reducing blood pressure.
Proprietary Blend L-Carnitine
L-Carnitine is an amino acid that has been shown to be a useful treatment for heart attack patients as well as hypertensive patients. One placebo controlled, double-blind study utilized a treatment group of 81 patients and a control group of 79 patients with a recent heart attack. The groups were observed for 12 months. In comparison with the controls, the treatment group showed improvements in heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure. There was also a decrease in chest pains and arrhythmia as well as fewer mortalities in the treatment group. All of the observed differences between the two groups were statistically significant (p< 0.005). The researchers concluded that “L-carnitine is an effective post- infarction treatment because it improves the progress of the condition and improves quality of life and life expectancy” [11]. Another study observed 472 patients who had had a first heart attack. The patients received either placebo (239) or L-carnitine (233) within 24 hours of onset of chest pain for 12 months. At the end of the study, the treatment group showed significantly lower ventricular dilation and an increase in the amount of the blood entering the heart that was pumped out (end volume) [12].
Mechanism of Action
A paper by Bertella and Ronca discusses the complementary action of L-carnitine and coenzyme Q10. This means that the actions of the two molecules coincide in such a way as to make each other more effective. For example, one mechanism of L-carnitine is that it transfers long-chain fatty acids to the interior of the mitochondria where the can be oxidized. Coenzyme Q10 stimulates that oxidation. Also, L-carnitine increases the use of fatty acids, resulting in increased breakdown of triglycerides in LDL (the cholesterol that deposits fats in the arteries) while also increasing HDL. Coenzyme Q10 inhibits the synthesis of cholesterol altogether by inhibiting the production of one of the cholesterol precursors [13]. These are just some of the ways that L-carnitine and coenzyme Q10 work together to produce increased effects with even greater results for heart health.
L-Taurine
L-Taurine has been suggested to be effective in treating CHF. Much of the research showing this has been done by Junichi Azuma. He reports that L-taurine likely improves the conditions of CHF because it modulates heart contraction by controlling the calcium outside of heart muscle cells. Calcium is a very important component of muscle contraction, so L-taurines role in modulating it is likely connected to heart contraction [14].
Hawthorn berry
Hawthorn is useful in the prevention and treatment of several types of cardiovascular disease including hypertension and CHF. Current evidence suggests that hawthorn prevents oxygen deprivation, arrhythmia, high levels of fats, and high blood pressure. Hawthorn is likely so beneficial to heart health due to its antioxidant capacity [15]. A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study involving 40 patients looked into the usefulness of hawthorn extract observed an improvement in exercise tolerance, heart rate, and blood pressure [16]. Although current studies are not conclusive, the evidence indicates that hawthorn improves the conditions of CHF patients while being safe and well-tolerated in humans.
What does the product do?
Cardio EssentialsTM combines the powerful heart-strengthening substance coenzyme Q10 with L-carnitine, L-taurine, and hawthorn, other nutrients that promote heart health. All of these ingredients, particularly coenzyme Q10 have been shown in scientific research to benefit the heart, particularly in protecting against and alleviating congestive heart failure. Cardio EssentialsTM integrates these ingredients in the amounts that are most effective in strengthening the heart, resulting in healthy heart function, blood flow, heart rhythm, and heart muscle.
Who should use the product?
Cardio EssentialsTM is a safe and effective product for anyone who is concerned with heart health. However, people with previous heart problems such as congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, hypertension, or heart attacks can most benefit by using this product. Also, those who have a family history of heart disease are at a higher risk for future heart problems and could benefit from prevention
What can you expect when you take the product?
Cardio EssentialsTM is intended to improve the quality of life of people suffering from cardiovascular disease. Coupled with healthy diet and exercise habits, Cardio EssentialsTM will improve heart health and reduce the risk of cardiovascular problems. Cardio EssentialsTM is aimed particularly at improving congestive heart
failure. As a result, when you take this product you can expect to feel the effects of a healthier heart such as: increased stamina, better circulation (leads to warmer hands and feet), and more energy in general.
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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Bios Life reduces your risk for cardiovascular disease by optimizing your cholesterol and other lipid parameters. Bios Life balances the blood sugar levels, and aids in weight management. Bios Life promotes natural nutrient absorption and stimulates the immune system.
Bios Life contains a patented mixture of 5 very soluble fibers. To make the fiber matrix form extra fast in your digestive tract, the product contains calcium carbonate that upon reaction with the acid in the stomach forms carbon dioxide. This bubbling enhances the fiber effect on cholesterol. Apart from fiber, Bios Life contains three other cholesterol optimizing ingredients: phytosterols, policosanol, and Chrysanthemum morifolium.
Bios Life further contains a patented form of chromium (ChromeMate) that sensitises insulin, further lowering average glucose levels in the blood.
Who Should Use This Product?
Bios Life is a true total health product, so everyone will benefit from this product. People that have a specific need for the product are:
— persons with elevated risk for heart disease due to life style
— persons with elevated risk for heart disease due to family history
— persons with diabetes, both type 1 and 2
— persons that want to manage their weight in a natural way
Bios Life has been studied in a number of state-of-the-art clinical studies, proving that it is effective in lowering LDL cholesterol, increasing HDL cholesterol, lowering triglycerides, and average glucose levels.
Clinical Studies
Cleveland Clinic Trial by Dr. Dennis Sprecher
Published in Sprecher DL, Pearce GL (2002) Fiber-multivitamin combination therapy: a beneficial influence on lowdensity lipoprotein and homocysteine Metabolism 51, 1166-70.
Diabetes in Control Study #1 by Steven Freed and David Joffe
Published in Freed S, Joffe D (2000) The Clinical Impact of Fiber Supplementation for the Reduction of Postprandial Blood Glucose and Risk Reduction of Complications from Diabetes Diabetes in Control 12-8.
Diabetes in Control Study #2 by Steven Freed and David Joffe
Published in Freed S, Joffe D (2004) The Clinical Impact of Fiber Supplementation for the Reduction of Postprandial Blood Glucose and Risk Reduction of Complications from Diabetes II Diabetes in Control 212, 17, and Verdegem P, Freed S, Joffe D (2005) The clinical impact of fiber supplementation for the reduction of postprandial blood blucose and reduction of complications from type-2 diabetes Diabetes 54, A425.
As published by Verdegem P (2007) Viscous soluble fiber combined with phytosterols and policosanol reduces LDL-c and increases HDL-c in hypercholesterolemia Current Topics in Neutraceutical Research.
As presented by Verdegem P, Duenas V, Duenas J, Burke E. LDL- and HLD-cholesterol optimization using phytonutrient combination therapy: first line intervention and adjunct therapy to statins in 1st Asian Preventive Cardiology & Cardiac Rehabilitation Conference. 2006. Hong Kong.
Presented by Duenas V, Duenas J, Burke E, Verdegem P. A new fiber drink can serve as an adjunct therapy to statin medication in mild hypercholesterolemia. in 7th Annual Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 2006. Denver.
Pure insanity… Last week British scientists suggested that cholesterol-lowering statin drugs should be given out with fast food orders in order to erase the heart risks linked with eating fatty foods. I wonder, did these scientists miss Health Class?
We have a choice. Pharmaceutical intervention is wonderful as a last resort. However, when it appears that Science is promoting the usage of these drugs, applauding unhealthy lifestyle choice, you have to wonder what the motivation is.
Statin Drugs are a 50 billion dollar industry… Are we looking at a ploy to make it a 100 billion dollar industry?
Many of us grow to accept defeat , stop looking for a solution, and then find a way to gain acceptance for our limitations.
“If a hundred foot oak tree had the mind of a human, it would only grow to be ten feet tall!”
- T. Harv. Eker.
Accepting and glorifying unhealthy lifestyle and condition
is contributing to the growing global Obesity epidemic.
As an example, Italy crowned its twenty-first “Miss Ciccione d’Italia” or “Miss Chubby” in the village of Forcoli, near Pisa. – Read “A Different Kind of Beauty Queen”
Click this link to hear what Dr. Annie Varughese has to say about the remarkable results she’s seen in her Cardiology patients who have started on Bios Life Slim.
Whose life can you touch today?
I fully recommend Bios Life Slim to people that need to lose weight and want to lose weight. It did wonders for me. Nothing drastic, but I easily lost weight gradually. It’s easy to follow and easy to stick to. I lost 40 pounds and 17 inches off my neck, chest, waist and hips. I have more energy, sleep better and don’t have as many headaches as I used to. Friends ask how I lost so much weight and I tell them with Bios Life Slim and how easy it is. Thank you Slim!
My Dad called me shortly after New Year’s and told me about this new product he heard about called Bios Life Slim. He asked me if I would try it for a month, just a month, just to see if it could help me take back control of my weight, my health, my life. I know how IMPORTANT it was to him for me to be healthy and fit. I gave him my promise.
Actually, my weight loss journey started long before my father introduced me to Bios Life Slim. It began when my brother fell ill. At over 650 pounds, my brother went into a coma, unable to efficiently exchange oxygen during sleep because of the weight crushing in on his chest and neck. He remained in a coma for several weeks but the doctors had to keep him in a coma as they had to take very drastic procedures including a tracheotomy and ‘reverse breathing’ in order to reduce the CO2 in his blood and raise his oxygen levels. Two months had gone by and my brother was starting to wake up. It was a miracle, a sweet gift from God. We were so afraid we were going to lose him. He was awake now but… he was facing an uphill battle.
While in the ICU and subsequently in the nursing home, he became ill with many very serious viruses. One thing after the other seemed to hinder recovery. One huge challenge was how badly his muscles had atrophied during the coma. His muscles were too weak for him to walk; it was a challenge for him to even move his arm… How would he ever exercise to get this weight off?
Six months into physical therapy, he took his first steps. It was a joyous, hopeful moment. We were ecstatic! He’ll be home soon!!!!! Once he was able to walk with a walker and was off the respirator, he was released from the nursing home.
At home, though, he faced another challenge. The tracheotomy that saved his life now threatened it. His trachea would collapse with each breath, making exercise near impossible—there was a procedure that could be done to correct it, but he HAD to lose weight before they would perform the operation.
We watched him struggle and tried to be there for him but life just seemed to be too tough. Every move he made would leave him breathless. Looking back, I wish I knew about Bios Life Slim earlier. Maybe he would have been able to lose enough weight to have the surgery needed to save his life.
My mother and I started to diet… to show him that he could lose weight even though he couldn’t exercise. I lost 40 pounds. He tried to be very conscious about what he ate, he was making better food choices and drinking lots of water. Then, one day he went to sleep and never woke up again.
There are no words to describe the pain of losing a loved one. There is no pain that had ever come close to the pain I was numb, in shock, weeks had passed and I had this terrible suffocating pain in my chest. I stumbled through life for months, life just wasn’t the same without him. He was like glue, he held everyone together, now we were all falling apart. I cried and I ate, I cried and I ate. I ballooned out 80 lbs. Now at the heaviest in my life, nearly 250 pounds, I was short of breath at bedtime. I could feel pressure on my trachea from the fat in my chest and neck. I think I was starting to suffer sleep apnea from the extra weight. I would try to sleep on my side so I could breathe better but there was so much pressure that the weight would literally push my ribs out of place. I saw the chiropractor two to three times a week and she always had to pop my ribs back in place. If it hurt that bad to weigh 250 pounds, I can’t imagine how my brother suffered at 650.
Not only did I suffer in bed but in all aspects of my life. I could no longer keep up with my kids. My knees just ached. Sometimes I would crawl up and down the stairs because it was just too painful to walk. Lucky for me, my daughter thought it was funny and she crawled up with me. How blessed I am to know that she was not judging me—in a world where being fat is just about worst thing you could be. It’s more socially acceptable to be anything but fat.
I was so depressed. I had a terrible self-image. I felt so ugly, I couldn’t dress nice anymore, nothing fit, I could never find cute clothes in my size. My closet had three shirts in it, all XL or XXL, a tank top, a 3/4 length sleeve and a long sleeve shirt. Same style, in all different colors. I had one pair of size 22 pants. I never had to worry about what I was going to wear; it was the same thing every day. My zipper was broken but it was the only pair of jeans I owned that fit so I held it together with 2 large safety pins. I didn’t go out much so most of the time I just wore my jammies or sweats.
Enter my Dad and Bios Life Slim. Since starting Slim my life has turned around!
