blood pressure – F.I.G.H.T for your health! http://lymebook.com/fight Linda Heming describes her Lyme disease healing journey Wed, 06 Nov 2013 05:54:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 Aerobic Exercise Testing in Clinical Practice http://lymebook.com/fight/aerobic-exercise-testing-in-clinical-practice/ http://lymebook.com/fight/aerobic-exercise-testing-in-clinical-practice/#respond Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:06:29 +0000 http://lymebook.com/fight/?p=1561 Stress ECG pales in comparison to www.PREMIERHEART.com. Multigate ECG requires a $35,000 advanced computerized painless 15 minute ECG but has real predictive value that you can use to motivate patients to stay on my protocol and virtually eliminate all fatal heart attacks.

The statements you can make about the badly outdated stress ECG is that it has some limited usefulness. Investing in the future moves this into meaningful predictive medicine.

Here is a statement from the proponents of the outdated stress ECG that are unwilling to move into the future and use multigated ECG from www.premierheart.com. Anyone can have this test in a cardiologist’s office in Tucson, AZ for $150 cash. That is the logical next step in testing anyone with a real desire to know the status of their coronaries better than angiograms non-invasively and quickly.

Here is the data from the attached report on stress ECG, clearly better than nothing but not very predictive. The $1000 www.bioclip.com vascular age test tells us that those who do poorly have a 90% probability they will be dead within ten years!

Here is what you might learn from a treadmill ECG. Low aerobic capacity in young adulthood appears to predict a higher likelihood of established cardiovascular risk factors later in life. Carnethon et al. performed aerobic exercise testing in more than 4000 apparently healthy males and females between 18 and 30 years of age.[95] There was an increasing risk for the development of hypertension, diabetes and metabolic syndrome with a progressively lower aerobic capacity during the 15 year follow-up, which was maintained after adjusting for baseline body mass index.

Also here is the link for those of you who couldn’t open it to yesterday’s article:http://www.scribd.com/doc/35263197/Dumbing-Down-Part-I

Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com

Full article: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/722941_2

Excerpt:

The four traditional vital signs: resting heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate and body temperature, serve as the cornerstone of a physical examination. Other assessments such as pain have been proposed as additional vital signs. To this point however, there has been limited consideration for aerobic exercise assessment as a vital sign. A wealth of literature demonstrating the prognostic, diagnostic and interventional value of the aerobic exercise assessment now exists, supporting its use in numerous clinical scenarios. Moreover, the assessment of the aerobic exercise response allows for the manifestation of physiologic abnormalities that are not readily apparent during the collection of resting data. This review will provide evidence supporting the assertion that the aerobic exercise assessment may be afforded vital sign status in future clinical practice.

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Lipoic Acid: New Research & the New Paradigm http://lymebook.com/fight/lipoic-acid-new-research-the-new-paradigm/ http://lymebook.com/fight/lipoic-acid-new-research-the-new-paradigm/#respond Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:15:33 +0000 http://lymebook.com/fight/?p=848 Linda’s comments:  ZeoGold is a very important part of the FIGHT program.  I take it daily.  In fact during the testing period I took as much as one teaspoon of ZeoGold daily.  I take this with one teaspoon=4000mg of the BioEnergyC.  I also take three additional teaspoons of BioEnergy C throughout the day.  I again urge each and everyone of you to study the FIGHT program.  I have been on the FIGHT program 1 1/2 years now, with GREAT results.  Even though I’m taking the ZeoGold, I continue to take 5 sprays, 3x’s daily and sometimes more of the ACZnano Zeolite. 

Lipoic acid is the most exciting supplement available today and it is available from Longevity Plus in ZeoGold. Please note the following comments from the attached. It is helping lower blood pressure and lowering glucose while helping chelate out toxins and repairing the liver!

“In fact, to our knowledge there are few compounds as multifaceted as Lipoic acid as a bioactive agent. It is an inducer of cellular signaling pathways, insulin mimetic, a hypotriglyceridemic agent, a vasorelaxant/anti-hypertensive compound, a metal chelator and an adjuvant for neurocognitive function. Thus, it will be important to define the precise cause-and-effect relationship between Lipoic acid and its cellular targets of immediate action. 4””

No other Zeolite has this function.

Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com

http://www.geronova.com/content/lipoic-acid-new-research-new-paradigm

Lipoic Acid: New Research & the New Paradigm
Submitted by David Carlson on Mon, 08/17/2009 – 23:11

One of the things I love about my job is that I get to read and study and think a lot about lipoic acid. In fact, I try to relate almost every new chemistry, biochemistry or molecular biology paper back to how it relates to lipoic acid which leads to frequent accusations that Im a one dimensional lipoic acid geek. I prefer to think of it as being focused as I have also realized I am an inefficient multi-tasker. Undeterred by these (sometimes) playful jabs, I get to spend time digging through the dusty old archives searching for gems of information as well as reviewing and digesting the hot off the press and even ahead of press articles.

Over the years Ive learned that time spent in the library can be as or more productive than time spent in the lab. Im currently attempting to post new info as soon as I find it and it is particularly rewarding when I find new papers supporting my theories. Until recently I never imagined joining the blogosphere until I realized it is much faster to blog the findings and theories than to design and run the experiments to prove them and to get the findings published.  Sometimes it takes several years to get from a concept or hypothesis to a completed experiment and publication. Im in touch with many lipoic acid researchers around the world but they frequently have their own agenda which is driven partially by interest but mostly by funding opportunities. Academics spend a significant of time vying for limited government funding.

Ive been working for the last couple of years compiling all the lipoic acid stereochemistry research I could find.1 I have been writing a comprehensive review article to advance my insights & ideas concerning the mechanisms of action of lipoic acid and specifically the role of stereochemistry which needs to be completed and submitted this year.2

Some of what I had to say has been recently said. Last year, Hagens group at LPI published a paper supporting their (and my) theories that lipoic acid is not really an in vivo antioxidant in the classical sense but is a stressor that induces cellular protective mechanisms.3

Yesterday, I got a Pub Med alert to the ahead of press review by the same group.4  The article is excellent and fairly comprehensive and at least raises the question of the role of stereochemistry in the mechanisms of action which was neglected in previous reviews 9,10 but doesnt go far enough to show the evidence to date indicates R-lipoic acid is superior in most cases to racemic alpha lipoic acid or S-lipoic acid. Please see my 1st blog, R-lipoic acid is the Eutomer of LA.11

So I have new motivation to finish and to publish my paper despite the up to date and comprehensive nature of the review article by Torys group. Shay et al advance many of the ideas and theories that Ive been developing over the years and introduced in an on-line publication5 and discussed in more detail in my OCC presentation.2

      Anthony Smith, Tory Hagen and David Carslon – OCC Conference, 2008.

To be fair and honest, although I realized long ago that lipoic acid was much more than an antioxidant and despite its categorization as such most likely does not exert its in vivo benefits as a scavenger of ROS, RNS, RSS7 and may in fact act via pro-oxidant mechanisms, it is difficult  to know to what extent my ideas were influenced through countless hours of discussion with Dr Anthony Smith; one of our scientific advisors while he was working with us on our early lipoic acid pharmacokinetic studies.8 Anthony got his doctorate and did post doc work in Hagens lab & is one of the co-authors of the new article and was deeply indoctrinated into this mindset. Hopefully my work had some influence on him and the LPI group as well.

Regardless of where the ideas originated, I am excited that these theories, supported by in vivo dose, concentration and time considerations rather than the heroic and unrealistic concentrations and incubation times used in vitro are finally getting out to a wider audience as it will change the way people think about lipoic acid. It also means that my ideas are being confirmed and validated by one of the worlds most respected lipoic acid research groups. That is always rewarding.

Despite what everyone thinks they know about lipoic acid, it is clear that lipoic acid is not (primarily) an in vivo antioxidant, at least in the sense of a radical scavenger. I am convinced that as this finding becomes more widely known it will direct lipoic acid research into the future and will become much more widely appreciated by the public for its unique characteristics and roles in improving the health span.

According to Shay et al;
In fact, to our knowledge there are few compounds as multifaceted as lipoic acid as a bioactive agent. It is an inducer of cellular signaling pathways, an insulin
mimetic, a hypotriglyceridemic agent, a vasorelaxant/anti-hypertensive compound, a metal chelator and an adjuvant for neurocognitive function. Thus, it will be important to define the precise cause-and-effect relationship between lipoic acid and its cellular targets of immediate action. 4

I should also add that it will be important to find its cellular targets of delayed action since it may induce downstream effects even after it has been metabolically transformed and cleared from the body.

1. http://www.geronova.com/content/research-overview
2. Further characterization of lipoic acid enantiomers provide new research opportunities. Stereochemistry, Pharmacokinetics & Metabolism: Toward a Comprehensive Mechanism of Action. Oxygen Club of California PowerPoint presentation by David A.Carlson, March,15, 2008.
The power point can be downloaded from http://www.geronova.com/content/research-overview
3. Petersen Shay K, Moreau RF, Smith EJ, Hagen TM. Is alpha-lipoic acid a scavenger of reactive oxygen species in vivo? Evidence for its initiation of stress signaling pathways that promote endogenous antioxidant capacity. IUBMB Life. 2008 Jun;60(6):362-7. Review.
4. Alpha-lipoic acid as a dietary supplement: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential. Shay KP, Moreau RF, Smith EJ, Smith AR, Hagen TM. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2009 Aug 4.
5. http://www.geronova.com/docs/controlled_release_lipoicacid.pdf
6. http://www.geronova.com/content/anthony-smith-phd
7. Reactive Oxygen Species, Reactive Nitrogen Species & Reactive Sulfur Species
8. http://www.thorne.com/altmedrev/.fulltext/12/4/343.pdf.
9. Biewenga GP, Haenen GR, Bast A. The pharmacology of the antioxidant lipoic acid. Gen Pharmacol. 1997 Sep;29(3):315-31. Review.
10. Smith AR, Shenvi SV, Widlansky M, Suh JH, Hagen TM. Lipoic acid as a potential therapy for chronic diseases associated with oxidative stress.
Curr Med Chem. 2004 May;11(9):1135-46. Review.
11. http://www.geronova.com/content/r-lipoic-acid-eutomer-lipoic-acid

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Vitamin C http://lymebook.com/fight/vitamin-c/ http://lymebook.com/fight/vitamin-c/#respond Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:34:40 +0000 http://lymebook.com/fight/?p=552

Linda’s comments:  I take the BioE’nR-G’y C that Dr Gordon speaks about here.  I have tried over 15 VitC and none could meet the standards of BioE’nR-G’y C….I have NO stomach problems….I also take ONE teaspoon 4 to 5 times daily….there is 4000mg in one teaspoon.  Of course, you have to work up to the dosing that I take.  You can find this C at www.longevityplus.com….
To avoid suboptimal Vitamin C and long term adverse health outcomes, I strongly recommend that you add the use of a vitamin C stick urine test strip to your practice.

Patients will show up with marginal levels of Vitamin C in urine and those with the color unchanged (still green)and who fail to go to the BRIGHT YELLOW color, can actually have Scurvy like problems from bleeding gums to sore joints. Anyone with marginal vitamin C levels will not respond optimally to your treatment programs.

43% needed more vitamin c in young Canadians in this study if they are to have better long-term outcomes. 33% had suboptimal, and 14% had deficient levels of serum ascorbic acid. Subjects with deficiency had significantly higher measurements of mean C-reactive protein, waist circumference, body mass index, and blood pressure than did subjects with adequate levels of serum ascorbic acid.

BioE’nR-G’y C will keep patients in the bright yellow excretion level with less frequent dosing than other vitamin C products because it is better tolerated and better absorbed.  See vitamin c research reports at http://www.gordonresearch.com/category_vitamin_c.html and more about Vitamin C Urine testing, as well as the one attached here.

Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com

American Journal of Epidemiology 2009 170(4):464-471; doi:10.1093/aje/kwp156

Vitamin C Deficiency in a Population of Young Canadian Adults
Leah Cahill, Paul N. Corey and Ahmed El-Sohemy

Correspondence to Dr. Ahmed El-Sohemy, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, FitzGerald Building, Room 350, 150 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E2,

A cross-sectional study of the 979 nonsmoking women and men aged 20–29 years who participated in the Toronto Nutrigenomics and Health Study from 2004 to 2008 was conducted to determine the prevalence of serum ascorbic acid (vitamin C) deficiency and its association with markers of chronic disease in a population of young Canadian adults. High performance liquid chromatography was used to determine serum ascorbic acid concentrations from overnight fasting blood samples. A 1-month, 196-item food frequency questionnaire was used to assess dietary intakes. Results showed that 53% of subjects had adequate, 33% had suboptimal, and 14% had deficient levels of serum ascorbic acid. Subjects with deficiency had significantly higher measurements of mean C-reactive protein, waist circumference, body mass index, and blood pressure than did subjects with adequate levels of serum ascorbic acid. The odds ratio for serum ascorbic acid deficiency was 3.43 (95% confidence interval: 2.14, 5.50) for subjects who reported not meeting the recommended daily intake of vitamin C compared with those who did. Results suggest that 1 of 7 young adults has serum ascorbic acid deficiency, in part, because of unmet recommended dietary intakes. Furthermore, serum ascorbic acid deficiency is associated with elevated markers of chronic disease in this population of young adults, which may have long-term adverse health consequences.

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Zona Plus for Blood Pressure http://lymebook.com/fight/zona-plus-for-blood-pressure/ http://lymebook.com/fight/zona-plus-for-blood-pressure/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:34:10 +0000 http://lymebook.com/fight/?p=282 You really can lower blood pressure with this device, The Zona Plus, and we still have no reports of anyone having a fatal heart attack while on Beyond Chelation Improved. Looks like a perfect combination,  but when there is a history of prior blood clots, Boluoke  should be added at least for a time. Of course, since BC-I lowers blood viscosity and so does Boluoke, the blood pressure lowering effect from Zona Plus will be further enhanced.

Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com

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HSI eAlert

Dear Reader,

It was scary.

My husband’s blood pressure kept going up higher and higher. He started out taking magnesium and a few other supplements. When those did nothing, he decided to try a beta blocker (over my very loud protests).

And still nothing…the best medicine on the market wasn’t working.

His blood pressure shot up to 190/110. We were both petrified.

Then I heard about Zona Plus…

It’s not a supplement, it’s not a drug. No, Zona Plus is a small hand-held device that uses a breakthrough technology to lower blood pressure naturally and safely. Even doctors with high blood pressure are using it!

I knew if they would put down their prescription pad and pick up Zona Plus, I had to convince my husband to try it.

But I didn’t want you to wait, so I decided to let you know about it right away.

You can learn more about this revolutionary technology by reading the special offer below. (And I’ll keep you posted on how my husband does with it…)

To your good health,

Jenny Thompson

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Dear Friend,
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All it takes is 12 minutes a day, 5 days a week—that’s just one hour total each week—to see dramatic results! And as long as you continue to perform this therapy, you’ll be able to keep your blood pressure down.
How an accidental discovery by the Air Force turned into a lifesaving breakthrough Researchers first discovered the science behind this high blood pressure therapy while trying to solve a completely different problem for the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force found many of its fighter pilots were experiencing incidents of “G-Force blackout,” a condition that causes temporary vision loss. The problem arose when the Air Force began deploying the F-16 fighter jet—an aircraft that turns very quickly, putting greater G-force on the pilot.
To find a solution, the Air Force commissioned Dr. Ronald L. Wiley, a respected cardiopulmonary physiologist. Dr. Wiley took part in a study using a certain type of isometric handgrip therapy. It was hoped that this therapy, which involved steady pressure against measured resistance, would help Air Force pilots better maneuver the F-16 fighter jet and increase their G-force tolerance. Dr. Wiley discovered this isometric therapy worked wonders to increase pilots’ G-force tolerance so they could avoid “G-Force blackout.” But it also offered another important side benefit. For pilots with slightly elevated blood pressure, the therapy actually lowered their blood pressure!
Armed with this accidental discovery, Dr. Wiley decided to research this therapy further. Working in several university laboratories over the next two decades, he eventually developed the ideal isometric therapy to safely and effectively lower blood pressure. He then tested this therapy in multiple controlled studies conducted by physicians and cardiac rehabilitation centers, and found it produced dramatic results in just weeks.

Works 4 ways to lower your blood pressure naturally Thanks to Zona Plus™, it’s easy for you to take advantage of Dr. Wiley’s breakthrough discovery and lower your blood pressure naturally. This easy-to-use device is programmed to lead you through the same isometric therapy Dr. Wiley found to be safe and effective in his studies. You simply turn it on, and Zona Plus™ guides you through each 12-minute session step-by-step.
The therapy is simple. First, you squeeze as hard as you can for 1-2 seconds with your right hand, then with your left, each followed by 10 seconds of rest. Next, you’re directed through four 2-minute sessions, two with each hand, separated by 1-minute rest periods. That’s all there is to it! And you just need to do five therapy sessions a week to see results.
Research shows Zona Plus™ works four ways to lower your blood pressure naturally:
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•          •         Boosts nitric oxide production— Zona Plus™ therapy increases the production of nitric oxide (a vasodilator), which helps relax blood vessels, thus increasing the amount those arteries and veins can stretch. This also aids in lowering blood pressure.
•         Retrains your nervous system to work more efficiently—Zona Plus™ therapy increases vagal tone. This makes your nervous system work more efficiently so you become more resistant to stress. It’s like doing three hours of yoga in 12 minutes!
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Because Zona Plus™ changes how your body works from the inside out, people who use this therapy see blood pressure improvements that are 7 times better than with regular exercise and twice as good as with medication. That’s why it’s a more effective way to lower your blood pressure than running, biking or swimming!

Proven safe and effective in 21 published medical articles To date there are 21 published medical articles that support the effectiveness of this type of isometric therapy in lowering blood pressure. They’ve appeared in respected, peer-reviewed medical journals such as the Journal of Applied Physiology, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and many others.
One recent study that appeared in the International Journal of Cardiology found that participants who performed a similar type of isometric therapy as you get by using Zona Plus™ dropped their blood pressure by an average of 13 points in just six weeks.
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Not only that, you could save a fortune on what you may currently spend on blood pressure medications. According to a Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive poll, the average cost of these drugs runs about $93 a month. That adds up to $1,116 a year! And the cost just keeps going up.
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Founder and President, Zona Health

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