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Dr. Stephen Sinatra
Myth: If you eat a good, balanced diet, you don’t need supplements! Fact: Much scientific evidence validates the benefits − even lifesaving benefits − of many nutritional supplements. My Recommendation: Go for optimum health. Supplement smartly. Many doctors… Continue Reading
Ladies, listen up! Contrary to popular belief, high blood pressure is not just “a man’s problem.” According to the American Heart Association (AHA), women make up almost half of all adults with hypertension, a leading risk factor for… Continue Reading
What are mitochondria? They are the microscopic “power plants” inside your cells that produce the energy that runs your body. Mitochondria are microscopic refineries that make adenosine triphosphate (ATP) − the body’s basic fuel − from oxygen and… Continue Reading
Metabolic cardiology is a new field of medicine which concentrates on the prevention, management, and treatment of cardiovascular disease at the cellular level, through biochemical interventions that are native to the human body. Diseased hearts are energy-starved, which… Continue Reading
Targeted Supplements for the Heart Supplementation with what I’ve nicknamed, the “awesome foursome,” is the most targeted way of sustaining your heart’s energy needs. Supplements enhance health at the cellular level and provide nutrients necessary for metabolic processes…. Continue Reading
This class of drugs includes Tambocor (flecainide), Procanbid (procainamide), Cordarone (amiodarone), Betapace (sotalol), and Lanoxin (digitalis or digoxin). Arrhythmia is the diagnosis used by cardiologists when the heartbeat is irregular or its rhythm is abnormal, due to problems… Continue Reading
[A few] years ago an unusual story in the media caught my attention. It was about a doctor who was treating her husband’s early onset Alzheimer’s disease with, of all things, coconut oil. Steve Newport was 58 at… Continue Reading
Abstract Gulf War Syndrome, chronic fatigue, migraine headache, mercury toxicity, diastolic dysfunction (DD), statin cardiomyopathy, and likely many other conditions, share a common and overlooked denominator – mitochondrial damage, deterioration, and dysfunction leading to impaired production of adenosine… Continue Reading
Mary “When I first saw Mary in the intensive care unit in Connecticut’s Manchester Memorial Hospital in October of 1996, she lay comatose and respirator dependent, responding only to verbal command and pain stimulation. Sadly, her days appeared… Continue Reading
Congestive heart failure, a condition in which the heart has weakened and can no longer efficiently circulate blood throughout the body, afflicts approximately 5.7 million people in the United States; sadly, it plays a role in approximately 1… Continue Reading
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