The Warning Signs of Heart Disease

The Warning Signs of Heart Disease
·Chest Pain

·High blood pressure

· Fingers or toes feel cold

· Night cramps in hands or feet

· A diagonal crease in your earlobe

· Your arms or legs often "go to sleep"

· Experience numbness in the arms or legs

· Your lips or fingers have a tingling sensation

· Breathless with slight exertion or if lying down?

· On short walks, your legs get aches or pains

· A whitish ring under the cornea in your eye

· Your memory worse than it used to be

· Ankles that swell late in the day

· Loss of Sexual Potency

If you answered yes to even one of these questions, you have early warning signs of blocked arteries and cardiovascular disease. Your body is telling you that it’s time to improve your health.

Niteworks?Nitric-Oxide benefits: Through vascular nutrition, you can increase the production of Nitric Oxide, which xercises?or expands your vessels, increasing their youthful elasticity. In addition, Nitric Oxide triggered by Niteworks is an important biological messenger that causes a cascade of benefits at the cellular level, which can improve circulatory, immune and nervous-system function. Nitric Oxide influences the functioning of virtually every organ in the body, including the lungs, liver, kidneys, stomach, brain and, of course, the heart.


Nutrition that counts: Exercise and certain foods promote the production of Nitric-Oxide in your body. Niteworks is designed for nighttime consumption when your body is producing the least amount of Nitric Oxide from food and exercise. However, Niteworks?can also be used during the day. Regardless, it would be difficult to ingest the same amount of L-Arginine from foods as your body gets from this product.


Key Niteworks?Ingredients:

L-Arginine: A naturally occurring amino acid found in food proteins that the body uses to make Nitric Oxide. It difficult to consume enough L-Arginine through food to get the same Nitric-Oxide boost without Niteworks?


L-Citrulline: An amino acid in melons that stimulates the body to produce more L-Arginine, which in turn produces more Nitric Oxide.


D-Alpha Tocopherol (natural Vitamin E): This preeminent fat soluble antioxidant in Niteworks can penetrate the cell membrane to neutralize free radicals and promote cell health. Vitamin E supports the activity of Nitric Oxide and improves endothelium (vessel lining) health.


Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C): A water-soluble vitamin. Studies suggest that the combination of vitamin C, vitamin E and L-Arginine work to enhance Nitric-Oxide production.


Alpha Lipoic Acid: A co-factor in vital energy-producing reactions in the body. Assists in dilation or expansion of vessels. Also enhances antioxidant activity. Helps protect Nitric Oxide in the body.


Folic Acid: For protection of the vascular system.


Calcium Folinate: Source of folinic acid.


Lemon Balm: Perennial herb in the mint family with a history dating back 2,000 years. Helps provide a calming feeling, so you can sleep better and can awaken feeling rejuvenated.



Herbalife Niteworks Q&A
Why is Nitric-Oxide important to my health? The circulation of blood via arteries delivers oxygen and nutrients to every cell throughout your body, allowing optimum function, including repair and replication. It is understood through the work of many scientists, including Dr. Ignarro, that Nitric-Oxide production is a key component of assuring normal circulatory function and that the production of Nitric Oxide declines with age. By supplying the body with our proprietary Niteworks?blend of amino acids, it can stimulate the production of Nitric Oxide, which can help keep blood vessels toned and flexible.

Why do I take Niteworks?at night? Nitric-Oxide production declines at night. With supplementation of a potent amount of L-Arginine and L-Citrulline from Niteworks, your body can boost its natural production of Nitric Oxide. With better circulation, your body natural processes may be enhanced.

What if I forget to take it at night? Can I take it more than once? You can take Niteworks?at anytime, although with Lemon Balm restful qualities, optimally you will want to take it at night. We recommend that you take it only once per day. Additionally, during the day you are getting Nitric Oxide production from exercise and diet.

Does Niteworks?have any special restrictions for use? Yes. Niteworks?is not recommended for use by children, pregnant or lactating women and people with high blood pressure or cardiovascular disease. It is advisable for individuals with high blood pressure or cardiovascular disease to consult a physician before using this product.

What is the general news media saying about Niteworks? The Washington Post published a news article titled "Nitric Oxide Now -- Ask Me How".

Say Yes to NO – Fitness

Say Yes to NO – Fitness


My philosophy on exercise is “Make the time to exercise now, or you’ll be forced to take a break from your life in five, ten, or twenty years when you end up in a hospital bed.” We all know that being physically active contributes to maintaining good health, yet many of us feel so busy and stressed in our lives that exercise seems like just one more thing we don’t have the time or energy to do. I’m here to tell you that you need to make time. And when you do, your production of NO will go through the roof.

And you don’t have to become an Olympic athlete to get this benefit. All it takes to gain dramatic benefits is 20 minutes of sustained exercise, three times a week. Anyone can do that! No matter what your current fitness level, as long as you do something more than you are currently doing, you’re making progress – and you are producing more NO. That’s right, one of the main reasons that exercise is so beneficial, especially for heart health, is that it stimulates increased production of NO.

The cardiovascular health benefits of exercise have been discussed for years, and they are backed up by extensive scientific research. Exercise can lower your blood pressure, bring down your cholesterol levels, fight the buildup of arterial plaque, strengthen your heart, decrease your risk of certain cancers, reduce your risk of developing type II (adult-onset) diabetes, improve the quality of your sleep, and even help you lose excess weight. Is that enough reason for you to exercise?

Combined with my Say Yes to NO supplements and nutrition programs, exercise can produce massive improvements in your overall cardiovascular health. And it doesn’t require a huge sacrifice on your part. Just pick something that you find fun. It’s not all about lifting weights or running marathons.

Consider these options that can help boost your NO and protect your heart:

Walking Pilates
Jogging Cross-country skiing
Bicycling Jumping rope
Swimming Rollerblading
Tennis Rowing
Squash Gardening
Basketball Dancing
Yoga

I know that you can enjoy and stick with at least one of these heart-healthy activities. Just be sure to do at least 20 minutes a day, a minimum of three days a week. Once you get started, you’ll love the results so much that you will never want to stop

Say Yes to NO - Nutrition

Say Yes to NO - Nutrition


The subject of food is truly one of the most perplexing to me. So many people exhibit common sense in most areas of their lives, yet when it comes to food they seem to become totally irrational. The prevailing attitude, especially in the United States, seems to be that the sole purpose of food is flavor and comfort. Many people choose foods that are flavorful and satisfying in the moment, totally disregarding the true needs of their bodies. With so much well-publicized evidence that our choice of foods is critical to our health, there is no excuse for this attitude.
When it comes to NO production, proper nutrition makes a huge difference. As with most things in life, the key to maintaining your heart health through functional foods – especially when they are synergized with the nutritional supplements I recommend – is moderation. A major goal of the Say Yes to NO program is to show you that your body performs best when you feed it the nutrients it requires through the synergistic combination of supplements and the foods you choose to eat.

The best foods for NO production contain the amino acids L-arginine and L-citrulline, which work together to be converted into NO in the blood vessels.

A sampling of these foods is:
Red Meat (in moderation!)
Salmon
Almonds
Peanuts
Soy

There is much more to heart-healthy nutrition than just NO production, although in the end if it’s good for any aspect of your health, it also supports the production and action of NO. In practice, you should avoid certain types of foods that can be harmful to your health and increase your intake of others that have specific benefits.

You should avoid saturated fats, such as contained in fatty meats, poultry skin, whole milk, and ice cream. These fats can lead to elevated levels of LDL or “bad” cholesterol. Similarly trans fats, which are contained in foods including packaged cakes, cookies, butter, margarine, potato chips, and commercial salad dressings, can also lead to higher LDL cholesterol levels. These types of foods should be avoided, because increased cholesterol leads to decreased NO.

There are some fats that are good for your heart. These heart-healthy fats, including the monounsatured fats in olive and canola oils, and the polyunsaturated fats in corn, sunflower, and safflower oils, can help to reduce LDL cholesterol. There is even evidence that olive oil can help reduce blood pressure.

Another key class of foods you should have in your diet is fresh fruits and vegetables, which contain a variety of different antioxidants that provide specific benefits.

A few examples include:

Lycopene – found in the red pigment of tomatoes, lycopene helps prevent cardiovascular disease and several types of cancer.

Lutein and Zeaxanthin – carotenoids found in dark green, leafy vegetables like spinach, avocado, collard greens, and green peas. Lutein and zeaxanthin specifically target the eyes, reducing the risk of macular degeneration and retinal damage.

Alliin – contained in garlic. Alliin has multiple benefits for the immune system, it helps reduce cholesterol, and it supports the health of the digestive system.

Grapes – antioxidant effects are due to containing an array of polyphenol phytonutrients like resveratrol, anthocyanins, catechins, and quercetin. The phytonutrients in grapes are at the bottom of the “French Paradox”, in which drinking moderate amounts of wine and/or grape juice has been shown to protect the heart and blood vessels against oxidative tissue damage.

There is much more to say about the Say Yes to NO nutritional program than space permits here. In order to digest it properly your best bet is to grab a copy of NO More and dig in. I do want to leave you with a key message: my nutrition program is not about rigid, restrictive diets that are hard to follow and which make you feel like a failure no matter what you do. Instead, I am advocating a scientifically-proven, common sense approach consisting of moderate steps that anyone can take without difficulty. The big benefits to your health are worth the small effort you will make!

Say Yes to NO – Nutritional Supplements

Say Yes to NO – Nutritional Supplements


Nutritional supplements play a major role in the Say Yes to NO plan, because try as you might, it is not always possible to get the right nutrients through the foods you eat alone. Supplements allow you to make targeted contributions, in the appropriate quantities, to your nutritional intake. For increasing your NO production, there are some very specific supplements that can make an enormous difference in how much you boost your NO.



NO production is really the story of two amino acids, L-arginine and L-citrulline. These two key nutrients work together as the fuel that produces NO in the blood vessels. L-arginine is the sole precursor of NO, making its presence in the system a necessity. However, L-arginine alone does not maximize NO production. Instead, it works in conjunction (synergistically) with its sister amino acid L-citrulline. The conversion process from L-arginine to NO yields L-citrulline as a by-product. The L-citrulline by-product is in turn converted back into L-arginine, which can then produce more NO. This “turbo-charging” process is known as the L-arginine/L-citrulline Recycling Pathway and can be accelerated by providing additional L-citrulline to the body to keep the cycle going.

In order to receive sufficient quantities of L-arginine and L-citrulline, you would have to eat very large servings of specific foods that contain these amino acids. Laboratory research done by my colleagues and me has demonstrated that the optimal quantities of L-arginine and L-citrulline cannot be obtained via most reasonable food intake programs. Hence supplements are a critical element of the Say Yes to NO plan, and the most fundamental of the supplements are L-arginine and L-citrulline.

There is more to the Say Yes to NO supplement program than just the two amino acids that produce NO. Antioxidants also play a critical role, serving to protect and stabilize the NO molecules during their brief lifetime in the body. Scores of these protective antioxidants are generated naturally in the body’s cells, ensuring that the internally produced NO is available to generate constructive action. For such key antioxidants as vitamins C and E, along with several others, the body benefits from additional supplementation. As a result, my Say Yes to NO supplement regimen contains targeted antioxidants chosen specifically for their importance to NO production and protection.

Say Yes to NO (Nitric Oxide)

Say Yes to NO (Nitric Oxide)




By embarking on the Say Yes to NO Plan, my three-tiered program for age-proofing your cardiovascular system through enhanced NO production, you can lower your blood pressure and keep your vascular network clean and elastic. You will be nourishing every cell in your body without making extreme lifestyle adjustments, simply by:

Incorporating NO-friendly foods into your daily diet
Taking specifically targeted nutritional supplements
Maintaining a moderate, non-taxing fitness program

The greatest thing about my Say Yes to NO Plan is that it is firmly grounded in common sense – and my Nobel Prize winning discovery of the benefits of nitric oxide.

Each part of the program exerts a substantial positive influence on your cardiovascular health, but when they are employed together in the Say Yes to NO Plan, the result is extra powerful due to a process called synergy. With synergy, the whole literally is greater than the sum of its parts. Each element of the plan contributes not only to NO production, but also to the effectiveness of the other elements’ ability to increase NO production.

Your best results will come from adhering as closely as possible to the details of the Say Yes to NO Plan, which will allow you to take advantage of synergy. All in all, the minor lifestyle changes required to boost your NO production and nourish your cells are a small price for a huge benefit – no more heart disease and a longer, healthier life.

Who Can Benefit?

The Say Yes to NO Plan described in NO More Heart Disease is beneficial for many different types of people. For those who have already suffered cardiovascular damage – typically people over fifty, although damage has unfortunately become more common in young people as well – the program can help you reverse its effects. For those who have not yet suffered significant damage, the book provides a powerful heart disease prevention program, helping you safeguard your body from the effects of aging and other factors in heart disease.

Say Yes to NO is as much for women as it is for men. Despite many preconceived notions, heart disease is no longer exclusively the province of men. Heart disease claims the lives of some 8.6 million women every year and is now the #1 killer of women, outpacing even cancer.

Although women have a higher mortality rate from heart disease, men are still a prime target, as evidenced by their higher risk of contracting the disease, particularly at younger ages. The Say Yes to NO Plan crosses gender lines, offering a vital prescription for both men and women to enjoy longer, healthier lives.

The science behind Say Yes to NO is as direct as it can be, because I am the scientist who discovered it. Ever since the Nobel committee saw fit to reward these breakthroughs with the Prize, I have been on a nearly ceaseless journey, explaining the information in a way that non-scientists can understand and apply it. The presentation of Say Yes to NO in NO More Heart Disease is designed to give you the facts in a straightforward manner, avoiding the scientific jargon and other complexities that could obscure the main points.

Whatever you do, be sure to Say Yes to NO!

NO More Heart Disease

NO More Heart Disease
Cardiovascular disease, which affects an estimated seventy million Americans, is now our leading cause of death, making heart health a pressing issue for men and women of all ages. The result of more than thirty years of research by Nobel Prize winner Dr. Louis J. Ignarro, NO More Heart Disease demonstrates how you can prevent cardiovascular disease and help reverse it---without prescription drugs.

Dr. Ignarro was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery that nitric oxide (NO), a signaling molecule produced organically, is a vasodilator that helps control blood flow to every part of our body. The first practical application of Dr. Ignarro’s research led to the development of Viagra. In NO More Heart Disease, he focuses on how nitric oxide affects the entire vascular system: By relaxing and enlarging blood vessels, NO regulates blood pressure, prevents blood clots that trigger strokes and heart attacks, and protects against the accumulation of vascular plaque.

In NO More Heart Disease, Dr. Ignarro shares with you his Say Yes To NO regimen for age-proofing your cardiovascular system by enhancing production of this natural wonder drug. Easy to follow without extreme lifestyle adjustments, Say Yes To NO is a three-step plan that involves taking NO-boosting supplements you can find in any health food or drugstore, incorporating NO-friendly food into your diet, and following a moderate NO-boosting exercise program.

By practicing what NO More Heart Disease preaches, you will be taking the first step toward making heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular disease plagues of the past.