Archive for September, 2009

Published by admin on 30 Sep 2009

Atrial Flutter: More Than Nerves

Unfortunately, a consistently fluttering heart doesn’t have the same innocuousness in real life as it does in a good love story. An atrial flutter is an abnormality in the beating of your heart. Rapid or irregular heartbeats are rarely life-threatening when taken care of. However, without proper attention, an atrial flutter can lead to a stroke or other heart problems in the later years of your life. The main concern with having this heart trouble is that when your heart feels like it’s flying, the blood is not flowing properly through your body. Therefore, your vital organs are not receiving the proper nutrients and oxygen they should be.

High blood pressure, congestive heart failure, hypertrophy, blood clots, and hyperthyroidism can contribute to an atrial flutter. Alcohol and stimulants, (drugs, diet pills, even caffeine!) can cause an atrial flutter as well. Sometimes, there is no known cause to an irregular heartbeat.

Finding a reason for an atrial flutter is not always easy. An electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) will be utilized to determine whether a true atrial flutter is causing the abnormality in the heart or if some other circumstance, such as anxiety, is the culprit. An EKG measures the electrical source that controls the beating of your heart; it can usually tell where the irregularity is happening within the heart. It can also tell if you’ve had a heart attack or stroke in the past and whether or not there are abnormal chemicals residing in the valves.

Irregular heartbeats due to anxiety or stress can be easily remedied with techniques of relaxation including deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) or yoga. However, people diagnosed with a true atrial flutter may be put on medication, told to stay away from alcohol and stimulants and monitored for further problems. If a person with an atrial flutter is experiencing unrelieved or severe pain, doctors will most often recommend synchronized cardioversion.

A an easy alternative aid for inconsistent blood flow is EDTA Chelation Therapy. Chelation therapy removes heavy toxins or metals, that clog your arteries and restrict your blood flow, from your body. Cardio Renew’s 6 week therapy program is a way to help heart patients stay healthy. For more information on how chelation therapy can help you, contact a Cardio Renew representative.

Published by admin on 28 Sep 2009

Diet & Exercise: Moving Your Body and Portion Control

Everyone knows that dieting and exercising are important. It’s hammered into our brains every day no matter where we go. In commercials, on billboards, and in articles in a magazine or on the internet, exercise is promoted. Do>Groove commercials encourage you to get out and move your body every day as part of a healthy lifestyle. Dieting commercials are relentless in promoting the latest fads or trends in the market today. Though they always promise you fantastic results, not all of them work. Following a proper diet and exercise program is essential for a healthy, energized lifestyle.

Exercise improves your mood by knocking stressful symptoms out of your body. It also helps with or prevents impending diseases such as heart failure, osteoporosis, high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes. Some form of daily exercise will improve your overall energy and improve your sleep patterns. The increased energy from working out improves your sex life by giving you more stamina and making you feel better about your physical appearance. Exercise also brings fun into your life. By playing with your kids at the park, playing touch-football with friends or doing yoga in a fitness center class, exercise brings about social interaction which is vital for your mental health. Social Interaction reduces depression, increases endorphins, and brings about a sense of belonging which is a basic human necessity. Exercising can be as easy as forcing yourself to walk across the parking lot by parking far from the doors. You can also make it a rule that whenever you are only going three floors up or less, you take the stairs. Both these lifestyle changes can dramatically increase daily exercise. The most important thing is to set up a regiment and stick with it.

Dieting is not always easy. The word diet can cause people to cringe. However, proper dieting can be easy. It’s all about choosing the right foods and portion control. Eating a balanced diet of your basic food groups in important. Choosing healthy snacking habits is just as vital. Learning when to eat or how to eat is not necessarily instinctive. Talking to a health professional will help you determine which foods you need to eat more of and which foods to cut out. Portion control is the key to your weight loss regiment. Indulgence is permitted in healthy dieting as long as it’s not overdone. Controlling what you eat shouldn’t be a bad thing. Learn new ways to jazz up a salad or tasteful new recipes for preparing fruit and vegetables. At dinnertime, decide that the recipe containing red meat will be a side dish rather than the main course which causes you to eat far less of it. Don’t think of it as dieting so much as eating healthier. One apple, fat-free yogurt, a handful of pretzels, single serving Lite microwave popcorn, or a ½ cup of cereal with skim milk are examples of portion control snacks that are good for you. That doesn’t mean you can’t ever have that piece of chocolate cake. Indulging yourself once in awhile is a good thing because it cuts back on binge eating.

Diet and exercise helps cleanse your body of fatty acids and heavy metals. EDTA Chelation Therapy is a great way to help your body rejuvenate itself while working on your healthy lifestyle. By cleansing your arteries, your enriched blood flow will provide nutrients and oxygen to your entire body, therefore increasing your energy and reducing everyday aches and pains. Contact a chelation therapy representative today to find out more on how Cardio Renew can help promote a healthy lifestyle for you!

Published by admin on 24 Sep 2009

Bring Yourself to Life Again With Cardio Renew

Do you ever feel tired walking up the stairs in your house or shortness of breath walking across the parking lot to your vehicle? When was the last time you found yourself looking forward to walking, running, or doing any form of exercise? Don’t you wish you could feel energized throughout the day without the kneading pangs of exhaustion flowing through your mind and body? Numbness, pain, or coldness in the feet, legs, wrists and hands can be a daily occurrence for some people. Blockage in your arteries reduces the flow of healthy, rich blood throughout your body resulting in these issues. Saturated in oxygen and nutrients, healthy blood flow increases overall energy, cleanses the heart and arteries and reduces numbness and pain throughout the body. Waking up in the morning and spending your day pain-free and full of energy is one of the greatest feelings!

The benefits of EDTA Chelation Therapy far outweigh any side effects. Designed as a six week program, EDTA chelates calcium, minerals and heavy metals out of your bloodstream to cleanse the arteries and improve overall heart functioning. The chelation program will not take necessary calcium—stored in your bones, teeth, and cells—from your body. It will only reduce the free-floating calcium which causes plaque buildup in your arteries. Side effects include nausea, stomach cramps, and diarrhea which results from taking more than the recommended dosage. Lightheadedness, headaches, and fatigue can also occur for people with high or low blood pressure and mineral deficiencies as the chelation program helps your body return to normal.

Vitamin E and C are recommended supplements while on the chelation program. Multi-Vitamins should not be taken until the six week program is over. However, if you need to take a multi-vitamin and can not go off of it for six full weeks, there are exceptions. Contact us to learn more regarding this issue. A maintenance program is recommended as well after completing the six week program. Some people even take it after completing an IV chelation therapy program provided by local health professionals. Talk to a customer service representative for more information.

Cardio Renew is a great way to bring back your old energy. Our testimonials praise the many effects EDTA Chelation Therapy has on your body. Many of our customers have found that by following the six week program, they have renewed old energy that has been gone for many years. Some patrons in their fifties and sixties are told by their doctors that their heart is as healthy as one belonging to a twenty to thirty year old. This program is designed to reduce the blockage in your arteries therefore increasing blood flow throughout the body. In turn, this helps alleviate numerous health issues people deal with every day. Cardio Renew chelation therapy should be completed alongside regular diet and exercise, both of which are essential for a healthy lifestyle.

Contact us for more information regarding our Cardio Renew program. If you have any questions, our customer service representatives will gladly answer them for you, all with no further action required on your behalf. We’re sure that after reading our testimonials and learning of the benefits, you will find that EDTA Chelation Therapy is a great way to bring yourself back to an energized, healthy life again.

Published by admin on 22 Sep 2009

Scleroderma: A Short Synopsis

Living with Scleroderma can evolve your overall perception of self due to this cosmetic, and sometimes life-threatening, disease. Though very rare, it affects mostly women, ages 30-60. It is a disease that results in small or large patches of skin that resemble scar tissue. Usually visible most on the face, arms, and legs, Scleroderma is a very visible, difficult disease to deal with as there is no cure or treatment to get rid of the disease or prevent it from spreading throughout the body.

Scleroderma is a chronic disease that ranges from minor skin lesions to life-threatening organ diseases. A disease caused by the thickening or tightening of skin, Scleroderma is a difficult syndrome to deal with whether severe or not.

Localized Scleroderma can be relatively minor, resulting in skin lesions that cause cosmetic problems. However, this form of the disease can also cause scarring deep into your body, incorporating the muscles, fat and, on rare occasions, bone as well. This can make it difficult to maintain normal functioning of the area affected.

Systemic Scleroderma can be critical, affecting both your skin and your internal organs. It is due to an increase of accumulation of collagen and other proteins which can settle in your skin and lead to your internal organs including your kidneys, lungs, and heart.

Scleroderma is a relatively rare disease affecting under 100,000 people in the United States. However, of these affected, 75% are female. Your arteries can be affected; doctor’s usually see signs of dilated arteries in the face, arms, or legs.

There is no cure or overall treatment for Scleroderma, however EDTA Chelation Therapy is a six week program that cleanses the blood and reduces the blockages in your veins and arteries. This increases blood flow throughout your body which can be restricted by Scleroderma. Cardio Renew will reduce or eliminate clogging of your arteries in just a short six weeks. Improving your blood flow will increase your overall health. While chelation therapy will not cure the disease, it can help with the problems that occur as a side effect of having this disease. For more information, visit the Scleroderma Foundation.

Published by admin on 21 Sep 2009

Women and Heart Disease: Become Heart-Health Conscious

Heart disease is among the top preventable health scares for women living within the United States. With the statistic—of women diagnosed with a heart problem—rising every year, the number of heart attacks has risen as well. Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the most common problem women have with their heart. This means the arteries that deliver blood to the heart have narrowed or clogged, causing insufficient blood flow. With CAD, the heart does not distribute blood throughout the body the way it should. This leads to ailments such as shortness of breath, back aches, fatigue, and lightheadedness. However, many women dismiss them as nothing, leaving themselves susceptible to major problems later on.

At Heart Healthy Women, research shows that “shortness of breath seems to be a particularly important symptom for men and women, though it is often not thought of as a serious medical concern. In a study of nearly 18,000 men and women (40% were women), those who experienced shortness of breath were 3 to 5 times more likely to die from heart disease than those who did not have this symptom.” Continue reading…

This can also lead to a heart attack or stroke if the problem is not caught early and treated. Women experience the physical symptoms of heart disease more often than men do. In this case, they are lucky because they are able to catch the problem early on. It is time to take action and look at how you can improve your health; enlighten yourself with a comprehensive overview of the risks, symptoms, and outcomes of heart disease by talking to your doctor.

There are a few simple things you can do to improve your overall health. The first would be to change your eating habits. Consuming more natural, organic foods including your basic fruits, vegetables, and grains is a big step towards becoming more heart-health conscious. Also, exercising regularly, even if it is power walking for ten minutes a day, helps your body to cleanse your blood vessels and arteries.

Finally, EDTA Chelation Therapy is a great six week program to bring your heart back to a healthy, functioning organ. It helps cleanse your arteries and increases blood flow—rich in oxygen and nutrients—to your heart. Become more heart-health conscious today with Cardio Renew!

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