Complete Heart Health Part II: HDL & Heart Health

Healthy Arteries: the role of good cholesterol, HDL, in arterial health.

The Res-Q product line offers a more complete approach to total cardiovascular health. Looking at multiple factors offers more ways to help maintain healthy arteries.

Do you know your “good cholesterol” number, called HDL? According to The National Institute of Health, “an HDL level less than 40mg is …a major risk factor…” and “the higher, the better.” HDL “picks up” cholesterol in the bloodstream and disposes of it. Having more of it, having a higher number, is a good thing because the good HDL cholesterol helps promote healthy arteries by trying to keep the LDL cholesterol from “building up in the walls of the arteries.”


Although regular exercise helps raise HDL, please first consult your doctor for advice, before attempting an exercise program on your own.

Niacin, (nicotinic acid), has been shown in clinical studies to increase HDL.

Res-Q HDL+, a unique, natural, No-Flush Niacin, is the best form of niacin. Our customers have had health benefits from just 2 capsules per day, one capsule in the AM, and one capsule in the PM. Some doctors recommend more.

Use Res-Q HDL+, with Res-Q 1250, our pure, potent omega-3; omega-3’s and HDL encourage healthy, flexible, elastic arteries, very important when maintaining cholesterol levels that are within the normal range.

Res-Q 1250 is available in capsules or liquid.

References:

High Blood Cholesterol, Diseases and Conditions, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health

Elevated blood sugar can damage the blood vessels

If your blood sugar is currently elevated, you should discuss with your doctor, strategies to lower it.

Res-Q 105, a natural extract of pumpkin, can help maintain a healthy blood sugar level when used as part of the diet. Res-Q 105 is a natural dietary supplement that promotes blood sugar metabolism. If you are not sure what your blood sugar level is, it may be a good time to check it.

Maintaining a healthy blood sugar level is important to maintaining healthy blood vessels. If you are trying to maintain a healthy blood sugar level, along with diet, taking Res-Q Resveratrol, our red wine extract, in addition to Res-Q 105 would be a good idea. Research shows that resveratrol, an active ingredient in red grape skins and red wine, helps maintain healthy blood vessels by minimizing the amount of damage to the blood vessels from high blood sugar.

The most recent research on resveratrol also indicates that resveratrol functions to support insulin function, and in a recent human study, helped support blood sugar function.

Res-Q 105, when used as part of the diet plan, helps maintain a healthy blood sugar level.

Res-Q Resveratrol, should be used in addition to, not in replace of, Res-Q 105, our main primary product to support blood sugar metabolism.

Maintaining a healthy blood sugar level, helps maintain healthy blood vessels.

References:
Diabetes, Resveratrol may help prevent blood vessel damage. Centre Daily Times, April 2008, Refer to Diabetes Obes Metab. 2008 Apr;10(4):347-9. Resveratrol blocks high glucose-induced mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production in bovine aortic endothelial cells: role of phase 2 enzyme induction?

FoxNews, Mon, Jan. 7 2008, Sirtris Announces Positive Results with Proprietary Version of Resveratrol, SRT501, in a Phase 1b Type 2 Diabetes Clinical Study

Omega-3 news: omega 3 helps the heart

Omega-3 is good for our heart health. Scientific research studies show over and over again that taking omega-3 can help us live longer.

Recent news confirms that omega-3 is good for the heartbeat. The recent report linked omega-3 fatty acid intake with changes in the heart rate in older adults.

Scientists want to learn more about how omega-3 affects the heart.

Recent research was conducted to see if “habitual consumption of omega-3 fatty acids would be associated with more favorable heart rate variability”, a factor that “…predicts cardiac death and reflects specific electrophysiological pathways and influences.”

Omega-3 fatty acid intake was linked to “…“more optimal” values of various HRV indicies” helping us to see how omega-3’s are good for the heart.

Learn about our omega-3 supplement, Res-Q 1250.

References:

1 Dietary Fish and w-3 Fatty Acid Consumption and Heart Rate Variability in US Adults. Circulation. 2008;117:1130-1137

2 Consumption of fish/fish oil associated with specific heart-rate variability parameters. HeartWire.