You can keep your arteries clear and healthy without using a drug

Dirty little secrets

Here are three dirty little secrets your doctor won’t tell you…

1) Lower your cholesterol all you want — you can still have blocked arteries with low cholesterol

2) People with high cholesterol often have no problems with narrowed arteries

3) You can keep your arteries clear and healthy without using a drug

Plenty of research backs up these three “secrets.” But most people are unaware because drug companies have done an amazing job of selling cholesterol fear.

Of course, they also sold a TON of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs. And it’s the most successful swindle in drug history. They literally robbed millions of people, and left them with their health at GREATER risk.

But there is a safe way to guard your arteries and your heart.

Doing what a drug can’t do

In a new study, researchers recruited 65 middle-aged men with CAC scores of 10 or more. CAC is a “coronary artery calcium” scan. A score of 10 suggests mild to moderate plaque buildup.

For one year, researchers gave the men a placebo, or a combination of CoQ10 and garlic extract. Results showed that C-reactive protein (CRP) went up in the placebo group, and down in the intervention arm.

As I’ve mentioned before, CRP is an inflammation marker. And inflammation is one of the key players in plaque buildup.

Ready for the kicker? Arterial plaque progression was FOUR TIMES higher with placebo compared to the intervention group.

Just imagine if a drug could do that. Drug executives would kill for a product that could get those results.

Too bad for them. They’ll have to rely on natural treatments like the rest of us.

CoQ10, of course, is the super-antioxidant that repairs free-radical damage to the heart muscle. And alternative doctors have known about the heart-health benefits of garlic for eons.

More recently, research shows that red blood cells convert garlic components into a molecule that reduces — yep — inflammation.

So remember this: Forget statins and reduce inflammation. You may not get a zero on your CAC, but you won’t get an Rx either.

Sources:
“Aged garlic extract and coenzyme Q10 have favorable effect on inflammatory markers and coronary atherosclerosis progression: A randomized clinical trial” Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Vol. 3, No. 3, July-September 2012, jcdronline.com

“Trial uncovers protective effect for multinutrient supplementation against cancer” Life Extension Update, 10/26/12, lef.org