Glyconutrition and Heart Attack and Heart Disease

Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. CHD is caused by a narrowing of the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart, and often results in a heart attack.

Each year, about 1.1 million Americans suffer a heart attack. About 460,000 of those heart attacks are fatal. About half of those deaths occur within 1 hour of the start of symptoms and before the person reaches the hospital.

Fortunately, everyone can take steps to protect their heart and their life or that of someone else. The key is seeking medical care as soon as possible.

This Web page tells you about heart attack and the steps you can take to increase your chances of survival. You'll learn why a fast response to the signs of a heart attack is crucial to save lives and limit heart damage.

But isn't it much smarter to PREVENT heart disease ..or further damage if you already face the possibility of heart disease? Of course it is. Glyconutritionals provide that kind of protection and prevention.

In This Section: Glyconutrional treatment and heart disease.

	What is a Heart Attack?
	Who is at Risk
	Limiting Heart Muscle Damage

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Glyconutritional Treatment & Heart Disease

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Ask yourself just one question. Why are there so MANY different diseases, many of them completely unknown or rare in the days of your grandfather and previous generations?

	Due to the commercial "green" harvesting, glyconutrients, essential for the immune system functions, are not being produced in our fruits and vegetables. Harvesting them "green" (pre-ripened) means the glyconutrients which are always formed in the last stages of ripening, do not get produced for our consumption.
	Lack of glyconutritionals in the body is associated with IMPAIRED IMMUNITY.
	Smoking affects the immune system as well as the respiratory system in particular, lending its effects to heart disease impairment complications.
	Glyconutrition is the immune system modulator and cell communication system.

Four...yes, FOUR...Nobel Prizes involved with this discovery!

Glyconutrition involves Saccharides ...sugars. There are over 200 sugars in nature. However, eight of them are used each and every day by every cell of your body. You may be saying to yourself everyone knows that sugar is Dietary Health Public Enemy #1. Well

We are not talking about table sugar! But, still no one in his or her right mind could imagine that “sugars” would ever be taken seriously as vital nutrients. No one would dream that "sugars" could do any of the following:

	Help diabetics overcome diabetes
	Help in weight loss dieting problems
	Help heal tissue damage due to burns and accidents
	Help to keep our hormones in balance
	Help fight off viral and bacterial infections, including the common cold, various flu's and even the life-threatening strep
	Enable blood to clot
	Help improve memoryretention
	Become vital in enhancing the immune system's defense capabilities
	Provide the communication system for healthy cellular performance
	Provide new hope for fertility and dysfunctional sexual problems
	Provide powerful immune functions against many diseases such as cancer, heart disease, MS, Alzheimer's, kidney problems, HIV/Aids, arthritis, Lupus, TB, colitis, ADD, ADHD...
	Provide powerful protection and relief against a wide array of parasites...
	Help to quicken the healing time for many sports injuries...
And these are just a few of the benefits. Instead of using the word "sugar", I have been using the word that the health world is using... "Glyconutrient" (Greek word "Glyco" = sugar)

Before I tell you exactly what a "glyconutrient" really is, it may be beneficial for you and your family ... especially anyone who is struggling with health issues ...

Look at the prediction just over a decade ago provided in the Scientific American issue of January, 1993.

The day may not be far off when anti-adhesive drugs possibly in the form of pills that are both sugar coded and sugar loaded, will be used to prevent and treat infections, inflammation, the consequences of heart attacks, and perhaps even cancer. - Scientific American, January, 1993

Notice the "pills" that could be used were sugar coded (NOT sugar coated) and sugar loaded (loaded with sugar of some kind). That prediction is coming true today

The last decade has witnessed the rapid emergence of the concept of the sugar code of biological information. Indeed, monosaccharides represent an alphabet of biological information similar to amino acids and nucleic acids, but with unsurpassed coding capacity. - Acts Anatomica 161/1-4/98

"Knowledge of sugars' functions could affect medicine far beyond improving drug doses and fighting cancer. Researchers are looking into how sugars influence the development of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and infectious diseases like AIDS and herpes, to name a few. Sugars also seem poised to influence stem cell biology, organ transplantation, and tissue engineering. If these promising areas of research prove successful, "sugar pill" will take on a whole new meaning. - Glycomics by Erika Jonietz - Technology Review, October 2001

The term "sugar pill" is taking on a whole new meaning!

You are probably tempted to ask How could sugar help any of these health functions? Certainly, if ever there was a time to push the skeptics button now's the time. So, for your benefit, I will present in Table format, the 8 vital sugars discovered by electron microscope in the last decade or so...

Table 1: "Healthy Sweets"

FACT: Sucrose is the sweet sugar with which we are all familiar. Sucrose is, unfortunately, the one sugar that is dangerously overused in our American diet. It is the worst sugar for our health. In the year 1900, the average American consumed 5 lbs. of sugar annually. Today it has skyrocketed to 163 lbs. or just less than ½ lbs. of sugar per day! So, we do not intend to lead you back to sucrose. No, we are NOT including sucrose in our discussion of "healthy sweets" all. However, in the early 1990's the electron microscope allowed scientists to see for the very first time thousands of minute, hair like molecules covering each of the cells within our bodies. On each were eight different sugars. These sugars are the means of cellular communication from cell to cell. Here they are listed for you: Galactose: readily available in our diets. Converted from lactose (milk sugar). Obtained from dairy products. Sweet. Glucose: readily available in our diets. Converted from white sugar, fructose, starches. Obtained from sugar cane, rice, corn, potatoes, wheat. Too much in the average person's diet. Sweet. Xylose: not readily available in our diets. Often found in sugarless candies, gum. Sweet. Mannose: not readily available in our diets. Not sweet. Fucose: not readily available in our diets. Found in breast milk and some medicinal mushrooms. Not sweet. N-acetyl neuraminic acid: not readily available in our diets. Found in breast milk. Not sweet. N-acetyl glucosamine: not readily available in our diets. Not sweet. N-acetyl galactosamine: not readily available in our diets. Not sweet.

If you are at all familiar with health foods and the alternative approaches to healing found in different programs and therapies around the world, this list will pleasantly surprise you nd help explain the reasons these foods have the reputation they do...

Table 2: Plants/Foods with High Glyconutrient Content Known around the world for "healing" properties.
Aloe Vera Mushrooms (medicinal) Garlic Yeasts Breast Milk	Coconut Echinacea Pectins of fruit Maize Certain Saps	Astragalus Some Algae Some Herbs Certain Gums Husks

Did you ever wonder how aspirin knows where to go in the body?

How does aspirin or antibiotics or, for that matter, ANYTHING taken for pain, infections or health aids know where to go to treat the malady they're designed to cure? They are only substances without thoughts, feelings or innate directions. They cannot direct themselves. So they are transported. But, how does the body know where to take them? Until the electron microscope let scientists see the trillions of sugars in each cell's structure, mankind didn't understand how the body communicated internally?

Millions of these 8 sugars provide the 'glyco-language' code of each cell that tells the body

here's an infection here or there's a dying cell there there's a mal-functioning growth (tumor) beginning this cell needs antibody help get nutrition to these cells here's toxic waste

Anything that the cells need or sense, they communicate through the encoding of the 8 primary sugars. That is the secret to this breakthrough discovery. For the first time in history, scientists now know how the body internally communicates its needs from head to toe.

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What Is A Heart Attack?

The heart works 24 hours a day, pumping oxygen- and nutrient-rich blood to the body. Blood is supplied to the heart through its coronary arteries. In coronary heart disease (CHD), plaques or fatty substances build up inside the walls of the arteries. The plaques also attract blood components, which stick to the artery wall lining. Called atherosclerosis, the process develops gradually, over many years. It often begins early in life, even in childhood.

The fatty buildup or plaque can break open and lead to the formation of a blood clot that seals the break. The clot reduces blood flow. The cycle of fatty buildup, plaque rupture, and blood clot formation causes the coronary arteries to narrow, reducing blood flow.

When too little blood reaches the heart, the condition is called ischemia. Chest pain, or angina, may occur. The pain can vary in occurrence and be mild and intermittent, or more pronounced and steady. It can be severe enough to make normal everyday activities difficult. The same inadequate blood supply also may cause no symptoms, a condition called silent ischemia.

If a blood clot suddenly cuts off most or all blood supply to the heart, a heart attack results. Cells in the heart muscle that do not receive enough oxygen-carrying blood begin to die. The more time that passes without treatment to restore blood flow, the greater the damage to the heart.

Who's At Risk?

Heart attacks strike both men and women. However, some persons are more likely than others to have a heart attack because of their "risk factors." Risk factors are behaviors or conditions that increase the chance of a disease. Some of the risk factors for heart attack are beyond your control, but most can be modified to help you lower your risk of having a first–or repeat–heart attack.

Factors that increase the risk of a heart attack are:

Some factors you cannot control:

	Pre-existing coronary heart diseases, including a previous heart attack, a prior angioplasty or bypass surgery, or angina
	Age: In men, the risk increases after age 45; in women, the risk increases after age 55.
	Family history of early heart disease-a father or brother diagnosed before age 55; or a mother or sister diagnosed before age 65.

Some factors you can control:

	Smoking.
	High blood pressure.
	High blood cholesterol.
	Overweight and obesity.
	Physical Inactivity.
	Diet: Lack of glyconutrition in the diet can bring on chronic disease.

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Risk factors do not add their effects in a simple way. Rather, they multiply each other's effects. So, it is very important to prevent or control risk factors that can be modified. If you have one or more of these factors, see your health care provider to find out how to reduce your risk of having a first or repeat heart attack.

Are You At Increased Risk Of Having a Heart Attack?	Yes	No	Don’t Know
Do you smoke?
Is your blood pressure 140/90 mm Hg or higher, OR you have been told by your doctor that your blood pressure is too high?
Has your doctor told you that your total cholesterol level is 200 mg/dL or higher or your HDL (good cholesterol) is less than 40mg/dL?
Has your father or brother had a heart attack before age 55 OR your mother or sister had one before age 65?
Do you have diabetes OR a fasting blood sugar of 126mg/dL or higher, OR do you need medicine to control your blood sugar?
Are you a man over 45 years of age?
Are you a woman over 55 years old?
Do you have a body mass index (BMI) score of 25 or more?
Do you get less than a total of 30 minutes of physical activity on most days?
Has a doctor told you that you have angina (chest pains), or have you had a heart attack?

If you answered "yes" to any of these boxes, you're at an increased risk of having a heart attack. If you don't know your blood pressure or cholesterol, check with your doctor or health care provider.

Limiting Heart Muscle Damage

Conventional treatments for a heart attack work to open the blocked artery to restore blood flow as fast as possible to prevent or limit damage to the heart muscle, and to lessen the chance of a repeat attack. The main treatments are thrombolytic ("clot-busting") therapy, other medications, and special procedures, such as angioplasty and coronary artery bypass surgery.

To be most effective, these treatments must be given fast within 1 hour of the start of heart attack symptoms. Acting fast can save your life and limit damage to your heart.

Angina

What Is Angina?

Angina is chest pain or discomfort that occurs when your heart muscle does not get enough blood. Angina may feel like pressure or a squeezing pain in your chest. The pain may also occur in your shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back. It may also feel like indigestion.

Angina is a symptom of coronary artery disease (CAD), the most common type of heart disease. CAD occurs when plaque builds up in the coronary arteries. This buildup of plaque is called atherosclerosis. As plaque builds up, the coronary arteries become narrow and stiff. Blood flow to the heart is reduced. This decreases the oxygen supply to the heart muscle.

Types of Angina

There are 3 types of angina-stable, unstable, and variant. It is very important to know the differences among the types.

Stable angina. Stable angina is the most common type. It occurs when the heart is working harder than usual.

• There is a regular pattern to stable angina.
• After several episodes, you learn to recognize the pattern and can predict when it will occur.
• The pain usually goes away in a few minutes when you rest or take your angina medicine.
• Stable angina is not a heart attack but makes it more likely that you will have a heart attack in the future.

Unstable angina. Unstable angina is a very dangerous condition that requires emergency treatment. It is a sign that a heart attack could occur soon. Unlike stable angina, it does not follow a pattern. It can occur without physical exertion and is not relieved by rest or medicine.

Variant angina. Variant angina is rare. It usually occurs at rest. The pain can be severe and usually occurs between midnight and early morning. It is relieved by medication.

Not all chest pain or discomfort is angina. Chest pain or discomfort can be caused by a heart attack, lung problems (such as an infection or a blood clot), heartburn, or a panic attack. However, all chest pain should be checked by a doctor.

What Is Coronary Artery Disease?

Coronary artery disease (CAD) occurs when the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle (coronary arteries) become hardened and narrowed. The arteries harden and become narrow due to the buildup of plaque on the inner walls or lining of the arteries (atherosclerosis). Blood flow to the heart is reduced as plaque narrows the coronary arteries. This decreases the oxygen supply to the heart muscle.

CAD is the most common type of heart disease. It is the leading cause of death in the U.S. in both men and women.

When blood flow and oxygen supply to the heart are reduced or cut off, you can develop:

	Angina. Angina is chest pain or discomfort that occurs when your heart is not getting enough blood.
	Heart attack. A heart attack happens when a blood clot suddenly cuts off most or all blood supply to part of the heart. Cells in the heart muscle that do not receive enough oxygen-carrying blood begin to die. This can cause permanent damage to the heart muscle.

Over time, CAD can weaken your heart muscle and contribute to:

	Heart failure. In heart failure, the heart is not able to pump blood to the rest of the body effectively. Heart failure does not mean that your heart has stopped or is about to stop working. But it does mean that your heart is failing to pump blood the way that it should.
	Arrhythmias. Arrhythmias are changes in the normal rhythm of the heartbeats. Some can be quite serious.

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