Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 Excessive fibrinogen levels lead to abnormally high tendencies to form blood clots. After suspending the use of anti-clotting medications and substituting daily supplements of polyphenols, all of the patients showed reductions in their abnormally high tendency to form blood clots. Presumably, this improvement would reduce their risk of heart attack or stroke.
Doctors treating heart disease patients at the First Hospital of Zhe Jiang Medical University in China were also pleased with the beneficial effects of green tea polyphenols. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Contrary to common assumption, a heart attack does not occur as a result of blood vessel obstruction, but rather because of blood clots and/or soft fragments of atherosclerotic deposits making their way into the heart. The blood clots and soft pieces of cholesterol implicated in triggering heart attacks are almost never released from the rock-hard structures of the more occluded sections of an artery, but tend to be released from newly created lesions and their protective cholesterol patches. |
Mike Adams
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 When blood cell walls do not have sufficiently low viscosity, they can clump together in an unhealthy way that contributes to blood clots.
A simple way to describe this is to call it sticky blood. If you have sticky blood, you have very unhealthy blood and you will be suffering from not only blood clots but many other disorders as well, including impaired nervous system function and poor circulation to tissues and organs.
In conventional medicine, blood clots are typically treated with prescription drugs and blood thinners like aspirin. |
Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S.
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 The good are responsible for preventing blood clots, reducing pain, and causing dilation (opening) of the blood vessels, among other things. The bad are responsible for promoting blood clots, promoting pain, and causing constriction (closing) of the blood vessels. The point is not to get rid of all the bad ones, but to have a balance between the good and the bad. (For example, if you didn't have eicosanoids that promoted blood clots, you would bleed to death from a minor wound. |
Ray D. Strand
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 We placed him on a potent antioxidant and mineral supplement while he continued with his other medications. His blood clots finally cleared, and the cardiologist was able to convert Wayne's heart rhythm back to normal with electrical shock therapy.
About this same time my wife, Liz, and I were flying to the great Northwest when she showed me an article she was reading about a study on a natural nutrient, Coenzyme Q10. Liz handed me the article written by Dr. Peter Langsjoen, a cardiologist and biochemist practicing in Tyler, Texas. Dr. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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 This high dosage also caused several other unpleasant side effects, such as nausea, blurred vision, bloating, weight gain, depression, and blood clots. Doctors heard about and saw these reactions but generally dismissed them as female hysteria until the 1980s. Eventually researchers and drug companies took these concerns more seriously, and in the 1980s lower-dosage versions of the pill were created, many with 1 mg of synthetic progestin (ly-nestrenol or norethindrone), along with 100 meg of estradiol, the synthetic estrogen, which is still considered high by many scientists. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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 Metformin, with its B6- and B12-depleting effects, may add even more to the big picture of heart attack, stroke, or blood clots in diabetics. Metformin users are warned in the package information of their medicine that they have increased risk of death from these causes, compared to diabetics who are treated with diet alone or with diet plus insulin injections.
Good news: you can restore your B6, B12, and folic acid levels easily. This will reduce homocysteine and your risk of heart attacks and strokes, as well as helping to get your blood pressure within healthy limits. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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| However, because of their strong action, they can cause life-threatening depletions of potassium, calcium, and magnesium, which can increase the risk of insomnia, falls, confusion, and heat stroke as well as that of blood clots and stroke. Lasix increases the loss of thiamine (vitamin B{) in the urine, which can lead to memory deficiency and other problems, but this side effect can be corrected with vitamin supplementation. Lasix also increases calcium excretion in the urine, which leads to thinning of the bones and risk of fracture. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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| Sirving Keli, suggested that the flavonoids protected against stroke by acting as antioxidants and preventing blood clots.21
Pursuing a similar line of inquiry, Japanese investigators gathered information about medical history and daily consumption of green tea from 5,910 women older than forty who neither smoked nor drank. They discovered that stroke was less common among the women who drank more green tea. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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| In the HERS study, there was a 10% increase in mortality with HRT, related in part to a doubling of the risk of potentially lethal blood clots.49 The study by Waters and colleagues mentioned above showed that HRT accelerated the progression of thickening of the coronary arteries and doubled the risk of dying of heart disease. Based on these findings, there is no role for HRT in heart-disease prevention.
SOY
A natural product that has been promoted as a preventative for heart disease, soy is a vegetable protein present in tofu, a food widely consumed in Asia. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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| After suspending the use of anti-clotting medications and substituting daily supplements of polyphenols, all of the patients showed reductions in their abnormally high tendency to form blood clots. Presumably, this improvement would reduce their risk of heart attack or stroke.
Doctors treating heart disease patients at the First Hospital of Zhe Jiang Medical University in China were also pleased with the beneficial effects of green tea polyphenols. |
| Green tea inhibits the formation of thromboxane, and a low level of thromboxane in turn inhibits blood clots.13 Laboratory research indicates that rats given green tea extract have significantly lower thromboxane levels; this beneficial effect is not seen with processed black tea extract.14 Other studies in animals confirm that green tea lessens the clotting tendency and prevents platelet aggregation.15 Some research even suggests that EGCG is as effective as aspirin, the well known and commonly used anticoagulant, or "blood thinner.' |
| Either decrease in blood supply is usually traced to a blockage of key arteries by blood clots or cholesterol plaque. |
| After a month's course of treatment with polyphenol supplements, 95 percent of the patients experienced significant reductions in their abnormal tendency toward forming blood clots.
Another set of patients, seen at the First People's Hospital of Xiao Shan City in China, was treated with green tea polyphenols after being diagnosed with angina pectoris, a condition characterized by attacks of chest pain, usually brought on by physical exertion. Angina is often a symptom of atherosclerosis and can be a warning sign of future heart attacks. |
Ray D. Strand
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| Wayne's heart was huge, filled with blood clots, and in atrial fibrillation (beating irregularly). His situation was critical.
The cardiologist then performed a cardiac catheterization, in which he injected a special dye into Wayne's heart and coronary arteries. His arteries were fine, but his heart had definitely suffered trauma. The next test, a biopsy of the heart muscle, showed that as a result of suffering a viral infection of the heart, Wayne had developed cardiomyopathy (extreme weakness of the heart muscle). |
| His heart was still filled with blood clots, and he still was in atrial fibrillation.
The only other option the cardiologist had to offer was the possibility of sending Wayne to Abbott Northwestern in Minneapolis, where he could be put on a heart-transplant list.
You can imagine how difficult it was for me to discuss this with my patient, my friend. I also had to inform Wayne's parents, two people I had grown to love and admire, that their son's life was in serious jeopardy. To make matters more painful still, they had recently lost a younger son to lung cancer. |
Jack Challem
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 High levels of blood sugar make blood platelet cells abnormally sticky, increasing the risk of blood clots. These clots are especially serious in the tiny blood vessels of the eyes, where they can lead to blindness. In addition, cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration are strongly associated with glucose intolerance.
Nerve damage. People with diabetes have a very high risk of developing nerve damage, called neuropathy. This may lead to either pain or numbness. In the case of numbness, diabetics cannot feel foot injuries, which may become infected. |
Tom Bohager
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 Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke with Potent Enzyme that Dissolves Deadly blood clots in Hours," Health Sciences Institute (March 2002); M. Maruyama, H. Sumi, "Effect of Natto Diet on Blood Pressure," Basic and Clinical Aspects of Japanese Traditional Food Natto II, 1-3, 1998; H. Sumi et al., "Enhancement of the fibrinolytic activity in plasma by oral administration of nattokinase," Acta Haematol 84(3) (1990): 139-43.)
In 1891 Dr. Jokichi Takamine filed patent applications for "Taka koji" from Aspergillus oryzae (a fungus rich with enzyme activity). This formed the basis for Dr. |
Elaine Magee
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 Excessive omega-6 has been associated with blood clots and constricted arteries and can interfere with the body's natural conversion of plant omega-3s to the more powerful omega-3s, like those found in fish. supplement composed of a smart fat (omega-3), an antioxidant vitamin (E), and a B vitamin known to be a heart helper (niacin) helps limit the amount of cholesterol produced in the body. In the study, one group of people received a placebo (an inactive pill), another group took a supplement combining omega-3 and vitamin E, and a third group received that combo plus niacin. |
| They can spur the production of hormonelike substances called eicosanoids that can lead to inflammation and damage blood vessels, eventually leading to blood clots and constricted arteries. țExcessive omega-6 fats can interfere with the body's conversion of plant omega-3s to the more powerful omega-3s found in fish.
So what's the bottom line? These are better fats than saturated or trans fats, and some omega-6 fatty acids are actually essential to the body. Plus, they can lower heart disease risk if they replace saturated or trans fats in the diet. |
| Other foods that play a significant role in stroke prevention are ground flaxseed, which may lower the risk of blood clots, and soy foods, which can help relax blood vessels. |
Tom Bohager
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| Enzymes can be used to support the body's ability to heal the bone and the surrounding tissue after a doctor has seen to it and ward off infection or other associated problems by optimizing digestion to improve nutrient absorption, reducing inflammation, and eliminating or reducing the risk of blood clots. The addition of mineral supplements to aid in bone and tissue regeneration would also be beneficial. |
| For example, for high histamine levels, use a high amylase formula; for blood clots, use a nattokinase formula; for mucus in lungs, use a mucolase formula. See part two for specific therapies for various health problems.
REBUILD PROGRAM
The Rebuild Program is designed to aid in the overall function and maintenance of the digestive system, help restore the immune system, and provide the energy, support, and stamina needed to promote the healing and restoration necessary for obtaining restful sleep. |
| By removing excess fibrin, these proteases reduce inflammation and the risk of inappropriate blood clots, which greatly limits the risk of heart disease or stroke. By some estimates more than $50 million has been spent researching the benefits of these animal-sourced enzyme products. The evidence of their efficacy, in the form of studies, patents, pharmaceutical drugs, and credible research, is indisputable.
Though there are obvious benefits to the animal-sourced enzyme approach, there are also some potential problems. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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| Oral contraceptives also increase risk of heart attack and blood clots. Low sex drive on the pill? It's caused by low testosterone, which, in turn, is caused by the synthetic hormones. (They raise a protein in the blood called sex hormone binding globulin, which then binds to testosterone and makes the hormone unavailable). Depression on the pill? It's due to depletion of vitamins such as vitamins C and B6, needed to make the feel-good brain chemicals called neurotransmitters. (For more information on these neurotransmitters, see page 114. |
Tom Bohager
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| For example, cancer cells are surrounded by the protein fibrin. The blood clots that cause stroke and a high percentage of heart attacks are made up of this same protein. Pathogenic bacteria and parasites are comprised of proteins. Viruses are enveloped by protein, and fungal forms such as Candida contain a protein nucleus surrounded by a chitin shell (see candidiasis in part 2). Therefore, we need a plentiful supply of protease to overcome protein invaders in the body that will make us ill if left unchecked. |
Shannon Brownlee
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 This is the likely culprit in her angina, which occurs when tiny blood clots or bits of plaque get stuck in a narrow spot, temporarily blocking the flow of blood. Altschuler asks one of the technicians to bring him a stent, an expandable wire mesh tube no wider than a pine needle. In use since the late 1980s, stents have now nearly replaced balloon angioplasty as the preferred technique for opening a blocked section of artery. Altschuler takes a wire with the stent on one end and threads it up the catheter until it rests just inside the narrow spot in Crofton's artery. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Red wine may help prevent blood clots and reduce the blood vessel damage caused by fat deposits. Indeed, studies showed that people from the Mediterranean region who regularly drink red wine have lower risks of heart disease.
Recently, the British Medical Journal published a famous paper on the "Polymeal" in which researchers proposed a perfect meal that, if eaten daily, would substantially reduce the risk for heart disease as much as or more than many medications. Wine was a part of it. |
Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S.
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| The bad are responsible for promoting blood clots, promoting pain, and causing constriction (closing) of the blood vessels. The point is not to get rid of all the bad ones, but to have a balance between the good and the bad. (For example, if you didn't have eicosanoids that promoted blood clots, you would bleed to death from a minor wound.) Aspirin works by knocking out all eicosanoid production for a while, which is a little like killing a fly with a sledgehammer. Corticosteroids do the same thing. |
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