THE GREATEST MEDICINE OF ALL… IS TEACHING PEOPLE HOW NOT TO
NEED IT
Little-known Nutrient Slashes Heart Disease Death by 44 Percent
By Dr. Marc S. Micozzi, M.D., Ph.D.
Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death for men and women in the United States. But research shows that supplementing with one simple nutrient can slash your risk of dying from it by a whopping 44 percent, as I'll explain in a moment.
But first, let's talk a little more about this mighty nutrient…
CoQ10 critical for cell health
Your body naturally produces co-enzyme Q10 (or CoQ10). It's found in every single cell in your body…and the heart has the highest concentration of it. You can also find it in certain foods, such as organ meats, fatty fish, spinach, cauliflower, broccoli, lentils, and sesame seeds. (As you probably notice, these foods belong to the healthy, balanced, Mediterranean-type diet.)
So, what makes CoQ10 so mighty?
Well, first and foremost, CoQ10 plays a critical role in cellular metabolism, carried out by your mitochondria (your cells' energy factories). It basically helps the mitochondria do their job better—giving you the energy you need to power through the day.
CoQ10 also acts as an antioxidant, protecting all your cells and cell membranes from oxidative damage. It also helps your body to "regenerate" vitamins C and E (which work together as antioxidants). In other words, CoQ10 may actually reduce your daily dietary requirements for vitamins C and E…and help prevent deficiency and insufficiency of them.
Last but not least, CoQ10 supports your immune system and helps ward off chronic inflammation. (Remember, chronic inflammation plays a major role in the development of chronic disease, including cancers, dementia, Type II diabetes, heart disease, and others.)
Decreased production of CoQ10 as you age
As you get older, your body stops producing as much CoQ10. And a deficiency can lead to milder problems like cognitive decline, muscle aches, and fatigue…to more serious conditions like kidney failure, Type II diabetes, and heart disease.
To make matters worse, we know cholesterol-lowering statin drugs—which are widely taken in a futile attempt to lower the risk of heart disease—further impair CoQ10 production and cellular metabolism.
Therefore, in my view, anyone still taking a statin drug must supplement with CoQ10. In fact, almost 20 years ago, a big pharma manufacturer took out a patent application for a statin-CoQ10 combination formula. But they never marketed the combo. When I asked the manufacturer why they didn't offer the combination product, their answer was "no comment."
Now, let's get back to the study I mentioned earlier…
CoQ10 protects the heart over the long-term
In a 2014 study that appeared in the prestigious Journal of American College of Cardiology, researchers randomly divided 420 patients with moderate-to-severe heart failure into two groups. The first group took 100 mg of CoQ10 three times daily (300 mg per day) for two years. The second group took a placebo.
Over the two-year follow-up period, 44 percent fewer people in the CoQ10 group died of cardiovascular disease (or any other cause) compared to the placebo group.
Additionally, when they looked at cardiovascular disease events (such as heart attack) and hospitalizations, the protective effect was even stronger…
Over two years, 26 percent of the placebo group experienced heart disease events. By comparison, just 15 percent of the CoQ10 patients experienced them. Similarly, 14 percent of the placebo group required hospitalization for heart disease. But only 8 percent of the CoQ10 group required it.
Overall, CoQ10 posed a safe, efficient, and cost-effective treatment for patients with heart failure. Simply put, it reduced major heart disease events, hospitalizations, and deaths.
Pay close attention to quality and dosing
Clearly, CoQ10 supplementation offers potent heart health benefits. But, as always, dose, quality, and form of the supplement are crucial.
So, make sure you choose a high-quality CoQ10 supplement, or a combined dietary supplement with CoQ10 as an ingredient, from a source you can trust.
In terms of dosing, I recommend taking 100 mg a day for general health. If you already have heart concerns, I recommend taking 200 mg per day. Lastly, look for a product that specifically says ubiquinol on the label. If the bottle only says "Coenzyme Q10," or "CoQ10," it's probably ubiquinone—the less well-absorbed biochemical form. Whereas the ubiquinol form helps ensure that CoQ10 molecules are in the best form for the body to readily absorb and disperse.
My comment about the following Covid-19 Consumer Protection Act article:
As the US gets closer and closer to a totalitarian state
where all information and ideas are controlled by the government, the following
types of articles are more important than ever. It was written by a US MD
doctor who is well known around the world. His thoughts are timely and worth reading.
Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, May 1, 2021
Is the "Covid-19 Consumer Protection Act" Protecting the Consumers or Hurting Them?
Commentary by Richard Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
May 1, 2021 - The warm April southeastern US sunshine and breeze caressed my face as I drove to my badminton games. With the car top down to absorb as much sunshine as possible, I thought to myself, it will boost my vitamin D level and boost my immune system against viral infections, especially SARS-Cov-2. Common sense and both western and Chinese medicine tell us that eating a healthy diet, exercise, sunshine, and balanced nutrition are a major part of disease prevention measures, Covid-19 included.
In addition to vitamin D, I have also been taking vitamin C, zinc, quercetin, and several other vitamins and antioxidants as part of my routine immune boosting and health maintenance measures As a result, my health today is a lot better than 10 years ago.
Today I just received another invitation as a guest on a TV network (CGTV, the English-language channel of China's Central TV network) to discuss the integrative medical approach (traditional Chinese medicine) to Covid-19. I have been a regular guest on their shows for over a year. This is one of the few media outlets where I can share my views on medicine and health. I have been censored numerous times on other social media platforms for sharing my scientific research and patient management experience.
Most people who catch SARS-Cov-2 virus don't develop symptoms or have mild to moderate symptoms. Only a very small percentage of those infected with SARS-Cov-2 develop clinically severe or critical diseases. We all know that elderly and people with chronic diseases tend to have higher mortality rates and more serious symptoms of Covid-19. The bottom-line is that one's health status determines the outcome when one catches a pathogen. To prevent oneself from catching an infection, or to reduce the severity of an infection, one needs to boost immunity. This is simply common sense Do we really need to quote the abundantly available research data to support this conclusion?
Censorship of licensed healthcare providers
While enjoying the ride and organizing my thoughts on my
CGTV interview, I couldn't shake off the disturbing email I just received. One
of my friends sent me an email about the "Covid-19 Protection Act"
and its first victim.
More lunacy from the federal government threatens doctors with $10,000 fines if they tell you the science about how vitamins and minerals can help with COVID. And the first victim to suffer under this new law is a St. Louis chiropractor who was recommending Vitamin D and zinc supplements to his clients, and is now charged as a criminal... ( https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/covid-natural-remedies-banned-as-doj-and-ftc-seek-to-silence-doctors-promoting-vitamin-d-c-zinc-etc/
This morning, I also received a completed video from Dr. Susan Downs who interviewed me on my thoughts of censorship ( https://vimeo.com/536631433
In this video, Susan and Kevin Sorbo interviewed many doctors, scientists, patients and others. I remember the moment during the interview when I got a bit emotional because I simply couldn't believe that this final "land of freedom," my adopted country is rapidly looking more and more like the land that I emigrated from 35 years ago.
Where else can I escape to?
So what's going on in America?
How can educating the public about living a healthy
lifestyle, with nutritional support to strengthen our immune system to protect
or prevent Covid-19, possibly be subject to prosecution?
Do we need still more randomized controlled studies to prove the effect of vitamin C and vitamin D in preventing and treating Covid-19? No, for these are not drugs; they are essential nutrients. Will whomever promotes supplements of essential nutrients be prosecuted? Then what about healthy lifestyle and exercise? If I educate and promote a healthy lifestyle, a healthy diet, and exercise, to improve health and prevent or reduce the severity of Covid-19, am I violating this "Covid-19 Consumer Protection Act?" I have not seen any clinical trials of these important components of a healthy lifestyle that are specifically designed for Covid-19. So without clinical trial data, is it correct that we're not allowed to advise our patients of these common sense approaches? If I do, will I be prosecuted?
All of a sudden, I get the feeling that I don't know how to practice medicine anymore, after 40+ years in medicine. Is this "Covid-19 Consumer Protection Act" really helping the consumers or hurting the consumers?
Why do some people develop serious disease while most don't?
My medical career, biochemistry PhD, and traditional Chinese medicine have all taught me that to prevent diseases, to achieve optimal health and longevity, one needs to take an integrated approach of what I call "3 New Views of Health/Medicine,"
- Integrative
- Natural
- Balanced
The focus of my presentations is the true and correct understanding of Covid-19: the key mechanism in the small number of patients that succumb to severe Covid-19 is the cytokine storm / exuberant oxidative stress, which I (and others) pointed out over a year ago https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32328576
Preventing the cytokine storm/oxidative stress with early and adequate doses of antioxidants (vitamins E, C, glutathione, lipoic acid, CoQ10) will help to stabilize cell membranes and prevent lipid oxidation. There was already abundant basic research and clinical data to support this before the Covid-19 Pandemic. If early in the pandemic this "antioxidant" approach had been adopted as we (and others) proposed, it would likely not have gained the momentum that we see today. In a little over a year, more research (more than 2500 papers in Pubmed.gov to be specific) have appeared in this subject area, providing direct research and clinical data on Covid-19.
Supplements of antioxidants given early in adequate doses are safe, inexpensive, and effective for prevention and treatment. The benefit/risk ratio for patients clearly dictates the wide application of this approach. Unfortunately, this approach is not widely used! But now, the promotion / recommending of this approach under the "Covid-19 Consumer Protection Act" is even illegal and may be prosecuted.
What kind of world do we live in today?
(In addition to practicing in Columbia, South Carolina, Dr. Richard Cheng is a consultant to several hospitals in China, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Nutritional Oncology, China. He is a member of the editorial board of the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, where he is the editor of the Chinese version. His website is http://www.drwlc.com
Time-Restricted Eating Improves Health
Ancient Ayurvedic medicine of India links all health and disease to diet and digestion— and recommends only eating when the solar fires burn most brightly in the sky (beginning around 11 a.m. and going only until around 2 p.m.).
This kind of intermittent fasting or "time-restricted" eating has gotten a lot of attention in recent years. Basically, it means you shorten your "eating window" and increase the amount of time spent not eating during the day.
Most people already do one, natural, long fast during the night. Indeed, breakfast literally means, "break the fast." And studies show that when you extend and enlarge that nighttime fasting window beyond eight hours, it helps you lose weight and avoid disease.
In fact, one modern study found that when you fast for 14 hours or more a day (and only eat between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., for example), most people reduce their calorie intake by 20 percent and achieve significant weight loss. (Personally, I'm not hungry when I first wake in the morning. So I typically wait a few hours before eating and naturally limit intake time to 14 hours duration or less.)
Indeed, skipping breakfast altogether may be the most important step you can take for your health. (Just don't expect an admission from the purveyors of packaged, processed breakfast cereals…who still insist breakfast is the "most important meal of the day.")
But here's the really interesting part…
Smaller eating window optimizes your metabolism
Calorie reduction alone doesn't entirely explain why people lose weight and improve blood sugar control during an extended fast. In fact, science show that keeping a shorter eating window, which coincides with the natural, circadian rhythm, actually helps your body operate more efficiently and boosts your metabolism…so you naturally burn more calories!
Of course, it remains unclear if there's an "optimal" time of day to engage in exercise. Though, some studies suggest exercising right before bed impairs melatonin production—required for you to wind down and fall asleep. But other than that, feel free to engage in a schedule that suits your personal preferences.
Just remember that the science shows you need to engage in just 140 to 150 minutes of physical activity total per week to boost your overall health and longevity. And housework and yardwork all count toward that weekly total!
So, in the end, strive to eat your first meal of the day later in the day…and your last meal of the day earlier in the day. Then, aim to get your exercise somewhere in between.
Aspirin Seems To Thwart Deadly Coronavirus Blood Clots
By Marc S. Micozzi, M.D., Ph.D.
The new study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia involved more than 400 patients hospitalized all over the country for coronavirus infections. Of those 400 patients, about 100 of them received a dose of aspirin within 24 hours of admission to the hospital…or they took aspirin within seven days before admission to the hospital.
He said, "we knew that aspirin—used to prevent stroke and heart attack—could be important for COVID-19 patients. Our research found an association between low dose aspirin and decreased severity of COVID-19 and death."
It turns out, compared to COVID-19 patients who didn't take aspirin, those who took aspirin with 24 hours of being admitted to the hospital (or who took it within seven days prior to going to the hospital) had a:
- 44 percent reduction in the use of ventilators
- 43 percent reduction in ICU admission
- 47 percent reduction in in-hospital mortality
All of these remarkable benefits came from taking a simple, affordable, safe dose of aspirin, ranging from just 81 mg per day (the low dose commonly taken to prevent heart attack) to a moderate dose of 325 mg per day (as taken for pain relief).
According to Dr. Chow, aspirin seems to reduce the risk of use of ventilators, ICU admission, and death because it blocks the formation of deadly blood clots we now know the coronavirus can cause. And—he says—aspirin seems to work within 30 minutes to three hours to prevent the platelets from clumping together Best of all, aspirin gives the patient some lasting protection beyond the initial treatment.
Now, I should note that aspirin can increase bleeding risk—primarily in people with a family history. But that risk appears to be very low, if you take it as directed.
Overall, aspirin is certainly a lot safer and less costly than the prescription drugs doled out by the mainstream to reduce the risk of blood clots in the millions of people with cardiovascular diseases and heart abnormalities. Plus, it's certainly a lot more accessible, well-studied, and affordable than other drugs used to treat COVID-19, such as remdesivir.
Until next time, stay healthy and happy
JD Roma
The information on this blog is provided for educational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical care, and medical advice and services are not being offered. If you have, or suspect you have, a health problem you should consult your physician (preferably a Naturopath).
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