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ENHANCE THE HEART

There is much documentation with regards to the deleterious effects of the Lyme disease on the heart. This formula has been designed to offer some protection to the heart as well as provide essential nutrients for the healing of cardiac tissue. The heart is particularly sensitive to the ravages of Bb in part because of the heart’s need for optimal nerve function. The nerves of the heart are very susceptible to ionic imbalances such as magnesium and or potassium excesses or deficiencies. Neurotoxins also negatively affect the cardiac nerves. Bb makes and releases these into the tissues and blood, some of them impact the heart. The most obvious heart symptom in LD is heart arrythmias. These can be quite dramatic and lead to fatigue and shortness of breath. The more direct effect of Bb on the heart results from its ability to invade the cardiac cells (see article). It is very important that persons with LD protect against these potentially devastating problems in the heart. This formula is a good supplement to take will you are using whatever means you choose to eradicate the Lyme organism.

FORMULA INGREDIENTS
amount per capsule

• RS-Alpha lipoic acid
    (racemic mixture) 100 mg

• L-carnitine 100 mg

• Potassium
    (glycinate) 35 mg

• Co Enzyme Q-10 50 mg

• Hawthorn berries/flowers
    (1.8% vitexin extract)
200 mg

• Salvia miltorrhiza 150 mg

Alpha lipoic acid has several beneficial affects that lead to its indication in the prevention of heart damage from oxidation caused by free radicals and the damage of neurotoxins. Also, due to its ability (in the R form) to enhance cardiac cell mitochondrial function, it can protect heart cells from apoptosis (cell death).

L-carnitine supplementation has been studied for its cardio-protective and heart function enhancing affects. Due to its ability to improve heart cell mitochondrial function, increase l-carnitine concentrations in people with age related declines in l-carnitine and (with alpha lipoic acid) decrease (and perhaps reverse) oxidative insults to heart tissue, l-carnitine has been shown to improve cardiac function and survival rates in people with known heart disease. Given that it improves mitochondrial function, it can also protect against heart cell damage from oxidative toxins i.e. Bb toxins.

CoQ10 is found in every cell in the human body and has a variety of functions. It helps convert nutrients to energy, ATP, within the mitochondria. The heart requires vast amounts of energy due to its constant work pumping blood and therefore requires a high concentration of CoQ10 within its cells. Deficiencies of CoQ10 can result in a decline in cardiac function and even a breakdown of the muscle of the heart. Numerous studies have shown supplementation with CoQ10 can reverse cardiac pathology and improve the ability of the heart to contract. CoQ10 is also a potent antioxidant and is especially important in its role as a protector of the lipid membranes in our cells. Breakdown of lipid membrane function do to free radical degradation leads to cell dysfunction and cell death.

Lyme disease of the heart results in an increased need for alpha lipoic acid, l-carnitine and CoQ10. These nutrients can protect the heart from the damage that can be the result of a Borrelia b infection.

Hawthorn and Salvia m. have been used for centuries in the treatment of heart disorders. Both of these herbs have a gentle nutritive affect on cardiac tissue.

Supportive references:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnitine

Three-year survival of patients with heart failure caused by dilated cardiomyopathy and L-carnitine administration.
The Role Of Energy Metabolism Defects In Cardiomyopathy American Heart Journal. 139(2, Part 3) Supplement:S120-S123, February 2000. Rizos, Ioannis MD

The effect of aging and acetyl-L-carnitine on the activity of the phosphate carrier and on the phospholipid composition in rat heart mitochondria.
Paradies, G : Ruggiero, F M : Gadaleta, M N : Quagliariello, E
Biochim-Biophys-Acta. 1992 Jan 31; 1103(2): 324-6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenzyme_Q10

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 887:31-47 (1999) © 1999 New York Academy of Sciences Coenzyme Q10 Can in Some Circumstances Block Apoptosis, and This Effect Is Mediated through Mitochondria TERRI KAGAN, CLAUDETTE DAVIS, LIN LIN AND ZAHRA ZAKERIa

J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1995 Aug;274(2):858-65.
Protective role of chronic ubiquinone administration on acute cardiac oxidative stress.
Ferrara N, Abete P, Ambrosio G, Landino P, Caccese P, Cirillo P, Oradei A, Littarru GP, Chiariello M, Rengo F.