Let’s start at the heart
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in Western societies, and the cause of up to a thirdof all deaths worldwide!
If your body could be compared to a car, then your heart is its engine – the power unit that keeps the machine moving, and pumping oxygen and nutrient-rich blood to every cell in your body. Your arteries are the highways to your heart. If your arteries become diseased or inflamed, then your life may be in danger.
Dr Ross Walker, a leading cardiologist says, “Atherosclerosis is basically the gradual build-up of fatty components and residual other nutrients in the wall of arteries. When these fatty plaques reach a certain level, it is possible for them to rupture, a subsequent clot forms, blocks the artery and can cause a heart attack or a stroke.”
Once you’ve had a heart attack or a stroke, the chances are, your life will undergo some radical changes, including readjusting your lifestyle. In fact, modern lifestyle has a lot to do with the reason for such widespread incidences of cardiovascular disease. Unhealthy food choices, lack of exercise, smoking, and excessive alcohol are all contributors. The obvious answer is to change those contributors. And for added nutritional support, you can take Ateronon Lycopene, the tomato pill.
You say tomato…I say Lycopene
Recently, there have been many extensive scientific studies at Cambridge University in the UK and at Harvard University in Boston in the USA. They’ve shown that the humble tomato and its powerful active component,lycopene, can help combat the build-up of fat in the walls of the arteries.
Lycopene is the component that gives tomatoes their bright red colour, and there is now a clear link between high blood levels of lycopene and reduced risk for heart disease.
Lycopene reduces oxidation, the bad components of cholesterol and reduces thickness in the artery wall. In other words, widening blood vessels and allowing better blood flow to the heart.
The Mediterranean Diet
Cardiovascular disease is generally lower in countries where people typically eat a “Mediterranean-style” diet, including loads of vegetables, fruit, beans and cereal products. If you’ve ever been to Italy, Greece or France for example, you’ll know that practically no meal is served or prepared without tomatoes and lots of other vegetables!
The other extraordinary health supporting benefits of Lycopene
- Your body’s natural immunity will benefit
- Promotes healthy eyesight
- Supports healthy bones to fight against osteoporosis
- Healthy rapid hair growth had been linked to Lycopene loaded foods
- Anti-ageing benefits
- Promotes a healthy prostate and fertility in men
Back to the car analogy – you don’t have to be a mechanic to operate and maintain a motor vehicle. If you look after it with common sense and a basic understanding of its upkeep, it can run for a very long time before it needs a checkup. The same goes for your body.
Whole, natural foods are by far the best fuel for a healthy body and a strong heart. The time-honoured food pyramid is still the best example how we should be eating. A diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low fat dairy products, lean meats and seafood is linked directly to a lower risk of heart disease, and a healthy body.
Combined with an increase in your activity level, a re-evaluation of your food and alcohol consumption – and definitely ditching those cigarettes – you need never be a heart disease statistic.
It’s inevitable that motor vehicles, like our bodies will eventually wear out. But the right nutrients, and/or support from important supplements can help maintain a healthy engine, and keep our vehicle running without ever having to call for roadside assistance.
Try Ateronon Lycopene – The Tomato Pill
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Disclaimer: Lycopene pills would not be a sufficient substitute for the complex mixture of nutrients in a healthy diet.
