As someone who has Heart Disease and has survived both Colon and Kidney Cancer, I have a great interest in preventative approaches to these problems. It's mainly my own fault I have these problems. Twenty years of heavy smoking stopped in '74 and thirty years of heavy drinking stopped in '92. Plus some bad cancer genes on my Mother's side.
I will post info on them that I find of interest and hope others will also. I start with the premise that we all should exercise and lose weight. And then don't talk about it. If you do it, fine. If you don't it's even more important that you do the other things I list.
PERSONAL HEALTH: I take an 81mg aspirin and six Fish Oil capsules [2200+EPA/DHAmg] daily plus four 2000IU gel caps of Vitamin D. The D is the best preventative I know of for Cancer. For BP, I take one 50mg Atenolol and one 10mg Lisinopril daily.
For heart disease, I recommend you get a heart scan and track your plaque. I have a 330 score, and take a 20mg Simvastatin daily. I take two 500mg of Slo-Niacin daily. Add oat bran 3 tbsp per day to your diet. I take a heaping tablespoon of ground Flax seed mixed with equal portions of applesauce and prune juice. I have found Costco to be the best source for CoQ10, Fish Oil and Slo-Niacin. Buy Vitamin D from Vita-cost online in 360 IU 2000 capsule bottles. L-Arginine online from Vitamin Shoppe.
TYP recommends adding the following supplements:
# Vitamin C: 500mg per day
# Vitamin B-Complex: (Folic Acid: 800mcg, B6: 25mg, B12: 100-500mcg) per day
# CoQ10 100mg to 300mg daily if you have muscle pain from a statin.
# Add l-arginine 6000 mg twice per day (on empty stomach)
# Consider l-citrulline 1000 mg per day
# Consider a magnesium supplement (e.g. magnesium oxide 250 mg twice per day).
# Add oat bran 3 tbsp per day to your diet.
Lifestyle:
# Achieve BMI of 25 or less through weight loss. This should be regarded as a priority to reduce blood pressure if you begin with a BMI >25.
# Consider increasing exercise to 40 minutes 4 days per week, or use pedometer and increase steps or kcal burned by 50% over your current daily expenditure.
# Ensure that you get at least 7 1/2 hours of sleep every night. Sleep deprivation contributes to high blood pressure.
# Increase intake of monounsaturated oils (olive and canola; raw almonds and walnuts) and cut back sharply on intake of starches, especially wheat products. |
