AmeriSciences "Cardio Plus" 

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Introducing you to a breakthrough product, AmeriSciences Cardio Plus for lowering your cholesterol and reducing your risk of Coronary Heart Disease. As opposed to "Statins" (Zocor, Lipitor, Crestor), it DOES NOT cause Liver, Kidney or Muscle side-effects. It is a safer alternative.

AmeriSciences Nutritional Supplements are developed by a team of leading physicians and scientists to provide you with among the safest and most effective products on the market today. In maintaining over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceutical equivalent standards, rigorous quality assurance tests ensure potency, safety, and consistency for you and your family.

Cardio Plus - Benefits & Features

Key Ingredients

• Policosanol, derived from sugar cane wax. It lowers LDL (bad cholesterol) as well as many prescription "statins". It raises HDL (good cholesterol) better than the "statins". It is better tolerated and safer.
• Plant Sterol Ester (Vegapure), In September 2000, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a health claim that permits statements that sterol esters may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.
• Niacin which also lowers LDL and raises HDL.
• Folic Acid and B vitamins reduce Homocysteine level, another risk factor for Coronary Heart Disease.
• CoEnzyme Q10 improves cardiac function.
• Hawthorn Berry Extract may improve angina and congestive heart failure symptoms.

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Policosanol
One of the newest discoveries in the treatment of heart disease risk comes from Cuba. It is a proprietary extract called policosanol, which is derived from sugar cane wax. Policosanol contains a variety of long-chain alcohols, including octacosanol. Policosanol has an exceptional safety profile. Based on a survey of over 27,000 users of policosanol, weight loss is its only known side effect. Numerous human studies have demonstrated reproducible, favorable, and significant alterations in blood cholesterol profiles with both nondiabetic and diabetic subjects.

Policosanol is similar in function and potency to some statin drugs. Researchers recently found policosanol could extend exercise tolerance in patients with intermittent claudication, a leg lameness brought on by exercise and a marker of vascular disease. Research also showed that policosanol reduces cardiac risk factors by inhibiting platelet aggregation and the development of atherosclerosis.

A 2002 study published in the American Heart Journal reviewed the literature on placebo-controlled lipid-lowering studies using policosanol. It found that at doses of 10 to 20 mg per day, policosanol lowered cholesterol by 17 to 21 percent, lowering component LDL by 21 to 29 percent, and raised HDL by 8 to 15 percent. The study concluded that policosanol is "a very promising phytochemical alternative to classic lipid-lowering agents such as statins. About 30 million Americans use statin drugs.

In a study published in 2003, patients who took a daily dose of 10 mg of policosanol experienced a 17.5 percent drop in total cholesterol, a 31 percent drop in LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol), and a 31.5 percent rise in HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol). These results suggest that policosanol is as effective as prescription drugs, without their side effects.

In another study, after using 10 mg/day policosanol for two years, study participants tripled their treadmill walking distance. The placebo group experienced insignificant change. The 10 mg per day dose required for effectiveness is novel for a dietary supplement, and reminiscent of statin drugs, which are usually dispensed in 10 mg or 20 mg dosages.

Other studies suggest that policosanol may further support general cardiovascular health by helping the body maintain proper blood flow through the circulatory system when problems may exist. This possible benefit is related to policosanol's affect on platelet aggregation, reducing the ability of the platelets to clump together, thicken the blood and if necessary forming a clot. Some people take aspirin daily to accomplish this very effect. In fact a study has even indicated a possible advantage for combined policosanol and aspirin therapy. Because of this potential for supporting the circulatory system, policosanol may also benefit patients suffering from intermittent claudication, a disease that constricts blood flow to the lower limbs.

Vegapure® Sterol Esters
Sterols are a family of fat-like substances, including sitosterol, campesterol, stigmasterol, and other naturally occurring sterols. Vegapure® contains the same major sterols that are the basis for the FDA health claim: sitosterol, campesterol and stigmasterol, in quantities that exceed the minimum required content.

Since the 1950’s, a persuasive body of evidence supporting the cholesterol lowering effectiveness of sterols and sterol esters has been amassed. In September 2000, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a health claim that permits statements that sterol esters may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.

Directions For Use:

2 tablets at night daily.

DISCLAIMER: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any diseases.

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