August 19, 2009

If preventing a heart attack is simple, why is heart disease the number one killer of Americans?

We’ve all heard the terms associated with heart disease and heart attacks. Blockage, placque, high tryglycerides, clogged arteries, etc.

Most people just figure that the arteries that lead to your heart get plugged up with placque and blood can’t flow through to your heart and WHAMMY, you have a heart attack.

And this is true. But the way it happens may not be what you think.

It happens from the outside in instead of the inside out.

Placque builds up on the inside of your artery walls. So if you thought of your arteries as pipes that you were looking through from end to end, you couldn’t see it because it’s inside the walls of the arteries.

Then what happens is your arteries become inflammed and start to swell. This narrows the space on the inside of the artery for the blood to pass through. If there’s enough inflammation it creates a clot or bulge in the swollen artery which then closes the artery. All from the outer walls of the artery.

So the key to preventing a heart attack is to prevent the inflammation.

The media points to cholesterol as the culprit but your liver makes more cholesterol than you get from the foods you eat.

Inflammation is also caused by what you eat. Wanna know the two biggest culprits?

Sugar and processed oils like vegetable, soybean and canola oil.

So the simple way to prevent a heart attack is to limit your sugar intake and avoid vegetable oils. The best oils to cook with and that are completely healthy for you are olive and believe it or not, coconut oil.

Another simple thing you can do is use your own body weight for exercise. Exercise helps your body to work properly and when done properly, builds a strong heart. You can find out more about what type of exercise is best at www.kevinfurey.com

All the best,

Kevin Furey – The Fitness Vigilante

August, 9, 2009

So we’ve talked about how your energy levels decrease with age and how CoQ10 can give you loads of energy.

We’ve also talked about how fr*ee radicals terrorize your body and how CoQ10 acts as an antioxidant to help prevent heart disease and other chronic illnesses.

Another thing this wonderful enzyme does is slow down the aging process.

It’s believed that aging is a result of less energy production.

We know that CoQ10 works within the cells to help produce energy. As you get older, you don’t produce as much CoQ10 and consequently have less energy.

Our bodies were designed for activity. As you get older and your energy levels decline you become less active. This lack of stimulation has a negative effect on your muscles, bones and internal organs which hastens the aging process.

CoQ10 has the ability to in a sense, reset the aging process in your cells. No, it won’t give you the cells of a teenager but it will provide you with the energy that will help you become so incredibly active that you might FEEL like one again.

Short burst of exercise using your own body weight also help energize your body, make it work better and turn back the clock on the aging process. Find out more at www.kevinfurey.com

All the best,

Kevin Furey – The Fitness Vigilante

August, 2, 2009

No, I’m not talkin’ about the fr*ee radicals in Washington, D.C. I’ll save that for another discussion.

But I need to tell you something that might shock you. There’s a war going on in your body.

The funny thing is… that’s how your body was created. And the result of the ongoing war inside your body is AGE.

When your body converts food into energy it naturally creates some byproducts that attack enzymes, proteins and cell membranes. They’re called fr*ee radicals. And if these attacks are not answered, it can lead to hardening of the arteries.

It gets even worse because of additional environmental and lifestyle contributors. Things like air pollution, chemical toxins, certain pharmaceutical drugs, stress, smoking, alcohol and some of the foods we eat. All of these things contribute to the oxidation process. But instead of pipes rusting, your arteries harden and clog and eventually may cause a heart attack or stroke.

But there is good news. Your body fights back against the fr*ee radicals by creating antioxidants. You get this ammunition from fruits and vegetables. So when fr*ee radicals are contained by a sufficient arsenal of antioxidants you maintain your health and reduce the aging process.

There’s a couple of problems though. We can’t eat enough fruits and vegetables, especially as they’re grown nowadays, to keep sufficiently armed. Your body makes it’s own antioxidants but the amount decreases with age.

So we need supplements.

Vitamin C and E are really good ones to help fight this war. But one of the best ones is CoQ10. It has a special quality that combats the oxidation of LDL cholesterol (the sticky bad cholesterol).

CoQ10 is also known to protect the brain, the muscles, the liver and other vital organs. It’s hard to say enough about this vital enzyme and how it can protect you from disease and premature aging.

Another thing that protects you from disease and premature aging is exercise. It doesn’t require whole lot of it either. You’ll see what I mean if you go to www.kevinfurey.com

All the best,

Kevin Furey