CardioPro, a unique combination of potent natural ingredients proven to improve (reduce) arterial stiffness

Cardiovascular disease is a major concern to most middle aged persons and whilst we are all now better educated in terms of exercise and diet for heart health, a heart attack is still the biggest cause of death in the western world.

Thankfully the numbers of patients diagnosed with cardiovascular disease, (as a total percentage of the population) are dropping due to this better understand of heart health, although unfortunately cancer is set to overtake the numbers in the next decade or so.

But heart attacks, unlike cancer carry a big risk factor by the simple fact that it can catch its victims by surprise. In other words, cancers usually creep up relatively slowly, making the patient feel unwell for a lengthy period of time, until the point that they eventually go to the physician and are diagnosed and treatment begun etc. However all too often cardiovascular disease is so subtle and yet debilitating that many afflicted persons don’t realise they have a problem until one morning pain develops in the left arm, chest etc., and then later a heart attack follows, an attack which can be fatal.

The heart attack markers

There are many factors implemented in heart health and antiaging physicians are looking for many more markers than “just” cholesterol (and rightly so). These tests typically centred on blood and urine can include inflammatory markers such as C Reactive Protein, or fatty deposits such as triglycerides, or other factors including homocysteine etc.

The fact remains that there are perhaps a dozen markers that need evaluation and yet still can’t offer a preciseness of an individual’s real risk. Dilemmas such as the so-called “French Paradox” whereby people living around the Mediterranean, appear to have on-average higher levels of cholesterol, (no doubt due to their fatty diets of cream and butter etc), yet perversely on-average have far fewer actual cardiovascular events (such as infarction or thrombosis etc) cause some confusion.

The reason for this dichotomy has been strongly linked with their diet, for which the liberal use of certain foodstuffs; in particular garlic and red wine have been singled out as some of the most important protective factors. Certainly these factors are not found commonly found in the diets of those in the heart attack capital of the world- Scotland!

To the heart of the matter

Enlightened cardiologists are coming to the conclusion that the two simplest ways to avoid a heart attack are to have “thin” blood and “soft” arteries, (they may also be the two most important for strokes too!). “Better” blood states are factors linked with ingredients found in garlic and red wine (specifically allicin and resveratrol) and thus help to explain the “French Paradox.”

However post mortem studies have also shown that arteriosclerosis (the clogging of arteries) and the hardening of arteries are present in 90% of victims of heart disease, which therefore makes knowledge about the stiffness of your arteries a very important factor. Furthermore, it is something that in antiaging medicine should be first and foremost for a preventative medicine approach.

At last a simple and non invasive way to check arterial stiffness

Recently a British made machine called CardioCheck has been shown to quickly and easily test the stiffness of arteries. It provides this non-invasive, simple and quick test at a much more reasonable price than anything that has gone before.

Today there are more than 26 published studies affirming the reliability of the technology employed in CardioCheck and many clinics and hospitals around the world are using it to test their patients, including St. Thomas’ hospital in London.

CardioCheck’s technology relies on the well founded and tested principle of arterial wave velocity. A test consists of a simple finger clip being placed on the digit, within 3 minutes the software of the unit determines the pulse wave and the stiffness of the arteries based on a score of 3 to 20. As a rough guide the stiffness index values translate as follows:

Stiffness index (SI) of arteries*

Under 6 = excellent (e.g. very soft arteries)
6.1 to 8.0 = very good
8.1 to 9.9 = good
10 to 11.9 = okay/ poor
12 to 14.9 = poor/ very poor
15 to 17.9 = bad
Over 18 = very bad (e.g. very hard arteries)

*Measurement statistics determined by aortic pulse contour analysis and corresponding to speed measured in meters per second of the return pulse wave velocity.

CardioCheck is so easy to use after a little practice that it can even be used at home! There are many other aspects to the machine (including a biological/ vascular age output). For further details about CardioCheck including its technology and its cost etc., please click here.

IAS tests with CardioCheck

To our surprise when we contacted the manufacturers of CardioCheck, they told us that whilst tests were being conducted regularly on patients, no one had actually conducted a study to see what types of supplements work well to reduce arterial stiffness (SI).

We had 20 patients at our disposal (okay they were mainly made up of staff!) and we measured their SI before any supplements were taken, (note; any persons already taking any form of supplements were asked to go to baseline by not taking any 2-weeks prior to the start of the trial). Each group were given a different supplement and a particular dose and measured the next day after supplementation, the next week and finally at the end of a month. All subjects were asked to stay as much as possible to their normal diets and lifestyles.

Our results showed that supplements that were good antiglycators such as aminoguanidine, pyridoxamine and carnosine worked well over the medium to long term, and agents that could dilate blood vessels through nitric oxide release also worked well in the short term (see Nitric-Pro for further details).

Furthermore, the unique properties of Resveratrol were not lost on us either. Studies have shown resveratrol, the constituent found in red grape skins, to have important implications for anti-cancer and anti-cardiovascular issues. Perhaps its main purpose in regard to improving arterial stiffness is to prevent the binding of cholesterol to platelet and arterial walls, thus ensuring that stickiness is reduced and hence a blood clot is far less likely.

This is why we decided to formulate CardioPro with carnosine and resveratrol at its heart.

CardioPro = carnosine, resveratrol and rare trace minerals

Indeed when we combined the natural ingredients of carnosine and resveratrol along with ionic minerals such as magnesium and potassium as well as important yet rare trace elements also beneficial for heart health, including palladium, boron and lithium (for what has become known as Cardio-Pro), we were quite astonished at the results. To date, every patient we have tested who has taken 3 capsules of CardioPro for approximately a month has had significantly improved arteries. Some particular results are available here. (A PDF reader is required)

The right amounts

We also experimented with dosing, all too often in the nutritional world some suppliers believe that more is always better and that somehow, like the Indy 500 it is a horsepower race! We here at IAS believe enough to do the job (and prove it) is the right amount.

We tested this theory out about carnosine a few years ago when some companies stated only gram plus dosages were useful and that low doses didn’t work. Their arguments were based on animal studies only, so IAS along with Dr. Marios Kyriazis performed a small study with 12 patients and proved that doses even as low as 50 mg of carnosine were effective, we also showed that the optimum dose of carnosine was 150-300 mg daily, so that is why 3 capsules (the recommended dose of CardioPro) provides 300 mg of carnosine.

In regard to resveratrol, a good bottle of wine may contain 5 mg, certainly not much more, (note; the juice has to be fermented into wine for any significant amounts of resveratrol to appear). For the purposes of arterial stiffness we tested solo daily doses of between 5 mg and 150 mg and found that the optimum doses were between 25 mg and 50 mg, that’s why 3 capsules of CardioPro provide 45 mg of trans-resveratrol, that’s already equivilant to 9 bottles of wine per day, much more than any normal individual would receive through their diet, so we don’t see the need to go higher for this purpose.

IAS is proud to have tested its supplements to prove which ones benefit and to have formulated an all natural, cost effective product- CardioPro- that to date has been shown to improve everyone’s arterial stiffness within just 4-weeks by testing them using another unique British diagnostic invention- CardioCheck.

Dose

Just 3 capsules of CardioPro taken together in the morning can make a real difference.

For those needing very rapid results and also wanting to lower blood pressure too, a scoop of Nitric Pro daily can be added to the regime.

What our customers say...

I can’t remember the last time I took a supplement that made such a difference so quickly; it really does so what it says on the tin! CC, Ca

It’s great to be using a supplement that has been so well tested and so well received. A.F. England