We’ve all heard about how bad chronic inflammation can be for your body. It can cause damage to your internal tissues and has been connected with diseases from diabetes to cancer to heart failure.
Let’s break down what inflammation is, how it affects heart health, and how Res-Q 1250 and Res-Q LDL-XQ10 can help reduce inflammation and cholesterol.
Two Types of Inflammation
- Acute inflammation is a short-term natural immune response that helps your body fight infections and heal wounds. Your immune system sends out inflammatory cells, such as white blood cells, to the site of injury or infection and starts the healing process.
- Chronic inflammation persists over time, perhaps months or even years. Your body continues sending inflammatory cells when there’s no danger. Chronic inflammation can be caused by many things, including certain diseases, but more preventable causes are obesity, a diet high in sodium or trans fats, high levels of stress, smoking tobacco, and excessive alcohol consumption.
How Inflammation Works with Cholesterol to Form Plaque
Inflammation promotes the buildup of plaque within the arterial wall. Inside the artery is a single layer of cells that line the entire blood vessel, called endothelial cells. These cells help regulate blood flow, blood clotting, and act as a filter and barrier to connecting tissues.
If someone has too much cholesterol in their bloodstream, it can work its way past the cell lining and break into the arterial wall. This triggers an immune response and inflammatory cells will gather, leading to inflammation within the artery. Over time, as the site of inflammation gets bombarded by more and more cholesterol, it begins to harden and transforms into plaque.
Plaque and Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is the gradual buildup of plaque in the walls of your arteries. It leads to the thickening and hardening of the arterial wall forming blockages and constricting blood flow. It is a main cause of heart disease.
“Inflammation is the underlying reason leading to atherosclerosis,” said cardiologist Dr. Jeffery Shapiro. “There are three things that could happen. You get a very, stable calcified plaque, which will lead to a narrowing of your arteries over 20 to 30 years. It could remain a soft plaque, that could eventually rupture causing internal bleeding and blood clots. Or finally, this can cause a myocardial infarction or heart attack.”
Res-Q 1250 and Res-Q LDL-XQ10 Reduce Inflammation and Cholesterol
Res-Q 1250 provides a highly concentrated, pure form of omega-3s, delivering the EPA and DHA your body needs to support healthy blood pressure, reduce triglycerides, and help keep arteries flexible. These essential fatty acids are among the most well-researched nutrients for overall cardiovascular health, making Res-Q 1250 a strong foundation for anyone seeking to lower inflammation naturally.
In combination with Res-Q 1250, Res-Q LDL-XQ10 combines natural plant sterols with Coenzyme Q10. Plant sterols are clinically shown to lower LDL, or “bad,” cholesterol by reducing its absorption in the digestive tract. The added CoQ10 helps replenish levels that can be depleted by cholesterol-lowering medications and provides energy support for the heart muscle, making this supplement particularly useful for those taking a comprehensive approach to heart health.
An independent study published by the Mayo Clinic confirmed that levels of LDL cholesterol were reduced by 42.4 percent following consumption of the Res-Q 1250 omega3s and Res-Q LDL-X red yeast rice (the former name of Res-Q LDL-XQ10 with the same formula minus the CoQ10), in combination with lifestyle changes, compared to reductions of 39.6 percent in the group that took a statin medication.
“It's all about inflammation,” said Shapiro. “It is the leading cause of the physiological response as to why we develop cardiovascular disease, the number one killer in our society still today.”
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