Don Colbert - Reversing Inflammation: Prevent Disease, Slow Aging, and Super-Charge Your Weight Loss

M ost of the products mentioned throughout this book are offered through Dr. ColbertsDivine Health Wellness Center or are available at your local health food store.

Divine Health Nutritional Products

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Longwood, FL 32750

Phone: (407) 331-7007

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Maintenance nutritional supplements

Divine Health Multivitamin

Divine Health Living Multivitamin

Max N-Fuse

Heart health

Living CoQ10

Plant bark extract and grape seed extractOPCs

LipiControl

Diabetic support

PGX Fiber

Cinnulin PF (cinnamon extract)

Divine Health Fiber

Divine Health Nutrients for Glucose Regulation

Divine Health Vitamin D3, 2,000 IU

Chromium, 200 mcg

Alpha lipoic acid (ALA Max, 600 mg capsule)

Diaxinol (alpha lipoic acid, cinnulin, chromium, biotin, gymnema, and vanadyl sulfate)Dr.Colberts favorite supplement for diabetics

Omega oils

Divine Health Living Omega

Ultra Krill

Recommended natural sweeteners

Stevia

Just Like Sugar

Protein powders

Divine Health Undenatured Whey Protein

Plant protein

Supplements for weight loss

Irvingia

PGX Fiber

Glucomannan

Living Green Tea with EGCG

Living Green Coffee Bean

Meratrim (Metabolic Lean)

Supplements for thyroid support

Metabolic Advantage

To curb food cravings

Serotonin Max

Advanced fat loss drops

N-acetyl L-tyrosine

L-tyrosine

L-phenylalanine

L-tryptophan

5-HTP

Other supplements

DIM

Indole-3-carbinol

Beta TCP

Divine Health Probiotic

Divine Health Fiber Formula

Serotonin Max

Beta TCP

L-carnitine with lipoic acid and PQQ (Mitochondria Basics with PQQ)

Glutathione boosters

Max GXL

Max One

CellgevityDr. Colberts favorite glutathione booster

Snack bars

Nutiva Hemp Chocolate Bars

Other Resources

Sage Medical Lab, ALCAT, and NAET for delayed food allergy/sensitivity testing.Visit their websites at www.sagemedlab.com, www.alcat.com, and www.naet.com.

For knowledgeable doctors in bioidentical hormone replacement (make sure theyare board certified in anti-aging): www.worldhealth.net

Chelation therapycall 1-800-LEADOUT

Grissini breadsticks, which are available at most grocery stores

hCG sublingual tablets, which must be prescribed by a physician. (Physicians,call Pharmacy Specialist at (407) 260-7002.)

Certified personal trainer. Lee Viersen is my personal trainer, and he can bereached through his website at www.LeeViersen.com or by phone at (407) 435-7059.

H ave you ever considered the marvelous design and operation of your cardiovascularsystem? Its the bodys amazing superhighway. The large arteries within it are muchlike interstate expressways, and the smaller arteries are like streets and sidestreets. The primary function of the circulatory system is to deliver oxygen andnutrients to all the cells in your body and to remove cellular debris and waste.

Each day your heart beats approximately 100,000 times, pushing about 2,000 gallonsof blood through the 60,000 miles of blood vessels in your body, which include arteries,veins, and capillaries. This superhighway system is truly wonderful.

Wouldnt it be a good idea to keep this blood vessel superhighway free of trafficjams?

Building a Deadly Backup

Yes, we might think of heart problems in terms of traffic flowand a traffic jam.The worst contributor to a potentially deadly backup is a condition called atherosclerosis,which attacks the hearts blood vessels. The arteries that supply the heart withblood and nourishment are the coronary arteries. These are the most stressed arteriesof the body because theyre squeezed flat from the pumping action of the heart.

Atherosclerosis is the hardening of these arteries most commonly due to excessiveamounts of plaque. This plaque contains cholesterol, calcium, white blood cells,collagen, elastin, platelets, and other materials. You could compare plaque to abuildup of debris in a pipe. As the plaque builds up in the arteries, blood flowis eventually decreased to vital organs, including the heart and brain. This buildupcan lead to an interruption of blood flow to an artery in the brain, which causesa stroke. When blood flow is interrupted in a coronary artery, a heart attack occurs.

Heres the fender-bender in this traffic jam. In the United States more than 780,000people a year die from disease related to the cardiovascular system. Nearly another130,000 die from strokes, which are the equivalent of a heart attack of the brain.While the good news is that these numbers are on the decrease, the bad news is thatcardiovascular disease is still the leading cause of death in the United States.

Instead of becoming one of these statistics, you can take positive steps naturallyand spiritually to beat heart disease. The risk of heart attacks can still be greatlylessened through dietary and lifestyle changes. In fact, cardiovascular disease isone of the most treatable and preventable of all afflictions, despite the fact thatit causes more than one in three of all deaths in the United States every year.That means you can fight back, overcome, and win the battle. Through lifestyle changes,good nutrition, prayer, and Scripture reading, you can respond in confident hopeto this disease.

The initial symptoms and warning signs of heart disease are not a death sentence,but they are a life warning. Change is required. Positive steps must be taken. Theway you live and eat cannot remain the same if you want to have a healthy and strongheart.

Freeing Up the Traffic

If atherosclerosis is the cause of a traffic jam in the blood flow, youll be happyto know that forces are at work in your body to free up the traffic jam. I can explainthis best by breaking the process into two parts(1) the problem of free radicalsand (2) the problem of inflammation, which is our main focus in this bookto freeyou from the constraints and impact of inflammation on your health.

DID YOU KNOW... ?

Plaque in the coronary artery usually starts developing in our teens. During theKorean War when soldiers died in battle at an average age of twenty-two, they wereautopsied, and three-quarters of them had plaque in their coronary arteries, manyof whom had advanced atherosclerotic plaque. A study was done on three thousand bodiesage fourteen to thirty-five who were autopsied after death from auto accident, homicide,or suicide. Of those autopsied, 20 to 25 percent had a major lesion in their coronaryarteries.

The problem: oxidative stress

First, though, lets discuss the problem of free radicals. A free radical isnt aterrorist trying to bomb our embassy; rather, its a defective molecule that sendsout molecular shrapnel, damaging the coronary arteries and other cells in our bodies.

To envision this problem, think about the oxidation process. Burn wood in a fireplace,and smoke is a by-product. Likewise, when you metabolize food into energy, oxygenoxidizes (or burns) the food in order to produce energy. This process does not createsmoke like burning wood in a fireplace, but it does produce dangerous by-productsknown as