heartfailure & me

  The KiSel 10 Study Coenzyme Q10 and selenium protect the heart: Swedish cardiologist Urban Alehagen and his research team demonstrated more than 16 years ago that taking selenium and coenzyme Q10 supplements daily is good for the heart. The study, officially known as the KiSel-10 study, found that these nutrients reduced mortality from cardiovascular disease by more than 50%. At the time, the researchers were surprised by the results and did more research. In four years, eleven additional examinations took place and 50,000 blood samples were processed. They found that the heart-protective effect among participants persisted after the end of the study. In the group that took 200 micrograms of selenium and 200 milligrams of coenzyme Q10 daily for four years, there were more than 40% fewer deaths from cardiovascular disease compared to the placebo group. The effect of the two nutrients was measured for the KiSel-10 study in 443 Swedish healthy men and women aged 70 to 88 years. Disc...

  Cholesterol, good or bad?! Inflammations can (sometimes) occur in our body and when we have exercised a lot, for example, our body and our muscles will have to recover. Cholesterol is very important in this and so it is good that cholesterol is present in our body. However, when there are too many inflammations in our body and also by the heart, our body will produce more and more cholesterol to deal with those inflammations. When we have too much cholesterol in our body, it can accumulate in the artery walls. And that is not good news, because eventually this can lead to cardiovascular problems. Cholesterol is therefore a building block of our body and is mainly produced in our liver. Statin the best-selling drug in the world! When we have high cholesterol, the doctor prescribes statins to lower the cholesterol. But the statins not only lower cholesterol, but also our body's own substance Co-enzyme Q10.  Q10 is very important for our heart health, so we don't want it to be ...

  New blood values!! In the period that my blood was checked again (April 6), I clearly felt a little less. My breathing was heavy and exhausting. We can see that immediately in the blood values ​​(NT-Probnp). Unfortunately! You can always contact me by email: info@heartfailureandme.com

  KiSel-10 & Q-Symbio: Revolutionary Research An important study into the relationship between Q10 and cardiovascular disease was the KiSel-10 study, named after the location of the research Kisa, selenium and Q10. More than 400 over-70s participated in the study. One half received for 4 years Q10 and selenium supplements every day, the other half placebos (dummy pills). The group that received supplements was up to 54% less likely to die from cardiovascular disease. The heart muscle was also stronger in this group. Another important study was the Q-Symbio study. This showed that Q10 supplements greatly improve the survival rate of people with a weak heart. The use of Q10 supplements also resulted in fewer hospital admissions due to heart problems. So Q10 seems to be very important, not only with aging (when Q10 levels decrease), but for anyone with heart problems. And I also mean heart failure, myocardial infarction and after a stroke. You can always contact me by email: info@...

 Heart failure and memory loss / confusion / depressed mood: When you have heart failure, the heart pumps the oxygen-rich blood insufficiently through the human body. Every organ in our body needs enough blood to do its job properly. When the heart doesn't pump enough blood, other organs get problems with this. Organs such as the kidneys (kidney failure) and the liver (liver congestion). But our brain is also an organ, so in case of heart failure it also receives insufficient oxygen-rich blood and our brain cannot perform their work sufficiently. This can lead to memory loss, confusion and/or gloomy mood. Unfortunately, I can relate this to myself. When we had been away with our family during the summer holidays and we looked back on this a few months later, I had to dig very deep to remember exactly what we had done and what our house or camping tent looked like. In most cases I couldn't remember. Now that I know I have heart failure, these puzzle pieces all fall into place. T...

  Coenzyme Q10, who or what should you believe? You read a lot about Q10 on the internet. One says it's quackery and the other says it works very well. Who or what should you believe now? In addition to Q10, I use 10 supplements and I also take the regular medicines: Entresto, water pills, blood thinners and Forxiga (Dapagliflozin). My regular medicines didn't work at all for over 2 years. In fact, I continued to deteriorate until I started taking the supplements. From that moment on I keep getting stronger and better. Within Europe there are about 10 million people with heart failure and in the US another 6.2 million. In addition, many people suffer from strokes and/or heart attacks or sudden cardiac arrest. It is not only about older people aged 70 or 80, but also very young people are affected. And within families there is so much suffering and sadness. If we can prevent that or if we can give people back a little more energy and health, we will make many people happy with ...