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According to the American Heart Association, more than 58 million Americans have an unhealthy cardiovascular system. Diets rich in certain nutrients are believed to play a major role in maintaining healthy hearts.

For the heart to function properly, adequate blood supply must be provided to deliver energy and oxygen. The coronary arteries must be open and free of obstruction, which requires healthy cholesterol levels, normal blood pressure, and protection against irritants to the blood vessel wall. Nature’s Life Cardio-Tonic™ Heart Support contains a highly sophisticated formula designed to maintain healthy heart and cardiovascular function through the combined actions of vitamins, minerals, and other phytonutrients.*

Cholesterol levels have been directly linked to cardiovascular health. The garlic clove extract in Nature’s Life Cardio-Tonic™ Heart Support* is standardized to provide 1% allicin, the compound believed to be responsible for garlic’s cholesterol regulating properties.*1 Other nutrients that support normal cholesterol levels include vitamin C,2 vitamin E,3,4 and magnesium,5,6 according to most studies.*

Antioxidant substances such as vitamin E,7 vitamin C8, garlic 9, selenium10 and others in the Cardio Tonic™ formula help prevent oxidation of low density lipoproteins (LDL) and reduce levels of harmful free radicals.* The antioxidant vitamin E is particularly effective in this respect.* People with healthy hearts usually show high levels of antioxidants,11 and multiple antioxidant supplements have been shown to be effective for heart protection.*12

Homocysteine is a naturally occurring substance that is a known irritant to the blood vessel wall,13 and most research finds that people with healthy heart function have low levels of homocysteine.14,15,16 Homocysteine is normally changed into useful amino acids and harmless by-products with the help of folic acid and vitamins B-6 and B-12.*17 A number of controlled scientific studies have proven that the amounts of folic acid, vitamins B-6 and B-12, and vitamin C in Cardio Tonic™ Heart Support* formula can maintain healthy homocysteine levels.*18,19,20,21

The essential nutrients vitamin C and magnesium in Cardio Tonic™ Heart Support* help to maintain healthy blood pressure and heart function.*22,23

Cardio supportive herbs are also an important part of the Cardio-Tonic™ formula.* Standardized hawthorne berry extract provides 2% vitexin, a powerful antioxidant flavonoid that, along with the other components in hawthorne, has been found to increase blood flow by dilating coronary vessels, maintaining healthy blood pressure and slowing the heart rate.*24,25,26,27 Guggul gum is an ancient Ayurvedic herb containing sterones known as Guggulsterones, which, in doses of 75 to 100 mg daily have been shown to help maintain healthy LDL and triglyceride levels.*28 Garlic clove,29,30 vitamin E,31,32 ginkgo biloba leaf33, bilberry, quercetin and resveratrol from grapes34,35 are effective antioxidants that help regulate normal platelet function, which helps keep arteries healthy and unclogged.* Other supportive herbs such as fenugreek, butcher’s broom, turmeric and rosemary are included for their cardio-protective properties.*

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