Doctors create Heart viamins NEWS report

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Physicians Create Heart Vitamins

 

 

Physicians create Heart Vitamin that combines many commonly used

vitamins into one pill. The company has created a Bilingual label.

 

 

 

 

BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania / PR FREE / Jul 11 2005 --

Many doctors have long been in a quandary as to what can be done to

treat or prevent this possible killer.

 

Doctors Harvey Castro and Luis Tejada, of St. Luke's Hospital, have

been working on a vitamin combination that may address this long

overdue

solution.

 

Castro, a resident at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, and Tejada,

an interventional cardiologist with a private practice in Bethlehem,

have teamed up with nutritionist Dennis Passante to produce a

vitamin they call " Active Heart. "

 

Castro said he actually became interested in medicine while working

at a health food store during high school. In his home state of New

York, Castro said he was intrigued by the comments of elderly people

as they frequented the store. " They would tell me what herbs and

stuff worked for different ailments, and I became fascinated with

it, " he said. " I got interested in alternative medicines and wanted

to learn the science end of it. "

 

Castro pursued his drawing, and became a physician.

 

" When my father died of a heart attack, I began to take heart health

more seriously. "

 

When Castro entered his residency and met Dr. Tejada, the two began

discussing vitamins that they thought would help reduce the dangers

or

clogged arteries.

 

" I wanted to start my own vitamin line, " Castro said, " so I could do

a service to people and give them something affordable. "

 

He was surprised at the costs of vitamins sold on the open market.

Castro began researching various pharmaceutical firms, and found

that most complimentary heart supplements cost nearly $100.

 

Castro suspected the cost escalated where companies claimed their

product carried certain ingredients not available in over-the-

counter formulas.

 

" I told Dr. Tejada about it, and he also like the idea, " Castro said.

The pair have spent nearly two years researching the medical field

for combination of vitamins, filtering out what was good and what

was not.

Their product combines the traditional elements known to help heart

health, such as L-arginine, an amino acid that helps to open the

arteries, and also some Omega-3 fatty acids, which have been shown

to help lower cholesterol.

 

" However, " Castro said, " no one else seems to have the same

percentages in their formulas that we do. "

 

Since vitamins are considered a food supplement, FDA approval is not

needed.

 

" No one wants to research vitamins, because they can't be patented, "

Castro said.

 

The duo has now combined a number of fatty acids with an added

Vitamin B complex to hopefully lower one's cholesterol.

 

Castro said they had looked at a large amount of medical literature,

researching what was already on the market, and checking the data on

each ingredient's strength.

 

Castro described homocystienes as a risk factor that can be checked

by blood work. When it is elevated in the blood, it produces heart

disease.

 

Vitamin B complex lowers the substance and reduces the risk factor.

If the levels are high, there is greater risk of a heart attack.

He hopes that his vitamin combination will lower one's hormones, and

thus lower the risk factors of persons prone to heart attacks.

 

" Most people know that smoking creates a risk factor for heart

attacks, but we are finding that diabetes is almost worse than

smoking, particularly in African Americans and Hispanics, " Castro

said.

 

While both doctors prescribe a regiment of diet, exercise and

medication to combat coronary disease, they believe the small

capsule, taken three times a day with meals, will aid greatly in

reducing the risks of heart attacks.

 

Although the trio contend that their product is not intended to

diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, and they know there is

no guarantee in prolonging life expectancy, their goal is to provide

quality vitamins using the finest ingredients that have been studied

through the medical community.

 

Interested persons may view their products at their Web site,

www.vitalcomplex.com