They were then instructed to go on the nutritional arterial cleansing for a period of six (6) weeks, at which time the tests were repeated.

The following results were registered for the group:

• increased vascularity in hands by 70% and feet by 86% (thermograph);
• increased pulse volume in hands by 40% and feet by 50% (plephysmograph);
• increased flexiblity of arteries by 47%.

Considering the fact that cardiovascular disorders are chronic and take a long time to develop, to see such a high degree of response in only six (6) weeks is most significant.

The following thermographs are of both feet of a 57-year-old man who considered himself fairly active and on a good diet. However, he was experiencing signs of poor circulation in his feet. He was put on the nutritional arterial cleansing for six (6) weeks.

The first photo shows the signs of impaired circulation - the tops of the feet are thermally 'amputated.'

	Before: Both feet of a 57-year old male prior to the nutritional arterial cleansing.
	After: The same feet of the same 57-year-old male, after six (6) weeks of the nutritional arterial cleansing.

The second photo demonstrates a glowing picture of the feet with all toes visible. The increased temperature in this area was made possible by improved circulation (blood flow). *Thermography is a photographic technique that measures and records infrared heat patterns. It can be used to detect areas of poor circulation in the body. The following plethysmographs are of both feet of the same 57-year-old man. The first graph shows the signs of poor circulation, such as decreased size of the waveform, the oval peaking, and the indistinct low volume peaks - prior to the nutritional arterial cleansing:

The second graph demonstrates the signs of improved circulation, such as increased size of the waveform, the sharper peaking, and the distinct high volume peaks - after six (6) weeks of the nutritional arterial cleansing:

Within six (6) weeks on the nutritional arterial cleansing, vascularity in this man's feet was increased by 86%, and pulse volume - by 50%. Considering the fact that impaired cirulation in the extremities is difficult to treat, to see such a high degree of response in only six (6) weeks is most significant. *Plethysmography is a technique used to measure blood flow volume in the body. In atherosclerotic disease, the vigour of the blood flow is seriously decreased. Reference: D. Rowland Ph.D.: Vascular Cleansing. New Hope for Heart Disease.

PLEASE NOTE: The white patches and the central dark spot inside the arteries are reflections of the light used by the camera to illuminate its target.

	Before: An interior photo of a coronary artery of a 68-year-old male, prior to the nutritional arterial cleansing - the blockage up to approximately 72 percent.
	After: Another interior photo of the same coronary artery, after five (5) months on the nutritional arterial cleansing - the blockage reduced down to about 24 percent.
As you can see, with two (2) more months remaining in the nutritional arterial cleansing, the blockage was reduced from 72 percent down to 24 percent. *Reference: David W. Rowland: The Nutritional Bypass. Reverse Atherosclerosis Without Surgery.

You can see an estimated 50 percent reduction of life-threatening arterial plaque buildup in the carotid artery as a result of a six-month trial of the nutritional arterial cleansing. Imiging was provided by North Carolina Institute of Technology, a third-party scientific medical research organization based in North Carolina.

What an amazing visual proof! Indeed, a picture is worth a thousand words...

However, the results may vary from person to person. No individual result should be seen as typical because there are many known and unknown variables to consider. These variables include such elements as someone's biochemical individuality, the overall health, existing conditions, and lifestyle - dietary habits, fitness and stress levels in particular.

The nutritional arterial cleansing has also a lot to do with improving your functional age (not the same as chronological age!) by adding more active years to your life. Although you are 50, if you have taken care of yourself, your functional age may be of a 35-year-old man - or of a 60-year-old man, if you have not...

Therefore, in order to find out if the nutritional arterial cleansing truly enhances the state of your health, you can perform a simple test on yourself before, during and after using the arterial cleansing formula.

The best among the do-it-yourself functional age measurements is the static balance test:

• How long can you stand on one leg with your eyes closed before falling over? (As a matter of standardization: left leg - if you are right-handed, right leg - if left-handed.)

On the average, a 100 percent decline occurs from age 20 to age 80. According to Dr. Roy L. Walford (Beyond The 120-Year Diet. New York 2000):

• most young people can hold a one-legged eyes-closed stand for 30 seconds or more, whereas
• few old persons can hold the pose longer than a few seconds.

How to Perform the Test?
It can done either barefoot or wearing an ordinary low-heeled shoe. Stand on a hard surface (not a rug) with both feet together, close your eyes, and lift your foot about six inches off the ground, bending your knee at about a 45-degree angle. Don't move or jiggle your foot; just stand on it with your eyes closed.

Do the test three (3) times and take an average. Please have your spouse or a friend close by to catch you in case you do, in fact, fall over.

• How many seconds can you stand this way before you have to open your eyes or move your foot to avoid falling over?

Here are the approximate values (time in seconds before falling over) for different functional ages (in years). In other words, if you can hold a one-legged eyes-closed stand for:

• 4 seconds, your functional age is about 70 years,
• 5   sec. - 65 years,
• 7   sec. - 60 years,
• 8   sec. - 55 years,
• 9   sec. - 50 years,
• 12 sec. - 45 years,
• 16 sec. - 40 years.

But not everybody, including medical establishments, agrees that the evidence is enough to act upon. Until formal proof is established, this matter remains a legitimate question of judgment, which varies from one person, or institution, to another.

However, the only way to obtain scientifically acceptable proof of the association between the nutritional means, such as targeted nutritional supplementation, and atherosclerosis would be to

• take a large number of persons from the same population,
• put half of them on a artery cleansing program, and
• see if that half develops less atherosclerosis than the rest.

Such critical test should be performed in a three-to-five-year, $75-million study conducted, for example, by the American Heart Association. The conclusive evidence would be published as a formal proof of the role played by nutrition in the process of controlling atherosclerosis.

Unfortunately, such a multi-million study has not been run yet.

Should we wait then for "conclusive" evidence, which may be years away and too late for some of us? Can we accept probable evidence?

We need to realize that not taking a stand, insisting on waiting until all the evidence is in, is itself - a position and a recommendation! Not taking a stand is not really the neutral position it is made out to be.

On the other hand, physicians like to pretend, and many have kidded themselves into believing, that whatever they espouse has been "scientifically proved." Far from true!

A great deal of what established medicine recommends today with good conscience is not formally "proved"! In other words, in medicine it is not uncommon to recommend measures for which only substantial evidence exists.

Example No. 1: Many doctors have for years been recommending the lowering of blood cholesterol because this would probably help prevent coronary heart disease, but this was not "proved" until 1984, and then for only a selected category of patient.

And only in early 1985 did a panel of 13 experts convened as part of a National Institutes of Health "consensus conference" conclude "beyond a reasonable doubt" that lowering elevated blood cholesterol levels would reduce the risk of heart attacks.

"Beyond a reasonable doubt" in fact means "with a high order of probability." Surely this is not formal proof. It's a consensus decision.

What sets it apart from conventional medical methods is that the nutritional arterial cleansing - by keeping atherosclerotic plaques in solution - helps to emulsify and wash them away safely and gradually. In other words, the nutritional method does NOT pull away "chunks of plaque" that could plug up the arteries further downstream!

Why?

Because, by definition, dietary supplements nourish and heal (never destruct!) - a characteristic which is not true for any medicine. It's no wonder, then, the nutritional arterial cleansing helps make the plaques disappear and, at the same time, prevents formation of new atheromas. That's how the body functions and works - by nourishing and healing itself in order to maintain homeostasis and prevent any damage to it.

So if you or a loved one is dealing with this atherosclerosis, it certainly can't hurt to add therapeutic levels of cardioprotective nutrients to your daily regimen.

As soon as you begin improving the flow of oxygen-dense and nutrients-dense blood in the entire cardiovascular tree, you will start experiencing, almost immediately - literally, within weeks ! - such positive changes as:

• an increase in energy;

Palpation of Posterior Tibial Pulse

• pain-free walking;
• reduction in angina (chest pain) attacks;
• warmer hands and feet;
• measurable posterior tibial pulse (peripheral circulation);
• reduction of shaking/trembling in hands, and tingling in hands and/or feet, if any;
• improved mental alertness, cognition and memory;
• less need for sleep;
• better vision, and even
• better skin tone, resulting in a younger look.

The nutritional arterial cleansing - believe it or not! - can even help you improve your functional age (not the same as chronological age!) by adding more active years to your life.

First of all, however, the nutritional arterial cleansing can help you control the atherosclerosis risk factors, such as:

• hypertension,
• high blood levels of
  • lipoprotein (a),
  • homocysteine,
  • fibrinogen,
  • LDL-"bad" cholesterol,
  • triglycerides,
• nutritional deficiencies,
• complications of diabetes.

The nutritional arterial cleansing can help you avoid such consequences of atherosclerosis as:

• coronary artery disease (leading to angina, heart attack, heart failure),
• carotid artery disease (leading to stroke),
• peripheral artery disease (pain in the lower limbs on walking, typically in the calf muscle, a condition called intermittent claudication, leading to foot gangrene and/or amputation),
• restenosis (obstruction of bypass grafts and stents),
• kidney damage,
• "eye stroke",
• erectile dysfunction (in men),
• mesentric ischemia (inadequate blood supply to the small intestine).

The nutritional arterial cleansing can help you avoid the risks of standard medical treatments such as:

• balloon angioplasty,
• stenting,
• endarterectomy,
• vascular bypass (coronary, cerebral, peripheral),
• amputation.

The nutritional arterial cleansing can complement or - in some cases - even replace the invtravenous (IV) chelation therapy. It may also help cut your dependence on medications such as anti-cholesterol drugs, aspirin, blood thinners, diuretics, nitroglycerin, etc.

The nutritional arterial cleansing can also help rejuvenate arteries and prevent their premature aging. As the joy of life depends on a sound cardiovascular system, with the arterial cleansing formula and its long list of health benefits you have nothing to lose - and your arterial health to gain.

Who says, then, that the nutritional arterial cleansing does not work? Those, who think that micronutrients, vitamins and anti-oxidants are not necessary for our health and that optimum nutrition is not important.