Groundbreaking Discovery:
How Nitic Oxide Contributes to Heart Health
Through several decades of research, clinical trials and tests scientists and medical practitioners have gathered an enormous body of evidence which shows that the core problem of “heart disease” does not lie in the heart itself but stems from the lack of blood flow to the heart. Similarly, a stroke, also called a brain attack, is not caused by problems of the brain but derives from an insufficient blood flow to the brain and loss of brain tissue due to that poor flow.
Circulation is a Key Issue
The most common of blood circulation problems is atherosclerosis – a gradual thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries. Deterioration in blood circulation is life threatening because blood carries oxygen and nutrients to every cell in the body. In some diabetes cases the poor blood flow to the legs resulted in amputations. Studies also showed that 90% of erectile dysfunction is due to poor blood flow.
Many years of research for a “magic cure” to improve blood flow and reverse development of plaque in the arteries have finally come to fruition. You will learn about some of these breakthroughs.
Discovery of the ”Miracle Molecule” – Nitric Oxide
At the beginning of the 1990s doctors started to observe that sometimes an unknown factor would suddenly cause a relaxation of the blood vessels followed by a decrease in both blood pressure and heart rate. The change came from the inside of the arteries, precisely in the endothelium – the interior surface of blood vessels – This effect could last for nano seconds or longer, but it was so puzzling for observers that nobody could figure out a better term than “endothelium -derived relaxing factor” (EDRF). It was also observed that EDRF was directly influenced in the body by an amino acid called L-arginine.
Further investigation by several scientists at the same time revealed that arginine is used by the body to make nitric oxide (NO). The studies of this gas, traditionally considered to be of no benefit or even damaging to health, revealed that its presence is vital to arterial and heart health. In 1992 NO was named “Molecule of the Year” and the three American researchers who identified its “magic role” were awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1998.








