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By Steve Parcell, ND I understand masters athletes. It helps to be one myself. I compete in cyclocross and road cycling in the Greater Denver/Boulder area. The masters athlete is not a person generally well understood by conventional insurance based doctors. This is because they are trained in hospitals doing sick care. They don’t typically see athletes.  Though older athletes are generally very healthy they may put themselves at risk for ...

Chelation with EDTA Chelation (pronounced ke-LA’shun) literally means “to chemically bind to.”  I sought additional training and certification in chelation therapy after finding that many patients had heavy metal overload. I was trained through the American Academy for the Advancement of Medicine and have been administering this treatment for many years. EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) is a synthetic amino acid that can be given...

Evidence suggests that increased blood viscosity is an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic heart disease and its complications (Becker 1993). Blood behaves more like a solid at low speeds but behaves more like a liquid at fast speeds. Blood behaves much like ketchup coming out of a bottle. Once you get it moving, it really moves fast. When the heart is resting between beats it becomes more viscous (thick or solid), and then when the heart...

Plaque is composed of lipids (fats and cholesterol), calcium, white blood cells, muscle cells, and connective tissue. It is metabolically active and can be hotter than surrounding tissues. White blood cells enter and modify the plaque by becoming part of its structure and by secreting enzymes that degrade the fibrous cap that covers the plaque. Plaque formation starts in early adulthood and progresses at varying rates depending on many factors. G...

Atherosclerosis is a complex subject under continuous study by cardiology researchers. Why do humans get plaque? What is plaque? What is it made of? Why does plaque form in some areas and not others? The answers to these questions may surprise you. Our understanding of atherosclerosis is still evolving, and new risk factors continue to emerge. Atherosclerosis (arterial plaque) results from the process of atherogenesis,[1] and unchecked atherogene...