Diseases of blood vessels are a major cause of premature disability and death. Heart attacks and strokes are the most obvious consequence of damaged arteries and increased clotting of blood. 

Proper  diet revision should be aggressively sought as a solution to this  major endemic disease problem, if not by national policy, then by personal prerogative. To improve the health of modern citizens and to reduce, at the same time, the increasing costs of health-care, self-responsibility for disease-prevention is required. Each person will have to alter disease-causing habits, change poor eating habits, stop smoking and drinking and become more physically active.

Fatty degeneration of arterial walls have complex origins in the diets and living conditions that are common in Europe and North America. The root cause is eating too much of the wrong food and exercising too little. The risk of heart attacks positively correlates with higher blood levels of cholesterol; the risk of strokes does not. High blood pressure accelerates arterial disease.

There has been a relatively sudden paradigm shift in cardiovascular medicine from fat theories of disease toward recognition of the pervasive role of inflammation. Inflammation is a consequence of immune activity.

Chronic inflammation may arise from food, infection, and autoimmune disease. We believe that food proteins enter the blood and trigger immune attacks on arterial walls. This means, for example, that low fat but high protein foods continue to be risky.

High Blood Pressure According to the Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, non-drug strategies should be the priority for hypertension control.

The Alpha Nutrition Program can be recommended, along with Alpha DMX, exercise and relaxation as a rational strategy of preventing and managing cardiovascular disease.