ADNO – Arginine Derived Nitric Oxide

Over 14 million Americans suffer from coronary artery diseases, with another 60 million at risk. That is 1 in 4 adults.

Cardiovascular disease is the No 1 killer and kills more people than the next 9 diseases put together.

Along with these astounding facts, over 30 million Americans alone suffer from erectile dysfunction and other sexual difficulties.

Millions more are affected by other vascular conditions such as peripheral artery disease, strokes, hypertension and diabetes. On top of that there is also a substantial increase in cancer in the world today. In fact cancer was recently reported to have overtaken Heart disease as the No 1 killer in the UK. Certainly Cancer is the disease with the No 1 fear factor.

Grim statistics, but unfortunately true!

The Discovery

On October 12th 1998, a team of scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their discoveries about a gas molecule called Nitric Oxide. Nitric Oxide (labelled as the miracle molecule) is a powerful vasodilator, which simply means, it helps to keep your arteries open and helps maintain their smooth, Teflon like texture so blood can flow normally.

Your body uses Arginine an Amino Acid we absorb from food, (often referred to as L’arginine which is the natural L or Levo – rotatory form) to produce Nitric Oxide.

The problem however, is that people with, or at risk from, Heart Disease, that ability may be impaired. So the answer could be to eat more Arginine rich foods, however, the problem with that is, most Arginine rich foods tend to be fat and LDL cholesterol rich too, like red meats and shell fish etc. You can also get Arginine in capsules but the problem is, do you want to take 12 capsules a day?

On top of that, as we have explained with Micro Nutrition, it is also about absorbtion at a cellular level and as we have discussed in the Micro Nutrition article, its the cells of the body that have to be repaired, as most disease takes place at a cellular level.

Now no one can ever guarantee what results any person may have from taking Arginine but what we can say is, there is a vast and growing body of scientific research on Arginine and vascular health.

According to Robert Freed and Woodson Marrow authors of the Arginine solution:
“Since 1990 almost 10,000 articles relating to the physiological benefits of Arginine have been published in pier reviewed medical journals, including the American journal of hypertension, the Journal of the American medical association, the Journal of immunology, the New England journal of medicine, the Lancet , cardiology and circulation”

The Arginine Solution

The Arginine Solution also records an extensive body of research in ADNO or Arginine Derived Nitric Oxide in other words Nitric Oxide that’s produced in the body from Arginine.

According to that research ADNO relaxes arteries and helps maintain normal blood pressure and circulation. It helps open the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart preventing angina pain. It is also a powerful anti – coagulant or blood thinner and helps prevent blood platelets from clumping together into the clots that can cause heart attacks and strokes.

Arginine enhances blood flow to the pelvic area in both men and women, specifically helping to counteract erectile dysfunction.

The research also shows that ADNO is a potent free radical scavenger that helps to lower serum cholesterol and is used by the immune system to kill foreign bacteria and viruses.
Arginine functions as a messenger molecule, helping nerve cells in the body and brain to communicate with each other and it enhances blood flow to the brain and is used by the brain to encode long term memory.

According to the research ADNO helps to control the lung airways and it may help pancreatic secretion of insulin, therefore reducing the risk of diabetes.
It is used by the immune system to kill marauding bacteria and cancer cells. Arginine is an important Antioxidant, guarding LDL cholesterol from free radical damage that transforms it from a benign blood fat to an aggressive artery blocker.

Nitric Oxide even stimulates the body to release the Human Growth Hormone (HGH) a key to longevity, promoting lean muscle mass and bone density while decreasing fat tissue.

Of course taking Arginine alongside a well balanced diet can go along way to help preventing any of these problems in the first place. As the body requires over 40 essential nutrients every day for optimum health, then obviously diet is the key.

Also it is a question of repair and treating the abnormalities of the body through your villi in your lower intestines, (as referred to in the Micro Nutrition article) therefore feeding the cells of your body.

Arginine combined with Micro Nutrition, can therefore assist in the bodies natural healing process at a cellular level.