What Tikva Users Have To Say


My husband and I wanted to let you know what our experience with Tikva has been, even at this early stage. This Wednesday marks 4 weeks on the Tikva drink.

Daniel is 42. His health is good except for the high blood pressure. He's been on Lisinopril and Indapam for about two years. He became a living zombie. It was a struggle for him some days to get the dishes washed and unload the dishwasher. He had almost every side effect listed for these drugs. In looking back, we realized that he is someone that is extremely sensitive to medicine and responds very quickly to them (either way).

We received the shipment on Wednesday, March 16th, and he began taking it. His energy began coming back the following Monday, and has remained (and gotten better).

On Friday, April 1 he had to stop taking the diuretic medicine because his blood pressure was dropping too low. Once this diuretic was stopped, everything leveled out within the target range.

He began having another symptom of skin rash/eczema and I got on the Internet to find out more about ACE inhibitors. Once we found out it was based on the venom of a Brazilian pit viper snake, the symptoms he's been experiencing were completely understandable.

He's now cut his ACE inhibitor in half, and is still in the target range on the blood pressure. We feel like that with a bit more time on the formula, he will be off of these medicines.

Tikva has given me my husband back.

Thank you so much for the work you have done and the product you've made available.

Best regards,
Ann and Dan R .

Lycopene (like'uh-peen)

Antioxidant - Free Radicals
Heart Disease
Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Disease





What Is It?

Lycopene is a bright red carotenoid pigment , a phytochemical found in tomatoes and other red fruits . Lycopene is the most common carotenoid in the human body and is one of the most potent carotenoid antioxidants. Its name is derived from the tomato's species classification, Solanum lycopersicum (formerly Lycopersicon esculentum ).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycopene

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Health Benefits

Heart Disease

Researchers have hypothesized that the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), which carries cholesterol into the bloodstream, plays an important role in the development of atherosclerosis, the underlying disorder leading to heart attacks and ischemic strokes. Antioxidant nutrients are believed to slow the progression of atherosclerosis by virtue of their ability to inhibit damaging oxidative processes. Of all the antioxidant nutrients, lycopene appears to be the most potent.

European researchers studied lycopene concentration and risk for cardiovascular disease. They found that men with the highest levels of lycopene in their adipose tissue were 48% less likely to develop cardiovascular disease. They also found that while lycopene consumption was cardioprotective, alpha-carotene and beta-carotene were not.

Women also benefit from lycopene . A 2003 study by Harvard researchers found that women with the highest intake of lycopene had a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease compared to women with a low intake of lycopene. Women who consumed seven or more servings of tomato-based foods weekly saw a nearly 30% risk reduction in total cardiovascular disease compared to a group with intakes of less than 1.5 servings per week.

A study in Finland measured lycopene blood levels and the thickness of the carotid artery wall. Researchers found a strong correlation between low blood lycopene concentrations and thickening of the carotid artery, which is associated with an increased risk of heart attack. The study authors concluded that low plasma lycopene concentrations are associated with early atherosclerosis.

-Life Extension Foundation

 

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