About Cardéon
Cardéon is a science-based solution for heart health, created by Latvian cardiologists. Developed by combining medical experience and an evidence-based approach to product composition.
Professor at RSU, certified cardiologist, and head of Skride Heart Clinic
Andris Skride
Science the heart can trust
Some questions come up again and again — visit after visit, patient after patient.
“Do I need to take dietary supplements?”
“Which ones exactly?”
“Why does my neighbour take one, while a doctor on TV says they are all a waste of money?”
At Professor Andris Skride’s heart clinic, these questions were part of everyday life. And for a long time, the professor himself regarded them with caution, even scepticism — like many of his colleagues in cardiology.
But the reality of the clinic spoke clearly. People take dietary supplements — whether or not their doctor recommends them. The question was never “to take or not to take”; the question was whether they were taking the right substances, in the right doses, in the right combinations and in the right form.
And surprisingly often, the answer was “no”. People were taking substances they did not need at all, while missing the ones that could genuinely help. Doses were chosen at random, combinations were uncoordinated. And above it all reigned an overload of information and chaos, in which marketing promises and genuine scientific evidence were mixed into one indistinguishable mass.
Is a balanced diet not enough?
There was also a widespread and generally accepted belief: if a person eats enough and eats a balanced diet, they do not need dietary supplements. This belief was once justified. But in the era of intensive agriculture it is increasingly an oversimplification — soil depletion and accelerated growing methods mean that today’s vegetables and fruit often contain fewer nutrients than those grown slowly, in the traditional way, a few generations ago.
The theory of a “sufficiently balanced diet” increasingly collided with practice, in which even people who ate well and with enough variety were lacking the nutrients they needed.
This clash between patients’ needs and interests on the one hand, and unclear or contradictory answers on the other, became the starting point of Cardéon.
From question to evidence
Professor Skride and his team did what scientists do when faced with uncertainty — they systematically searched for data and evidence. Not in marketing materials or popular publications, but in the scientific literature and in the guidelines of European and US cardiology societies. The goal was to understand which substances, in which release forms, in which doses and in which combinations can be useful for people with cardiovascular problems, or for those who want to protect themselves from them.
The work involved not only Professor Skride but also his clinic colleagues — cardiologists and scientists whose daily work is helping patients and basing their decisions on scientific evidence. This is how Cardéon came about — a product line born not from the idea of “which substance is popular right now”, but from years of clinical experience and careful study of the scientific literature.
Three situations, one clear solution
At the clinic, the professor had observed that most of the confusion and wrong decisions arise because people lack a simple point of reference — what exactly do I need right now, given my situation? That is why Cardéon sets are built not on the principle of “one product for everyone”, but on the principle of “a clear solution for a specific situation”.
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Cardéon Balance set
View setFor people with high blood pressure
The set combines potassium, magnesium, omega-3 fatty acids and coenzyme Q10 to support electrolyte balance and the everyday function of the vascular system.
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Cardéon Life Set
View setFor people who want to act preventively — before problems arise
It combines omega-3 fatty acids with the active forms of B vitamins, supporting the heart and homocysteine metabolism every day, over the long term.
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Cardéon Vital set
View setFor people with heart failure or reduced physical endurance
The set combines L-carnitine, omega-3 fatty acids, magnesium malate and vitamin B6 to support the body’s energy metabolism every day, when every step takes more effort.
Details that make the difference
A scientific approach also means paying attention to details that often remain invisible to users, yet directly determine whether a dietary supplement actually reaches the body in a usable form.
- Cardéon Omega-3 contains EPA and DHA in a 2:1 ratio — at a dose that meets the scientifically established threshold for supporting normal heart function.
- Cardéon Methylfolate + B6 + B12 uses not the cheaper, synthetic forms of B vitamins, but their active forms — 5-MTHF methylfolate, P5P (pyridoxal-5-phosphate) and methylcobalamin — which the body can use directly, without additional conversion steps.
- Magnesium in Cardéon products is used in malate form, which is better absorbed and more gently tolerated than the widely used magnesium oxide.
Every ingredient, every form and every dose has been chosen with a specific question in mind — does it truly give the body what it needs, and is there sufficient scientific evidence behind it.
A name that is a guarantee
When Professor Andris Skride vouches for a product’s formulation with his own name, it is a professional promise from a person who looks his patients in the eye every day and knows he must not recommend anything without sufficient justification. It is a responsibility that he and his team — cardiologists, scientists and researchers — took on out of a wish to act in their patients’ best interest.
Cardéon was not born from a desire to create yet another product in a market that already has thousands of dietary supplements. It was born from the realisation that what people lack is not choice, but clarity — and that this clarity can only come when behind every capsule stand real scientific research, real clinical experience and people who are prepared to vouch for it with their own name.
