So much misinformation on here. Stick with a cardiologist and his dietary guide lines. They know plenty about nutrition and the effects on TVthe cardio system, down to the micro cellular level.
Can atheroscleros be completely reversed?
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Dr. Malcolm Kendrick has what is probably the best "blog" on what causes CVD. It's time consuming but straighforward to read, and very, very enlightening.
https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/
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"Blast, again here I am finding myself dragged into the diet debate. It seems impossible to release the discussion from this intellectual black hole. The meme is firmly entrenched. CVD is primarily to do with diet. Ancel Keys may be, posthumously, about to lose the argument on saturated fat However, he certainly succeeded in anchoring almost all discussions within the wider hypothesis that CVD is primarily due to diet.
It is not. "
Egyptian mummies showed evidence of fully formed cardio vascular disease, despite a very healthy diet. To assume diet is the problem and diet is the answer is a very short sighted view.
Increasing risk:
Smoking
Cocaine use
Cortisol
Kawasaki’s disease
Diabetes
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kidney failure
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatories e.g. brufen, naproxen
Biomechanical stress (within arteries)
Dehydration
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Antiphospholipid syndrome (Hughes syndrome)
Vitamin C deficiency
Raised fibrinogen levels (key clotting factor)
Homocysteine
Bacterial infections inc. gingivitis
Increased plasminogen activator inhibitor – (1 PAI-1) levels (critical factor in blood clot repair/breakdown)
I could have kept going, but that is enough for now. What do all of these things have in common. They increase the risk of atherosclerotic plaque formation, death from CVD. Most importantly, of course, they cause endothelial damage and/or increased blood coagulability. And I could not, and cannot, think of anything else that links them all together.
Then I started to think about factors that reduce the risk of CVD.
Exercise (overall, not whilst doing it)
Moderate alcohol consumption
Aspirin
Clopidogrel (expensive aspirin)
ACE- inhibitors (a blood pressure lowering agent)
Yoga
Haemophilia
Statins
Von Willibrand disease (lack of a specific clotting factor in platelets)
B vitamins (enough to reduce homocysteine)
Adequate Vit C (no idea what the correct intake should be)
Potassium (higher consumption reduces platelets sticking together)
Vitamin D
Nitric Oxide (through sunlight – and other nutrients e.g. l-arginine)
Magnesium (and other micronutrients)
The point is this, it's a very complex subject and there is not just one "fix" or just one series of things one must do. Diet alone is not the answer. My father knew the family history, had a perfect vegetarian diet and yet had a fully occluded LAD artery at age 47.
https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/
Quote:
"Blast, again here I am finding myself dragged into the diet debate. It seems impossible to release the discussion from this intellectual black hole. The meme is firmly entrenched. CVD is primarily to do with diet. Ancel Keys may be, posthumously, about to lose the argument on saturated fat However, he certainly succeeded in anchoring almost all discussions within the wider hypothesis that CVD is primarily due to diet.
It is not. "
Egyptian mummies showed evidence of fully formed cardio vascular disease, despite a very healthy diet. To assume diet is the problem and diet is the answer is a very short sighted view.
Increasing risk:
Smoking
Cocaine use
Cortisol
Kawasaki’s disease
Diabetes
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kidney failure
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatories e.g. brufen, naproxen
Biomechanical stress (within arteries)
Dehydration
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Antiphospholipid syndrome (Hughes syndrome)
Vitamin C deficiency
Raised fibrinogen levels (key clotting factor)
Homocysteine
Bacterial infections inc. gingivitis
Increased plasminogen activator inhibitor – (1 PAI-1) levels (critical factor in blood clot repair/breakdown)
I could have kept going, but that is enough for now. What do all of these things have in common. They increase the risk of atherosclerotic plaque formation, death from CVD. Most importantly, of course, they cause endothelial damage and/or increased blood coagulability. And I could not, and cannot, think of anything else that links them all together.
Then I started to think about factors that reduce the risk of CVD.
Exercise (overall, not whilst doing it)
Moderate alcohol consumption
Aspirin
Clopidogrel (expensive aspirin)
ACE- inhibitors (a blood pressure lowering agent)
Yoga
Haemophilia
Statins
Von Willibrand disease (lack of a specific clotting factor in platelets)
B vitamins (enough to reduce homocysteine)
Adequate Vit C (no idea what the correct intake should be)
Potassium (higher consumption reduces platelets sticking together)
Vitamin D
Nitric Oxide (through sunlight – and other nutrients e.g. l-arginine)
Magnesium (and other micronutrients)
The point is this, it's a very complex subject and there is not just one "fix" or just one series of things one must do. Diet alone is not the answer. My father knew the family history, had a perfect vegetarian diet and yet had a fully occluded LAD artery at age 47.
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