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The Biggest Culprit in the Heart Disease PandemicThe underlying cause of a heart attack is narrowing of the arteries. The process is known medically as atherosclerosis. Beating a dead horse, cardiologists confidently describe atherosclerosis as a plumbing problem: Fat and cholesterol-laden gunk gradually builds up within the arteries. If this build-up.....http://www.newswithviews.com/Ellison/shane23.htmby Shane Ellison, M.Sc. "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo.

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It is a good article, Jag. I have a few things to add about AGEs.

 

Are you familar with the supplements Alpha Lipoic Acid, Acetyl

L-Carnatine, and Benfortiamine?

http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/alpha-lipoic-acid.html

http://alobar.livejournal.com/1038393.html

 

The use of these 3 supplements (plus taking vitamin C to bowel

tolerance) is a very good combination for getting rid of Advanced

Glycation End Products (AGEs) from the body.

 

Personally, I found my mind sharpening up, and I became far better

able to make self-observations about what various supplements and

dietary changes were doing for me. I also found myself getting more

adventurous and not doing the patterns I normally do. To quote info

on Benfotiamine which I posted to my blog post above:

 

" Advanced Glycation End products, or 'AGEs' as they're appropriately

called, are the end result of the complex chemical process through

which the structure of proteins is warped by exposure to sugars or by

other, much more reactive molecules. AGE chemistry is the cause of the

" browning " you see when you roast a chicken or make toast, but the

same 'browning' chemistry is at work in your body every day of your

life. In your arteries. In your kidneys. In your heart, your eyes,

your skin, your nerves. In every cell, the sugar that your body uses

for fuel is busily at work at this very moment, caramelizing your body

through exactly the same chemical processes that caramelize onions or

peanut brittle. "

 

Alobar

 

On 9/23/06, Jagannath Chatterjee <jagchat01 wrote:

> The Biggest Culprit in the Heart Disease Pandemic

> The underlying cause of a heart attack is narrowing of the arteries. The

process is known medically as atherosclerosis. Beating a dead horse,

cardiologists confidently describe atherosclerosis as a plumbing problem: Fat

and cholesterol-laden gunk gradually builds up within the arteries. If this

build-up.....

> http://www.newswithviews.com/Ellison/shane23.htm

> by Shane Ellison, M.Sc.

>

>

> " Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the

conquest of life by the power of the spirit. " - Aurobindo.

>

>

>

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Correction on my previous post. I mis-spelled Acetyl L-Carnitine,

and Benfotiamine.

 

The article about high blood sugar being a big danger because

of AGEs. While I agree, I also feel the need to add that diabetics

who take diabetic drugs which boost insulin levels cause themselves

heart attacks because high insulin is rather corrosive to arterial

linings. The diabetic drugs do not deal with insulin resistance at

the cellular level. They just increase how much insulin the

pancreas puts out. So one can be a diabetic with good blood glucose

control, and still be in danger from heart attack.

 

No references handy right now, but I have read that the kind

of fats one eats determines how one's cell membranes are built in the

body. Eating the wrong fats leads to insulin resistance. Getting

lots of healthy saturated fats and Omega 3 oils has helped me with my

insulin resistance, as have the various diabetic supplements I take

and eating a low carb diet, and I am able to keep good blood glucose

control through diet and supplements without taking diabetic drugs.

5 years ago, my fasting blood glucose was over 360. I was 56. The

doc told me that at my age with that high a fasting blood glucose

level, I would never be able to control blood glucose without taking

diabetic meds. Now it is down to under 110 with no meds.

 

 

Alobar

 

On 9/23/06, Alobar <alobar wrote:

> It is a good article, Jag. I have a few things to add about AGEs.

>

> Are you familar with the supplements Alpha Lipoic Acid, Acetyl

> L-Carnatine, and Benfortiamine?

> http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/alpha-lipoic-acid.html

> http://alobar.livejournal.com/1038393.html

 

> On 9/23/06, Jagannath Chatterjee <jagchat01 wrote:

> > The Biggest Culprit in the Heart Disease Pandemic

> > The underlying cause of a heart attack is narrowing of the arteries. The

process is known medically as atherosclerosis. Beating a dead horse,

cardiologists confidently describe atherosclerosis as a plumbing problem: Fat

and cholesterol-laden gunk gradually builds up within the arteries. If this

build-up.....

> > http://www.newswithviews.com/Ellison/shane23.htm

> > by Shane Ellison, M.Sc.

> >