Beneficial Foods for Reducing Arterial Plaque

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Beneficial Foods for Reducing Artery Plaque

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Oct 16, 2002 15:13 PDT

 

" Food Your Miracle Medicine "

 

" Toxic *oxidized* LDL Cholesterol "

 

Some components of cholesterol are dangerous

to arteries, while others are beneficial.

Furthermore, what you eat may actually detoxify detrimental

cholesterol so it cannot harm arteries.

 

Regardless of cholesterol's complexities,

one thing is undeniable:

What you eat can put a striking dent in dangerous cholesterol

and. More spectacularly, according to new findings,

change its character so it is not so deadly!

 

This radical way of controlling cholesterol by detoxifying it,

according

to new research, promises to dramatically slow the progression of

atherosclerosis by 50 to 70 percent and even help reverse existing

artery clogging by shrinking the clumps of plaque on artery walls,

says

leading researcher Daniel Steinberg, M.D., at the University of

California School of Medicine in San Diego.

" We can now attack the disease at the artery wall

as well by simply lowering LDL cholesterol.

It's very exciting, " he says.

 

HOW YOU CAN USE FOOD TO CONTROL CHOLESTEROL

 

Essentially, you should eat in a way to lower one type of

cholesterol,

called LDL (low-density lipoprotein), and boost another type, known

as

HDL (high density lipoprotein).

That's because the LDLs are " bad-guys " that serve as raw material to

clog arteries. In contrast, the good-guy HDLs gobble up the LDL

" villains " and cart them to the liver, where they are annihilated!

Obviously, the more HDL and the less LDL you have in your blood, the

safer your arteries. Certain foods help bring this about by

destroying

detrimental LDLs and creating beneficial HDLs.

 

Now enters an exciting new theory that promises to make it possible

to

control cholesterol with food in ways unimagined even a few years

ago.

According to that new theory put forth by Dr. Steinberg and many

others,

here's how arteries get clogged:

 

Special forms of oxygen known as free radicals in the blood collide

with fatty LDL cholesterol molecules, oxidizing them. The LDL then

turns

rancid, much as unrefrigerated butter does.

In this altered form it is quickly gobbled up by cells called

macrophages. Stuffed with fat globules, the macrophages enlarge into

dreaded " foam cells " which insinuate themselves into artery walls,

triggering artery destruction!

 

If you can prevent this toxic transformation, your LDL cholesterol

may

remain relatively harmless. So the issue is not just how much LDL

cholesterol your blood contains, but how much of it is " Toxic

Oxidized

LDL, " capable of clogging your arteries.

Dr. Steinberg and many others now believe that LDL cholesterol is

not

so dangerous to arteries unless it is converted into a toxic form by

oxygenated " free radicals " in your blood.

 

That's where diet can be a powerful weapon. Mounting evidence shows

you

can block LDLs toxic transformation, and thus its awesome hazards,

by

eating foods packed with protective antioxidants.

 

This means you might intervene at the very " genesis of

atherosclerosis "

at every stage, blocking the cascade of arterial events that create

clogged arteries, heart attacks and strokes. It is a thrilling

prospect.

 

Bottom Line:

 

To combat hazardous blood cholesterol, reduce bad LDL cholesterol,

boost

good HDL cholesterol, and keep as much as possible of your LDL from

becoming toxic to your arteries. Here are your best bets for doing

it

with diet.

 

Foods that Raise Good HDL Cholesterol:

 

Onions, raw

Garlic (fresh is best)

Salmon, mackerel, sardines, tuna and other fatty fish (avoid farmed

varieties)

Oysters, Mussels

Grape Seed Oil

Almonds

Avocadoes

Extra Virgin Olive Oils

Vitamin C rich foods (bell peppers, broccoli, oranges)

Beta-carotene-rich foods (carrots, spinach, broccoli)

Wine, beer, alcohol in moderation

Caution:

Very-low-fat diets (10 percent or less of calories from fat

And/or Diets containing hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils

and

fats depress HDLs.

 

 

" Food your Miracle Medicine "

(How Food can Prevent and Cure

Over 100 Symptoms and Problems)

by Jean Carper

 

 

 

 

 

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