LipoProtein A

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Can someone please tell me where I can find information on Lipoprotein A and the

connection to heart disease.

 

thanks

linda meeh

 

 

 

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, Linda Meeh

<lindameeh@b...> wrote:

> Can someone please tell me where I can find information on

Lipoprotein A and the connection to heart disease.

>

> thanks

> linda meeh

>

 

Hi Linda!

Lipoprotein (a) is an established cause of heart disease. An all

organic natural foods diet is a good solution. I would need more of

an idea of the specific type of information you are looking for.

I have a wealth of information on lipoproteins on the message boards

in the cholesterol, oils and fatty acids and heart forums.

www.alternative-medicine-message-boards.info

 

JoAnn

 

PS. lipoprotein a is only one marker for heart disease. There are

others. If you are battling heart disease I am here to tell you that

I conquered heart disease without one single drug. I accomplished

this exclusively with selective supplements and a purely natural

diet...eliminating all processed foods, including refined sugar and

dairy foods! You will find that the 'bad' fats contribute mainly to

these problems...i.e. any foods with hydrogenated, transfats in them

should be avoided entirely. Organic eggs are an excellent source of

protein. Contrary to mainstream advice I had one or more organic

eggs everyday and still reversed my heart problems.

 

 

 

Medical Abstract Title:

 

A Monounsaturated Fatty Acid-Rich Pecan-Enriched Diet Favorably

Alters the Serum Lipid Profile of Healthy Men and Women.

 

Author:

Rajaram S, Burke K, Connell B, Myint T, Sabaté J

 

Source:

J Nutr. 2001;131:2275-2279.

 

Abstract:

http://www.enzy.com/abstracts/display.asp?id=3058

 

Frequent consumption of nuts is associated with decreased risk of

cardiovascular disease. We investigated the effect of pecans rich in

monounsaturated fat as an alternative to the Step I diet in

modifying serum lipids and lipoproteins in men and women with normal

to moderately high serum cholesterol.

 

In a single-blind, randomized, controlled, crossover feeding study,

we assigned 23 subjects (mean age: 38 y; 9 women, 14 men) to follow

two diets, each for 4 wk: a Step I diet and a pecan-enriched diet

(accomplished by proportionately reducing all food items in a Step I

diet by one fifth for a 20% isoenergetic replacement with pecans).

 

The percentage of energy from fat in the two diets was 28.3 and

39.6%, respectively. Both diets improved the lipid profile; however,

the pecan-enriched diet decreased both serum total and LDL

cholesterol by 0.32 mmol/L (6.7 and 10.4%, respectively) and

triglyceride by 0.14 mmol/L (11.1%) beyond the Step I diet, while

increasing HDL cholesterol by 0.06 mmol/L (2.5 mg/dL).

 

Serum apolipoprotein B and lipoprotein(a) decreased by 11.6 and

11.1%, respectively,

and apolipoprotein A1 increased by 2.2% when subjects consumed the

pecan compared with the Step I diet.

 

These differences were all significant (P < 0.05). A 20%

isoenergetic replacement of a Step I diet with pecans favorably

altered the serum lipid profile beyond the Step I diet, without

increasing body weight.

 

Nuts such as pecans that are rich in monounsaturated fat may

therefore be recommended as part of prescribed cholesterol

lowering diet of patients or habitual diet of healthy individuals.

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