Tag: Cardiovascular Disease (Page 2 of 4)

      Veggies vs animals

      August 20, 2010 /

      A study published in Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease, 28 February, 2009, found vitamin K consumption to strongly reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. This finding surfaced with an analysis of a cohort study, Prospect-EPIC, consisting of 16,057 women aged between 49 and 70, none of whom had cardiovascular disease at the start of the study. To the surprise of many, those who got their vitamin K from plant forms by eating lots of leafy vegetables did not fare better than the normal population. However, those women who got their vitamin K from animal sources like whole eggs, cheese, goose liver, and animal fats had substantially reduced incidence of cardiovascular disease.
      Enig, Mary., and Sally Fallon. ?Caustic commentary? Wise Traditions, 2009;(10)2:11

      Unfortunately, the researchers are calling for vitamin K2 supplementation not a healthy diet consisting of animal products, which would yield a whole host of other health benefits.

      Anti-Aging, Diets, Foods products, Heart disease, Medical Issues for Men, Nutrition, Vitamins/Minerals, Xternal Fitness, Xternal Furci

      8 reasons to eat more saturated fat

      June 19, 2010 /

      Sources of saturated fat: Beef, beef tallow (fat), dairy, palm oil, coconut oil.

      Saturated fats? roles in the body include: [1]

      ? They constitute at least 50% of our cell membranes and give our cells integrity.
      ? They play a vital role in the health of our bones.
      ? They lower Lp(a), a substance in the blood that is said to indicate proneness to heart disease.
      ? They protect the liver from alcohol and other toxins like Tylenol (Acetaminophen).
      ? They enhance the immune system.
      ? They are needed for proper utilization of essential fatty acids.
      ? Stearic acid and palmitic acid, both saturated fats, are the preferred energy source of the heart. This is why the fat around the heart muscle is mainly saturated. The best sources for palmitic acid are beef, butter and palm oil.
      ? Short and medium chain saturated fatty acids have strong antimicrobial properties. They help protect us from harmful microorganisms. The best sources are tropical oils such as coconut oil and palm oil.
      (Enig, Mary., and Sally Fallon. ?The Skinny on Fats,? westonaprice.org
      http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/skinny.html#benefits)

      Diets, Fatty acids, Food preparation, Heart disease, Men's Health and Wellness, Nutrition, Xternal Fitness, Xternal Furci

      Sturated fat doesn’t lead to heart disease

      June 10, 2010 /

      A recently published meta-analysis looked at 347,747 subjects in twenty-one studies to summarize the evidence related to the association of dietary saturated fat with risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and cardiovascular disease. During the 5 – 23 year follow-up 11,006 of the almost 350,000 subjects developed CHD or stroke.

      Conclusion: Saturated fat consumption was not associated with an increased risk of heart disease or stroke
      (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Jan 13, 2010)

      Anti-Aging, Cholesterol levels, Heart disease, Medical Issues for Men, Men's Health and Wellness, Nutrition

      Cholesterol no longer a risk factor for heart disease. Look to CRP?

      April 29, 2010 /

      Dr. James Stein, MD from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison, praised the JUPITER study for exposing the fact that current therapeutic LDL-cholesterol levels are not only arbitrary, but are in fact a poor indicator of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. ?Most patients with heart attacks have normal cholesterol values,? he stated. With the cholesterol theory crumbling the industry is under intense pressure to come up with a new risk factor, and one that can be treated with the same statin drugs they have invested so much money in. Enter Dr. Ridker and C-reactive protein (CRP). Ridker has been pushing treating CRP with statins for years. But is CRP a risk factor? A National Panel on CRP found no evidence treating CRP levels will improve survival rates (www.urmc.rochester.edu/pr/News/story.cfm?id=182). Elevated CRP levels are associated with many things including; anger, stress, arthritis, cancer, lupus, pneumonia, TB, oral contraceptive use, pregnancy, heart attacks, surgery, trauma, intense exercise, etc. It?s a marker for disease, not the cause. But since statins lower CRP levels slightly, you can count on CRP becoming the new cholesterol. The public will be made to fear CRP, be tested for it, and be put on dangerous statins to lower it. What a racket.

      Cholesterol, Cholesterol levels, Heart disease, Medical Issues for Men, Men's Health and Wellness, Xternal Fitness, Xternal Furci

      Saturated fat is no villian.

      March 13, 2010 /

      Saturated fat found mainly in animal products has been vilified by physicians, the media, and the edible oil industry for over 60 years, despite mounds of evidence to the contrary. A meta-analysis of 21 prospective epidemiologic studies that had a total of 347,747 participants, showed that there is no significant evidence for concluding that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease or stroke.

      Saturated fats have been nourishing societies around the world for thousands of years. If animal fats (saturated fats) are so dangerous, and vegetable oils (polyunsaturated fat) are so healthy, why are we so unhealthy as a nation? The scientific data of the past and present does not support the assertion that saturated fats cause heart disease. As a matter of fact, people who have had a heart attack haven?t eaten any more saturated fat than other people, and the degree of atherosclerosis at autopsy is unrelated to diet.Ravnskov, Uffe. ?The cholesterol Myths: Myth number 4?

      Anti-Aging, Cholesterol, Cholesterol levels, Diets, Heart disease, Medical Issues for Men, Men's Health and Wellness, Nutrition, Xternal Fitness, Xternal Furci

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