Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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 This sign can also sound a warning bell for a myriad of non-ear-related maladies, including allergies, anemia, hypothyroidism, hypertension, hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis), and even a head injury. Rarely, tinnitus is a danger sign of a brain tumor or a brain aneurysm—a weakening in a blood vessel wall that can lead to a stroke.
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WARNING SIGNS
If you have recurrent bouts of the signs below, you may have Meniere's disease. |
Gabriel Cousens
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 Damage to a part of the brain that happens when the blood vessels supplying that part are blocked, such as when the blood vessels are clogged with fats (a condition sometimes called hardening of the arteries). sucrose—Table sugar; a form of sugar the body must break down into a simpler form before the blood can use it. support group—A group of people who share a similar problem or concern. The people in the group help one another by sharing experiences, knowledge, and information. syringe—Device used to inject medications or other liquids into the body tissues. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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 The leaf relaxes and dilates peripheral blood vessels and protects the body against hardening of the arteries. It is reported to kill off many pathogens including Cryptosporidia, giardia, pinworm, malaria protozoa, roundworm, and tapeworm. It also helps lower blood sugar levels and helps the body better eliminate uric acid. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 Incidentally, cross-linking can also lead to a number of other health conditions, including stiffening of the joints and hardening of the arteries.)
Years of eating those captivating, quickie carbs could cause chronically high levels of blood glucose, and when all those sugar molecules cross-link with protein, you end up with a new chemical structure called "AGEs" or advanced glycosylation [or Glycated] end products.
Antiaging expert Ron Rosedale, M.D. |
| Free radicals accelerate hardening of the arteries everywhere in the body, including the brain," explains Dr. Dandona, who spearheaded a study that was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
"We've known for some time that eating certain foods, particularly those containing the antioxidant vitamins A, C, and E can help protect against damage from free radicals," Dr. Dandona says. "But our studies established for the first time that if you take sugar, you will get an increase in free radical generation. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 Glycotoxins also can alter low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and cause it to stick to blood vessel walls, causing a buildup of plaque and "hardening of the arteries."
More Cardiovascular Complications
Although high blood glucose is a major player in heart and blood vessel diseases, the interaction of glucose with other risk factors also significantly increases the risk of potentially fatal cardiovascular disease. Let's take a brief look at each of these factors.
?Hypertension. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 The study explains how fine particles in air pollution can interact with low-density lipoprotein (LDL, "bad cholesterol") and create a dangerous synergy that results in blood vessel inflammation and hardening of the arteries. One can only imagine what this means for millions of urbanites with stressful jobs and long commutes on congested highways. High cholesterol runs rampant in the United States—feeding a billion-dollar industry that hawks statins, which are cholesterol-lowering drugs, as miracle drugs. |
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
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 Some studies have shown that supplementing with one or more of these vitamins helps prevent or reverse hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) and may also reduce the risk of bone fractures.57' 58
What is the potential importance of taking vitamin C?
Severe vitamin C deficiency is uncommon in people who consume Western diets, but mild insufficiency is found in 6% of healthy adults59 and larger numbers of college students60 and smokers. |
Byron J. Richards
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 Betaine helps clear homocysteine, a known risk factor for hardening of the arteries.
Milk also has a bad name. True enough, some people are allergic to milk or have lactose intolerance, or they just do not like milk. Many people have switched to skim milk because they think the saturated fat in milk will clog their arteries and cause heart disease; even the new pyramid tells them to consume skim milk. A 2004 study from the British Journal of Nutrition found milk fat intake is inversely correlated with heart disease and the risk for a first heart attack. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| M prostaglandins of 2 series (unfavorable) lipoxygenase inflammatory leukotrienes cyclo oxygenase prostaglandins of 3 series (favorable) lipoxygenase less inflammatory leukotrienes
2 series promote platelet stickiness, a factor that leads to hardening of the arteries, heart disease, and strokes. In contrast, the 1 and 3 series prostaglandins prevent platelets from sticking together, improve blood flow, and reduce inflammation.
By altering the type of dietary oils consumed and stored in cell membranes, prostaglandin metabolism can be manipulated. |
Bryan Hanson, PhD
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 Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis, more commonly known as hardening of the arteries, is a form of cardiovascular disease. It is a very serious condition that kills many people each year and decreases the quality of life for many more. On a molecular level, atherosclerosis has its origins in ROS damage.
The trouble begins largely with lifestyle choices, although there are genetic aspects as well. A diet high in fat results in high levels of
FIGURE 5.28. The role of dietary antioxidants such as flavonoids in quenching or destroying various kinds of ROS. blood lipids of various kinds. |
T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II
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 They realized that21:
• excess fat and cholesterol consumption caused atherosclerosis (the hardening of the arteries and the accumulation of plaque) in experimental animals
• eating cholesterol in food caused a rise in cholesterol in the blood
• high blood cholesterol might predict and/or cause heart disease
• most of the world's population didn't have heart disease, and these heart disease-free cultures had radically different dietary patterns, consuming less fat and cholesterol
So they decided to try to alter heart disease in their patients by having them eat less fat and cholesterol. |
Eric R. Braverman
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 A deficit of acetylcholine slows bone preservation as calcium leaks out of the bones, which can be a contributing factor in arthritis, hardening of the arteries, loss of attention functions, Alzheimer's disease, and other dementias.
Although you might think this scenario is far-fetched, it is exactly what can happen when an acetylcholine deficiency is left unchecked. If you can't recognize yourself in the above scenario, see if you can relate to the experiences of my patient Nancy. |
T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II
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| This uncontrolled free radical damage also is part of the processes that give rise to cataracts, to hardening of the arteries, to cancer, to emphysema, to arthritis and many other ailments that become more common with age.
But here's the kicker: we do not naturally build shields to protect ourselves against free radicals. As we are not plants, we do not carry out photosynthesis and therefore do not produce any of our own antioxidants. Fortunately the antioxidants in plants work in our bodies the same way they work in plants. It is a wonderful harmony. |
Bryan Hanson, PhD
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| Although many diseases are believed to have links to an excess of reactive oxygen species, we shall focus on a well-documented case, atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries, after we examine the basic chemical issues.
To understand how reactive oxygen species can cause damage, and therefore how antioxidants can intercept reactive oxygen species, we need to know something about each of them and their chemical reT actions. We'll begin by defining what we mean by reactive oxygen species and then looking at a few principles governing chemical reactions in general. |
Mary-Ann Shearer
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 On a low-fat, high-protein diet, the rats developed hardening of the arteries and very high cholesterol levels, and after one year, 75 percent had developed kidney disease (Health Revolution, 1989)
• "In the digestion of protein we are constantly exposed to large amounts of ammonia in our intestinal tract" (Dr. Willard Visek, Clinical Sciences, University of Illinois Medical School)
• Ammonia behaves like a carcinogen, meaning it kills cells, increases infections, affects the rate at which cells divide, and increases the mass of the lining of intestines. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| An association with hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) has also been reported.
Food Prescriptions
The key dietary recommendation to prevent periodontal disease is to avoid sugar (sucrose). Sugar is known to significantly increase plaque accumulation while decreasing white blood cell function.
Foods high in zinc, such as nuts and seeds; vitamin C, such as green vegetables and citrus fruits; and high-flavonoid-content berries, such as blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries, provide important nutritional support to healthy gums. |
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
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 The experimental group did not develop hardening of the arteries.
Another experiment was done with a breed of rats that developed diseases of the eye. The ten eating sea-solid-grown food showed no deterioration of the eyes and bred five litters. Those in the control group all died of secondary eye disease. What we're seeing in these results is that animals grown on highly mineralized food basically took in the appropriate mineralization that created an optimal expression that protected them from disease. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
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 Fat intake is believed to be the main factor in causing elevated cholesterol levels with the resultant increase in hardening of the arteries. High sugar intake, especially high sucrose, is also a factor. People on a low-fat diet will increase their sugar intake unless they are advised not to do so. If they do, any gain they might obtain by lowering fat will be overcome by the increased pathological effect of sugar on cholesterol levels. This area of research will have to be studied much more carefully. |
Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D.
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 If you accumulate enough birthdays to develop osteoarthritis, you are bound to have some hardening of the arteries. But that's not all. The FDA has gone on to emphasize other problems with NSAIDs as well.
It is easy for your eyes to glaze over when looking at such a list. You may also assume that some of these potential side effects are rare events, but that could be a dangerous assumption. A study of older and potentially sicker patients revealed a startling incidence of kidney damage associated with Celebrex. |
Mike Adams
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| But in fact, in children it promotes chronic sinus problems, stagnation, constipation, hardening of the arteries and even heart disease. This is something that we should stop serving our children as quickly as possible. (The dairy industry would disagree, of course...)
Ban fast food restaurants at schools and hospitals
We should also ban junk foods and fast foods at schools and hospitals. I think it's crazy that some schools have fast food chains right in the cafeteria where children can buy disease-promoting foods for lunch. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
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 Atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, is a condition that has become epidemic in the industrialized world, especially in the United States. For many years conventional wisdom held that this fatty destruction of the arteries was due to excess cholesterol in the diet. This led to a national obsession with eating only foods that did not contain cholesterol or that boasted very low cholesterol content, thus creating a whole new industry for food manufacturers. |
| It should be remembered that the same process that produces hardening of the arteries in other areas of the body is also responsible for atherosclerosis of the arteries feeding the brain. The really strange thing about atherosclerosis of brain arteries is that it can occur diffusely in all of the blood vessels or can be quite localized, affecting only one or two vessels. Sometimes we see severe arteriosclerotic narrowing of the main arteries in the neck, the carotid arteries, and completely normal arteries in the head itself. |
| You can have a normal blood value and very low tissue levels, which would put you at a very high risk for hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) and associated complications such as coronary heart disease, strokes, and peripheral vascular disease (poor blood supply to the extremities).
In addition, tissue magnesium deficiency puts you at a very high risk of developing a major neurological disease such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's dementia, or ALS. |
| One of the main culprits associated with hardening of the arteries is high levels of oxidized LDL cholesterol. It is impossible to overstate how important this concept is: high levels of oxidized LDL cholesterol are dangerous, but unoxidized LDL cholesterol appears to be harmless, even if levels are high. The real reason that high LDL cholesterol is associated with heart disease is simply that the more LDL cholesterol you have floating around in your blood stream, the higher the likelihood that some of it will become oxidized.
LDL cholesterol has its own internal antioxidant protection system. |
| Atherosclerosis (more generally known as arteriosclerosis), often called hardening of the arteries, is this country's number-one killer, leading to approximately one million deaths every year. The human and economic costs are staggering. Over forty million Americans suffer from cardiovascular disease alone, with associated costs for treatment estimated to be about $259 billion annually. More than 500,000 coronary bypass operations are performed every year, each costing between $50,000 and $100,000. |
Steven V. Joyal
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| Given that diabetes and aging share so many characteristics, it's not surprising that they also respond to many of the same interventions, as we discuss in chapter 8.
INSULIN RESISTANCE
The term "insulin resistance" is not usually mentioned when doctors speak to their patients about optimal diabetes management. Because the term often confuses patients (and physicians, too, on occasion), we will take time to explain exactly what it means.
Insulin resistance is an impairment of the body's ability?specifically the liver, fat, and muscle cells—to use insulin to process glucose (sugar). |
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
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| Like vitamin E, tocotrienols may offer protection against hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis [page 38]) by preventing oxidative damage to LDL cholesterol (page 223) (oxidation of LDL cholesterol is believed to be one of the triggering factors for atherosclerosis).4 In a double-blind study in patients with severe atherosclerosis of the carotid artery—the main artery supplying blood to the head—tocotrienol administration (200 mg per day) reduced the level of lipid peroxides in the blood. |
| Another double-blind trial gave 30 mg per day of vinpocetine for one month, followed by 15 mg per day for an additional two months, to people with dementia associated with hardening of the arteries of the brain, and significant improvement in several measures of memory and other cognitive functions was reported.45 Other double-blind trials have reported similar effects of vinpocetine in people with some types of dementia or age-related cognitive decline. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
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| The lack of vitamin C is another main factor in causing hardening of the arteries, but other vitamins, such as niacin and pyridoxine, also are involved. The low-fiber, high-sugar diet is low in many essential nutrients, including the key vitamins.
In his studies of low-fiber diets, Dr Burkett has observed that among different nations there is an inverse relationship between the size of the stools and the size of the hospitals. With small stools, he found that large hospitals were needed. |
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