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Coronary Heart Disease & Sugar
By admin | February 26, 2009
Coronary heart disease is very much fueled by too much sugar. Why is sugar significant in coronary heart disease? Sugar is a concentrated form of glucose. When too much glucose is present in the blood, inflammation and increased blood pressure results .
Excess glucose (resulting from overabundance of sugar) not only is irritating and inflammatory, causing AGE’s (advanced glycation products), but also it make the blood platelets sticky.
The sticky platelets caused by too much sugar impedes blood flow and increases blood pressure. High blood pressure is a risk factor in coronary heart disease. The heart has to work harder and there is more danger of artery or arterial rupture. The sticky platelets tend to clump, causing an obstruction that results in a heart attack or stroke.
The American Dietary Association states that sugar is one of the top 3 health destroyers. Excessive sugar increases heart disease risk, raises blood pressure, satisfies the appetite needed for good food and disrupts healthy metabolism by depleting essential minerals like chromium, calcium and magnesium…Denis Van Loan D.D.S.
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