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Inflammation Results In Atherosclerosis, High Blood Pressure & Heart Disease
By admin | May 13, 2009
Inflammation is the major pre-requisite for atherosclerosis. Cholesterol is often implicated as the culprit but it needs inflammation in order to attach and line the inside of your arteries. Another definition of atherosclerosis is hardening of the arteries due to the plaque containing calcium. It is sometimes called arteriosclerosis.
The consequences of atherosclerosis are compromised general health, increased heart attack or stroke and high blood pressure. Let’s examine these resultant, evil consequences.
Because atherosclerosis impedes the circulation and delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the entire body, optimal health is lost. The body has to work harder to be healthy. As the plaque thickens, it is a time bomb waiting to go off. The ultimate end extreme is death.
Heart attack and stroke occur because the thickened plaque lining your arteries can cause clots or “chips” of plaque to break off and obstruct a coronary or cerebral artery. When this occurs, blood supply is blocked and death results to the tissue in that area; hence, a heart attack or stroke has occurred.
Besides the atherosclerotic plaque itself producing high blood pressure, another reason for hypertension is due to increases of fibrin, which is the clot matrix in your blood. Age and poor diet accelerate the thickening of your blood with fibrin. Often medical doctors will place you on a blood thinner drug. Alternative medical doctors will recommend a proteolytic enzyme like that found in pineapple or Nattokinase (fermented Japanese soy). Studies show the proteolytic enzyme therapy is quite effective.
High blood pressure occurs for two reasons. The first is due to decreased lumen size that increases the resistance to blood flow. This makes the heart work harder and increases the blood pressure.
The second reason for increased pressure is the increased viscosity of the blood… due to fibrin. Plasmin is a natural balancer of fibrin levels; unfortunately it decreases faster than the fibrin. This results in more fibrin and thick blood that produces hypertension or high blood pressure.
A leading enzyme researcher, Dr. Anthony Chichoke, reports that enzyme therapy like bromelain (in pineapple) or serratiopeptidase, can effectively reduce the thickened blood caused by too much fibrin. Aside from the stress and strain on the cardiovascular system there is serious danger of clots forming in the lungs, brain, heart and other important organs.
Inflammation can come from many sources but there are basically 4: Diet, air, toxins and hormone imbalances.
Diet or food intake is probably the most important because it can involve all inflammatory as well as healthy sources…nutrients, supplements and raw materials for hormones. It is a vehicle for the detrimental toxins that come from pesticide laced food and poor water. The body is amazing, if given the raw materials in a healthy diet, it can conquer disease and thwart a lot of toxins and insults in the form of pollutants, bacteria and viruses. But there is a limit to what it can handle.
Diet is an enormous factor in atherosclerosis and heart disease. Too much red meat causes excess homocysteine; it is an amino acid that becomes an inflammatory when excessive. Sugar is overconsumed…from 136 pounds to 156 pounds are reported per person per year. It is inflammatory and contributes to diabetes 2 problems. Trans fats (man made adulterations) are formed when all the reactive molecular handles are filled with hydrogen. Trans fats are inert and inflammatory.
Finally, toxins, pesticides and polluting chemicals contaminate your food and water. The air is polluted by industrial and combustion end products. All of the above cause inflammation and contribute to atherosclerosis, a major cause of high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke.…Denis Van Loan D.D.S.
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