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Lowering
Cholesterol & Improving Heart Health - Heart Health Improved Without Diet
Exercises
Yes,
exercising, eating healthy, and maybe even taking supplements are all good –
and quite possibly even– to lowering cholesterol & improving heart health.
But
a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association did not
focus on that.
Instead,
they used satellite images to figure out how you can drastically improve your
cardiovascular health.
The
researchers first recruited 408 people, all of whom had cardiovascular disease
or were at serious risk of cardiovascular disease.
Next,
they determined the amount of green space near the participant’s homes by
looking at satellite images of green density, via levels of air pollution as
established by the Environmental Protection Agency, and through
measurements of roadway exposure.
1.
Those living in green neighbourhoods had a lower urinary concentration of
epinephrine. Epinephrine is one of the hormones your body secretes when you are
stressed.
2.
Inhabitants of green areas displayed a lower urinary concentration of
F2-isoprostane. This shows that they had lower levels of oxidative stress in
their bodies.
3.
Those living closest to dense greenery had a better collection of angiogenic
cells, cells that grow blood vessels and repair blood vessel damage.
The
best part of this study is the fact that green spaces designated for healthy
walks were not necessarily defined as large parks or forests.
In
fact, most of their participants lived in areas with very few parks.
But
most of them lived in single-family homes with lots of grass and trees in both
their own and on their neighbour’s properties, and small lots with greenery and
a lack of houses.
Therefore,
while many previous studies have drawn our attention to the benefits of
exercising in green spaces, this study may, but does not necessarily, involve
exercise.
Lowering
Cholesterol & Improving Heart Health - This Free Activity Heals Cholesterol
and Inflammation
You
probably have heard about certain benefits related to probiotics. For example,
it increases good gut-bacteria, which lowers inflammation throughout the body.
And
you may have learned that cholesterol
plaque buildup in your heart is mostly caused by inflammation.
Yet,
probiotics are both expensive and limited.
A
new study that was published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology revealed a free, more
effective method that can instantly transform bad gut bacteria, turning them
into the good guys.
This
would not only improve inflammation but also drastically lower LDL
(bad cholesterol) levels.
A
team of Finnish researchers recruited 17 overweight women and asked them to
adopt an endurance exercise program for six weeks, which was supervised by
professional trainers.
During
the three training sessions scheduled per week, the intensity of their exercise
was controlled with a bicycle ergometer (to measure energy consumption) and a
heart rate monitor.
The
researchers collected faecal and blood samples from the participants prior to
the commencement of the exercise program and after its completion, to test the
participant’s intestinal bacteria, and cholesterol,
along with a wide range of other chemical substances.
Their
weight, fat composition, and body mass index were also measured.
They discovered the following:
1.
The subject’s intestinal proteobacteria, a bacterium known to cause
inflammation, decreased.
2.
Their intestinal akkermansia, a bacterium known to promote metabolic health,
increased.
3.
The fat and cholesterol
in their VLDL (very low-density lipoprotein’s) particles decreased. This is
important, as VLDL is converted to LDL cholesterol once it is in your arteries,
and LDL cholesterol
is the type that tends to become trapped in your arterial walls.
4.
Their Vascular adhesion protein-1, which promotes inflammation, was also found
to have decreased.
So,
exercises change our gut bacteria from pro-inflammatory to anti-inflammatory
types and can therefore reduce the amount of cholesterol buildup in the heart
arteries.
But there is something easier than exercising, and that is cutting this ONE ingredient responsible for almost all cholesterol plaque buildup (and inflammation) out from your diet…
Lowering
Cholesterol & Improving Heart Health - The LDL (bad) Cholesterol Myth
Busted
The
fundamental truth about stroke and heart attack is that they are caused by
cholesterol plaque buildup in the arteries (atherosclerosis).
This
plaque either blocks blood flow through the heart (causing a heart attack), or
becomes loose and shoots up into the brain (causing a stroke).
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Nobody argues with these facts.
What
the high cholesterol traditional medical advocates, and common sense natural
health researchers are looking to prove, would be whether high overall
cholesterol or LDL (bad) cholesterol is actually the cause of the plaque
buildup.
Now,
a new review study that was published by Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology has given a 2:0
win to common sense.
In
fact, they revealed that the statistics that originally supported the high
cholesterol theory were weak and misleading, and that studies that reach
contradictory conclusions were generally ignored.
Thus,
to argue this, the researchers first proved that high levels of cholesterol do
not cause plaque buildup in the arteries.
If
this was the case, people with high cholesterol should have more
atherosclerosis than people with lower cholesterol, right?
Yet,
they cite more than a dozen studies that show that this is not the case, and
that supporters of the high cholesterol theory usually ignored these studies.
Next,
if high total cholesterol did cause plaque buildup, then it would be right to
assume that the plaque buildup in people whose cholesterol were lower than most
should be seen to have the highest decrease in plaque buildup.
But
they cited a previously conducted review of 16 studies, in which 15 of them
found that the extent in which their subject’s plaque buildup had declined was
in no way related to the amount by which their cholesterol scores declined.
1:0 for natural health researchers and common sense!
Another
popular idea in the medical profession is that it is not high total
cholesterol, but rather high LDL cholesterol, that causes atherosclerosis. That
is why LDL cholesterol is referred to as bad cholesterol.
But
the researchers looking to disprove this were out with a vengeance, and busted
that theory too.
Again,
if high LDL cholesterol did cause plaque buildup, then people with high LDL
should have more plaque buildup than those with low LDL, a logical assumption
that follows the original premise.
But
these researchers cited five studies that showed that the LDL scores of people
don’t necessarily predict their level of plaque buildup.
2:0 for natural health researchers and common sense!
Many
other findings also prove that LDL cholesterol is not the primary enemy.
For
example, on average, people treated for cardiovascular disease have lower LDL
cholesterol than people do in the healthy population. Oops.
Next,
people with very low LDL are twice more likely to die of a cardiovascular event
than people with a higher LDL.
Yet,
another example: elderly people with high LDL live the longest.
And
on the list of examples go on.
If
this is all found to be right, then LDL cholesterol should not be viewed as the
chief enemy. What’s worse, the traditional medical system has got this all
wrong.
So,
what is the real cause of plaque buildup in your arteries?
This post is from the
Oxidized Cholesterol Strategy Program. It was created by Scott Davis. Because
he once suffered from high cholesterol, so much so that he even had a severe
heart attack. This is what essentially led him to finding healthier
alternatives to conventional medication. Oxidized Cholesterol Strategy is a unique online program that provides you with all
the information you need to regain control of your cholesterol levels and
health, as a whole.
To find out more
about this program, go to How Best to Lowering Cholesterol & Improving Heart Health.
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